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Apple honors PolitiFact app

July 15, 2011

Apple is highlighting the PolitiFact app on the iTunes home page, calling it "New and Noteworthy." We rate that statement True.

No football, killer seat belts

July 15, 2011

We can’t flee the Texas heat so we tried a PolitiFact alternative by peeking at some fellow state sites for potentially cooling fact checks — like a Georgia review of a claim that taking away football encourages crime.

Join us as we scoot around ...

Apple honors PolitiFact app

July 15, 2011

Apple is highlighting the PolitiFact app on the iTunes home page, calling it "New and Noteworthy." We rate that statement True.

Sorting out the truth about the debt ceiling

July 14, 2011

As talks over raising the debt ceiling continue, we take a look at two items related to the divisive debate.

‘Born This Way’: What do scientists say about the origins of being gay?

July 13, 2011

Last Sunday, Republican presidential candidate and Lady Gaga fan Tim Pawlenty discussed the science behind sexual orientation. We checked whether there's a scientific consensus.

Get the Truth-O-Meter ready! Alan Grayson’s running

July 13, 2011

Love him or love-to-hate him, Alan Grayson is returning to the political stage -- having announced he'll run for Congress in 2012. We unearth our favorite Grayson fact-checks.

Get the Truth-O-Meter ready! Alan Grayson’s running

July 13, 2011

Love him or love-to-hate him, Alan Grayson is returning to the political stage -- having announced he'll run for Congress in 2012. We unearth our favorite Grayson fact-checks.

Do people without health insurance die sooner?

July 12, 2011

What caught our attention was Kaine’s assertion that 23,000 people die each year due to lack of health insurance.

When we checked, we found credible reports supporting and undercutting that claim, so we’re taking a pass on submitting his statement to the Truth-O-Meter. But we still want to summarize what we found.
 

Texas-bound Beck will need bigger blackboards

July 12, 2011

Glenn Beck told his Monday radio audience that he’s moving to Dallas and building a radio and television studio. To welcome him, we assessed Beck’s pre-Texas standing on the Truth-O-Meter.

Should Barely True be changed to Mostly False?

July 11, 2011

We are considering changing our rating system. We'd like to hear your thoughts on whether we should change Barely True to Mostly False.

With the budget done, a look at Walker’s tax-related promises

July 11, 2011

Striving to win over fiscally conservative voters in a contested Republican gubernatorial primary, Gov. Scott Walker pledged in 2010 not only to avoid tax increases, but to cut a multitude of taxes for various groups.

It was a bold move. But in promising to achieve them in his first budget, Walker he left himself little room to maneuver -- especially when the sluggish economy was leaving a major budget gap for 2011-13.

A look at key promises and how Walker fared.

For Perry, another promise Kept, two Broken

July 10, 2011

New to the Perry-O-Meter: We rate how the governor’s pledges on taxes and tuition fared during the 2011 legislative session.

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