Who says truth and politics don’t mix?
PolitiFact Ohio marks its one-month anniversary, noting some of the high points and low points in statements we've reviewed.
One pleasant finding: Ohio has politicians who do tell the truth.
PolitiFact Ohio marks its one-month anniversary, noting some of the high points and low points in statements we've reviewed.
One pleasant finding: Ohio has politicians who do tell the truth.
Is it a mosque? Or just a cultural center with a prayer area? We check the facts.
We review the highlights (and some oddities) of our first three years.
PolitiFact Georgia had a week of relative truthiness.
We tackled a potpourri of subjects in the past seven days. They included whether federal employees bring home more bacon than your average private-sector employee and a juicy article in Esquire magazine on Newt Gingrich that said his fundraising outshone even that of Republican superstar Sarah Palin.
Two were statements made on national networks: One on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on NBC's "Today" and a second from NBC's "Meet the Press" on stimulus spending.
The week's tally: one False, two Half Trues, two Mostly Trues and one True.
Here's how the Truth-O-Meter ruled:
It's been almost two months since we launched PolitiFact Rhode Island. In that time, we've put 31 claims from politicians, talk-show hosts and others to the Truth-O-Meter test.
We've tried hard to help readers sort fact from fiction in politics. And we know we'll be even busier as the primary and general election campaigns reach the boiling point.
The politicians are certainly paying attention. Several have cited us during debates and other appearances; at least one is using a PolitiFact item in his campaign mailings.
Our readers are paying attention as well. Some have thanked us for our work; others have criticized our conclusions or accused us of going too far or not far enough. Here's what a few of them had to say.
We temper emotional appeals over the proposed mosque near Ground Zero with a few fact-checks.
Plans for Iraq unfold much as Obama described during the 2008 campaign.
We look at the political dynamics behind the tug of war over the deficit, Social Security, taxes and spending.
We check claims from a Democrat and a Republican who appeared on ABC's "This Week.''
With a polarized Congress and limited capital, President Obama is having a tougher time fulfilling his promises.
Fueled by unprecedented amounts of money and a bottomless barrel of attacks, the primary campaigns for governor and U.S. Senate have trapped Floridians in two escalating TV ad wars.
For our latest Mailbag, we sample the feedback from e-mail and Twitter. One reader calls us a "socialist propaganda machine." Another wants to marry us.