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Fact-checking O’Reilly’s interview of Jon Stewart

The Daily Show host is grilled in the "No Spin Zone." We check a couple of the facts.

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Palin says transparency meeting was behind closed doors

We examine Sarah Palin's claim that Vice President Biden met with the transparency board behind closed doors.

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Checking Palin’s claims from Tea Party

We fact-check some of Sarah Palin's claims from her speech to the Tea Party convention and her weekend interviews.

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Having their cake … ‘and voting against it, too’

We check Obama's claim that Republicans voted against the economic stimulus and then boasted about the programs it provided.

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The Obameter moves in both directions

With Obama now pursuing a tax credit for companies that add jobs, we change Promise No. 505 from Broken to In the Works.

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Scott Brown faces the Truth-O-Meter

The senator-elect claims that federal employees make twice as much as private-sector workers. We check the facts.

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‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ promise now In the Works

After a year of inaction, the administration begins to change policy on gays in the military. We change our rating.

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Will health care reform knock $1 trillion off deficit?

President Obama claimed health care reform could reduce the federal deficit by as much as $1 trillion over 20 years. We find the number is based on some shaky long-term estimates.

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Fact-checking Obama and Republicans at GOP retreat

At a Republican retreat, the president says he'd like to see "any independent fact-checker out there" examine claims by the GOP and himself. We accept the challenge.

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Checking the GOP response to the State of the Union

Republicans offered some rebuttals to President Obama's State of the Union address. We check their facts.

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Fact-checking Obama’s State of the Union speech

President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address, and the Republicans deliver a rebuttal. We check the facts.

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Obama overstates impact of Supreme Court decision

The president says the decision allows foreign corporations to spend unlimited amounts in U.S. political efforts. But the court didn't say that.

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