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Who has more admirers — the pope or Glenn Beck?

We check the polls to see if a columnist is right that Glenn Beck has better numbers than the pope.

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Cheney claim on Obama earns Pants on Fire

The former vice president says President Obama won't admit the United States is at war with terrorists. But a check of Obama's speeches indicates the president has said that many times.

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Our wildest and wackiest claims of 2009

PolitiFact staffers choose the silliest and most unusual claims of the past year.

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PolitiFact’s Top 10 pundit checks for 2009

Political pundits helped shape the national debate on topics ranging from the economic stimulus to health care. Here's 10 of our favorites this year.

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The Truth-O-Meter and the health care debate of 2009

When it came to statements on health care, the Truth-O-Meter found lots of distortions.

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Our readers’ top 10

Our fact-check of Joe Wilson's "You lie!" tops the list of our readers' top 10 Truth-O-Meter items.

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PolitiFact’s Five Surprising “True” ratings

With our Lie of the Year, we focused on the biggest falsehoods of 2009. But we also want to highlight our findings at the other end of the Truth-O-Meter.

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It is a special deal for Ben Nelson and Nebraska

Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson insists he didn't get a special deal for his state, but we call that False.

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In 2009, the truth took a beating

We tally our Truth-O-Meter ratings from 2009 and find truth was a casualty of the political discourse.

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Mailbag: Lie of the Year edition

We review the write-in votes from our Lie of the Year survey. We get an earful.

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PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: ‘Death panels’

Sarah Palin's claim about the health care bill is the top choice of PolitiFact editors -- and readers.

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And the runners-up …

Sarah Palin's "death panels" is the Lie of the Year. Here are the runners-up.

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