Potpourri of promises
We've updated several dozen campaign promises this week as we get close to the one-year mark of Obama's presidency. Here's a sampling.
We've updated several dozen campaign promises this week as we get close to the one-year mark of Obama's presidency. Here's a sampling.
The New York mayor says most people working in finance earn just $70,000-80,000 per year. We check the numbers.
Obama said he would require competition for all contracts over $25,000, but he hasn't done so.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist rekindles a complaint that health care talks have occurred behind closed doors. We find he's right.
We check the polls to see if a columnist is right that Glenn Beck has better numbers than the pope.
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.
PolitiFact staffers choose the silliest and most unusual claims of the past year.
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.
When it came to statements on health care, the Truth-O-Meter found lots of distortions.
Our fact-check of Joe Wilson's "You lie!" tops the list of our readers' top 10 Truth-O-Meter items.
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.
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson insists he didn't get a special deal for his state, but we call that False.