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Mailbag: A few readers say they’re with Trump on 9/11 celebrations

November 23, 2015

Donald Trump said he watched "thousands and thousands" of people in Jersey City, N.J., cheering as the World Trade Center collapsed. We rated that Pants on Fire. More than a dozen readers wrote to us that they saw much the same thing, although their recollections differed. 

PunditFact previews the Nov. 22 Sunday shows

November 20, 2015

An early look at who will be on the Sunday shows this week.

Mailbag: ‘Be real journalists!’

October 20, 2015

During late summer and early fall, we had a cornucopia of reader mail. Here's a sampling.

PunditFact checks the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

October 18, 2015

We looked at claims by Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

Fact checking the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

October 18, 2015

We looked at claims by Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

PolitiFact’s top 5 most-read articles in September 2015

October 1, 2015

The list of most-clicked stories in September was dominated by questionable social-media posts on Democratic candidates and an Alaskan mountain, as well as the second Republican debate and the Iran nuclear deal.
 

Checking Ted Cruz, Stephen Colbert on the CBS ‘Late Show’

September 26, 2015

Two fact checks bubbled up from Ted Cruz's appearance on CBS with Stephen Colbert.

Fact-checking Stephen Colbert’s interview with Ted Cruz about Reagan

September 25, 2015

The Gipper's legacy emerged as a source for claims made on Colbert's new show, The Late Show

Fact-checking a viral graphic critical of Bernie Sanders

September 22, 2015

The graphic includes 12 claims, which range from basically accurate to highly misleading.

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