We surveyed the 16 candidates to find out which ones have visited Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003. As of December 2007, nine have. Here are our findings along with a brief synopsis of each candidate's position on the war, taken from their Web sites.
Check out Emily Yahr's analysis of PolitiFact in the new issue of the American Journalism Review. Also, take a look at Clark Hoyt's column Fact and Fiction on the Campaign Trail in Sunday's New York Times, which urges the paper to come up with something similar to our Truth-O- Meter. He says the NYT, "with its own rich Web offerings on the presidential campaign, would do well to showcase a similar fact-checking feature. Maybe the YouTube community could come up with the title, the music video and a truthfulness scale."
[Hey NYT editors! Save your money and just put our Truth-O-Meter widget on your page!]
In an essay, PolitiFact editor Bill Adair explains why facts are important — and why we nitpick.
At the CNN/YouTube debate, the candidates argued about immigration, crime and Iraq. We found they generally got their facts right, although Huckabee distorted the facts on an education program for immigrants and Romney missed an easy one about the Red Sox.
The Truth-O-Meter will be busy tonight. Check back late tonight or early tomorrow for our full coverage of the CNN/YouTube debate in St. Petersburg.
Each of the candidates running for the Republican nomination for president claims to be a conservative. And each one is -- to a point.
Romney and Giuliani cite different statistics on Massachusetts crime to make their points.
PolitiFact will be taking a break for Thanksgiving, so we can fact-check whether the L-tryptophan in turkey really makes you sleepy. (We think some naps will help our research.) We'll be back with new items on Monday. Happy Thanksgiving!
Rudy Giuliani presided over an economic rebound in New York City, but his claims ignore the nation's economic expansion. And he doesn't mention the less rosy details of his tenure.
Clinton and Richardson are right that Americans are frustrated with long college aid forms, but their numbers don't add up.
Once you accept some assumptions about how they did the math, the RNC does a pretty good job crunching Clinton's numbers.
Rudy Giuliani blames President Clinton for the sad state of the intelligence budget.