Latest Stories By Aaron Sharockman

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PolitiFact, Knight team up to fact-check the 2016 candidates on Medium

A grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, announced today, will enable PolitiFact to fact-check the 2016 presidential candidates posting on Medium.

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PolitiFact partnering with NBC News for 2016 election

PolitiFact will fact-check statements made on "Meet the Press" following each Sunday’s show, beginning today, and will contribute insight and analysis across all NBC News platforms and MSNBC.

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Lie of the Year 2015: Readers’ Choice

PolitiFact will soon announce our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2015, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're also inviting readers to vote for the Readers' Choice award.

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Checking claims from the Democratic debate

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley squared off Saturday night in Iowa. See our latest fact-checks from the CBS Democratic presidential debate.

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Fact-checking the Nov. 8 news shows

Ben Carson’s position in the polls is drawing increased scrutiny into his personal history and past statements, including whether he was offered a scholarship to attend West Point.

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PunditFact: Fact-checking the Nov. 1 news shows

Jeb Bush attacked the records of some his Republican primary opponents while Carly Fiorina focused her attacks on President Barack Obama.

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Fact-checking the Nov. 1 news shows

Jeb Bush attacked the records of some his Republican primary opponents while Carly Fiorina focused her attacks on President Barack Obama.

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Fact-checking the Sunday Oct. 25 news shows

New polls that show Ben Carson leading Donald Trump in Iowa have put Trump on the defensive in recent days, subtly questioning Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist religion and Carson’s energy to lead the country.

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The Truth-O-Meter is coming to Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Ohio

PolitiFact and the E.W. Scripps Company are partnering to provide local fact-checking in four key 2016 battleground states.

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Fact-checking the Oct. 11 Sunday shows

A testy exchange between a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus and a moderate Republican demonstrates the fractures in the GOP, which has yet to agree on a new House speaker. And Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz claims that under George W. Bush, "we were losing 750,000 jobs."

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