What we're watching: Ads in the runup to Super Tuesday
With Super Tuesday looming, candidates are taking to the airwaves and the Internet to get their message out. Here’s a rundown of some of the campaign ads we’ve checked recently. • In a video ad...
View ArticleSuper Tuesday guide: Finding truth in the attacks
As 10 states prepare to vote on Super Tuesday, here’s PolitiFact’s guide to the multimillion-dollar ad blitz. With the field down to four Republican contenders, campaigns and super PACs are attacking...
View ArticleSuper Tuesday guide: Finding truth in the attacks
As 10 states prepare to vote on Super Tuesday, here’s PolitiFact’s guide to the multimillion-dollar ad blitz. With the field down to four Republican contenders, campaigns and super PACs are attacking...
View ArticleFact-checking pre-Super Tuesday campaign appearances
GOP presidential candidates stormed Georgia and the airwaves Sunday, buffeting voters with one more powerful gust of rhetoric during the final weekend before Super Tuesday Although the appearances were...
View ArticleSuper Tuesday guide: Finding truth in the attacks
As 10 states prepare to vote on Super Tuesday, here’s PolitiFact’s guide to the multimillion-dollar ad blitz. With the field down to four Republican contenders, campaigns and super PACs are attacking...
View ArticleSwitching sides on the individual mandate
What do you think of the individual mandate? It’s the critical piece of the 2010 health care law that requires every American, starting in 2014, to have health insurance. As the U.S. Supreme Court...
View ArticleSupreme Court debate: Switching sides on the individual mandate
What do you think of the individual mandate? It’s the critical piece of the 2010 health care law that requires every American, starting in 2014, to have health insurance. As the U.S. Supreme Court...
View ArticleWhither Ron Paul? Check his report card
The New York Times caught our attention with a March 27, 2012, news story opening: "Whatever happened to Ron Paul?" The Republican U.S. House member from Texas, seeking his party’s presidential...
View ArticleBidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks
We are saying farewell to Newt Gingrich, who is leaving the presidential race today. In honor of his departure, we chose our five favorite Gingrich fact checks from the 2012 campaign. Rich janitors...
View ArticlePolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012
If you want fact-checks on the weighty, wonky issues of the day, you turn to PolitiFact. But the Truth-O-Meter also has a sense of humor, so we occasionally do light-hearted or downright odd...
View ArticleFact-checking the Sunday Dec. 15 news shows
The Sunday news shows had a little something for everyone, with talk about the budget deal in Washington, the anniversary of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, income inequality and even PolitiFact’s...
View ArticleRight to work: How past claims have fared on the Truth-O-Meter
After celebrating big wins in the mid-term elections, leading Republicans exhibited a certain caginess about whether they would pursue the highly contentious matter of trying to make Wisconsin a "right...
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