Last week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) kicked off his campaign in defense of a law that strips collective bargaining rights of unionized public employees, and the optics were less than favorable.
The National Organization for Marriage is fighting off legislative efforts by Rhode Island and New York assemblies to offer rights to same-sex couples. Fact-checkers have rated elements of NOM’s ads in New York false, and NOM’s public statements in Rhode Island were rated so false, Politfact gave them a “Pant More…
A statement by Dick Armey, the former U.S. House Majority leader from Texas, that only 49 out of 3,000 faculty members at Texas A&M brought in enough money to pay their salaries is false, according to an investigation of the data by the Pulitzer Prize-winning site, Politifact.com
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Rep. Michele Bachmann’s announcement last week that she’s mulling the idea of becoming a potential contender for the GOP nomination for president in 2012 has brought about a new round of fact-checking her statements this week. PolitiFact gave her a “Pants on Fire” rating on Tuesday, while Poligraph gave her More…
During this, the anniversary week of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, supporters and opponents offered their love or hate for the law; though largely hate got the most press. A Bloomberg Businessweek article quotes nonprofit Consumers for Health Care Choices director Greg Scandlen calling the More…
Rep. Michele Bachmann hit the cable news circuit this week alleging that the Affordable Care Act contained $105 billion in “hidden” spending. She dubbed the revelation a “bombshell” and announced the news on Meet the Press, Fox’s Sean Hannity show, Fox’s “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren and WCCO’s More…
PolitiFact, the nonpartisan fact-checking arm of the St. Petersburg Times, this week evaluated key talking points about the federal budget made by both Republicans and Democrats. Though Congress has passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 18, PolitiFact predicts a future budget showdown.
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Last week, PolitiFact.com announced its “Lie of the Year”: Sarah Palin’s claim that the health care bill might create “death panels” that would kill elderly or disabled Americans. It was a lie, the editors pointed out, because Palin’s claim was based on a mangling (by Michele Bachmann) of false More…
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