Beyond the Truth-O-Meter
Democrats Distort Vote on Climate Change
A Democratic video says 240 House members "voted in 2011 that climate change was a "hoax." Not exactly.
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Did FAA have to furlough controllers?
With disgruntled passengers complaining about airline flight delays, Republican lawmakers and the airline industry pounced on the Obama administration. The glitch was invented by the White House for political reasons, they charged, and officials waited until the last minute to warn Congress and the airlines of the impending upheaval. They were wrong on the first count, and partly right on the second.
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Issa’s absurd claim that Clinton’s ‘signature’ means she personally approved it
A new claim about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and what she did before the Benghazi attack.
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Were the accused Boston bombers on welfare?
Did the accused Boston Marathon bombers collect welfare benefits while on U.S. government watch lists?
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Sen. Feinstein, her husband, and the U.S. Postal Service
Does the husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein chair a company that brokers sales of postal facilities?
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Sequester politics: Claims about the FAA furloughs
How much flexibility does the FAA really have under the sequester?
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
'Obama phone' facts still a hang-up in Washington
The “Obama phone” debate is still ringing in Washington — as is a bad connection with some of the facts.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
GOP Hits Turbulence with FAA Claim
A number of Republicans are using misleading numbers when they say the Federal Aviation Administration should cut consultants and travel before resorting to furloughs that are causing airport delays.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Lindsey Graham’s ‘Enemy Combatant’ Exaggeration
Sen. Lindsey Graham exaggerated when he claimed "all the information" that led to the capture of Osama bin Laden came from "enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay." Detainees provided "key information" about bin Laden's "courier network," but "other sources" provided "other intelligence" that ultimately led to his capture and death.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
No, Sarah Palin didn't urge an invasion of the Czech Republic after the bombings
A satirical site strikes again, and readers are fooled.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Rand Paul’s misguided question on how the Tsarnaev brothers arrived in the United States
Sen. Rand Paul’s question in a letter urging delay of comprehensive immigration reform appears to ask the wrong question, based on the information that is now known about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects and their arrival in the United States.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The accused Boston bombers' allegedly pricey education
Did the accused Boston Marathon bombers attend expensive private schools?
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The Policeman-Milkman in Watertown
Does a photograph really shows a police officer delivering milk to a Watertown, Mass., family during a stay-in-place order?
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Rhetoric about health insurance can be over-simplified and misleading
Lawmakers are pushing competing plans that next Jan. 1 would put about one in five Floridians in some sort of Medicaid-like health-insurance plan. Or not.
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Who’s responsible for ‘chained CPI’?
President Barack Obama’s budget included one budget reduction item that has riled some Democrats: “chained CPI.” Is it a Republican creation alone?
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Does San Diego's Budget Skip a Year of Street Repairs?
Checking a San Diego council member's claim that Mayor Bob Filner's budget "skips a year in terms of our street infrastructure repair that the council was planning on doing, delaying that bond for an entire year until 2014."
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
History lesson: The NRA’s ‘support’ for expanded background checks
Some readers were curious to learn more about the National Rifle Association’s purported support for background checks. As it happens, there is a bit of fact checker dispute about this history.
Friday, April 19th, 2013
NRA Misrepresents Police Survey, Legislation
On the day the Senate voted down a series of gun control bills, the National Rifle Association made false and misleading claims in opposing a measure to expand background checks.
Friday, April 19th, 2013
The NRA and its ad about a poll of police
Does an NRA ad citing poll data on the views of ‘America’s police’ hold up?
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
What book is Obama carrying?
A photograph purportedly shows Barack Obama carrying the book "The Post-American World." What's that about?
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
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