Sweeping statements oft fuel fact checks
As fact-checkers, we sit up especially straight when someone connected to Texas politics makes a flat-out claim. Absolutes seem to holler for review.
By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at 12:17 p.m.
Pants on Fire!
The Truth-O-Meter seems more flammable lately.
By :: Published on Monday, February 21st, 2011 at 11:49 a.m.
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