Gary Johnson says he'll be on every ballot
The Libertarian presidential nominee said he’ll far outpace other third-party hopefuls by making every state's ballot. We find that's unsettled.
By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Thursday, September 20th, 2012 at 11:05 a.m.
Fact-checking the Fox News-Google GOP Debate
The GOP candidates faced off in Orlando, with questions from Fox News and YouTube. We put them to the Truth-O-Meter. And we'd already just completed a check about the Texas law permitting some illegal immigrants to get in-state college tuition.a
By Bill Adair :: Published on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 10:24 p.m.
Rick Perry versus the field, round three
Republican presidential candidates debate a third time in 22 days tonight. We’ll watch for fresh claims, including jabs at front-running Texas Gov. Rick Perry, mindful that the last debates fed several fact checks.
By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 06:15 a.m.
Fact-checking the GOP debate in New Hampshire
Gov. Rick Perry won’t be there, but U.S. Rep. Ron Paul will, and we’ll be watching for testable statements.
By Angie Drobnic Holan :: Published on Monday, June 13th, 2011 at 02:00 p.m.
Fact-checking the Republican debate in New Hampshire
We've posted new fact-checks of Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich.
By Angie Drobnic Holan :: Published on Monday, June 13th, 2011 at 01:54 p.m.
Senate debate over, now the Truth-O-Meter
Four Republican hopefuls vying to succeed U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey made claims during a Wednesday forum that we’d checked before.
By :: Published on Friday, June 10th, 2011 at 10:25 a.m.
Fact-checking the first Republican debate
The South Carolina debate was missing several of the most prominent candidates, but there were still plenty of facts to check.
By Bill Adair :: Published on Friday, May 6th, 2011 at 09:27 a.m.
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