UPDATED: Grading Texas claims by, and about, Barack Obama
The president’s one-day swing to the Austin area gave rise to fact checks of, and about, him.
By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 at 11:22 a.m.
Obama, Perry, Hinojosa and jobs, jobs, jobs
Barack Obama came and went. Rick Perry and a leader of Texas Democrats took the occasion to loft jobs-related claims--now fact-checked.
By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 06:33 p.m.
Obama’s record on the Truth-O-Meter
President Obama, stopping in Austin, naturally figures into many fact checks.
By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 at 05:42 p.m.
Gauging Republican beliefs about Obama
Our look at a Texas Democrat’s claim about Republicans and Barack Obama led a reader to point out a poll we’d overlooked.
By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Thursday, May 31st, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
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