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J.B. Wogan is an intern with PolitiFact. He has interned as a metro reporter for The Seattle Times, worked for three years as a local government reporter in Sammamish, Wash., and has a master's degree in public policy from Johns Hopkins University.

Featured Statements

Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in town hall presidential debate:

"Regulations have quadrupled. The rate of regulations quadrupled under this president."

By J.B. Wogan • October 18, 2012
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate:

Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations."

By J.B. Wogan • October 12, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate in Denver:

Because of Obamacare, "over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- it's true -- but they've gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years."

By J.B. Wogan • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign ad:

"We do know that Romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the IRS as part of the notorious 'Son of Boss' tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history."

By Jon Greenberg • August 13, 2012
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 17, 2012 in his syndicated radio show:

Says it's not "accidental" that the villain in the Batman movie is named Bane.

By Molly Moorhead • July 18, 2012
Roger Williams
stated on July 2, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:

Says the federal government is spending $765,828 to subsidize "pancakes for yuppies" in Washington.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
Eric Fehrnstrom
stated on June 3, 2012 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

Massachusetts under Gov. Mitt Romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, "we were in the middle of the pack."

By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012
David Axelrod
stated on June 3, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

Under Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts ranked "47th in job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2012