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Introducing the PolitiFact Truth Index

Introducing the PolitiFact Truth Index

By Bill Adair • July 5, 2011
Mailbag: We 'blew it' . . . or we're an 'island of sanity'

Mailbag: We 'blew it' . . . or we're an 'island of sanity'

By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2011
Does ethanol bring down the price of gasoline?

Does ethanol bring down the price of gasoline?

By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2011
Glenn Beck's Greatest Hits (and Misses)

Glenn Beck's Greatest Hits (and Misses)

By Robert Farley • June 30, 2011
Fact-checking President Obama's press conference

Fact-checking President Obama's press conference

By Robert Farley • June 29, 2011
Watch out 'Angry Birds'!

Watch out 'Angry Birds'!

By Bill Adair • June 29, 2011
Fact-checking Michele Bachmann on 'Face the Nation'

Fact-checking Michele Bachmann on 'Face the Nation'

By Robert Farley • June 27, 2011
Schieffer asks Bachmann about her record for accuracy

Schieffer asks Bachmann about her record for accuracy

By Bill Adair • June 27, 2011
PolitiFact expands to New Hampshire

PolitiFact expands to New Hampshire

By Bill Adair • June 26, 2011
PolitiFact app now available for iPhone

PolitiFact app now available for iPhone

By Bill Adair • June 24, 2011
Oil reserves tapped, promise kept

Oil reserves tapped, promise kept

By Robert Farley • June 24, 2011
Are U.S. actions in Libya subject to the War Powers Resolution? A review of the evidence

Are U.S. actions in Libya subject to the War Powers Resolution? A review of the evidence

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 22, 2011
Jon Stewart's PolitiFact segment: The annotated edition

Jon Stewart's PolitiFact segment: The annotated edition

By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2011
Readers say we were uninformed about Jon Stewart's claim

Readers say we were uninformed about Jon Stewart's claim

By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2011
California congressional race heats up

California congressional race heats up

By Robert Farley • June 20, 2011
How close is today's economy to the Great Depression?

How close is today's economy to the Great Depression?

By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2011
Fact-checking Michele Bachmann

Fact-checking Michele Bachmann

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2011
Fact-checking the Republican debate in New Hampshire

Fact-checking the Republican debate in New Hampshire

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 13, 2011
Did Herman Cain turn around Godfather's Pizza?

Did Herman Cain turn around Godfather's Pizza?

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2011
The Truth-O-Meter on Rick Santorum

The Truth-O-Meter on Rick Santorum

By Martha M. Hamilton • June 9, 2011