Fact-checks | PolitiFact

The Poynter Institute

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

I would like to contribute

Phil Gingrey
stated on September 7, 2012 in a Twitter post:

The U.S. unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent for 43 consecutive months, the longest stretch since the Great Depression.

By Eric Stirgus • September 14, 2012