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PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in politics. Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times examine statements by members of Congress, the president, cabinet secretaries, lobbyists, people who testify before Congress and anyone else who speaks up in Washington. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter – True, Mostly True, Half True, Barely True and False. The most ridiculous falsehoods get our lowest rating, Pants on Fire. We also rate the consistency of public officials on our Flip-O-Meter ... More » (Source: PolitiFact)
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Health care reform: A summary of recent distortions
The debate over health care reform has been defined by exaggerations and falsehoods. Republicans have falsely labeled the Democratic plan "government-run health care" and ... -
Records not as vulnerable as group claims
Could Big Brother -- or garden-variety snoopers -- soon get their hands on your medical data? The Senior Citizens League -- a group that boasts 1.2 million members and is ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Truth-O-Meter: Statements on Health Care
PolitiFact fact-checks statements about health care by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups -- and rates them on their Truth-O-Meter.Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Speed-reading the health care reform bill?
With the massive health care bill about to come to the House and Senate, members of Congress are arguing about a reading assignment: How long should they have to read a bill ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Health care reform: A simple explanation
From death panels for the disabled to euthanasia for Granny, blatantly, patently wrong information about health care has gotten a lot of attention. (See our Greatest Hits list ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Sarah Palin falsely claims Barack Obama runs a 'death panel'
We have read all 1,000-plus pages of the Democratic bill and examined versions in various committees. There is no panel in any version of the health care bills in Congress ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Statements on Health
(Graphic) "Under the Obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government."Posted by Joey Baker -
Obama reverses on release of abuse photos
President Barack Obama announced his administration was reversing course about the release of photographs depicting the abuse of foreign prisoners. We're rating this the first ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
First 100 Days: Obama's two biggest promises
For the final installment in our coverage of President Barack Obama's first 100 days, we decided to look at the 514 campaign promises in our Obameter database and choose two ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
First 100 Days: Obama and the big picture
President Barack Obama's first 100 days have at times seemed a blur of activity, but he mostly has stuck to a blueprint outlined in his presidential campaign, according to an ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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A new side effect of H1N1 virus: exaggeration
Public health officials making the pitch for the H1N1 vaccine to a wary public are having to overcome an unprecedented torrent of misinformation. PolitiFact looked into ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Coulter says husbands rarely beat up their wives
On his Fox News show, commentator Sean Hannity defended Rush Limbaugh, who was dumped by business partners bidding to buy the St. Louis Rams due to controversy about racial ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
PolitiFact | Joe Wilson of South Carolina said Obama lied, but he didn't
When we look at all of this evidence, it seems that health reform leaves in place the status quo on illegal immigration, and certainly does not provide any new benefits ...Posted by Kelly Garrett -
Obama makes the case for health care reform
Seeking to jump-start efforts to pass a health care bill, President Barack Obama defended his reform plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Palin 'death panel' claim sets Truth-O-Meter ablaze
We've looked at the inflammatory claims that the health care bill encourages euthanasia. It doesn't. There's certainly no "death board" that determines the worthiness of ...via Jay Rosen -
Your guide to the cap-and-trade estimates
With Congress considering a sweeping cap-and-trade bill to limit carbon emissions and slow global warming, there have been a perplexing array of cost estimates. We can't tell ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The distortions cometh
We think it's misleading to cite an editorial from one of the country's most conservative large paper editorial boards and present it as "the press."Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Fact Check - Thompson's gun claim low on ammo
The debate over the possible relationship between guns and crime rates has kept researchers in business for decades. In a posting on his Web site on Aug. 21, Thompson provided ...Posted by Leo Romero
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