FactCheck: Fact and Fiction in Obama's Speech
We fact-check the president's address to Congress and the nation.
FactCheck: Did the Stimulus Really Create 150,000 Jobs?
How accurate is Obama's claim of 150,000 jobs "saved or created"?
FactCheck: In 100 Days, Obama Mostly Sticks With Facts
What Obama said—and what has been said about him.
Factcheck.org: Where Obama Strayed From the Facts
Some exaggerations and misstatements from his evening news conference.
FactCheck: What Obama's Speech Got Wrong
The president gets facts wrong about oil imports, mortgage aid and the transcontinental railroad, and more.
FactCheck: Health-Care Summit Was Rife With Errors
This marathon discussion had no shortage of factual malpractice.
Factcheck.org: Dems Mislead in New Radio Attack Ads
New Democratic ads attacking House Republicans in the lead-up to the 2010 midterm elections don't tell the whole story.
Factcheck.org: Sliming Pelosi
Internet rumormongers spread misinformation about her husband, her tax plans, her plane rides and a "mental deficiency."
Factcheck.org: Our Disinformed Electorate
We saw more aggressive fact-checking by journalists in this election than ever before. Unfortunately, as a post-election Annenberg Public Policy Center poll confirms, millions of voters were bamboozled anyway.
Factcheck: Closing Arguments: Obama
With the finish line in sight, Obama serves up familiar, pie-in-the-sky promises.
Factcheck.org: A False Claim on Body Armor
Liberal vets group attacks Dole, recycling one of the worst 'Whoppers of 2006.'
Factcheck.org: A Misleading NRA Ad
A misleading NRA ad claims Obama voted "to deny citizens the right of self-protection."
Factcheck.org: Obama's False Medicare Accusation
He accuses McCain of proposing to cut benefits. Not true.
Factcheck.org: The Second Presidential Debate
McCain and Obama debated for the second time, in Nashville. We noted some misleading statements and mangled facts.
Factcheck.org: McCain, Obama Ads: Only Partly True
McCain and Obama accuse each other of falsehoods, and both have good reason.
Factcheck.org: More Social Security Spin
Obama-Biden ad misrepresents the Social Security plan McCain supported. Again.
Factcheck.org: McCain, Obama Both Got a Lot Wrong
Facts muddled in Mississippi McCain-Obama meeting.
Factcheck.org: Obama's Social Security Whopper
He tells Social Security recipients their money would now be in the stock market under McCain's plan. False.
Factcheck.org: McCain-Palin Distorts Findings
Those attacks on Palin that we debunked didn't come from Obama.
FactCheck: Obama's Speech Sometimes Stretched the Facts
He stuck to the facts, except when he stretched them.
Factcheck.org: Saddleback Bloopers
Obama makes misleading claims about ethics legislation and abortion at a church-sponsored forum. McCain exaggerates his tax-cut proposals.
FactCheck: Inflating Tires vs. Offshore Drilling
Motorists could save more than 1 billion gallons of fuel a year, right now. But expanded offshore drilling would eventually produce even more.
FactCheck: McCain Continues to Distort Obama's Tax Proposals
McCain misrepresents Obama's tax proposals again. And again, and again.
Factcheck: Obama's Ad Overstates McCain's Big Oil Proceeds
An Obama ad says McCain's campaign got $2 million from "Big Oil." The total is actually $1.3 million.
Factcheck.org: Straining a Point
An Obama ad says he'll "fast-track alternatives" to imported oil. Actually, his plan is a 10-year proposal with no guarantees.