FactCheck: What's Inside the GOP Health-Care Plans
Republican and bipartisan health care proposals may be up for discussion at Obama's summit. What are the details of these plans?
FactCheck: Not Everyone Will Keep Insurance Under Obama Plan
Despite Obama's claims, it's unlikely that everyone will be able to keep their current health care coverage under the current reform plan.
FactCheck: Health Insurance Ad Misses the Mark
Could a public insurance plan spell the end of private insurance companies?
FactCheck: Obama Mangled Some Health Care Facts
SummaryPresident Obama tried to sell his health care overhaul in prime time, mangling some facts in the process. He also strained to make the job sound easier to pay for than experts predict.
FactCheck: A Misleading Health Care Ad
A conservative group's ad implies Congress is on its way to instituting a British- or Canadian-style health system.
Factcheck.org: Obama's Education Spin
Last year, we were getting smarter. This year, not so much.
Factcheck.org: Misleading Political Ads Come in Spanish Too
Ads targeting Spanish-speaking voters make claims we've heard before.
Factcheck.org: Misleading Ads on Obama's Small-Business Tax Plan
A conservative group misleads voters mightily on Obama's tax plans for small businesses.
Factcheck.org: Unions Mislead on Health Care
They attack McCain's plan. One ad uses a bogus tax figure; another makes a false claim about coverage. SummaryTwo labor unions are running ads falsely characterizing McCain's health care plan.
Factcheck.org: Health Care Spin
McCain and Obama each make false claims about the other's health care plan. We sort through the misinformation.
Factcheck.org: McCain Not Coming Clean on Coal
A McCain-Palin ad claims the Obama-Biden ticket opposes clean coal. Not true.
Factcheck.org: Out of Context on Health Care
Obama ad twists McCain's words on health care "deregulation."
Factcheck.org: Obama-Biden Scaring Seniors
An Obama-Biden ad says McCain supports "cutting benefits in half" for Social Security recipients. False!
FactCheck: Obama Ad Misidentifies McCain 'Lobbyists'
Not pictured here: The people in suits shown with McCain in an Obama ad are not lobbyists, as the narrator implies.
Factcheck.org: Miscounting Obama's Tax Votes
Republicans claim Obama "voted 94 times for higher taxes." But their count is inflated and misleading.
Factcheck.org: Did McCain Vote Against Katrina Investigations?
McCain claims he "supported every investigation" into the government's role regarding the hurricane, when in fact he twice voted against an independent commission.
Factcheck.org: The Budget According to McCain: Part II
The new McCain loves tax cuts. But many of his claims about them are off.
Factcheck.org: McCain's $5,000 Promise
His new ad only tells half the story of what his health proposal could mean for U.S. workers.
Factcheck.org: That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent You
I've noticed that chain e-mails, particularly those about politics, have a lot of things in common: urgent and frightening messages; spelling errors; a tendency to blame mainstream media for not telling the real story; and false, misleading, utterly bogus, and completely off-base claims.If there was ever a case where readers should apply a guilty-until-proven-innocent standard, this is it.
Factchecking Obama's NAFTA Mailer
An Obama mailer uses dubious, disputed statistics about how much the trade deal hurt Ohio workers.
Factcheck.org: The Sanctuary Spat
The Giuliani campaign says his immigration policy in New York wasn't like that of other cities. That's not true.