Pants on Fire, from both the right and the left
We looked at two recent claims from political pundits that set the meter ablaze: Conservative radio host Michael Savage called Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan "a New York City radical, Marxist lawyer...
View ArticleDid Obama inherit the McChrystal 'problem' from President Bush?
It's moot now that President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, but liberal TV host Ed Schultz delivered a stinging...
View ArticleFact-checking the pundits on Wisconsin's budget
A knock-down drag-out fight is going on in Wisconsin over the budget, and it's got national pundits talking about what it all means. Both sides of the debate are warning that what's happening here...
View ArticleTruth getting milked in Wisconsin showdown
Our colleagues at PolitiFact Wisconsin have been busier than, uh, badgers tracking what-all is getting said in the legislative standoff over a push by Republicans there to reduce unions’...
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