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Mailbag: 'Be real journalists!'

Mailbag: 'Be real journalists!'

By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2015
PunditFact checks the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

PunditFact checks the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2015
Fact checking the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

Fact checking the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2015
PolitiFact's top 5 most-read articles in September 2015

PolitiFact's top 5 most-read articles in September 2015

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2015
Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows

Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2015
Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows

Fact-checking the Sept. 27 Sunday shows

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2015
Checking Ted Cruz, Stephen Colbert on the CBS 'Late Show'

Checking Ted Cruz, Stephen Colbert on the CBS 'Late Show'

By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2015
Fact-checking Stephen Colbert's interview with Ted Cruz about Reagan

Fact-checking Stephen Colbert's interview with Ted Cruz about Reagan

By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2015
Fact-checking a viral graphic critical of Bernie Sanders

Fact-checking a viral graphic critical of Bernie Sanders

By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2015
Jobs fact-checks for Labor Day

Jobs fact-checks for Labor Day

By Lauren Carroll • September 7, 2015
Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on 'Morning Joe'

Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on 'Morning Joe'

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015
Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on 'Morning Joe'

Fact-checking the Dick Cheney-John Kerry faceoff on 'Morning Joe'

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015
Mailbag: 'You are better than this, PolitiFact'

Mailbag: 'You are better than this, PolitiFact'

By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2015
Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and college affordability: a Twitter battle

Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and college affordability: a Twitter battle

By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2015
PolitiFact: Live fact-checking the Cleveland GOP debate

PolitiFact: Live fact-checking the Cleveland GOP debate

By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2015
Anatomy of a talking point: the smallest Navy since 1917

Anatomy of a talking point: the smallest Navy since 1917

By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2015
Fact-checking Donald Trump, Rick Perry ahead of the first GOP debate

Fact-checking Donald Trump, Rick Perry ahead of the first GOP debate

By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2015
Fact-checking the Aug. 2 news shows

Fact-checking the Aug. 2 news shows

By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2015
A closer look at an anti-Hillary Clinton meme

A closer look at an anti-Hillary Clinton meme

By Lauren Carroll • July 31, 2015
A closer look at an old Bernie Sanders talking point

A closer look at an old Bernie Sanders talking point

By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2015