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The 2012 Lie of the Year Finalists: Vote in the Readers' Poll

The 2012 Lie of the Year Finalists: Vote in the Readers' Poll

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 4, 2012
Has Obama reduced the nuclear threat?

Has Obama reduced the nuclear threat?

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2012
Obama's promise: reduce dependence on foreign oil

Obama's promise: reduce dependence on foreign oil

By Becky Bowers • November 29, 2012
Rating Obama's promises on cybersecurity

Rating Obama's promises on cybersecurity

By Molly Moorhead • November 28, 2012
Help us choose PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

Help us choose PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

By Bill Adair • November 26, 2012
Mailbag: Post-election edition

Mailbag: Post-election edition

By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2012
PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner

PolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner

By Bill Adair • November 19, 2012
Updating the Obameter and the GOP Pledge-O-Meter

Updating the Obameter and the GOP Pledge-O-Meter

By Bill Adair • November 9, 2012
The value of fact-checking in the 2012 campaign

The value of fact-checking in the 2012 campaign

By Bill Adair • November 8, 2012
PolitiFact's voter guide to our voter guides

PolitiFact's voter guide to our voter guides

By Bill Adair • November 5, 2012
Greatest hits of the 2012 presidential campaign

Greatest hits of the 2012 presidential campaign

By Becky Bowers • November 4, 2012
Has President Obama kept his campaign promises?

Has President Obama kept his campaign promises?

By J.B. Wogan • November 3, 2012
Medicare 'cuts' and a talking point that won't die

Medicare 'cuts' and a talking point that won't die

By Becky Bowers • November 2, 2012
Biggest falsehoods of the presidential campaign

Biggest falsehoods of the presidential campaign

By Bill Adair • November 1, 2012
Scariest lines of the 2012 campaign

Scariest lines of the 2012 campaign

By Bill Adair • October 30, 2012
In context: Romney's comments on FEMA

In context: Romney's comments on FEMA

By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2012
Twisting the truth on windmills, pensions and prostitutes

Twisting the truth on windmills, pensions and prostitutes

By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2012
Mailbag: 'Count me disappointed'

Mailbag: 'Count me disappointed'

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2012
Fact-checking the third presidential debate

Fact-checking the third presidential debate

By Becky Bowers • October 23, 2012
Fact-checking foreign policy

Fact-checking foreign policy

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 22, 2012