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Fact-checking in the Echo Chamber Nation

Fact-checking in the Echo Chamber Nation

By Bill Adair • December 22, 2011
Are federal officials allowed to say 'Merry Christmas'?

Are federal officials allowed to say 'Merry Christmas'?

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2011
Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'

Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'

By Bill Adair • December 20, 2011
Lie of the Year 2011: Readers' poll results

Lie of the Year 2011: Readers' poll results

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 20, 2011
How we chose the 2011 Lie of the Year

How we chose the 2011 Lie of the Year

By Bill Adair • December 20, 2011
Fact-checking the final Iowa debate

Fact-checking the final Iowa debate

By Bill Adair • December 16, 2011
Greatest hits from the Republican debates

Greatest hits from the Republican debates

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 15, 2011
Fact-checking the Huntsman-Gingrich debate

Fact-checking the Huntsman-Gingrich debate

By Martha M. Hamilton • December 14, 2011
Is Gingrich right about teacher and janitor salaries?

Is Gingrich right about teacher and janitor salaries?

By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2011
Fact-checking the Iowa Republican debate

Fact-checking the Iowa Republican debate

By Bill Adair • December 11, 2011
Rick Perry's False claim about prayer and Christmas

Rick Perry's False claim about prayer and Christmas

By Bill Adair • December 10, 2011
Is Jon Stewart right that Congress often worked on Christmas?

Is Jon Stewart right that Congress often worked on Christmas?

By Bill Adair • December 9, 2011
Polls close Friday for PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

Polls close Friday for PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

By Bill Adair • December 8, 2011
Checking Newt Gingrich's jabs about jobs

Checking Newt Gingrich's jabs about jobs

By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2011
Fact-checking the Chamber of Commerce

Fact-checking the Chamber of Commerce

By Bill Adair • December 6, 2011
Finalists announced for 2011 Lie of the Year

Finalists announced for 2011 Lie of the Year

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2011
Is Newt right? Food stamps can take you to Hawaii?

Is Newt right? Food stamps can take you to Hawaii?

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2011
Checking the RNC ad 'welcoming' Obama to Scranton

Checking the RNC ad 'welcoming' Obama to Scranton

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2011
Checking more claims from the DNC ad that says Romney flip-flopped

Checking more claims from the DNC ad that says Romney flip-flopped

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 28, 2011
Pat Boone earns his first Pants on Fire

Pat Boone earns his first Pants on Fire

By Sabrina Eaton • November 25, 2011