Archive: 1 Pinocchio
Is Clinton winning the 'popular vote'?
The Clinton campaign says that their candidate has overtaken Obama in the 'popular vote.' They are overlooking some crucial asterisks.
Posted on April 24, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (152)
Hillary's 'two percent' college loan
Hillary Clinton says she received a two percent student loan that permitted her to attend Yale Law School. She has a rosier-than-warranted picture of the good old days.
Posted on April 23, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (42)
Paying for the Iraq War
Hillary Clinton says that George Bush is the first American president to fail to pay for a war launched on his watch. She is partly correct.
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (32)
Cindy's Recipegate
At least four McCain "family recipes" featured on the campaign website turn out to have been cribbed from the Internet. The McCain campaign is using the "clueless intern" defense.
Posted on April 15, 2008 at 02:58 PM ET | Comments (29)
Professor Obama?
The Clinton campaign says that Barack Obama has been misusing the title of "former law professor." A former Princeton professor investigates.
Posted on April 1, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (268)
Hillary vs Barack on Meeting Dictators
She claims that he would meet with dictators "without precondition." He claims that she is following the discredited "Bush-Cheney" doctrine of refusing to talk to your enemies. Who is right?
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM ET | Comments (27)
Obama and Health Care
Clinton catches Obama in an inconsistency on his advocacy of a single-payer health insurance system, similar to the Canadian system.
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (52)
Clinton and Northern Ireland
Hillary Clinton claims that she was "intimately involved" in the Northern Ireland peace process. The Fact Checker examines the record.
Posted on January 10, 2008 at 10:27 AM ET | Comments (52)
Hillary and Martin Luther King Jr.
Hillary Clinton says she went to hear Martin Luther King speak on "a cold January day" in 1963. She is almost certainly wrong.
Posted on December 31, 2007 at 05:06 PM ET | Comments (58)
Obama vs Clinton on Foreign Policy
Clinton and Obama are feuding over who has the most support from the Democratic Party foreign policy establishment. We name names.
Posted on December 27, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (47)
The Fact Checker Fact Checks The Post
An editorial last Monday in The Washington Post claimed that the Mexican economy has more than quadrupled in size over the last two decades. Do Post editors know what they are talking about?
Posted on December 7, 2007 at 09:50 AM ET | Comments (30)
Clinton vs Obama: The 'Fact Check' War
The Clinton and Obama campaigns have issued competing "Fact Checks" on Iran. The Fact Checker fact checks the "fact checkers".
Posted on December 6, 2007 at 08:00 AM ET | Comments (17)
Pinocchios for Mitt and Rudy
Rudy Giuliani claims that violent crime went up in Massachusetts under Mitt Romney. Is he telling the truth?
Posted on November 27, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (14)
Aliens Support Clinton, Richardson
Bill Richardson says the government "hasn't come clean" about UFOs. Archives officials say the governor of New Mexico is living on another planet. The Fact Checker adjudicates.
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (20)
Fact Checking the Fact Checker
The Fact Checker adjudicates the case of Obama and Edwards vs "federal lobbyists." Is FC a "shill" for the Clinton campaign?
Posted on October 29, 2007 at 08:50 AM ET | Comments (12)
Pinocchio Time for Al Gore
The Gore-acle won the Nobel Peace Prize for his warnings on global warming. But does that make him immune to criticism?
Posted on October 25, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (183)
'Hillary Care' and 'Socialized Medicine'
Mitt Romney says that Hillary Clinton is planning a government takeover of the health care system. Has he got his facts right?
Posted on October 24, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (59)
Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Part II
Unscrambling Iraqi civilian casualty statistics. The Fact Checker awards Pinocchios to General David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Posted on October 19, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (53)
An Inconvenient Truth: Team Gore Responds
Al Gore's environmental adviser responds to criticisms about the accuracy of his Oscar-winning movie. Read the Gore team's first point-by-point rebuttal of a British judge's critique of An Inconvenient Truth.
Posted on October 18, 2007 at 10:00 AM ET | Comments (233)
An Inconvenient Truth, Part II
More on the debate about An Inconvenient Truth. Scientists weigh in on the alleged inaccuracies in Al Gore's movie. The Fact Checker replies to readers.
Posted on October 17, 2007 at 07:00 AM ET | Comments (72)
An Inconvenient Truth for Al Gore
Al Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his campaigning work on global warming. But a British judge claims that there are some significant errors in his Oscar-winning movie. Join in the debate.
Posted on October 12, 2007 at 10:08 AM ET | Comments (482)
'Boots on the Ground' in Iraq
The White House always gets this one wrong. Today, following Britain's announcement that it is halving its troop presence in Iraq, we inaugurate the official Fact Checker Coalition of the Willing Database.
Posted on October 9, 2007 at 10:00 AM ET | Comments (11)
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