Debunking claims about a new home sales tax
Did you get the chain email that claims the health care law will institute a new tax on home sales? Here’s the email many readers have forwarded to us: "Under the new health care bill — did you know...
View ArticlePolitiFact's guide to Thanksgiving dinner
At Thanksgiving dinner, there's probably a good chance you'll end up sitting beside your uncle. You love your uncle, but you could do without all those chain e-mails that he forwards to you, the ones...
View ArticlePolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012
If you want fact-checks on the weighty, wonky issues of the day, you turn to PolitiFact. But the Truth-O-Meter also has a sense of humor, so we occasionally do light-hearted or downright odd...
View Article'It's on page 107 of the health care bill!'
The main provisions of President Barack Obama’s 2010 landmark health care law are getting closer and closer to implementation. On Jan. 1, 2014, most Americans will be required to buy insurance or pay a...
View ArticleIs the U.N. coming to take your guns?
Is the United Nations coming to take your guns? A realistic-looking document sent to us recently by a reader seems to say it's going to happen. The document, which is circulating on social media, says...
View ArticleFact-checking claims about how trade deals become law
With the public and the media these days focusing on Obamacare and a nuclear agreement with Iran, a major proposed trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership hasn’t received much attention. But...
View ArticleTop 10 most fact-checked people on the Truth-O-Meter
We suspected that President Barack Obama was the most fact-checked person on the Truth-O-Meter, but we confirmed it when we compiled data to mark the 500th time we’ve fact-checked him. Curious about...
View Article5 fact-checks about the high cost of college tuition
As students head back to college this month, many will find it a tough call about what’s more stressful -- their homework, or their looming student debt. In recent months, PolitiFact has done a number...
View ArticlePolitiFact Florida's top 10 fact-checks for 2014
A busy election season is over, but as PolitiFact Florida reflects on what our readers found most popular, we noticed an interesting trend -- many of our most widely read fact-checks for 2014 weren’t...
View ArticlePolitiFact's 5 most-viewed fact checks from January
Here are PolitiFact’s top 5 most-viewed fact-checks and special reports of January 2015, counting down to the most popular story. 5. Rand Paul says most people receive disability for back pain, anxiety...
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