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PolitiFact: Roundup of shutdown claims
The U.S. government is partially shut down, but that hasn’t stopped the political rhetoric coming out of Washington about the shuttering of our federal government, or its causes. PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia have closely monitored the comments coming from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. We thought it would ...
PolitiFact: Candidate Barge, Superintendent Barge sometimes differ on Common Core
State School Superintendent John Barge — along with Dalton Mayor David Pennington — has joined the race for governor, challenging GOP incumbent Nathan Deal. Barge is campaigning hard on what he knows best: education, which he sees as economic development. During his two-year tenure as the state’s schools chief, Barge ...
PolitiFact: Roundup about health care law
The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, has triggered an avalanche of political rhetoric over the past few years. PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia have been keeping tabs on that complex debate, trying to parse truth from fiction. With the Oct. 1 deadline looming for creation of the Obamacare health ...
PolitiFact: Rep. Graves wrong about Buffett’s health law stance
Warren Buffett says stop Obamacare now and start over. — U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, in a Sept. 22 ABC News interview As the nation winds down to a government shutdown and possible default on its debt, the fight over President Barack Obama’s health care law continues. PolitiFact Georgia was asked ...
PolitiFact: Roundup for the past week
PolitiFact Georgia and the AJC Truth-O-Meter kept busy this past week with fact checks on guns, war and the economy. And we wandered a bit afield to check a claim that came from the moon about a long-ago meal there. We examined a gun-control group’s claim about the number of ...
PolitiFact: Math on sequester job cuts doesn’t add up
There has been a renewed focus on jobs and how many the economy has lost as Republicans and Democrats continue to do battle and threat of a government shutdown looms. Recently a political commentator took to Twitter highlighting job losses since across-the-board, automatic federal budget cuts — known as sequestration ...
PolitiFact: Communion service took place during first moon landing
The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion. -- A viral Facebook post Occasionally a claim comes across our desks here at PolitiFact Georgia that seems to touch all bases — this one has God, politics and even men landing on the moon. The ...
PolitiFact: The Roundup
PolitiFact Georgia and the AJC Truth-O-Meter kept watch this week on the Syrian crisis and one Georgia lawmaker’s position on a military strike. We took a look at government snooping and your old emails. We weighed in on the Internet tax. And we tried to make sense of an anti-tax ...
PolitiFact: Isakson absolute in early statement on Syria, less so in follow-up
Did U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson support a military strike against Syria and then reverse course this week? Isakson, a Republican, issued a written statement Aug. 31 in which he stated, “I support the use of military action in Syria.” But just over a week later, on Monday, Isakson issued this ...
PolitiFact: Your old emails could be in government inbox now
You’ve got mail. And depending on how long its been since you’ve read it, the government can read it, too. That’s the claim U.S. Rep. Tom Graves made in a district update to his constituents this summer. “It’s shocking, but true,” Graves, R-Ranger, said in the emailed update. “The government ...
PolitiFact: Roundup for past week
PolitiFact Georgia and the AJC Truth-O-Meter checked out four claims last week ranging from guns to health care. Our reporters examined the African-American male prison population for a claim made by former President and Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. We explored the amount of time and money taxpayers — individuals and ...
PolitiFact: Call for tax overhaul cites high cost of money, time
How much time did it take you — or your tax preparer — to complete your taxes last year? A couple of hours? A few days? How about 6 billion hours! According to Georgia Congressman Tom Price, Americans spend that vast amount of time complying with the tax code each ...
PolitiFact: The Roundup
PolitiFact Georgia and the AJC Truth-O-Meter focused on our local politicians this week, checking four claims by our elected officials at all three levels of government. We revised our ruling on a claim by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed about the amount of money the state could pay for property wanted ...
Paul Broun’s education salaries remark mostly on target
Georgia congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Paul Broun has been a loud voice in the push to reduce government control of education policy. He has criticized the federal Education Department as being a bloated bureaucracy with excessive spending and salaries. In this vein, Broun and other Republican members of the ...
PolitiFact: Reed correct, state can’t pay more than appraisal for stadium site
Plans to build a new $1 billion stadium in downtown Atlanta may sound like a project with limitless cash. But there are boundaries concerning what can be spent, according to a key player in the effort. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed recently took to the radio to discuss the fractured negotiations ...
PolitiFact: The Roundup
PolitiFact Georgia and the AJC Truth-O-Meter ventured into the federal budget for a couple of fact checks this week. For another check, we stayed a little closer to home — our own backyard. We researched a claim by Georgia’s former secretary of state-turned U.S. Senate candidate about wasteful spending in ...
PolitiFact: Pottery class claim takes truth for a spin
The race to fill retiring U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ seat is in full swing with candidates on both sides of the aisle jockeying for early position among their competitors. A common theme, particularly among the GOP candidates, has been the need to rein in wasteful government spending. Former Georgia Secretary ...
PolitiFact: Spending limit a best practice, not a state law
Plans to build a new $1 billion stadium in downtown Atlanta may sound like a project with limitless cash. But there are boundaries concerning what can be spent, according to a key player in the effort. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed recently took to the radio to discuss negotiations with Mount ...
PolitiFact: Atlanta popular with tourists, but numbers lack clarity
A land deal for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium moved a step closer to completion last week. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced that an agreement had been reached with one of the two churches currently on the preferred building site. (Discussions are ongoing with the second church) Reed later discussed ...
PolitiFact: Roundup for past week
PolitiFact Georgia put some serious claims about education, jobs and health care through the AJC Truth-O-Meter this past week. And for a bit of levity, the Grammys. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was in town last week discussing Medicaid, and we examined her claim about the program’s ...
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