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KUT News checks in with PolitiFact Texas at the Austin American-Statesman. PolitiFact is the Statesman’s fact checking project that helps the community “find the truth in politics.”
KUT News checks in with PolitiFact Texas at the Austin American-Statesman. PolitiFact is the Statesman’s fact checking project that helps the community “find the truth in politics.”
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Checking Claims in the Senate Runoff
To walk us through two of their claims, Emily Donahue turned to Gardner Selby of the Austin American Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas for a pair of fact checks....
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PolitiFact: Craig James Incorrect about Treaty
Voters will choose a nominees to succeed Texas U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in Tuesday’s primaries. On the Republican side, those aspirants include a former ESPN analyst who fired off a claim about President Obama.
KUT’s Nathan Bernier spoke with Gardener Selby, of the Austin-American...
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Behind the Scenes of the Fact Checkers
KUT’s Emily Donahue explores the nuances involved in separating political rhetoric from fact with Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas....
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Checking Ron Paul’s “40,000 Laws” Claim
Ron Paul recently claimed that 40,000 new laws landed on the books in one day, and KUT’s Emily Donahue turned to Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas for a fact check....
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50 Voter Fraud Convictions? Let’s Check
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says he has won 50 convictions for election fraud. In this week’s PolitiFact Texas, that’s what we’re checking. KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke...
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More Money for Education? The Facts
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs appeared in Bryan-College Station the other day and assured a group that lawmakers did not cut education spending last year....
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Checking on Dewhurst’s Video Assertions
In a new web video, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst takes aim at President Barack Obama on two fronts....
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Checking on the District Attorney Candidates
Democrats vying to become Travis County District Attorney aired a couple of flawed claims, according to the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas...
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Truth and Half-Truth in Women’s Health Debate
Gov. Rick Perry and opposing Democrats traded statistical claims this month over Planned Parenthood clinics and the services they provide under a women’s health program. Were any of the claims on the money? PolitiFact Texas weighs in....
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Checking the Party Numbers of Latino Officials
It’s become a routine each election year: Parties try to show they’re a better fit for the vast bloc of Latino voters.
This year in Texas, Democrats and Republicans are arguing the numbers to show they’re a better fit; one claim stated that elected Democrats of Latino heritage far...
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Checking In on Perry’s Scholarship Promise
Gov. Rick Perry once vowed to create a $100 million scholarship fund. How did it turn out? KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman and PolitiFact Texas....
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Education Funding Rose in 2011? Checking the Facts
Lawmakers ponied up a bit for public schools in the late 1990s; did they do it again in 2011? KUT’s Nathan Bernier spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman PolitiFact Texas....
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Fact-Checking Gingrich on Texas School Prayer Case
A Texas judge figured into a recent Newt Gingrich victory speech. KUT’s Nathan Bernier spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman's PolitiFact Texas about Gingrich’s assertion that the federal government's legislative and executive branches should remove judges who are believed...
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Checking Rep. Smith’s Numbers on Online Piracy
Giant numbers are thrown around in Congress all the time. Do they always hold true?
KUT’s Nathan Bernier spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman's PolitiFact Texas about U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith’s claim that online piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion a year that would...
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