Political Lies

How to Win: Get Mad

Brandon Bowlin | Posted 05.25.2012

Brandon Bowlin

Cory Booker's Meet the Press backstabbery was remarkable. And his Twitter-laced walk-back -- very unremarkable.

PaulitiFact's Top 10 Lies of 2011

Paul Abrams | Posted 02.22.2012

Paul Abrams

Just as we at PaulitiFact believed we had our list all set and agreed by everyone, new lies continued to spew forth faster than stink on you-know-what. Like Congress, we have had to delay our departure for the holidays because we were knee-deep in that stuff.

Post-Reality Politics, Part Two: The Mainstreaming of Political Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.12.2011

Stephen Ducat

For decades now conservatives have been aided by the knee-jerk tendency of many journalists to assert a false equivalency between truth claims.

The Terrorists Next Door

Tom Gerdy | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Gerdy

We have crossed over to the dark side when political posturing is more important than solutions to our problems. The end results can not be positive if the truth is cast aside in favor of fearmongering.

An Article You Must Read About John McCain

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.25.2011

Kathleen Reardon

Sydney Schanberg has unearthed a lie of major proportions if indeed McCain did not do all he could do to locate those still missing after his return from Vietnam.

Carolina Blues: Democrats Can Lose It All In The Tarheel State

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011

Linda Hansen

"Some true-blue North Carolina Democrats are shifting. This primary has really turned them off. Believe it or not, some may not vote at all. Others are saying McCain is looking better and better."