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Andrew Kerr at the Daily Caller reported that PolitiFact posted an Editor's Note on May 17 quietly retracting a "Pants On Fire" it gave to Tucker Carlson last September for a supposedly "
Campaign photo of gubernatorial candidate Pete Snyder. (Campaign photo) Speaker: Pete Snyder Statement: “There is no discernible difference between the spread and deaths of COVID in Virginia than there is in Florida.” Date: March 12 Setting: Radio interview Virginia could learn a lot from Florida about battling COVID-19, says Pete Snyder, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in the Old Dominion. Snyder has been accusing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, of hurting businesses by keeping the state under COVID restrictions. He says Northam should have followed Florida Gov. Ron DeSanti...
Can You Handle The Truth: Fact-Checking Claims About Voting Rights Legislation H.R. 1 A voter returns a vote by mail ballot in California. Andrew Nixon / CapRadio Misleading attacks on the Democratic voting rights legislation H.R. 1 are surfacing on social media and elsewhere. CapRadio’s PolitiFact California reporter Chris Nichols spoke with anchor Mike Hagerty about those attacks in this week’s installment of Can You Handle The Truth. The interview has been edited for clarity and length. Interview Highlights On what H.R. 1 and what it would do H.R. 1, also known as the For The People Ac...
Close Menu Sacramento Could Be One Of First Cities To Reform Single-Family Home Zoning. Here’s How It Would Work. Listen A "for sale" sign hangs in the yard of a home in Lincoln, Calif. Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio For years, California state lawmakers have pushed ideas that would allow developers to build small apartment buildings, duplexes and triplexes in neighborhoods zoned almost exclusively for single family homes. These bills, meant to address the state’s severe housing shortage and create more inclusive communities, have gained some ...
Fact check: Texas official says Paris Climate Accord will cost US 6.5 million jobs Brandon Mulder, PolitiFact Texas FacebookTwitterEmail Flaring on a site near Orla, Texas on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer The claim: “The cost of the Paris climate accord to the American economy is steep. The agreement will cost American workers 6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040.” — Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian. The Republican oil and gas regulator, one of three commissioners of the Texas Railroad Commission, wr...