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President Donald Trump, who earned PolitiFact National’s 2017 Lie of the Year, also played an outsized role in the PolitiFact Wisconsin items that received the most online page views during the year....
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We have already rounded up our Pants on Fire ratings from 2017. So, it’s only fair that we take a look back at the claims on the other end of the spectrum. Here’s a look at what garnered a True rating...
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Obamacare, the repeal and replace of which has bedeviled Republicans, was the topic of the PolitiFact Wisconsin fact checks that received the most page views during July 2017. But readers also clicked...
View ArticlePaul Ryan holding a 'public' town hall on CNN?
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is scheduled to appear at a CNN town hall on Aug. 21, 2017. So is this a public town hall -- something Ryan hasn’t done in nearly two years? Well, you can’t just show up...
View ArticleHigh Five: Most-clicked include fact checks on Foxconn, Paul Ryan and fatal...
Our most-clicked fact checks in August 2017 included two on Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer that is promising Wisconsin up to 13,000 jobs, as well as claims about U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan not...
View ArticleHigh Five: Corporate taxes, Aaron Rodgers' taxes and a government jet...
Our most-clicked items in September 2017 included an uncommon mix ranging from corporate taxes to single mom-vs.-Aaron Rodgers taxes to a honeymoon by government jet. Another relatively uncommon...
View ArticleHigh 5: Gun fact checks, in wake of Vegas shooting, get most page-views
The mass shooting in Las Vegas produced three of our fact checks that got the most page-views during October 2017. The checks covered how mass shootings are counted, the legality of "assault rifles"...
View ArticleOur top 10 of 2017
President Donald Trump, who earned PolitiFact National’s 2017 Lie of the Year, also played an outsized role in the PolitiFact Wisconsin items that received the most online page views during the year....
View ArticleNo lie: A baker's dozen Trues in 2017
We have already rounded up our Pants on Fire ratings from 2017. So, it’s only fair that we take a look back at the claims on the other end of the spectrum. Here’s a look at what garnered a True rating...
View ArticleUpdated: Fact tracking the 2018 candidates for U.S. senator
Go here to see our new roundup of 2018 campaign fact checks on the two U.S. Senate nominees, Tammy Baldwin and Leah Vukmir. (Below you'll find the checks we did ahead of the primary election.) Updated...
View ArticleCloser look at the big primary winners: Tony Evers and Leah Vukmir
Here’s a closer look at the two big winners in the Aug. 14, 2018 primary elections in Wisconsin: Republican Leah Vukmir and Democrat Tony Evers. Vukmir, a state senator, defeated political newcomer...
View ArticleUpdated: Fact checking Tammy Baldwin and Leah Vukmir, the U.S. Senate candidates
Updated Sept. 14, 2018 The two major-party nominees for the U.S. Senate have been chosen — Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin, who is seeking a second term, will face Republican Leah Vukmir on Nov. 6,...
View ArticleHigh Five: Obamacare fact checks get most clicks
Obamacare, the repeal and replace of which has bedeviled Republicans, was the topic of the PolitiFact Wisconsin fact checks that received the most page views during July 2017. But readers also clicked...
View ArticlePaul Ryan holding a 'public' town hall on CNN?
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is scheduled to appear at a CNN town hall on Aug. 21, 2017. So is this a public town hall -- something Ryan hasn’t done in nearly two years? Well, you can’t just show up...
View ArticleHigh Five: Most-clicked include fact checks on Foxconn, Paul Ryan and fatal...
Our most-clicked fact checks in August 2017 included two on Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer that is promising Wisconsin up to 13,000 jobs, as well as claims about U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan not...
View ArticleHigh Five: Corporate taxes, Aaron Rodgers' taxes and a government jet...
Our most-clicked items in September 2017 included an uncommon mix ranging from corporate taxes to single mom-vs.-Aaron Rodgers taxes to a honeymoon by government jet. Another relatively uncommon...
View ArticleHigh 5: Gun fact checks, in wake of Vegas shooting, get most page-views
The mass shooting in Las Vegas produced three of our fact checks that got the most page-views during October 2017. The checks covered how mass shootings are counted, the legality of "assault rifles"...
View ArticleOur top 10 of 2017
President Donald Trump, who earned PolitiFact National’s 2017 Lie of the Year, also played an outsized role in the PolitiFact Wisconsin items that received the most online page views during the year....
View ArticleNo lie: A baker's dozen Trues in 2017
We have already rounded up our Pants on Fire ratings from 2017. So, it’s only fair that we take a look back at the claims on the other end of the spectrum. Here’s a look at what garnered a True rating...
View ArticleUpdated: Fact tracking the 2018 candidates for U.S. senator
Go here to see our new roundup of 2018 campaign fact checks on the two U.S. Senate nominees, Tammy Baldwin and Leah Vukmir. (Below you'll find the checks we did ahead of the primary election.) Updated...
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