Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times
Janet Zink is a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Janet Zink
"Here in Florida, I’ve slashed government by 10 percent. That's $7 billion."
"1.3-million people in America make their living off eBay."
"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year."
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
"I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
"Three out of the 18 benchmarks of the (GAO) have been fulfilled. Even among Republican math, that is a failing grade."
"Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."
Recent stories from Janet Zink
Candidates get back to healthSen. John McCain's new health care plan brings the issue back in focus for the presidential candidates. We check three new claims.
Romney misses easy grounderAt the CNN/YouTube debate, the candidates argued about immigration, crime and Iraq. We found they generally got their facts right, although Huckabee distorted the facts on an education program for immigrants and Romney missed an easy one about the Red Sox.
Obama zapped by lightning claimThe Democrats slugged it out in a Las Vegas debate. We found several claims were true, but Obama was wrong about the probability of lightning strikes vs. undocumented worker prosecutions and Richardson was way off about the popularity of Vice President Cheney and HMOs.
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