Staff Writer, PolitiFact.com
Robert Farley is a staff writer for PolitiFact, and has been a reporter with the St. Petersburg Times since 1998. Before joining the PolitiFact team in early 2008, he worked a stint on the newspaper's investigative team and won a 2008 Casey Medal for stories about the dramatic rise in antipsychotic drugs prescribed to children. In 2006, Farley won a first place award for general feature writing from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors for a story about a former girlfriend of rock icon Jim Morrison.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Robert Farley
"House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."
In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill."
"He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens."
"I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me."
"The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
"Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."
"Florida leads the nation in elected officials charged with crimes."
The stimulus includes "$219,000 to study the sex lives of female college freshmen."
Recent stories from Robert Farley
Fact-checking the new Mitt Romney book "No Apology"Republican Mitt Romney lays out his ideas for America in his new book. We check the facts.
Parsing abortion in the health care billsWe continue our fact-checking on health care reform and abortion, this time looking at the latest versions of legislation.
Obama on health care reform: 50 plus one? Git 'er done!We put Obama on the Flip-O-Meter and find that he rejects broad consensus in favor of passing his proposal.
Fact-checking Obama's bipartisan health care reform meetingWe're watching the president's health care summit with our Truth-O-Meter handy.
The stimulus is funding what?Republican leaders in Congress have put out lists of stimulus projects that they say are wasteful or unrelated to creating jobs. We took a look to see if the projects were as billed.
A stimulus report cardOne year after the passage of the economic stimulus, we assess how many jobs have been created and how much money has gotten into the economy.
Hundreds of terror suspects tried in federal courts?We uncover the facts behind the numbers and find it's easy to cherry-pick.
Checking the numbers on the economyThe White House released its 2010 economic report, the Republicans responded, and we checked the facts.
Fact-checking O'Reilly's interview of Jon StewartThe Daily Show host is grilled in the "No Spin Zone." We check a couple of the facts.
Tweets from the right: GOP leads in social mediaWe find John Boehner is right: In the House, Republicans have the lead on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
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