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The latest Truth-O-Meter items edited by Scott Montgomery
Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
Democrat Barack Obama on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in Lansing, MI
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On torture.
Republican John McCain on Monday, August 18th, 2008 in
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On Obama, “The press warns the ‘Taxman Cometh.’”
Republican John McCain on Friday, August 15th, 2008 in
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McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets.
Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in a TV ad
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"John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied for... the Republic of Georgia, and McCain has mirrored the position advocated by the government."
Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 in a statement by Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan
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Recent stories by Scott Montgomery
5 conservative concerns about McCain: Attacks by conservatives became so sharp last week that Sen. John McCain asked for a cease-fire. Here's a look at why they're unhappy and what PolitiFact has said about their complaints.
A Dartmouth numbers game: From the outlandishly wrong to the solidly right.
Recent stories researched by Scott Montgomery
5 conservative concerns about McCain: Attacks by conservatives became so sharp last week that Sen. John McCain asked for a cease-fire. Here's a look at why they're unhappy and what PolitiFact has said about their complaints.
A Dartmouth numbers game: From the outlandishly wrong to the solidly right.
Debatable claims in N.H.: In a New Hampshire debate, the GOP candidates discuss immigration, Iraq and chicken dinners for Guantanamo detainees. Some of their facts aren’t quite right.
Recent stories edited by Scott Montgomery
A viewer's guide to the fine print: A spate of recent Obama ads use fine print footnotes to back up attacks on McCain. How much stock should you put in them?
Obama's return punch misses its mark: An new ad from Obama distorts the details of McCain's tax plans.
Twisting the facts on taxes: A new McCain ad bends the truth to argue that Obama will raise taxes.
McCain's Airbus ties: A new attack ad goes after McCain's role in a lucrative defense contract being awarded to a European company over an American competitor.
Here's a Wild one for you : Obama challenges McCain to a duel on taxes, noting he just may be related to legendary frontier lawman Wild Bill Hickok. We step back 60 paces and fire the truth.
Scott Montgomery is the Government & Politics Editor of the St. Petersburg Times. He joined the Times in 2003 after a tenure as managing editor of CQ Weekly, the magazine of Congressional Quarterly. He also worked for the Dayton Daily News and the Palm Beach Post.
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