Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

Clear
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey:
“Under the new and little known ‘global justice’ initiative,” the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to “read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield.”
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 14, 2009
Chain email
stated on May 2, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
Obama’s “first call (as president) to any head of state was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory.”
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 8, 2009
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain “has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran.”
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.:
Henry Kissinger “said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition.”
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • September 27, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2008 in a TV ad:
McCain’s attacks on Obama are ‘not true,’ ‘false,’ ‘baloney,’ according to media outlets.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • August 14, 2008
John McCain
stated on July 21, 2008 in a speech in South Portland, Maine:
“We now have a pro-American president in France, which shows if you live long enough, anything can happen in this world.”
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • July 23, 2008
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail:
McCain “voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.”
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2008
Democratic National Committee
stated on April 28, 2008 in a news release.:
“McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators.”
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • April 28, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2008 in a mailer to Pennsylvania voters:
“Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs.”
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 in an interview on CNN's American Morning:
“I’ve been standing up against … the Chinese government over women’s rights and standing up for human rights.”
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • March 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning.":
“I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland.”
Half-True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 25, 2007:
Sen. Obama “made the very argument he is now criticizing back in November 2006.”
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 29, 2007
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2007:
Obama spokesman Bill Burton says Clinton gave Bush “a blank check on a critical foreign policy issue.”
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2007
Previous