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so politifact looked into this part of the president's speech.han 3 million jobs. last year they created the most jobs since 2005." they went to the bureau of labor statistics to figure this out, i don't know if they looked at this particular report from the bureau of labor statistics, but within about 15 seconds of google, we found this and you'd find it too. from a couple weeks back, january 6th, 2012, in this report, the bureau says, since january 2010, quote, the private sector has added 2.2 million jobs. so that's 22 months. politifact came to the same conclusion. so put a check mark next to that part. it checks out. what the president said is true. politifact then went on to say, okay, the second part of obama's statements, the fact that businesses made more jobs last year than any year since 2005. turns out, that's true too. "as for whether 2011 was the best job-producing jobs since 2005, he's right if you're counting private sector jobs." the increase in 2011 represented the highest one-year total since 2005. so to sum up, president says

politifact found this, u.s.y it's defined. u.s. dependence on foreign oil has dramatically declined since 2005. okay, there it is right there. fact, acknowledged by politifact. for the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is less than 50%. president says thing "a," politifact finds thing "a" to be true. they rate president's statement half true. seriously? this is politifact and why they're fired. apparently they think they have inferred a causality claim by virtue of the fact that the president said this true thing and that somehow makes this true thing not true or not -- or something. if the president gave a speech in the rain and said thanks for coming, they would fact-check whether or not it was raining and find it half true even though it was, in fact, raining because somehow raining implied the president was claiming to be el nino. politifact, you sometimes rate the president's statements true and sometimes rate him false. nobody cares anymore. it is not personal. it's not ideological. it'

that is the value of politifact.hat we are doing is going solid research into these things and then putting out our rating. are you going to disagree with some of them? of course. when you are making judgment calls like this, inevitably there are going to be things people disagree with. one final point about my newspaper, "the tampa bay times," formally "the st. petersburg times," it is well regarded. i am sure there are lots of people will find reasons to criticize it. but it has an excellent reputation. it has the courage to agreed something like politifact and stick with it for four years. and i think our journalism speaks for itself. host: one other pants on fire was not romney -- guest: these are another one of the big, bold claims to try to win votes, the specter of socialism, that the growth in government spending is so great that we are on the cusp of a government-run economy, of the government taking over the means of production we did fact check this one. there was a great one done by lieu jacobson who spec

that is the value of politifact.we are doing is going solid research into these things and then putting out our rating. are you going to disagree with some of them? of course. when you are making judgment calls like this, inevitably there are going to be things people disagree with. one final point about my newspaper, "the tampa bay times," formally "the st. petersburg times," it is well regarded. i am sure there are lots of people will find reasons to criticize it. but it has an excellent reputation. it has the courage to create something like politifact and stick with it for four years. and i think our journalism speaks for itself. host: one other pants on fire was not romney -- -- mitt romney when he said the u.s. was inches away from no longer being an economy. guest: these are another one of the big, bold claims to try to win votes, the specter of socialism, that the growth in government spending is so great that we are on the cusp of a government-run economy, of the government taking over the means of productio

i want to show a video that bill adair credited politifacts. they have a "pants on fire" thing is that the same thing as pinocchio's? >> roughly equivalent. >> let's watch a one-minute piece, this was done by the crossroads group. carl rogue group concluding bill nelson will run this and get -- tell us what this is all about. >> okay. >> the first thing i'm going to promise is that i'm going to be a voice in the room on behalf of middle class families. >> really? congress will oversee how your tax dollars were spent, bailing out the banks that caused the financial meltdown. banks that paid out while middle class lost out. she went on a charm effective with the banks that got bailed out. tell professor warren we need jobs, not more bailouts and bigger government. >> one vote will decide it. fight for nebraska. >> that critical vote, ben nelson. >> ben nelson. >> ben nelson. >> he demanded a payoff, accused of selling his vote. what is wrong with washington? look at the damage he did, higher taxes, cutting medicare spending, embarrassing nebraska

i used to trust politifact until the lie of the year, which was the lie that democrats said paul ryane got a lot of criticism about our lie of the year, and i should explain to viewers what we're talking about here. for the last three years, we deliver a lie of the year selecting the most significant falsehood of the previous year. first two made by republicans, the claim that the democratic health care law had death panels, and the second year it was the claim made by republicans that the health care law was a government takeover of health care, and we got a lot of criticisms from republicans on the health care claims, and this past month, we got criticism from democrats because we chose the claim from democrats as the caller noted that the wrien plan would end medicare. the facts are the ryan plan does not end medicare. in fact, if you look at what it says, it protecting medicare for those 55 and older, but it does, though, and we noted it in the article, it does drastically change medicare. it goes to basically a privatized system like vouchers, and it drastically changes it, but i

back-checker politifact says the $300,000 penalty asellsed to gingrich in 1997 can be considered a fine and was approved by more than 90% of the house members at the time. >>> the run-up to the primary is set to be the biggest yet. they have only been on the ground for 24 hours and already a 27-minute documentary is online hitting front-runner mitt romney. rick perry, who has focused his campaign has also taken aim at romney ore his business background called him a vulture capit capitalist. now some conservative heavyweights are coming to his defense. >> the attacks they mounted on romney are not defensible. >> i'm prepared to have people be irritateded on the right and on the left. >> ron paul, who finished a strong second in new hampshire has managed to stay out of the fray and is hoping a positive message will help him in many where he may have trouble connecting with voters. >>> president obama telling his supporters they can't get up as he tries to reinvigorate his base for an election campaign. the president told supporters, the change he promised in 2008 can still comfy he renewe

." >> politifact rated it as true. >> of course. >> then that's good. >> by the way, ron paul fans i kidding that he should quit gitmo. >> why do you have to say that? >> i was kidding. >> don't you think gingrich looks desperate trying to be a republican chas chastising another republican. does president that smack of december -- desperation? >> first of all it is iran and not ineran. i had another point i was going to make, but paul's idiocy ruined it. >> can't you answer my question? >> i do kind of agree to you. the thing that gets me most is it is not like gingrich is poor or -- middle class. for him to say i am not as rich as this guy and he is worth untiles of dollars, really? >> and i made my money lobbying on half of fannie mae which i got an inside deal because i am powerful and live in dc. >> another thing i would like to add is newt is not a political insider. >> i do think though most average americans have a half million line of credit at tiffany. >> i don't know if that is true. >> is that not true. >> i don't want to am buds the am buds man. >>> date night seating for

fact checker powe politifact says the $300,000 penalty assessed on begin fwrich in 1997 can be considered a fine and was approved by more than 90% of house members aet this time. >>> the run-up to the first primary in the south is already shaping up to to be the most negative yet. candidates have only been on the ground for about 24 hours and already there's a 27 minute documentary online. rick perry who has focused his campaign in the palmetto state has taken aim, calling him a vulture capital list. it's not cut into the lead and now some are coming to his defense. >> i don't care what you thing, folks, the faattacks they mound on him are not defensible. >> i think the american people deserve to know things. i'm prepared to have people irritated on the right and on the left. >> ron paul who finished a strong second in new hampshire has managed to stay out of the fray and he's hoping a positive message will help him connect with voters. >> today, metro's general manager will propose a new budget that includes a 5% increase to bus and rail fares. megan mcgraph sl live with more. >> they're

for the past three years, politifact has awarded a lie of the year.t falsehood. the first one was the claim that democratic health care law had death panels. the second year it was acclaimed by many republicans that the health care law was the government takeover of health care. we got criticism from republicans. we have done criticism from democrats because we shows the claim by democrats that the ryan plan would end medicare. the ryan plan does not end medicare. it protect medicare for people who are now 55 and older. it does change medicare and it does go to a privatized system using what you could describe as vouchers. it is not accurate to say it ends medicare. they told us this was a scare tactic aimed at seniors, something that democrats have used over the years. this has been a successful strategy for the democrats. i have to disagree that this was not a significant fall sold last year and so we chose it as our lie of the year. host: here is a bit of what rick santorum had to say. clip: i just talked about -- this is an anti socialist idea in

you cited politifact. there were others. i think each had a different sense.spoken to other people. there's a point of view that while it's true the president didn't use the word apologize. so in that sense it's not correct to say he apologized. there's a broader sense of apologizing for something. and it was clear the president did weigh in on some of the very controversial aspects of the bush administration and try to set a different tone. try to establish a departure from how things were done. maybe that wasn't apologizing but it was something. >> right. i understand. >> and just state it's not apologizing maybe goes too -- maybe misses the larger point. >> i've got about a half a minute. jill abramson saying "the times" does a lot of fact checking. you think the paper should do more. explain what you mean briefly. >> i think "the times" has a fact check feature that applies to the debates and occasionally to advertising. i think broadening it to issues outside of the debates to the campaign at large and possibly to public affairs more generally i think is

host: back to politifacts -- cindy is a democrat in texas, we go to you next, good morning.aller: that guy in indiana hit it right on the button because i think it is invasion of privacy. if he is the nominee he will release the information. the lady from ohio is being in vindictive. a buddy knows the people make up for income get more breaks than the lower income and their needs to be tax law changes. unless there is like illegal activity and there are shady deals, i don't believe -- it is invasion of privacy and everyone should have a right to do what they need to do. what if people in a position in the company asked -- are asked to turn in their taxes to the company? you will see an uproar. we have laws that people run for office. stating what they need to turn in. you go to a legislator and say the laws need to be changed, i don't see anything shady about it article i think it is getting ridiculous and people are being vindictive. i agree with everything the man from indiana said. host: rick perry said if you release them in september after you have become the nominee, i