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Checking claims from Occupy Wall Street As the Occupy Wall Street protests spread to more cities around the United States, we've been putting claims from the protesters to the Truth-O-Meter.
Many of the claims have been about inequality of income and wealth. We checked a viral Facebook post about the ratio of CEO-to-average worker pay. The widely circulated chart claimed the U.S. ratio was 475 to 1, which we found was way off. We rated that False.
We also checked a claim from Michael Moore that in contrast to the many arrests at Occupy Wall Street, there have been no arrests of CEOs or bankers for contributing to the financial crisis. We rated that Mostly True.
Yesterday, we posted a new item checking a claim from a sign in the protest that 94 percent of the winning candidates in 2010 had more campaign money than their opponents. We rated that Mostly True.
You can find these and our other items on our Occupy Wall Street page. Meanwhile, we've also been doing lots of fact-checking from the Republican presidential debates. If you tune in to tonight's debate in Las Vegas, make sure you follow our live fact-checking on our home page (we'll be continuously updating the story) and by following us on Twitter.
Finally, we've gotten some e-mails lately asking if we can expand PolitiFact to more states (we're now in nine and soon will be announcing our 10th). If you're interested, the best way is to urge your local newspaper or television station to partner with us. As we often say, it's our goal to have every elected official in America face the Truth-O-Meter.
Cheers,
Bill  | — Bill Adair
Editor, PolitiFact.com
Washington Bureau Chief
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