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Seen any fliers or mailings we should check? When we announced our Message Machine partnership with NPR a few weeks ago, we explained that we would be casting a wide net to find factual claims from the 2012 campaigns.
We not only are examining TV ads and Web videos, which were the core of our 2010 fact-checking partnership, but we'll also be checking mailings, fliers and robocalls, the automated phone calls that always seem to come at dinner time.
We are checking claims from all levels -- from local state legislative races to the campaign for president. You'll find the state and local fact-checks on our nine state sites, while the presidential campaign items will be on our national site.
We'd like your help. If you've gotten a mailing or a campaign flier you think we should check, please scan it and e-mail it to us. If you've gotten a robocall on your answering machine that you'd like us to check, send us an e-mail about it.
You can send your suggestions to truthometer@politifact.com.
Meanwhile, we've had lots of interesting fact-checks over the past couple of weeks:
- Rick Perry claimed that under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough." We rated that False.
- We found the group Americans for Prosperity was exaggerating with its new ad about the controversy involving the Obama administration and Solyndra, a company that makes solar panels. We rated the claim Mostly False.
- Ron Paul earned a True for his claim that torture is illegal under U.S. and international laws.
Looking ahead to next week, we're working on a story that should make your Thanksgiving dinner more factual. Look for it on Wednesday.
Cheers,
Bill  | — Bill Adair
Editor, PolitiFact.com
Washington Bureau Chief
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