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Checking Romney's speeches With the presidential campaign in full swing, we've launched two features to help you sort out the truth:
* On the Stump is an occasional feature that will focus on one speech by a candidate. We'll fact-check new claims and provide links to ones we've checked before. Our first On the Stump is about Mitt Romney's speech in Nevada last Saturday. We produced four Truth-O-Meter items, including one on Romney's claim that President Obama "told people to skip coming (to Vegas) for conventions and meetings" (Mostly False).
* In Context is a feature that provides the full context for controversial quotes. We've done two so far -- one on Romney's comment that "I'm not concerned about the very poor" and one on his statement that "I like being able to fire people." In an age when those remarks are often reduced to seven-word sound bites, this feature will allow you to see the comments without a filter.
Meanwhile, PolitiFact continues to expand. We've launched our 10th state site, PolitiFact Tennessee, and we have a new partnership with Hearst TV. If you watch any of Hearst's 25 stations, you'll be seeing PolitiFact segments on your local news.
Looking ahead, we'll be checking claims from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday and Monday. And in the next week or two, we'll be celebrating a significant milestone -- our 5,000th Truth-O-Meter article.
Cheers,
Bill  | — Bill Adair
Editor, PolitiFact.com
Washington Bureau Chief
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