St. Petersburg Times Washington Bureau Chief and editor of PolitiFact
Bill Adair is the Editor of PolitiFact and the Washington Bureau Chief for the St. Petersburg Times. He's worked in Washington since 1997 and has covered Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, national politics and aviation safety. Adair is the author of "The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation," a behind-the-scenes account of how the National Transportation Safety Board solved one of the biggest mysteries in aviation. He is the winner of the Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award. He lives in Arlington, Va. with his wife and three children.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Bill Adair
The Democratic health care bill will "collect higher taxes for 10 years and provide health care for only 6 years."
The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."
St. Pete Beach's experiences are a "fair example" of what could happen if Amendment 4 passes.
Because of a local version of Amendment 4, "the taxpayers of St. Pete Beach have had to pay hundreds of thousands in legal bills."
St. Pete Beach's local version of Amendment 4 resulted in "seemingly endless lawsuits (that) decimated the city's legal budget and forced the city to raise the property tax rate."
The Obama administration "spent more money on the Cash for Clunkers program than the space program."
"Crist stays in $2,000 a night luxury hotel suites where he racks up $1,300 in mini-bar charges, and doesn't pay for a dime of it himself."
Charges on the Republican Party of Florida credit card were made with "my money."
"If we just froze spending at 2007 levels ... by 2013 we would balance the budget ... and by 2020 we would cut the national debt in half."
Recent stories from Bill Adair
Fact-checking the new Mitt Romney book "No Apology"Republican Mitt Romney lays out his ideas for America in his new book. We check the facts.
Fox News pumps up the 'Texas textbook war'Coverage on the Fox News Channel says Texas officials are planning to eliminate references to Christmas and the Constitution from school textbooks. PolitiFact Texas finds the claim Pants-on-Fire wrong.
Announcing PolitiFact Florida!We launch our latest state site, this one in a partnership with the Miami Herald.
Fact-checking Obama's bipartisan health care reform meetingWe're watching the president's health care summit with our Truth-O-Meter handy.
The nuclear optionsHarry Reid says science has settled the question of what to do with nuclear waste. It hasn't.
A stimulus report cardOne year after the passage of the economic stimulus, we assess how many jobs have been created and how much money has gotten into the economy.
Checking the numbers on the economyThe White House released its 2010 economic report, the Republicans responded, and we checked the facts.
Fact-checking O'Reilly's interview of Jon StewartThe Daily Show host is grilled in the "No Spin Zone." We check a couple of the facts.
Palin says transparency meeting was behind closed doorsWe examine Sarah Palin's claim that Vice President Biden met with the transparency board behind closed doors.
Checking Palin's claims from Tea PartyWe fact-check some of Sarah Palin's claims from her speech to the Tea Party convention and her weekend interviews.
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