Unveiling our improve politics fact-check feature, the Texas Heat Index

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Last August, we introduced you to our Texas Heat Index, the first full-blown fact checking feature by a Texas media outlet. We hope you've been enjoying our efforts, posted here on Trail Blazers, to keep Lone Star State politicos honest.

Today, we're kicking it up a notch with our new Web feature . Our Heat Index items are searchable by contest, politician and rating. And we've posted a new item by Wayne Slater, from this morning's newspaper, looking at Gov. Rick Perry's claims on cap-and-trade legislation.
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http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/06/unveiling-our-improve-politics.html

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1. Perry is fudging the facts - big time

No surprise. He lies as easily as he breathes. (From their heat index link on this claim)

The claim...
Rick Perry says on his campaign website that legislation to limit greenhouse-gas pollution, known as cap-and-trade, "will cost the average Texas family more than $1,200 a year." Perry says the proposal, which would put a price on carbon dioxide emissions blamed for climate change, would kill jobs and raise energy costs. And the governor implies that Democratic challenger Bill White supports the idea.

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The bottom line...
Perry’s claim is a stretch. The actual impact of climate legislation will depend on what’s passed by Congress. But various versions under consideration both raise costs and lower them through potential benefits. By failing to note benefits and how government revenues could offset costs, Perry is seriously distorting the facts.

Lies, distortions, scare tactics and fake statistics - that's all Perry knows.