Claim: Last Friday, we pointed out that a Palin-McCain talking point stating that Alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy" was false. The actual figure was 3.5 percent. Within the story, we allowed  that Palin and McCain may have misspoken and meant to say "oil" instead of "energy," or "production" instead of "supply." We ran the calculations and found that they were still off. Keeping with our standards of transparency and accountability,
Fact-check: Under FactCheck's Hood: A Note on Methodology for our Palin - 20% Energy Piece - FactCheck.org
Verdict: last friday, we pointed out that a palin-mccain talking point stating that alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the u.s. domestic supply of energy" was false. the actual figure was 3.5 percent. within the story, we allowed  that palin and mccain may have misspoken and meant to say "oil" instead of "energy," or "production" instead of "supply." we ran the calculations and found that they were still off. keeping with our standards of transparency and accountability,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Justin Bank
Date published: 2008-09-16T17:48:56