Someone whose work we criticized a fair bit in 2004 and 2006 explains why, perhaps, so little was heard from MoveOn.org and other groups in 2008 in this piece fromNational Public Radio. Money was scarce, but other factors — such as the presence of factcheckers — may have had an impact.
Posted by Joe Miller on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 11:45 am Filed under The FactCheck Wire. tagged with fact checking, MoveOn.org.
Q: How much has the federal debt gone up under Obama?
A: During his first three years in office, it rose $4.7 trillion, an increase of 45 percent. Partisan graphics circulating via email and Facebook are both incorrect.
| “ | It is this very nitpicking of the facts that has contributed to the divisiveness this country is experiencing now. | ” |
