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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Insurance Industry: Spinning the Polls
Harry and Louise may have switched sides, but that’s no excuse, in our book, for the health insurance industry to resort to misrepresenting polls as it argues against inclusion of a public plan in health care overhaul proposals on Capitol Hill. Karen Ignani, the head of industry trade group America’s …
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July 22, 2009
There were 272 million visits to U.S. national parks during the 2007 calendar year. Source: National Park Service
Posted in Fact of the Day
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RNC: Health Care “Risky Experiment”
The Republican National Committee announced a new TV ad attacking President Obama’s proposed health care plan as a “risky experiment” that threatens “our health.” It said the ad would run in Arkansas, Nevada and North Dakota. The ad says “trillions” have been committed to “rushed” bailouts and takeovers of banks …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 14 – July 20
This week, readers sent us comments on our Web site redesign, health care and bogus e-mail rumors. In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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July 21, 2009
The fastest a giraffe has been recorded running is 34.7 miles per hour. Source: San Diego Zoo
Posted in Fact of the Day
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Lunar Conspiracy Theorists: Come Back to Earth!
Today is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s successful landing on the moon – yet there are still those who would claim that the entire landing was a hoax. In 1999, Gallup reported that 6 percent of Americans did not believe U.S. astronauts ever landed on the moon, with another …
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July 20, 2009
On today’s date in 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Shortly thereafter, Buzz Aldrin became the second. Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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‘Brown Bailout’? Hardly
Last month, FedEx launched a multimillion-dollar online campaign against longtime rival United Parcel Service over a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill making its way through Congress. FedEx says a provision of the bill, as passed in the House, amounts to a “bailout” for UPS. But that’s an abuse of the …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged FedEx, National Labor Relations Act, Railway Labor Act, UPS
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Energy Bill and Existing Homes
Q: Does the House energy bill subject owners of existing homes to an energy efficiency audit before they can sell? A: Rep. Boehner and Rush Limbaugh got this wrong. The Realtors and home builders associations say there’s no such requirement in the bill, as do we.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged cap-and-trade, energy, John Boehner, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Realtors, Rush Limbaugh
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Selling Out the Public Option?
Sometimes, “follow the money” is great advice if you’re trying to figure out how Washington works. Often, though, it’s not that simple. A case in point is the new ad from Democracy for America, the netroots group founded by Howard Dean, and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. The spot, which …
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