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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Anti-Reid Ad Distorts Truth on Stimulus, Unemployment
American Crossroads — a political committee headed by former Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan — once again attacks Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada in an ad released July 15. The new ad, titled "Really? Harry Reprise," falsely claims that Nevada received less stimulus money than all but …
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Mobsters, Missing Money and Mysteries
In Episode 20 of FactCheck Radio, we look at misleading ads in three governors’ races. We start with allegations about mobsters and missing millions in Illlinois; explore a mysterious ad chock-full of distortions in Alabama; and we end up in Florida, where last week we saw a misleading ad from …
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Whitman, Unions Swap Misleading Charges
A coalition of labor unions called California Working Families for Jerry Brown has relentlessly attacked Meg Whitman since she won the Republican gubernatorial nomination June 8. Now Whitman is firing back — accusing Democrat Brown of …
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Maligning Maloney by Mailer
In a flurry of mailers sent to New York’s Upper East Side Democratic voters, challenger Reshma Saujani claims that incumbent Rep. Carolyn Maloney has taken $2.5 million from "special interests" while she has accepted none. Um, really? What about the $220,000 Saujani has received from Wall Street, her leading source …
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McCollum’s Misleading Accusations
There’s more misinformation in the ugly Florida governor’s race, this time from Attorney General Bill McCollum. He claims his GOP primary opponent Rick Scott "personally" got millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds. The ad, titled “Inner Tube,” says: “Scott tried to hide the fact that he personally bagged millions …
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Tagged Bill McCollum, Medicare fraud, Rick Scott, stimulus
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Jobs Jabs
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is slugging it out with his Republican opponent Sharron Angle over the state’s dismal unemployment rate. It’s a fair fight. Their dueling ads are totally accurate. But each leaves key facts unsaid. Angle’s 60-second ad first aired July 9, and a 30-second version is also airing. …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 6-July 12
This week, everyone liked us! Well, almost everyone. 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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Sunday Replay
Call this one the Axelrod Edition. President Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, was on three of the political talk shows on July 11, and we found that he strayed from the factual straight-and-narrow several times in talking about the oil spill, border security and other issues. We also found Republican …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Arizona immigration law, BP, Brian Bilbray, David Axelrod, dinosaurs, Eric Holder, immigration, oil spill, Sharron Angle, terrorism
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Mystery, Drama, Deception in Alabama
The big question in the final days of Alabama’s runoff election for the GOP gubernatorial nomination isn’t just who is going to win the tight race between Bradley Byrne and Robert Bentley. It’s the mystery of who’s behind a largely bogus TV ad attacking Byrne. …
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Tagged Alabama Education Association, Bradley Byrne, Conservative Coalition for Alabama, Robert Bentley, True Republican PAC
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Loans to Mobsters, Ties to BP? Kirk’s Attack Ads Go Too Far
Republican Rep. Mark Kirk is attacking his Democratic opponent in the Illinois race for the U.S. Senate with two ads that go beyond what the facts support. The ads make unsupported claims about the role Giannoulias played at his family’s troubled bank and strain to tie him to BP, among …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged 2010 elections, Alexi Giannoulias, BP, Broadway Bank, Illinois, lobbyists, Mark Kirk, oil spill
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