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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Aug. 24-Aug. 30
This week, readers sent us comments about Social Security, health insurance premiums, deportation and party pedestals. 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
On this week’s Sunday talk shows, we caught the education secretary making a greatly inflated claim about high-school dropouts. Plus, Florida lawmakers made exaggerated statements on tax cuts and support of environmental bills. Too Cool for School On ABC’s "This Week," Secretary of Education Arne Duncan greatly exaggerated the number …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Arne Duncan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, dropout rate, Kendrick Meek, sunday talk shows, taxes
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Reid, Angle Trade Familiar Charges
In Nevada’s Senate race, Republican Sharron Angle and Democrat Harry Reid began airing new commercials Aug. 26. Angle’s attack ad pictures Reid in a "love triangle" with President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and repeats some familiar but misleading claims. Like Angle’s, Reid’s ad covers familiar ground. All …
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Tagged abortion, Harry Reid, medicare, Second Amendment, Sharron Angle, Social Security, stimulus package, unemployment, Wall Street
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Mosque Controversy, Stimulus Spin and Blagojevich
In episode 26, we answer readers’ questions on claims about the planned Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero. Plus, we document spin from both the vice president and the House GOP leader on stimulus spending, and we fact-check former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appearance on Fox News. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode26.mp3[/podcast] …
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Tagged FactCheck Radio, ground zero mosque, mosque, podcast, Rod Blagojevich
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Questions About the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
Q: What are the facts about the proposed cultural center and mosque near New York’s former World Trade Center? A: We answer questions we’ve been asked most often by readers about the controversial project.
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Tagged Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, islamic cultural center, mosque, Park51, September 11
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A Bitter Battle in the Bayou
The primary in Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District has turned exceptionally nasty in the final days, with the top two Republicans airing harsh attack ads against each other that contain false and misleading claims. Most notably, former state House …
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Tagged Bobby Jindal, George W. Bush, Hunt Downer, Jeff Landry, Kathleen Blanco
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Spinning the Stimulus
Vice President Joseph Biden and House Republican Leader John Boehner both put their partisan spin on the effects of the administration’s economic stimulus spending. But Biden exaggerated, and Boehner got it wrong, according to a report issued later in the day by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Upbeat Biden; Downbeat …
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