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2012 Players Guide
Monthly Archives: August 2010
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Aug. 17-Aug. 23
This week, readers sent us comments about the Pentagon "mosque" and Social Security privatization. Readers also felt our coverage was too local and too pro-Republican, and not too local and not too pro-Republican. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters …
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Carnahan Ad Gets VH1-Inspired Treatment
Are you a fan of VH1′s revolutionary "Pop-Up Video" program? And a political junkie? (And maybe even a St. Louis Rams fan?) Well, we have a treat for you. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, stltoday.com, has launched a fact-checking effort called "Pop-Up Politics." Last week, reporter Jake Wagman gave the …
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Tagged pop-up video, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, TARP, Wall Street
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Sunday Replay
This week’s look at the Sunday talk shows features former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — who was found guilty Aug. 17 of making false statements to the FBI. He appeared on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss his trial. Did Blagojevich make any false statements to Fox host Chris Wallace? In …
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Outside Ads Mislead in California
In the race for California governor, outside groups supporting Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown are airing new TV ads that mislead voters. An independent group financed by labor unions distorts Whitman’s record as president and chief …
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Tagged California Working Families for Jerry Brown, Cash Attack, eBay, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Small Business Action Committee
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Americans for Job Security
Pro-business group whose president is the former head of the New Hampshire Republican Party.
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Posted in Players Guide
Tagged Americans for Job Security, Cash Attack, Players Guide, Stephen DeMaura
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Meek Ad Heeds Fact-Checking?
Rep. Kendrick Meek of Florida is out with an ad that rewords an earlier attack on his Senate Democratic primary opponent, Jeff Greene. We had called Meek’s previous ad false for saying Warren Buffett personally criticized Greene. But Meek tweaked the claim in a new ad, and this time he …
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Tagged credit default swaps, Jeff Greene, Kendrick Meek, warren buffett
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DSCC Wrong on Toomey’s Wall St. Experience
A Democratic Party ad says Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania was a "Wall Street wheeler dealer" trading in financial products that "wound up nearly destroying our economy." We find that to be false. The ad also falsely claims that Toomey "wrote the law" that it blames for weakening …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Aug. 10-Aug. 16
This week, readers sent us comments about Social Security privatization, Medicare competitive bidding and our supposedly rightward tilt. 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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No Pentagon Mosque
Q: Is there a mosque inside the Pentagon? A: The Pentagon has a non-denominational chapel that holds services for employees who follow various religions.
