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Labor Attack in Ohio Governor’s Race
The Service Employees International Union claims that GOP gubernatorial candidate John Kasich, a former Lehman Brothers executive, "got rich, while Ohio seniors lost their pension money" in an ad that makes a weak attempt to connect Kasich to the pension losses. It’s true that Kasich, who’s running against Democratic Gov. …
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Sunday Replay
All of the misstatements that crept into the Sunday shows this weekend (at least, all the ones we found) had to do with the economy, the topic that is most on voters’ minds as the midterm elections approach. Beware the Third Rail White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod made an …
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Tagged Austan Goolsbee, David Axelrod, economy, jobs, John Boehner, Steny Hoyer, sunday talk shows
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Jerry Brown and California Taxes
A story I reported 18 years ago for CNN has recently become an issue in the California governor’s race. Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate,
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Sen. Boxer and the ‘Three-Inch Smelt’
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is attacking Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California in two ads accusing her of favoring a "three-inch smelt," a freshwater fish, over water and jobs. The ads aren’t quite accurate, however. According to The Associated Press, the ads began running Sept. 8 in Sacramento, Fresno, …
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Bush Years Revisited in Ohio Senate Race
In the Ohio Senate race, Democrat Lee Fisher’s first TV ad of the fall campaign misrepresents Republican Rob Portman’s years in the Bush administration: The ad is wrong when it says Portman, as President George W. Bush’s "trade czar," was responsible for "sending 100,000 Ohio jobs overseas." The 100,000 lost jobs …
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Bailouts, Taxes and Deceptive Editing
In episode 28 of our podcast, we look at misleading ads from freshman House Democrats who claim they voted against the bank bailout bill, which passed before they took office. Also, we debunk a chain e-mail about taxes, and we highlight a perfect example of how deceptive editing is used …
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Tagged Bailout, David Petraeus, Gabrielle Giffords, podcast, taxes
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Committee for Truth in Politics
Conservative-leaning group represented by a lawyer in the Citizens United case.
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1% Transaction Tax
Q: Is “Obama’s finance team” recommending a 1 percent tax on all bank transactions, as a chain e-mail claims? A: No. This idea was first floated in 2004 by one House member, who says it would replace the federal income tax and eliminate the national debt. So far it has …
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Attack on Giffords Comes Up Short
An attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords by a group called Conservatives for Congress hoodwinks viewers with selectively edited clips from a House hearing earlier this year. The TV ad, which has been running in the Tucson market, lampoons the Arizona Democrat for asking Gen. David Petraeus about the military’s use …
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Tagged Conservatives for Congress, David Petraeus, Gabrielle Giffords
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