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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Let the Distortions Begin
It has been seven whole weeks now since the midterms, and – like you, perhaps – we’ve enjoyed watching football and “Glee” uninterrupted by campaign ads. But that doesn’t mean there’s no campaigning going on. Potential Republican presidential aspirants …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged cap-and-trade, estate tax, health care, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty
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Holiday Announcement
Both the Washington and Philadelphia offices of factcheck.org will be closed from Dec. 24 through Monday, Jan. 3, in observance of Christmas and New Year’s. When we resume, we will be taking a different approach to our coverage of weekend public affairs shows. We will continue to monitor them and …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Dec. 14-Dec. 21
This week, readers sent us comments about chain e-mails and TSA, and wishes for happy holidays. 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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FactCheck’s Post-Election Conference
In episode 41 of our podcast, we give you some highlights from our post-election conference on political advertising by outside groups. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode41(2).mp3[/podcast] For more on this episode, see: Cash Attack Conference
Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Cash Attack, outside groups, podcast, political advertising
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TSA Not to Blame for This
Q: Did TSA confiscate nail clippers from a soldier returning on a military charter from Afghanistan, but allow him to keep his military weapon? A: This tale from an anonymous source is an impossible fabrication. TSA doesn’t list nail clippers as prohibited items, doesn’t screen military charters arriving in Indianapolis, and has …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged afghanistan, Erick Erickson, nail clippers, RedState, TSA
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Sunday Replay
Surprisingly – considering that the topic du jour was taxes, which means numbers – the flubs and fibs on the Dec. 12 talk shows were few, and relatively minor. Not So Out-of-Context On "Meet the Press," the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Austan Goolsbee, claimed host …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Austan Goolsbee, David Axelrod, sunday talk shows, taxes
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Dec. 7-Dec. 13
This week, experts duked it out over federal pay, and readers weighed in as well. 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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Cash Attack Conference
On Monday, factcheck.org hosted a post-election conference on political advertising in the 2010 election by outside groups. Our liberal and conservative panelists played some TV ads to illustrate their points – and we couldn’t resist pointing out that we had found a few of them to be misleading. Here’s what …
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