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Monthly Archives: January 2011
FactChecking Dodgy British Claims
Every now and then, we like to check in on what our British cousin is up to, just to remind ourselves that Americans have no monopoly on political spin. The FactCheck Blog is a project of a TV network, Channel 4 News, and it regularly skewers British politicians for false, …
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FactChecking the GOP Response
We fact-checked President Obama’s State of the Union address, but what about the Republican response speeches? We found two new claims that we haven’t covered before: In the official response …
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Tagged Michele Bachmann, Paul Ryan, Republican response, SOTU, State of the Union
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Jan. 18-24
This week, readers sent us comments about the health care law and a donation we received. 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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Schumer Exaggerates Proposed Defense Cuts
Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York exaggerated Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plan to cut military spending during an exchange with Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation.” Schumer criticized a group of conservative Republicans for proposing a bill to cut non-defense federal spending by $2.5 trillion through fiscal year 2021: …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Charles Schumer, defense spending, face the nation, Robert Gates
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Pawlenty’s Bailout Blarney
Once again we find that Tim Pawlenty has changed course on an issue that is something of a litmus test for Republican candidates. In this case, it’s government bailouts. On Jan. 16, he condemned all such bailouts, saying: "I don’t think the government should bail out Wall Street or the …
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Pawlenty’s Political Climate Change
Likely GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty's views on cap and trade aren't what they used to be. Pawlenty told "Fox News Sunday" on Jan. 16 that he "never did sign a bill relating to cap and trade" when he was governor of Minnesota, but that's not true. He also said: …
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Tagged cap-and-trade, climate change, sunday talk shows, Tim Pawlenty
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Giuliani and the Lessons of Fort Hood
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani went beyond the boundaries of what investigators have reported on Sunday when he said the suspect in the 2009 Fort Hood shootings indicated "a desire to participate in jihad" three years before the attack. It is still not clear what the Army knew – …
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