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Monthly Archives: January 2011
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Jan. 11-17
This week, readers sent us comments about the FactCheck Radio podcast going on hiatus as we move our offices from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia. We will still be publishing articles, wire items and Ask FactChecks on our site regularly, though. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail …
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A ‘Budget-Busting’ Law?
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office states that repealing the health care law would worsen the federal deficit over the next 10 years — by $230 billion. So how does …
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Tagged Budget Committee, budget-busting, deficit, health care law, health care reform
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Health Care Repeal, Tea Party and Political Discourse
In episode 44 of our podcast, we talk about the misleading claim from Republicans that the health care law is a job-killer. Plus, we caught Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offering his own exaggerations on the economy and the tea party, and Sen. Rand Paul distorting a well-worn quote from …
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Tagged Harry Reid, health care reform, job-killing, podcast, Rahm Emanuel, Rand Paul, repeal
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DeLay’s Spin Cycle
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay resorted to hyperbole Wednesday when he claimed that he was tried and convicted for money laundering in the nation’s most liberal county. It’s liberal all right, but dozens of other counties are more so. "I was tried in the most liberal county in the …
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Bum Rap for Rahm
Sen. Rand Paul distorted an old quote from Rahm Emanuel during an appearance on Fox Business, as he disparaged the reaction of liberals to last weekend’s shootings in Tucson. The Kentucky Republican, who took office just this month, was asked on Wednesday by Fox host Andrew Napolitano how pundits (Paul …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Jan. 4-Jan. 10
This week, readers thought we were too tough on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and too easy on House Republicans. 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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Gov. Rendell’s Outburst Misses Mark
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell's angry outburst on CBS' "60 Minutes" was more than unexpected. It was factually wrong. In a segment on slot machine gambling, Rendell lashed out at CBS reporter Lesley Stahl, when she asked about the "downside" of expanding casino gambling. The outgoing Democratic governor, who signed legislation to …
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More Guns, Fewer Murders?
On CNN’s "State of the Union with Candy Crowley," Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah perpetuated a falsehood about gun ownership and lower murder rates. Lee: And to the contrary, I think there is abundant research suggesting that in cities where more people own guns, the crime rate, especially the …
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Reid Wrong on Jobs, Tea Party
On NBC’s "Meet the Press," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid exaggerated the latest job gains in the manufacturing sector and grossly minimized tea party victories in the 2010 midterm elections. In the interview — which NBC taped a day before the Jan. 8 shooting of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others …
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Tagged Ann Marie Buerkle, Blake Farenthold, economy, Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Reid, jobs, Joe Walsh, Sharron Angle, Tea Party
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