Monthly Archives: May 2011

FactChecking Paul

Posted on May 20, 2011

Up next in our look at past claims made by the 2012 presidential candidates: Rep. Ron Paul. No stranger to presidential campaigns, the Texas Republican has made his share of factual flubs. Paul declared his 2012 candidacy May 13. He falsely claimed last December that the estate tax "especially harms …
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Newt vs. Newt

Posted on May 19, 2011

Newt Gingrich is engaging in some revisionist history by claiming he was not referring to Rep. Paul Ryan during his now infamous "Meet the Press" interview. That’s absurd. "Meet the Press" host David Gregory asked him point blank whether Republicans should go ahead with Ryan’s plan to revamp Medicare, and …
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Test Market for Spin

Posted on May 19, 2011

A May 24 special election to fill a vacant House seat in upstate New York has become a national test market for distorted political claims. It offers a preview of tactics that may be repeated in next year’s …
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FactChecking Obama

Posted on May 19, 2011

We are periodically taking a look at past claims from the 2012 presidential candidates. Up next: President Barack Obama. The president officially launched his 2012 campaign on April 4, but we’ve been fact-checking his statements for about four years now. Among the major misstatements: Obama has misrepresented Republican plans for …
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Gingrich Overshoots the Truth

Posted on May 17, 2011

Republican Newt Gingrich mistakenly claimed on "Meet the Press" that a U.S. helicopter involved in the Osama bin Laden raid "was shot down." There’s no evidence of that. U.S. officials say it crash landed and was destroyed by Navy SEALs. Gingrich also was wrong to say Pakistan’s intelligence chief did not …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 10-16

Posted on May 17, 2011

This week, readers sent us comments about the League of Women Voters’ ads and Newt Gingrich. 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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Romney Off Base on Health Care

Posted on May 13, 2011

Mitt Romney made misleading statements about the federal health care law in an effort to highlight how it differs from the overhaul he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts. Romney, who has not yet declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, gave a major speech on health care …
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May 13: Pollution, Mileage Tax, Gingrich

Posted on May 13, 2011

 

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Gingrich No Fan of Czars

Posted on May 12, 2011

Newt Gingrich referenced an old claim spread by conservative commentator Glenn Beck about supposed White House "czars," saying he would "abolish all the White House czars" his first day in office if he were elected president. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, the Republican presidential candidate said he …
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Deceitful Attacks from the League of Women Voters

Posted on May 11, 2011

New ads accuse two senators of endangering children's lives by voting to allow asthma-causing "emissions" to be released from smokestacks and tailpipes. But in reality, all that the senators voted to curb was the government's attempt to regulate carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gasses, which have no direct connection to …
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