Monthly Archives: June 2012

FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 29-June 4

Posted on June 7, 2012

This week, a reader encouraged us to use neutral headlines on our articles. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.

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Bachmann Mailer Misrepresents Jobs Report

Posted on June 7, 2012

In a mailer to her constituents, Michele Bachmann incorrectly claims a new trade agreement with South Korea – which she supported — will “create almost 1,000 jobs” in her Minnesota congressional district. Bachmann misreads a report produced by the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs. The report states that 1,001 …
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Obama Twists Romney’s Economic Record

Posted on June 7, 2012

A new ad from the Obama campaign takes aim at Mitt Romney’s performance as governor of Massachusetts, claiming he had “one of the worst economic records in the country.” But the ad overreaches with several of its claims. The ad states that job creation …
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Obama’s Spending: ‘Inferno’ or Not?

Posted on June 4, 2012 , Updated on June 7, 2012

Is President Obama’s spending an “inferno,” as Mitt Romney claims, or a binge that “never happened” as an analysis touted by the White House concluded? We judge that both of those claims are wrong on the facts. The truth is that the nearly 18 percent spike in spending …
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Romney’s Solar Flareout

Posted on June 1, 2012

An ad from the Romney campaign strains facts to make its point that federal grants and loans to green-energy companies were improperly steered to Obama’s political backers, and that federal money was wasted on failing companies that are now laying off employees. It claims the “inspector general said …
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June 1: Bain Capital, Stimulus, American Future Fund

Posted on June 1, 2012
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Obama’s ‘Truth Team’ Wrong on GOP Donor

Posted on June 1, 2012

The Obama “Truth Team” blames GOP donor Thomas O’Malley’s refinery company for helping to “drive gas prices up this year by curtailing gas production.” But the facts are the exact opposite. The Energy Information Administration credits PBF Energy for preventing a price spike in the Northeast this year by opening …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 22-28

Posted on June 1, 2012

This week, readers sent us letters about President Obama’s record on taxes, and charges of racism in a video from Arkansas Rep. Tim Griffin. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.

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