Monthly Archives: November 2012

Did Undelivered Military Ballots Give Election to Obama?

Posted on November 9, 2012

Q: Did military absentee ballots arrive a day late, swinging the election in favor of President Obama? A: No. This rumor is based on a satirical post on a blog that specializes in “faux news.”

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Nov. 9: TV Ads, Will Rogers, Tagg Romney

Posted on November 9, 2012
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5

Posted on November 7, 2012

This week, readers sent us comments about jobs, apologies and keeping politicians honest. 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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The 2012 FactCheck Awards

Posted on November 6, 2012 , Updated on November 8, 2012, November 9, 2012

It’s that special time of year again when campaigning is over (finally!) and the voting has begun. On Election Day we can stop being so serious about fact-checking false or deceptive claims and have some fun handing out imaginary hardware …
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Obama’s Numbers, Updated

Posted on November 5, 2012

In the interest of timeliness and accuracy, we are issuing an updated version of “Obama’s Numbers,” our collection of key measures of the president’s time in office. A few things have changed since we published our original version Oct. 8 — some for better, and some for worse. The number …
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The Final Attack Ads

Posted on November 2, 2012

Both sides in the presidential race are making one last push for votes with false and distorted claims on television, radio and even in text messages: A liberal super PAC’s radio ad in Ohio twists Mitt Romney’s words by having him say six times: “I’m not concerned about the very …
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Does Tagg Romney ‘Own’ Ohio Voting Machines?

Posted on November 2, 2012

Q: Does Mitt Romney’s son Tagg own Ohio’s electronic voting machines? A: There’s no evidence of that. A spokesman for Tagg Romney’s private equity firm states that it has no stake in Hart InterCivic, a supplier of voting machines in two of Ohio’s 88 counties.

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Campaign Funny Business

Posted on November 1, 2012

An ad from the Romney campaign mocks President Obama’s proposal to create a “Secretary of Business,” but misrepresents the president’s proposal. The ad says that “his solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat.” But in fact, Obama’s plan actually seeks to consolidate more than a half dozen agencies, trim …
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Hawaiian Whopper

Posted on November 1, 2012

An ad by Republican Senate candidate Linda Lingle in the Aloha State is telling a real whopper — about us. Her ad says that FactCheck.org rated a claim made by her opponent as “the worst political deception of the year,” and it shows our logo with a headline reading “Whopper …
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