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FactCheck Archive


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Romney commits multiple distortions in the last scheduled GOP debate. Others stumble, too.
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The president overlooks some warts and wrinkles while putting the best face he can on the State of the Union.
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New Web and radio ads by the Arizona senator lack context.
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Republican contenders fling falsehoods in Florida.
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Peas in a Pod
January 24, 2008
Dueling radio ads from Clinton and Obama falsely paint the other as a secret Republican.
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Who lands a clean punch? Edwards was there, too.
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Four-time convicted felon falsely accuses Clinton in video viewed by millions.
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The ad may be new, but we've seen this tactic, from this candidate, before.
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Stacking the Deck
January 16, 2008
Dems deal misleading statements in Vegas debate.
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The Edwards campaign released four mini-ads. Two are wrong.
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He faults Romney for "providing" state funding for abortions that Romney didn't seek, and courts ordered.
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We note more falsehoods and distortions as Republicans debate for the third time in a week.
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Sliming Obama
January 10, 2008
Dueling chain e-mails claim he's a radical Muslim or a 'racist' Christian. Both can't be right. We find both are false.
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Second night in a row of Republicans debating. No wonder we feel like we've heard these distortions before.
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When the going gets tough, the tough get misleading.
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Republican candidates swing hard, tally some factual strikeouts
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His attack ad appears on four Iowa stations. We find it somewhat misleading. Another ad makes misleading claims about tax cuts.
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Selective, embellished and out-of-context quotes from newspapers pump up Obama's health plan.
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He predicts more change in the next 10 years than in the last 1,000. Not likely.
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The truth is that violent crime was higher at the end of his term than when he took office, and he raised taxes more than he cut them.
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