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FactCheck Mailbag
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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2012 Players Guide
Toss-ups: Pennsylvania Cash Attack
Two independent groups are spending heavily in the Pennsylvania Senate race, and we find both are airing TV ads that go a bit too far: VoteVets.org, a left-leaning veterans group, is up with an ad that claims Republican Pat Toomey supports letting Wall Street …
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Tagged bank bailout, Cash Attack, Club for Growth, Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey, stimulus, votevets
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Toss-ups: Wayward Ads in Washington State
A Republican-leaning group, American Action Network, makes misleading claims in an ad portraying Democratic Sen. Patty Murray as pro-tax and anti-small business. Meanwhile, Murray goes too far in her attack on the complicated business …
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Tagged 2010 midterm elections, American Action Network, Dino Rossi, Patty Murray
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NRCC Overstates Dems’ Voting Record with Pelosi
A number of new TV ads by the National Republican Congressional Committee purport to tell us how often a Democratic incumbent voted with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But the ads overstate …
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Tagged Ben Chandler, Betsy Markey, Jim Marshall, Lincoln Davis, Nancy Pelosi, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
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Toss-ups: Missouri Mudslinging
Ethics has become a theme in the Missouri Senate race, and we find that both candidates are distorting the facts in TV ads that make accusations of serious ethical lapses: Republican Rep. Roy Blunt claims without evidence that Democrat Robin Carnahan’s …
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Tagged Missouri Senate race, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, stimulus, toss-ups
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A New Twist on an Old Tax Attack
Democrats and their allies can’t get enough of the Americans for Tax Reform tax pledge — which, as we’ve reported, they’ve falsely equated in a number of ads with “protecting tax loopholes for companies that ship jobs overseas.” Still, Democrats continue …
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Tagged Bill Owens, Charlie Baker, Chris Murphy, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Denny Heck, Frank Kratovil
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Pataki’s Bogus Health Care Claims
A conservative group led by former New York Gov. George Pataki has launched two nearly identical ads criticizing Democratic Reps. Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire and John Hall of New York for voting for the new health care law. Pataki said …
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Tagged accountable care organizations, Carol Shea-Porter, George Pataki, health care law, health care reform, John Hall, Revere America
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Crossroads Jam-Up
The latest ads from the American Crossroads “super PAC” attack Democrats running for Senate seats in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada, Missouri and New Hampshire. The ads contain a number of misleading and false claims. …
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Tagged 2010 midterm elections, Alexi Giannoulias, American Progress, American Reconstruction and Recovery Act, arra, Citizens United, Harry Reid, health care, Lee Fisher, Michael Bennet, Paul Hodes, Robin Carnahan, stimulus, super PAC, unemployment
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Rep. Grayson Lowers the Bar
We thought Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida reached a low point when he falsely accused his opponent of being a draft dodger during the Vietnam War, and of not loving his country. But now Grayson has lowered the bar . . .
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Tagged abortion, abuse, Alan Grayson, Daniel Webster, marriage, women
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Did the Stimulus Create Jobs?
The economic stimulus package is a favorite target of Republican candidates and groups, but more than a few ads falsely claim it did not create or save any jobs. Some recent examples: Republican House candidate Dan Debicella charges …
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Tagged Alex Sink, Americans for Prosperity, Dan Debicella, Denny Heck, Jim Himes, Kristi Noem, Rick Scott, stimulus
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