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FactCheck Mailbag
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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2012 Players Guide
Toss-ups: Nevada
In the Nevada Senate race, the state’s economy — it has the highest unemployment in the country — has prompted two new ads that deal with illegal immigration. Republican challenger Sharron Angle falsely claims Sen. Harry Reid voted to …
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Tagged earned income tax credit, Harry Reid, Illegal immigration, Nevada, Sharron Angle, Social Security, toss-ups
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Toss-ups: Wisconsin
Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is attacking his Republican challenger for denouncing taxpayer aid to businesses after accepting a government subsidy for his own firm. GOP challenger Ron Johnson says Feingold’s ad is “wrong” …
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Patriotism Falsely Impugned
Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida is falsely accusing his opponent of evading the Vietnam War draft, claiming “he doesn’t love this country.” Republican candidate Daniel Webster didn’t “refuse the call to service,” as claimed in a vicious TV ad …
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Tagged Alan Grayson, Daniel Webster, draft dodger, military, Vietnam
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Misleading Onslaught by 60 Plus
The conservative 60 Plus Association has launched a flurry of ads against 16 Democrats, many of them in tight House races. The group is spending more than $5 million – from donors whose identities it doesn’t have to disclose – to run the ads saying the lawmakers “betrayed” their constituents by voting …
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AFSCME’s Big, Brazen Attack
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is spending more than $1.5 million on ads that attack Republican congressional candidates in Michigan and Nevada. The big ad buy from the labor union also comes with some grandiose …
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Tagged AFSCME, cervical cancer, Joe Heck, privatization, Social Security, taxes, Tim Walberg
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A Bitter Battle in the Bayou
The primary in Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District has turned exceptionally nasty in the final days, with the top two Republicans airing harsh attack ads against each other that contain false and misleading claims. Most notably, former state House …
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Tagged Bobby Jindal, George W. Bush, Hunt Downer, Jeff Landry, Kathleen Blanco
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Outside Ads Mislead in California
In the race for California governor, outside groups supporting Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown are airing new TV ads that mislead voters. An independent group financed by labor unions distorts Whitman’s record as president and chief …
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Tagged California Working Families for Jerry Brown, Cash Attack, eBay, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Small Business Action Committee
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