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FactCheck Mailbag
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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2012 Players Guide
A False Ad About ‘Lawsuit Abuse’
Summary The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is running a TV ad alleging that "lawsuit abuse" is costing "your family" $3,500 a year. That’s false. The figure is from a study that estimates the cost of all lawsuits, not just abusive ones. Even the author of the study cited by …
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Levitating Numbers
Summary In an earlier article we criticized Rudy Giuliani for saying adoptions went up 65 to 70 percent when he was mayor, when in fact adoptions at the end of his tenure were only 17 percent higher than at the start, and falling. His campaign still insists his claim is …
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Republican Candidates Debate
Summary Ten Republican candidates for president debated at the Reagan Library in California, the first GOP debate of the 2008 campaign. Here and there we found stumbles, spin and exaggerations, just as we did at the Democratic debate a week earlier. Giuliani claimed that adoptions shot up 65 to 70 …
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Tagged Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Mitt Romney, presidential campaign 2008, Rudy Giuliani
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FactCheck.org Wins 2 Webby “People’s Voice” Awards
Summary The Webby Awards named FactCheck.org the best political Web site, and also the best on government, in the 2007 People’s Voice vote. Analysis The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced May 1 that voters in the annual Webby "People’s Voice" competition chose FactCheck.org as winner in both …
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