Author Archives: Brooks Jackson

A Big, Fat Mistake

Posted on February 28, 2011

Mike Huckabee cited a bloated statistic, claiming obesity disqualifies three out of four young Americans from military service. The actual total is closer to one in four. The former Arkansas governor (and possible GOP presidential contender in 2012) was on "Fox News Sunday" on Feb. 27, explaining why he has …
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Democrats Deny Social Security’s Red Ink

Posted on February 25, 2011

Some senior Democrats are claiming that Social Security does not contribute “one penny” to the federal deficit. That’s not true. The fact is, the federal government had to borrow $37 billion last year to finance Social Security, and will need to borrow more this year.
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Sorry Statistics

Posted on February 25, 2011

Q: Do statistics in a chain e-mail give an accurate "report card" of President Obama’s first two years? A: Not exactly. The author made many minor mistakes and some major omissions in describing the terrible economic conditions he attributes to the president.

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Budget Spin

Posted on February 16, 2011

Democrats and Republicans disagree strongly about elements of President Obama’s 2012 budget, but they are alike in one respect: Both sides are misrepresenting important facts. Obama claimed …
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Prison for Lying?

Posted on February 15, 2011

A former candidate is going to prison for lying — but not for lying to voters. We’ve often pointed out that the First Amendment gives candidates the right to say pretty much whatever they want to voters — whether it’s true or not. That’s why we make it our mission …
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FactChecking Dodgy British Claims

Posted on January 28, 2011

Every now and then, we like to check in on what our British cousin is up to, just to remind ourselves that Americans have no monopoly on political spin. The FactCheck Blog is a project of a TV network, Channel 4 News, and it regularly skewers British politicians for false, …
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FactChecking Obama’s Address

Posted on January 26, 2011

We found no outright false factual claims in Obama’s State of the Union address, but we did note some that were arguable, and some promises that may prove unrealistic. He called his Race to the Top initiative “the most meaningful reform of our public schools in …
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A ‘Budget-Busting’ Law?

Posted on January 19, 2011

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office states that repealing the health care law would worsen the federal deficit over the next 10 years — by $230 billion. So how does …
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A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?

Posted on January 7, 2011

When it comes to truth in labeling, House Republicans are getting off to a poor start with their constantly repeated references to the new health care law as “job-killing.” We find: Independent, nonpartisan experts project …
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A New Home for FactCheck.org

Posted on January 1, 2011

With the New Year we are getting new GPS coordinates. FactCheck.org is moving to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s new headquarters building on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Our web address, of course, remains unchanged.   Our new physical address: FactCheck.org c/o Annenberg Public Policy Center 202 S. …
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