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Author Archives: DAngelo Gore
GM’s Government Sales
Q: Did the government buy 79 percent of all vehicles sold by General Motors in June? A: No, that viral rumor is false. All fleet customers combined — including rental car companies and state and local governments — accounted for less than one-third of GM’s June sales.
Crossroads Changes Plane False Attack
After yanking an ad with a false claim off the air in North Dakota, Crossroads GPS is back with an amended version that is technically accurate, but still grossly misleading. The original ad claimed that Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp “spent taxpayer dollars on private planes” while she was the …
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DCCC Calls Latham Out on TARP
A Democratic robocall in Iowa accuses GOP Rep. Tom Latham of “looking out for himself” by profiting from legislation he actually opposed. The Des Moines Register reports that the call from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee charges Latham with “only looking out for himself, not the middle class,” for having …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Iowa, Tom Latham, Troubled Asset Relief Program
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Still No International Gun Ban Treaty
Q: Does the Obama administration intend to “force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for U.S. citizens” through a United Nations treaty? A: No. The administration plans to negotiate a treaty to regulate the international export and import of weapons. It says that it won’t support any …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged chain e-mail, Guns, international gun ban, United Nations
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Mandel’s Deceptive Defense Against Sen. Brown
The campaign of Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel of Ohio is fighting back against “negative ads” from Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown with one of its very own. But it’s one that makes several inaccurate claims: The ad claims that Brown “gave huge bonuses to executives.” That’s not true. Brown actually …
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Chamber Continues to Mislead on Health Care Law
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s latest onslaught of television ads continues to miseducate voters about the potential impact of the health care law. Ads attacking Sen. Bill Nelson and former Rep. Alan Grayson claim that the health care law “could” cause 20 million people to lose employer-paid health care coverage. …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Alan Grayson, bill Nelson, chamber of commerce, health care law, lois frankel
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Two More Webbys for FactCheck
Once again, FactCheck.org has been awarded the Webby for best politics website by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The announcement was made May 1. This makes us a four-time winner of the prestigious Webby Award. The awards are recognized as the “Oscars of the Internet.” And FactCheck.org …
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‘Big Oil’ Backing Romney?
A pro-Obama TV ad says that “big oil” pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry’s “$200 million man.” But that’s a pretty slippery claim. The fact is that there is no evidence that truly big oil companies like BP, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Big Oil, Koch Industries, Mitt Romney, Priorities USA Action
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Fouling Lugar’s Foe
The Republican primary for Sen. Richard Lugar’s seat is apparently too close for comfort. Both Lugar’s campaign and the American Action Network are airing misleading attack ads against Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock, the senator’s challenger for the nomination. The ads strain the facts to make Mourdock look like a tax …
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Tagged American Action Network, Richard Lugar, Richard Mourdock
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