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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Author Archives: Eugene Kiely
Sunday Replay
This week, we find guests on the Sunday public affairs shows making false statements about disclosure of political funds, whether a Senate candidate pushed to have terrorists tried in his home state or favored letting states ban private health insurance, and whether middle-income families would pay more if the Bush …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Charlie Crist, Christopher Van Hollen, Karl Rove, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio, Pat Toomey, sunday talk shows, Tim Kaine
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Tall Tax Tales
Republican Sharron Angle says in a TV ad that Nevada Sen. Harry Reid “voted to raise taxes” 300 times. A “staggering 300 times.” He didn’t. We reviewed the 304 votes provided by the Angle campaign and found its final tally was padded …
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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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Posted in Articles
Tagged bank bailout, Cash Attack, Club for Growth, Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey, stimulus, votevets
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Sunday Replay
This week, we resolve two disputes about who said what, and find that a government report cited as support for a charge about ineffective government programs is nonexistent. NBC’s "Meet the Press" hosted a debate between Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and the Republican who is trying to unseat him, tea …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Carly Fiorina, chamber of commerce, Howard Dean, Liz Cheney, sunday talk shows
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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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Posted in Articles
Tagged Ben Chandler, Betsy Markey, Jim Marshall, Lincoln Davis, Nancy Pelosi, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
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Would Miller ‘Destroy’ Alaska’s Economy?
In Alaska, a new group founded and financed by for-profit native corporations falsely charges in an ad that Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller’s proposals "would destroy a third of Alaska’s economy" by erasing "our fair share of federal dollars." A conservative, Miller advocates less federal spending — but he hasn’t …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Alaskans Standing Together, Cash Attack, Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowski
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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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Posted in Articles
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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Posted in Articles
Tagged Bill Owens, Charlie Baker, Chris Murphy, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Denny Heck, Frank Kratovil
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