Author Archives: Justin Bank

A False Ad About ‘Lawsuit Abuse’

Posted on May 11, 2007

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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Republican Candidates Debate

Posted on May 4, 2007 , Updated on May 7, 2007 , Corrected on May 6, 2007

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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Democratic Candidates Debate

Posted on April 27, 2007

Summary Eight Democratic candidates debated in South Carolina. We found some minor stumbles. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, explaining his call to show compassion for Palestinians, put a spin on the remark that differs from the way it was originally reported by an Iowa newspaper. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of …
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