Author Archives: Lori Robertson

Illegal Backyard Garden?

Posted on March 27, 2009

Q: Would a new bill in Congress make my backyard organic garden illegal? A: A House bill proposes to split the Food & Drug Administration, creating a separate entity to oversee food safety. It’s aimed at food sold in supermarkets and doesn’t say anything about organic gardening, pesticides, farmers’ markets …
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Obama’s Prime Time Pitch

Posted on March 25, 2009

President Obama sometimes strayed from the facts or made dubious claims during his hour-long evening news conference March 24. He said his budget projections are based on economic assumptions that “are perfectly consistent with what Blue Chip forecasters out there are saying.” Not true. The average projection by leading …
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Guns for Pilots

Posted on March 21, 2009 , Updated on March 25, 2009

Q: Is it true that Obama is dropping the federal safety program that allowed pilots to carry guns? A: No, the program is not being ended, according to the Transportation Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and the largest airline pilots union. In fact, TSA says the program is …
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Will Work for Small(ish) Businesses

Posted on March 19, 2009

In his remarks to small-business owners March 16 at the White House, President Obama repeated a statistic we’ve heard from both Democrats and Republicans. (Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin used it this month on "Fox News Sunday.") Obama said small businesses are responsible for creating "roughly 70 percent of …
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Education Spin

Posted on March 18, 2009 , Corrected on March 26, 2009

Last year, the president touted U.S. gains in education, saying that our “fourth- and eighth-graders achieved the highest math scores on record.” He bragged that “African-American and Hispanic students posted all-time highs.” Last week, the president said those eighth-graders weren’t so great at math after all …
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Obama’s Misleading Education Stat

Posted on March 16, 2009

We’ve noticed that in talking about education, politicians like to use statistics that show the U.S. is way behind other countries. That certainly makes it easier to tout whatever education policies the pols are pushing. But sometimes kids in the U.S. perform better than politicians make it sound. Our colleagues …
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Stimulus for Illegal Immigrants?

Posted on March 13, 2009 , Updated on March 19, 2009

Q: Will 300,000 illegal immigrants get construction jobs through the stimulus package? A: There’s no way of knowing how many illegal immigrants may or may not end up with a job from stimulus funds. But this inflated estimate comes from conservative groups concerned about the absence of employee verification requirements …
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Half of the Wealthy Own Small Businesses?

Posted on March 6, 2009

President Obama’s proposed budget calls for rolling back President Bush’s tax cuts for couples earning more than $250,000 (and individuals earning more than $200k). The increase would take effect in 2011. And, not so surprisingly, it has some Republicans up in arms. One of their main beefs: The move would …
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Bad Bankruptcy Stat, Repeated

Posted on March 6, 2009

Last week on our main site, we pointed out that President Obama used an incorrect statistic on bankruptcies caused by medical expenses in his address to Congress. And yesterday, he repeated it, as Jake Tapper at ABC News noted : Tapper: "The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy …
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Fact Checking Obama’s Speech

Posted on February 25, 2009 , Updated on February 25, 2009

President Obama’s first speech to a joint session of Congress was stuffed with signals about the new direction his budget will take and meant-to-be reassuring words about the economy. But it was also peppered with exaggerations and factual misstatements. He said “we import more oil today than ever …
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