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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Author Archives: DAngelo Gore
Sunday Replay
All of the misstatements that crept into the Sunday shows this weekend (at least, all the ones we found) had to do with the economy, the topic that is most on voters’ minds as the midterm elections approach. Beware the Third Rail White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod made an …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Austan Goolsbee, David Axelrod, economy, jobs, John Boehner, Steny Hoyer, sunday talk shows
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Bailouts, Taxes and Deceptive Editing
In episode 28 of our podcast, we look at misleading ads from freshman House Democrats who claim they voted against the bank bailout bill, which passed before they took office. Also, we debunk a chain e-mail about taxes, and we highlight a perfect example of how deceptive editing is used …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Bailout, David Petraeus, Gabrielle Giffords, podcast, taxes
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Attack on Giffords Comes Up Short
An attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords by a group called Conservatives for Congress hoodwinks viewers with selectively edited clips from a House hearing earlier this year. The TV ad, which has been running in the Tucson market, lampoons the Arizona Democrat for asking Gen. David Petraeus about the military’s use …
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Tagged Conservatives for Congress, David Petraeus, Gabrielle Giffords
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More Bailout Baloney
Four more freshman House Democrats are claiming in ads to have opposed the Wall Street bailout. We wrote last week about five ads being run by first-term Democrats claiming they voted against the bailout, which created the unpopular Troubled Asset Relief Program. But Congress approved the bailout program before these …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Ann Kirkpatrick, Bailout, Betsy Markey, Mark Schauer, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Walt Minnick
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Sunday Replay
To wrap up the Labor Day weekend, we present the Lindsey Graham edition of a holiday-delayed Sunday Replay, with cameos from a few minor characters. Graham on Democratic Legislation On NBC’s "Meet the Press," South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham was skeptical about two Democrat-backed measures, the health care bill and …
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Tagged health care, John McCain, lindsey graham, Richard Trumka, stimulus, Sunday Replay, Tim Kaine
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Democratic Bailout Baloney
At least five freshman Democratic House members are running ads claiming they voted against the bank "bailout," when in fact none was in Congress when the bill setting up the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, was enacted. Mary Jo Kilroy says she "voted against the bank bailout." Kathy Dahlkemper …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged bank bailout, Dina Titus, Frank Kratovial, Glenn Nye, Kathy Dahlkemper, Mary Jo Kilroy, TARP, Wall Street
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Mosque Controversy, Stimulus Spin and Blagojevich
In episode 26, we answer readers’ questions on claims about the planned Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero. Plus, we document spin from both the vice president and the House GOP leader on stimulus spending, and we fact-check former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appearance on Fox News. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode26.mp3[/podcast] …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged FactCheck Radio, ground zero mosque, mosque, podcast, Rod Blagojevich
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