http://factcheck.org A Project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:22:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Republican strategist Karl Rove and NBC's "Meet the Press" guest host Tom Brokaw got into a tussle on that program Sunday over whether the Bush administration had planned to use oil money to partly fund the Iraq war. Rove also overstated opposition to Democratic health care legislation. We'll start with the ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/rove-vs-brokaw-and-other-sunday-squabbles/ This ad from Americans for Prosperity caught our eye because of the sheer number of falsehoods it hits on, both new ones and old faithfuls. The group, whose president helped organize the Tea Party protests, is spending $750,000 to run this very misleading ad in nine states. In the ad, breast ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/breast-cancer-ballyhoo/ A new ad buy from the Republican National Committee departs from the subject of health care, focusing instead on another theme the GOP wants to emphasize as the midterm elections approach: the Democrats' recent ethics travails. The ad, pointedly called "Pelosi's Failure," begins with a clip of Rep. Nancy Pelosi of ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/rnc-the-dems-ethical-embarrassments/ In this edition of Extras, we look at morphing presidents, a piece of health care pie chart and an ad that checks itself. Mighty Morphin' Presidents In Sunday's New York Times, the American Civil Liberties Union took out a full page ad urging President Obama to try Sept. 11 defendants in criminal ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/extras-obama-bush-health-care-and-more/ The Washington Post reported on March 9 that Employers for a Healthy Economy, a coalition of business groups that includes the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, plans to spend up to $10 million running an ad about the effects of health care legislation on the ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/ad-serves-up-a-dose-of-exaggeration/ This week, we examine health care claims from the president, a conservative group and a Republican candidate in the race for a Senate seat in Nevada. Plus, we give listeners the scoop on allegations that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hosts congressional party planes.       http://factcheck.org/2010/03/health-care-claims-and-a-party-plane/ We take a look at some bogus rumors about President Obama's actions on gun control that have been swirling since the 2008 campaign.   This video series is a product of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. FactCheck.org is a project of the APPC. Host: Christine Nieves Editor/Videographer: Jeremy Quattlebaum Writer: John Vettese http://factcheck.org/2010/03/just-the-facts-2010-guns/ This week, readers sent us comments about our new podcast, balanced journalism and Starbucks Liqueur. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length. FactCheck Radio Good idea, your new podcast. My name suggestion: "The Factcheck Onceover" ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/factcheck-mailbag-week-of-march-2-march-8/ Former Nevada state Sen. Sue Lowden, who is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November, goes after Reid in a new ad for trying to force "one-size-fits-all government health care" on all Americans.   Maybe "one-size-fits-all government health care" is a plausible description of ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/a-practically-fact-free-attack-on-reid/ The president made another push for health care legislation March 3, while being flanked by physicians and nurses in the East Room of the White House. Much of what he said in describing his proposal was correct, but he went a bit overboard with a few of his statements. In a ... http://factcheck.org/2010/03/obamas-glowing-assessment/