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Offbeat Ads and the $200 Million Question
Posted on November 5, 2010
In episode 36 of our podcast, we give you a taste of some of the more bizarre and amusing ads from the midterm campaigns. Plus, we shoot down the absurd claim that President Obama’s trip to India will cost $200 million per day. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode36.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed …
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Trip to Mumbai
Posted on November 3, 2010
Q: Is President Obama’s trip to India going to cost $200 million per day? A: This highly doubtful claim originated with one Indian news agency quoting an anonymous source in Mumbai. The White House says it is "wildly exaggerated," and there’s no evidence to support such a huge figure.







