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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
FactChecking the Hofstra Debate
Posted on October 17, 2012 , Updated on October 17, 2012
The second Obama-Romney debate was heated, confrontational and full of claims that sometimes didn’t match the facts. Obama challenged Romney to “get the transcript” when Romney questioned the president’s claim to have spoken of an “act of terror” …
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What’s Romney’s Plan for Preexisting Conditions?
Posted on October 11, 2012
The Obama campaign has repeatedly said that Mitt Romney was wrong when he claimed at the first debate that “preexisting conditions are covered under my [health care] plan.” We mostly agree. Romney’s comments implied that he would keep the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that guarantee coverage for all, …
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Talking Tax Breaks for Offshoring
Posted on October 10, 2012
Q: Do companies get a tax break for shipping U.S. jobs overseas? A: Not specifically for that reason. But companies can deduct business expenses, including the cost of moving a job to another state or even out of the country.
The ‘Facts’ According to Obama and Romney Ads
Posted on October 9, 2012
In dueling ads, the Obama and Romney campaigns claim the factual high ground on deficits and taxes while, ironically, distorting the facts. An Obama ad uses a truncated quote that makes NBC’s Andrea Mitchell seem to contradict Romney’s statement that his tax plan doesn’t amount to a $5 trillion cut. …
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Tagged Barack Obama, debt, deficit, Mitt Romney, taxes
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Health Care Falsehoods on the Stump
Posted on October 8, 2012
On Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Managing Editor Lori Robertson talks about the off-base health care claims in President Obama’s and Mitt Romney’s stump speeches. Obama misleads on Romney’s Medicare plan, and Romney uses a false statistic about insurance premium increases. For more on the candidates’ stump speeches, see “Romney’s Stump Speech” …
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Obama’s Numbers
Posted on October 8, 2012
For more than a year, we’ve been pointing out on a regular basis how President Obama, his allies and his critics all misuse or even fabricate statistics to give voters a skewed picture of reality. This time we’ll just offer the accurate numbers. Here — in a graphic …
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Fact-Checking the Presidential Debate
Posted on October 4, 2012
factcheck.org Director Brooks Jackson talks to WCBS radio about the false and misleading claims made by President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in their first presidential debate. The candidates got the facts wrong on taxes, deficits, jobs and more. For our full article on the debate claims, see “Dubious Denver …
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Dubious Denver Debate Declarations
Posted on October 4, 2012
We found exaggerations and false claims flying thick and fast during the first debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. Obama accused Romney of proposing a $5 trillion tax cut. Not true. Romney proposes to offset his rate cuts …
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Obama’s Stump Speech
Posted on September 19, 2012 , Corrected on September 25, 2012
It’s the oldest form of political communication. Before there was Twitter or Facebook, before there were 30-second television ads, or super PACs, or even radio or newspapers — there was the stump speech. Ancient Greek politicians spoke directly to citizens …
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Tagged Barack Obama, campaign 2012, health care (225), medicare (78), Mitt Romney (146), stump speech
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Dependency and Romney’s 47 Percenters
Posted on September 18, 2012
Mitt Romney was wrong when he said the 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income taxes are “dependent on the government.” Most of them are working people who simply do not earn very much money. Romney also assumed that all of those in the 47 percent who pay …
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