Tag Archives: chain e-mail

Ron Pelosi’s Connection to Tonopah Solar Energy

Posted on December 8, 2011 , Corrected on February 2, 2012

Q: Did the Energy Department give a loan to an energy company connected to Nancy Pelosi’s brother-in-law? A: Yes. The loan was awarded to Tonopah Solar Energy for a project in Nevada. Ron Pelosi was then a board member with a subsidiary of Pacific Corporate Group, an investment partner in …
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Change in Military Funeral Protocol?

Posted on October 10, 2011

Q: Did Obama order the military to drop the words “on behalf of the president of the United States” when presenting the flag to the next of kin at funerals? A: A chain email that makes that claim is wrong. Spokespersons for the Defense Department and the armed forces say …
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The Traveling President

Posted on July 8, 2011

Q: Is President Obama flying on Air Force One more than other presidents did? Is he being accompanied by more people on international trips? A: Two chain e-mails suggesting that the president's travel habits are more excessive than his predecessors are off base.

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Obama’s ‘Bumbles’

Posted on June 17, 2011

Q: Did Obama double the debt and commit every "bumble" he's accused of in a critical chain e-mail? A: No. The debt hasn't doubled, and of the 24 claims only six are true. We found another seven to be partly true, and the rest to be false, misleading or exaggerated.

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Premium Nonsense On Medicare

Posted on April 1, 2011

Q: Will the new health care law raise Medicare’s basic monthly premium to $247 in 2014, as a viral message claims? A: No, Medicare officials project the basic premium will be less than half that. But the law will eventually cause 14 percent of seniors with incomes over $85,000 a …
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Congressional Reform Act

Posted on March 18, 2011

Q: What about the "Congressional Reform Act of 2011"? A: A viral e-mail calls for fixing some abuses and excesses that don’t exist, repeating misinformed claims that we’ve addressed before.

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Sorry Statistics

Posted on February 25, 2011

Q: Do statistics in a chain e-mail give an accurate "report card" of President Obama’s first two years? A: Not exactly. The author made many minor mistakes and some major omissions in describing the terrible economic conditions he attributes to the president.

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Fostering a Fortune?

Posted on December 10, 2010

Q: Does Illinois pay a grandmother $1,500 per month per child to be the foster parent to her eight grandchildren? A: No. State officials have no record of such a case, and state law would not allow it. This second-hand story spread by a Danville urologist isn’t true.

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Blame Jane Falsehoods

Posted on November 22, 2010

Q: Is President Obama honoring Jane Fonda as one of the women of the century? A: No. That was done 11 years ago by Barbara Walters of ABC News.

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Bo’s Private Plane?

Posted on September 16, 2010

Q: Did President Obama have his dog, Bo, flown to Maine in his own private jet for the family vacation? A: No. The family and staff took two small jets because the airport couldn’t accommodate the usual presidential plane. Bo flew with several staffers.

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