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Tag Archives: false claims
1% Transaction Tax
Q: Is “Obama’s finance team” recommending a 1 percent tax on all bank transactions, as a chain e-mail claims? A: No. This idea was first floated in 2004 by one House member, who says it would replace the federal income tax and eliminate the national debt. So far it has …
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More Census Nonsense
Here are a couple of new falsehoods being circulated about the Census, to add to the bogus claims we told you about back in March: It’s not true that Census workers can demand that your landlord let Census workers into your apartment when you are absent, as claimed by a …
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A False Tax Attack
A new Democratic attack ad accuses a Republican House candidate in Hawaii of signing a pledge protecting tax breaks for sending jobs overseas. It could be a prototype of future attack ads against any number of other Republican House members and candidates, most of whom have signed …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged 2010 elections, attack ads, Charles Kong Djou, DCCC, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Election 2010, false claims, tax breaks
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False Ads: There Oughta Be A Law! – Or Maybe Not
(This article was originally posted June 3, 2004. We are reissuing it now, updated only to fix bad links and such. Politicians still can lie legally, and the high volume of ads expected in 2008 campaigns makes it likely that voters will be exposed to more deception than ever. —B.J.) …
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Are Candidates Swearing Off ‘Attack Ads?’ Maybe This Reform is Working.
Where are all the nasty, personal, negative TV spots? Candidates seem to be reluctant to run them — and there’s a reason. A new law requires presidential candidates to appear in their own ads and take personal responsibility for what they say. The idea behind this new "stand by your …
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Is this a great job, or what?
In my 33 years of covering Washington and national politics, I’ve had some of the best jobs in American journalism — including the development of ‘adwatch’ and ‘factcheck’ stories for CNN. And with the launch today of FactCheck.org I hope to continue my professional lucky streak. This is going to …
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Posted in Special Reports
Tagged false claims, President Bush, Republican National Committee
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