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Tag Archives: foreclosures
‘Obama’s Promise,’ Part II
And now, the rest of the story on that misleading “Obama’s Promise” ad from Crossroads GPS. Besides the almost totally false claim that we covered earlier, the ad also: Claims the president broke a promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure, when in fact 5.9 million have received assistance. Gives a …
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Sunday Replay
Pity the poor politicians and spinmeisters who had to don suits in the middle of a long weekend and populate the talk shows. They were up to their usual tricks, though: One Republican operative wrongly implied a crime by the White House; several guests talked about the debt or deficit …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Debbie Wasserman Schultz, debt, deficit, Ed Gillespie, foreclosures, Mark Kirk, sunday talk shows
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The Democratic Congress Did All That?
Q: Did electing a Democratic Congress in 2006 really lead to increased unemployment, higher gas prices and more home foreclosures? A: No, and most of the figures in a widely-circulated e-mail are made up. In fact, the entire premise of the e-mail is a logical fallacy.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged chain e-mail, Congress, foreclosures, gas prices, unemployment
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