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Tag Archives: global warming
Attacks Against Gingrich: How Accurate?
Summary A pro-Romney group is savaging Newt Gingrich with TV ads and mailers to Iowa Republicans. Gingrich dismisses the attacks as “lies.” We find that some of the claims from Restore Our Future are indeed distorted, false or misleading. But several are also right on target. A TV spot makes …
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Tagged abortion, china, ethics, Freddie Mac, global warming, Illegal immigration, Libya, medicare, Newt Gingrich, stimulus, TARP, United Nations
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Some “Climategate” Conclusions
In November 2009, private e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia were stolen and made public. Climate change disbelievers called it "Climategate," saying that the e-mails proved collusion and conspiracies that would discredit man-made global warming. We found that there was no solid evidence of wrongdoing …
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Tagged climate change, Climate Research Unit, global warming
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Palin vs. Gore Climate Showdown
On Dec. 9, an op-ed by Sarah Palin on climate change ran in the Washington Post. Al Gore responded to Palin’s piece and made some fresh claims of his own later that day in an interview with MSNBC. We find that both engaged in some distortions and have been rightly called out by experts in the field. …
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Tagged Al Gore, cap-and-trade, climate change, e-mails, global warming, Sarah Palin
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Extras: iPhone Death Panels, Newton, UFOs
This week’s political tidbits range from a new iPhone app to 17th century scientists’ correspondence. There’s an App for That OMG! We thought we’d seen it all. But an iPhone app designed to test your knowledge about the overhaul of the health care system? Seriously? To play "Death Panel," the …
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Tagged climate change, global warming, health care, Sarah Palin
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“Climategate”
In late November 2009, more than 1,000 e-mails between scientists at the Climate Research Unit of the U.K.’s University of East Anglia were stolen and made public by an as-yet-unnamed hacker. Climate skeptics are claiming that they show scientific misconduct that amounts to the complete fabrication of …
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Tagged climate change, Climate Research Unit, e-mails, global warming
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Palin’s Change on Climate Change
Dipping one more time into last night’s Gibson/Palin interview, we found another misleading claim, this time on climate change. When Gibson accused Palin of flip-flopping her stance on the causes of global warming, Palin denied her position had changed on whether humans are partially responsible. But that doesn’t quite jibe …
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Tagged Alaska, charlie gibson, climate change, energy, global warming, Sarah Palin, vice presidential debate
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GOP Candidates Debate, Round 2
Summary Claims, facts and figures flew at the second GOP presidential debate of 2008. Not all were true. For example: Mitt Romney claimed he didn’t raise taxes when he was governor of Massachusetts, failing to note that he increased government fees by hundreds of millions of dollars and shifted some …
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Tagged adoption, Duncan Hunter, FairTax, global warming, GOP debate, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, taxes, Tom Tancredo, Tommy Thompson
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