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Bachmann Mailer Misrepresents Jobs Report
In a mailer to her constituents, Michele Bachmann incorrectly claims a new trade agreement with South Korea – which she supported — will “create almost 1,000 jobs” in her Minnesota congressional district. Bachmann misreads a report produced by the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs. The report states that 1,001 …
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Posted in Spin Detectors Articles, The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Free Trade, jobs, Michelle Bachmann, Minnesota, South Korea
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Minnesota Governor’s Race
In episode 24, we look at how union and corporate money is coming into play in the Minnesota governor’s race. A union- and Democrat-funded group is airing misleading attack ads against GOP candidate Tom Emmer. And in New Mexico, a wildlife group attacks a Republican nominee for the House. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode24.mp3[/podcast] …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Alliance for a Better Minnesota, Cash Attack, FactCheck Radio, Minnesota, MN Forward, podcast, Tom Emmer
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Corporate-Labor Smackdown in Minnesota
Minnesota’s race for governor is pitting corporate money against money from labor unions and wealthy Democrats. So far, the misleading attack ads are all coming from the liberal side, and the corporate side is being badly outspent to boot. The Alliance for …
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Tagged Alliance for a Better Minnesota, Cash Attack, corporations, Minnesota, MN Forward, Tom Emmer, unions
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Mining the Minnesota Recount
Republican incumbent Norm Coleman headed into the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount leading Democratic challenger Al Franken by more than 200 votes. But on Jan. 5, the state Canvassing Board certified recount results showing Franken received 225 more votes than Coleman in the general election, out of nearly 2.9 million votes …
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