Tag Archives: Muslim

‘Privatizing’ Social Security?

Posted on August 20, 2010

In episode 25, we debunk President Obama’s claim that leading Republicans in Congress want to privatize Social Security. Plus, we look at dueling ads from the Pennsylvania Senate race, and we tackle claims related to the controversy over the Islamic center and mosque in New York. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode25(1).mp3[/podcast]   For more …
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More Malarkey About Health Care

Posted on April 19, 2010

We’ve seldom seen a piece of legislation so widely misrepresented, and misunderstood, as the new health care law. We stopped counting the number of articles and items we turned out on the subject after the total reached 100. Some of that is understandable. The debate went on for more than …
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What Happened on Flight 297?

Posted on December 14, 2009

Q: Did Muslim terrorists stage a "dry run" on AirTran flight 297? A: The airline and an eyewitness say this e-mailed claim is "an urban legend" spread by persons who "live in a fantasy world."

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Truth on the Cutting Room Floor

Posted on December 4, 2009

A widely viewed video seems to show President Obama stating that he is a Muslim. It is false, and the product of dishonest editing. Although it is titled “Obama Admits He Is A Muslim,” the president in fact has admitted no such thing. The video edits and twists his actual words, sometimes turning what were denials into …
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Obama’s Reading Material

Posted on October 1, 2009

Q: Was Obama reading an anti-America book written by a Muslim? A: No. The book, a New York Times best-seller, is about America's role in a new global era. The author, a leading journalist, is a Muslim but describes himself as "not a religious guy."

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Obama: U.S. “One of the Largest Muslim Countries.” Not!

Posted on June 4, 2009

President Barack Obama claimed that the U.S. is "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world" in terms of population. That strains the facts mightily. The U.S. Muslim population probably doesn’t even rank in the top 50. Obama’s remark came in a June 1 interview with French TV correspondent Laura …
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Life Cycle of a Rumor

Posted on October 22, 2008

One thing we’ve noticed at FactCheck is that e-mail rumors tend to circulate, get debunked (ideally), go dormant for a while, and then flare up again. Think of it as a horde of zombies — they come at you, you kill them, you breathe a sigh of relief, and then …
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Sliming Obama

Posted on January 10, 2008 , Corrected on January 11, 2008

Summary If these two nasty e-mail messages are any indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one. One claims that Obama is "certainly a racist" by virtue of belonging to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, which it says "will accept only black parishoners" and espouses a …
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