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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Tag Archives: President Bush
Biden Exaggerates Aid to Israel
Vice President Joe Biden incorrectly told a pro-Israel group that President Obama’s $3.1 billion request for military aid to Israel last year was “the most in history.” The record was set in fiscal 2000, when the Clinton administration secured $3.12 billion for Israel — which is not only slightly more …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Foreign aid, Israel, Joe Biden, President Bush, President Obama
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Doctor’s Orders?
Conservative politicians have claimed that the stimulus bill requires that doctors follow government orders on what medical treatments can and can’t be prescribed. But the bill doesn’t say that. Rep. Tom Price of Georgia says the measure creates “a national health care rationing board.” Not true. What it creates is …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged health care, health insurance, medicare, President Bush, Rush Limbaugh, stimulus bill
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The “Class Act” E-mail
Q: Was Bush’s exit from office a "Class Act" compared with Clinton’s? A: A widely forwarded e-mail contains some false and exaggerated claims, along with some truths. It also contains made-up headlines about Obama.
Children’s Clothing Resale
Q: Is the government outlawing the resale of children’s clothing? A: Not explicitly. A recently passed law won’t ban resale, but it will hold resellers responsible for selling items with lead content that exceeds new limits. Some resellers are fearful this will force them out of business.
Wrong Numbers on a Tin Roof
During his last press conference with White House reporters yesterday, President Bush defended his administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina, saying, “don’t tell me the federal response was slow when there was 30,000 people pulled off roofs right after the storm passed.” He even repeated the statistic three times. The performance …
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The Bush Doctrine?
In her first sit-down interview since securing the Republican v.p. slot, Sarah Palin talked about her position on the Bush Doctrine with ABC’s Charlie Gibson: Here’s the relevant section of the exchange: Gibson: The Bush Doctrine, as I understand it, is that we have the right of anticipatory self-defense; that …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Bush Doctrine, charlie gibson, foreign policy, President Bush, Sarah Palin
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Kerry Really Could Produce 10 Million New Jobs. (So Could Bush.)
John Kerry has promised that, if elected, his economic policies will produce 10 million new jobs. Some factcheck.org subscribers have asked us why we haven’t de-bunked that claim, given that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counted only 8.4 million who were unemployed as of March. Most recently, "Rich" wrote …
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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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