Tag Archives: Robin Carnahan

Chamber of Commerce and Missouri Senate Race

Posted on October 15, 2010

In episode 33 of our podcast, we talk about Democrats’ evidence-free allegation about the Chamber of Commerce and foreign money. Plus, we look at ads in the Missouri Senate race and explain why dead people got stimulus checks. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/FactCheckRadio_episode33.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see:  Really?  …
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Toss-ups: Missouri Mudslinging

Posted on October 12, 2010

Ethics has become a theme in the Missouri Senate race, and we find that both candidates are distorting the facts in TV ads that make accusations of serious ethical lapses: Republican Rep. Roy Blunt claims without evidence that Democrat Robin Carnahan’s …
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Crossroads Jam-Up

Posted on October 1, 2010

The latest ads from the American Crossroads “super PAC” attack Democrats running for Senate seats in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada, Missouri and New Hampshire. The ads contain a number of misleading and false claims. …
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Carnahan Ad Gets VH1-Inspired Treatment

Posted on August 24, 2010

Are you a fan of VH1′s revolutionary "Pop-Up Video" program? And a political junkie? (And maybe even a St. Louis Rams fan?) Well, we have a treat for you. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, stltoday.com, has launched a fact-checking effort called "Pop-Up Politics." Last week, reporter Jake Wagman gave the …
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Phony “Big Oil Bailout” Claims

Posted on May 28, 2010

In a highly competitive race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan accuses Republican Rep. Roy Blunt of supporting a "Big Oil bailout" and sticking the taxpayers with the cleanup costs. We find the charges to be false. In two similar videos in a …
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