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Tag Archives: Roy Blunt
Chamber of Commerce and Missouri Senate Race
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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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged chamber of commerce, dead people, foreign money, podcast, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, stimulus
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Toss-ups: Missouri Mudslinging
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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Posted in Articles
Tagged Missouri Senate race, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, stimulus, toss-ups
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Carnahan Ad Gets VH1-Inspired Treatment
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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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged pop-up video, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, TARP, Wall Street
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