Tag Archives: social issues

Shot off the Mark

Posted on April 16, 2009

Earlier this week Americans United for Safe Streets, the gun safety advocacy group financially supported by New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, released a television ad attacking former Attorney General Bob McDonnell of Virginia, a Republican running to be the state’s governor. The ad features Omar Samaha, whose sister died in …
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Mandatory Public Service

Posted on March 31, 2009 , Updated on April 21, 2009

Q: Is Congress creating a mandatory public service system? Are participants not allowed to go to church? A: The national service bill does not mandate that youth must participate nor does it forbid anyone who does participate from going to church.

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You Ask, We Answer

Posted on December 10, 2008

That’s the idea behind our Ask FactCheck feature on themain site. This week, we looked into a suspicious quote allegedly from President-elect Barack Obama, speaking about urgent gun policy changes. The reader who sent it to us wasn’t convinced it was legitimate, and our reporting showed it was almost certainly …
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