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Oil Spill, Carly Fiorina and Chris Dodd

Posted on June 11, 2010

In episode 15 of FactCheck Radio, we look at misleading statements about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a phony quote attributed to Sen. Chris Dodd, and Carly Fiorina’s charge that Barbara Boxer cares more about the weather than terrorism. And we answer the all-important question: Was that …
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Whatz Up, Whatz Up With the ‘Whoomp’ Video?

Posted on June 10, 2010

We don’t usually hit up gossip site Gawker for our fact-checking. We’re an academic group, and we’re serious and stuff! But we can’t ignore the site’s set-up and take-down of one of the weirder Internet rumors we’ve ever seen. As most of the Internet knows by now, Gawker both popularized …
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