Monthly Archives: October 2008

The Momentary “No”

Posted on October 10, 2008

The third-party group Committee for Truth in Politics has released an ad accusing Sen. Barack Obama of favoring early release for sexual offenders. We like the group’s name — hey, that’s what we’re all about! But we find it pretty misleading in the case of this ad, which includes a …
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Obama’s ‘Economic Advisers’

Posted on October 9, 2008

Q: Are three former Fannie Mae executives "economic advisers" to Obama? A: No, claims made in a chain e-mail are false. Jim Johnson advised on non-economic matters but quit after a week. Franklin Raines says he took a "couple of calls" but was never an adviser. We find no evidence …
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FactChecking Debate No. 2

Posted on October 8, 2008 , Updated on October 13, 2008

Summary McCain and Obama debated for the second time, in Nashville. We noted some misleading statements and mangled facts: McCain proposed to write down the amount owed by over-mortgaged homeowners and claimed the idea as his own: “It’s my proposal, it’s not Sen. Obama’s proposal, it’s not President Bush’s proposal.” …
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FactChecking Debate No. 2

Posted on October 8, 2008

We published several tidbits here on The Wire during last night’s presidential debate. Our full article contains a few more misleading statements and falsehoods that we needed a little more time to research. Check it out on our main site: FactChecking Debate No. 2 October 8, 2008  Nonsense in Nashville

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Sadly, Mostly True

Posted on October 7, 2008

Summary On the eve of their second presidential debate, McCain and Obama released TV ads accusing one another of untruthful attacks. Both are essentially accurate, though each tells only half the story. McCain’s ad cites Obama spots that have falsely accused him of supporting a 50 percent cut in Social …
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Oversimplifying the Fiscal Crisis

Posted on October 7, 2008

It’s finger-pointing time again, with each candidates blaming the other for the financial crisis. McCain called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the “catalyst” for the crisis and blamed Obama for failing to sign on to a bill to rein in the FMs. Obama countered that it’s a culture of deregulation …
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Big Spender?

Posted on October 7, 2008

McCain once again attacked Obama for proposing new spending, putting the figure at more than $860 billion. But at the same time, McCain himself began the debate by proposing a new spending program, to buy up troubled mortgages directly from homeowners and replace them with 30-year loans guaranteed by the …
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More on that $860 billion

Posted on October 7, 2008

McCain said that Obama has proposed $860 billion in new spending. That’s based on a McCain campaign estimate of how much Obama’s new proposals will cost, without figuring in any savings or reductions in spending. Any increase in funding and any created program counts as “new spending” in this estimate, …
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Health Care Fines for Small Businesses?

Posted on October 7, 2008

McCain said that Obama’s health care plan would mandate that “small businesses” provide coverage for their employees and would fine them if they failed to do so. Actually, Obama’s health care plan, posted on his Web site, says: “Small businesses will be exempt from this requirement.” McCain previously used this …
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Obama 68 Million Acre Boast

Posted on October 7, 2008

Obama was off the mark when he said that oil companies have “68 million acres that they’re not using.” As we’ve pointed out previously, those 68 million acres of land are not producing oil, but they are not necessarily untouched. In fact, in 2006, the last year for which figures …
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