Someone whose work we criticized a fair bit in 2004 and 2006 explains why, perhaps, so little was heard from MoveOn.org and other groups in 2008 in this piece fromNational Public Radio. Money was scarce, but other factors — such as the presence of factcheckers — may have had an impact.
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Clunker Claims and Cadillac Plans
The AFL-CIO is running a print ad this week arguing that "the House bill gets... Using H1N1 to Sway Health Care Debate The American Future Fund, a conservative advocacy group, has released a new ad that uses the...
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November 6, 2009
Americans consumed 23.8 pounds of candy per capita in 2008.
Source: Census Bureau
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