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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Some “Climategate” Conclusions
In November 2009, private e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia were stolen and made public. Climate change disbelievers called it "Climategate," saying that the e-mails proved collusion and conspiracies that would discredit man-made global warming. We found that there was no solid evidence of wrongdoing …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged climate change, Climate Research Unit, global warming
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Tussling Over TARP
A recent TV ad from Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter claims that Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln "says she voted against bailing out Wall Street." That’s not what Lincoln said. The two are campaigning in the Democratic primary for the Senate. Halter’s ad refers to a Lincoln campaign ad from March in …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged 2010 elections, Arkansas, Bailout, Bill Halter, Blanche Lincoln, TARP, Troubled Asset Relief Program
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California Dreaming
Steve Poizner, who’s running in California’s GOP gubernatorial primary, has launched an attack on front-runner Meg Whitman, accusing her of not being sufficiently Republican. But several of his claims are off the mark. Whitman has never voiced support for “amnesty” for illegal aliens, however the term is defined …
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Just the Facts 2010: Mailbag
We get plenty of mail — well, e-mail — here at FactCheck.org. In this episode of our vidcast, we read a few of the comments from our mailbag. These readers asked who’s behind the Congressional Budget Office and offered an opinion on the definition of “middle class.”
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Stimulus Jobs: The Fine Print
The White House announced April 14 that a new report shows that the Recovery Act has been responsible for 2.2 million to 2.8 million jobs through the end of March. As always, we advise reading the fine print. As we’ve written before, it’s not possible to know what might have …
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Tagged arra, CBO, council of economic advisers, jobs, recovery act, stimulus
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of April 6-April 12
This week, readers sent us comments about the Guttmacher Institute, Obama’s "army" and fact-checking Democrats. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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Shady Deals in the Sunshine State?
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has launched another ad attacking GOP primary opponent Marco Rubio — and the ethics and legality of his past dealings. They’re campaigning to get the Republican nod for a Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez. The primary is in August. Crist’s ad draws parallels …
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A False Tax Attack
A new Democratic attack ad accuses a Republican House candidate in Hawaii of signing a pledge protecting tax breaks for sending jobs overseas. It could be a prototype of future attack ads against any number of other Republican House members and candidates, most of whom have signed …
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Tagged 2010 elections, attack ads, Charles Kong Djou, DCCC, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Election 2010, false claims, tax breaks
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