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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Health Care, Social Security and Vietnam
In episode 30 of our podcast, we look at deceptive ads from a conservative group on the new health care law, misleading spots on Social Security from Democrats, and a false claim about a GOP House candidate and draft dodging. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/factcheckradio_episode30.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged 60 plus, Alan Grayson, health care, podcast, Social Security, Vietnam
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A ‘Scandal’ in New Mexico?
In New Mexico’s governor’s race, Republican Susana Martinez accuses Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish of giving a $500 million "special tax deal" to a developer who contributed to her campaign and hired her husband as a lobbyist. But Martinez, a district attorney, uses circumstantial evidence to make her case in …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Bill Richardson, Diane Denish, Forest City Covington, Mesa del Sol, New Mexico, Susana Martinez
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Toss-ups: Wisconsin
Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is attacking his Republican challenger for denouncing taxpayer aid to businesses after accepting a government subsidy for his own firm. GOP challenger Ron Johnson says Feingold’s ad is “wrong” …
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Patriotism Falsely Impugned
Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida is falsely accusing his opponent of evading the Vietnam War draft, claiming “he doesn’t love this country.” Republican candidate Daniel Webster didn’t “refuse the call to service,” as claimed in a vicious TV ad …
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Tagged Alan Grayson, Daniel Webster, draft dodger, military, Vietnam
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Sept. 14-Sept. 20
This week, readers sent us comments about Pell Grants, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and spell-checking. 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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Sunday Replay
The talk shows’ factual failures included misinformation from Karl Rove (about write-in ballots in Alaska), from a former president (about college graduation rates and health in the U.S.) and from a current one (of Iran, about several topics). Rove’s Spelling Lesson Republican strategist Karl Rove overstated a legal barrier confronting …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Bill Clinton, Jim DeMint, Karl Rove, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sunday talk shows
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NRSC Ad a Loser in Kentucky
The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s first ad against Democratic Senate candidate Jack Conway attacks him for supporting "a government takeover of health care." This isn’t the first time we’ve written about Republican ads mischaracterizing the new health care law as a "government takeover," and unfortunately we’re certain it won’t be …
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Misleading Onslaught by 60 Plus
The conservative 60 Plus Association has launched a flurry of ads against 16 Democrats, many of them in tight House races. The group is spending more than $5 million – from donors whose identities it doesn’t have to disclose – to run the ads saying the lawmakers “betrayed” their constituents by voting …
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