Monthly Archives: November 2010

A Tough Penalty for False Political Claims

Posted on November 5, 2010

This Associated Press item caught our interest, describing a tough penalty meted out to a British politician for false campaign advertising: LONDON – A British court on Friday threw out the results of a parliamentary election after deciding that the victor had gone too far in distorting his opponent’s positions. …
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Offbeat Ads and the $200 Million Question

Posted on November 5, 2010

In episode 36 of our podcast, we give you a taste of some of the more bizarre and amusing ads from the midterm campaigns. Plus, we shoot down the absurd claim that President Obama’s trip to India will cost $200 million per day. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode36.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed …
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Trip to Mumbai

Posted on November 3, 2010

Q: Is President Obama’s trip to India going to cost $200 million per day? A: This highly doubtful claim originated with one Indian news agency quoting an anonymous source in Mumbai. The White House says it is "wildly exaggerated," and there’s no evidence to support such a huge figure.

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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Posted on November 2, 2010

This week, readers sent us comments about our end-of-campaign "whoppers" article, job creation and health care. 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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The 2010 FactCheck Awards

Posted on November 2, 2010

As usual in this election, we’ve focused on what was true or false in the flood of campaign advertising. And as usual, we found plenty of twisted claims and distortions of reality, and occasionally some pure fabrication. We kept …
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Sunday Replay

Posted on November 1, 2010

This weekend, the Sunday talkfests were dominated by predictions of how the makeup of the Senate and House might change after Tuesday’s elections. Halloween or not, clairvoyance isn’t a skill set we’ve mastered. We’re happy to wait for the actual results. Meanwhile, we highlight a few misleading, non-predictive comments from …
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