Monthly Archives: July 2011

Does the U.S. ‘Look a Lot Like Greece’?

Posted on July 7, 2011

Sen. Mitch McConnell strained the facts when he claimed that "[w]e look a lot like Greece already." The public debt of Greece is double that of the U.S. in relation to the size of each nation's economy McConnell made his comment in a July 6 news conference held prior to …
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Obama’s Mis-tweets

Posted on July 7, 2011 , Updated on July 8, 2011

In a "Twitter Town Hall" event, President Barack Obama repeated a disputed claim about the electric car battery market, and he claimed that the payroll tax holiday is worth $1,000 to "almost every single American" when many will get less than that. Obama took questions from Twitter users — limited …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of June 28-July 4

Posted on July 5, 2011

This week, readers sent us comments about whether there is an "Austrian language," extremism and lying by politicians, as well as praise for factcheck.org. 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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July 1: Waterloo, Unemployment, Private Sector Jobs

Posted on July 1, 2011

   

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