Monthly Archives: June 2012

Obama’s 77-Cent Exaggeration

Posted on June 22, 2012

A TV spot from the president’s reelection committee says women are “paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men.” That’s not true. The ad falsely states that the pay gap is for doing “the same work.” It also implies that discrimination by employers is responsible …
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Outside Groups Twist Truth in Nevada Senate Race

Posted on June 21, 2012 , Updated on July 10, 2012 , Corrected on July 5, 2012

Dueling attack ads from outside groups in the Nevada Senate race rely on twisted facts. An ad from the conservative American Crossroads attacks Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley for an ethics probe related to her efforts on behalf of a kidney program and kidney doctors, including her husband. And an ad …
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Democratic PAC Distorts Facts in Virginia Senate Race

Posted on June 21, 2012 , Updated on June 25, 2012

A Democratic super PAC distorts some facts in a TV ad that compares the records of former Sen. George Allen and former Gov. Tim Kaine, who are running against each other for an open Senate seat in Virginia. The Majority PAC ad contains exaggerations on Medicare, federal deficit spending, state …
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Majority PAC

Posted on June 21, 2012 , Updated on August 1, 2012

A super PAC focused on keeping the U.S. Senate under Democratic control.
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No Dialysis Under Health Care Law?

Posted on June 20, 2012

A viral email wrongly claims the federal health care law caused a Tennessee hospital to deny dialysis to Medicare patients, and that anyone over 75 would be denied care starting in 2013. The anonymous author fabricated the account. Read our April 20 Ask FactCheck, ” ‘Death Panels’ Redux,” for more …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of June 12-18

Posted on June 20, 2012

This week, some readers sent us letters saying they won’t visit FactCheck.org anymore, while others said how much they enjoyed the site. Other readers criticized our analysis of President Obama’s record on private-sector jobs and questioned the news media’s trustworthiness. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email …
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NRCC: ‘Obamacare’ Taxes Sick Puppies

Posted on June 19, 2012

A Republican claim that the federal health care law taxes “heart attacks, sick puppies and even new babies” is a dog. Turns out it’s a reference to excise taxes on certain medical devices. The National Republican Congressional Committee crams a highlight reel of misleading claims about the health care law …
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Romney’s Immigration Exaggeration

Posted on June 18, 2012

Mitt Romney exaggerates when he says President Obama “did nothing on immigration” for three and a half years, even when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. Obama supported and lobbied for the DREAM Act, which would have created a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who were brought to …
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Obama’s Economic Sleight of Hand

Posted on June 15, 2012

In Cleveland, President Barack Obama claimed he created more private-sector jobs in the past 27 months than President George W. Bush created “during the entire seven years before this crisis.” But that’s like comparing apples and mangoes. The president is absolving himself of responsibility for the savage recession he inherited, …
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June 15: Political History, Obamas’ Law Licenses, Debt

Posted on June 15, 2012
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