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Monthly Archives: February 2013
FactChecking the GOP Response
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made misleading or exaggerated claims in their responses to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Rubio claimed that the federal health care law was causing people to lose “the health insurance they were happy with,” but that glosses over …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged health care law, Marco Rubio, Obama phone, Rand Paul, SOTU
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Rand Paul’s Bin Laden Claim Is ‘Urban Myth’
In two recent statements, Sen. Rand Paul made the unsubstantiated claim that the U.S. government once “armed” and “funded” Osama bin Laden. The CIA and several of its top officials deny that the U.S. ever recruited, trained, armed or funded bin Laden during the Afghan war over Soviet occupation in the 1980s. Bin Laden himself has denied it. …
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Cherry-Picking Assault Weapons Ban Studies
On Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Managing Editor Lori Robertson talks about how both sides of the gun-control debate are selectively quoting from studies on the effectiveness of the 1994 assault weapons ban. The head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, claimed the studies found the ban “had no impact on lowering crime,” …
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Posted in FactCheck.org On the Air, Other Media
Tagged assault weapons ban, Dianne Feinstein, NRA, Wayne LaPierre
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Reid Twice Wrong on $2.6 Trillion ‘Cuts’
Sen. Harry Reid was doubly wrong when he claimed that Congress already has cut $2.6 trillion from projected future deficits by reducing “non-defense programs” alone. In fact, legislation he refers to applied to both security and non-security spending. Furthermore, a good chunk of the deficit reduction came from tax increases, …
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Proposed Weapons Ban Exempts Government Officials?
TheTeaParty.net falsely claims in an email that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s proposed assault weapons ban would exempt “all government officials” from the ban. While the bill would exempt military and law enforcement officials, it would not exempt legislators or administrative staff. The email further misrepresents the proposed bill, claiming that “she …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged assault weapons ban, Carolyn McCarthy, Dianne Feinstein, Guns
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Did the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Work?
Both sides in the gun debate are misusing academic reports on the impact of the 1994 assault weapons ban, cherry-picking portions out of context to suit their arguments. Wayne LaPierre, chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association, told a Senate committee that the “ban had no impact on lowering …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged assault weapons, Dianne Feinstein, gun control, National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre
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