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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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2012 Players Guide
Author Archives: Brooks Jackson
Cell Phones and Political Polls
Q: Are polls skewed because many people only have cell phones? A: Poll-takers worry a lot about this. A recent study indicates that polling results aren't yet affected very much. We're not so sure.
Minimum Wage Workers and Poverty
Q: Is a minimum-wage worker officially in poverty? A: A single person working full time at the minimum wage would be barely above the poverty line. A single parent would be below it. FULL QUESTION I have always believed that the poverty line was below minimum wage. Is the poverty …
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Democratic Superdelegates
Q: Who are the superdelegates and can they change their votes once they are "committed"? A: Democratic "superdelegates" may vote as they see fit.
Smear or Be Smeared?
Summary The Democratic National Committee proposes to spend unlimited amounts of money to "tell the real story" about John McCain before Republicans can "start smearing" the eventual Democratic nominee. But the line of attack the Democrats outline to their potential donors in an e-mail contains some claims that are false …
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Suing Over False Political Advertising
Q: Can people be sued for false political advertising? A: Targets of false ads rarely sue. Libel law makes it practically impossible for candidates to collect damages, even if they should win.
The Budget and Deficit Under Clinton
Q: During the Clinton administration was the federal budget balanced? Was the federal deficit erased? A: Yes to both questions, whether you count Social Security or not.
Jobless Rate and Unemployment Benefits
Q: Does the official jobless rate fail to count people who have no unemployment benefits? A: They are counted, too. The rate is based on a huge survey and counts those who are out of work whether they get benefits or not.
