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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Author Archives: Jess Henig
Some “Climategate” Conclusions
In November 2009, private e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia were stolen and made public. Climate change disbelievers called it "Climategate," saying that the e-mails proved collusion and conspiracies that would discredit man-made global warming. We found that there was no solid evidence of wrongdoing …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged climate change, Climate Research Unit, global warming
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Overstated Stats
Congressional Republicans appearing on CBS’ "Face the Nation" repeated a couple of false claims we’ve talked about before. The first guest, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, inflated some statistics when he talked about opposition to the health care bill. His claim, that 60 percent of Americans support repealing the bill, …
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Tagged health care, health care reform, Jim DeMint, Michele Bachmann, polls
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Rove Vs. Brokaw, and Other Sunday Squabbles
Republican strategist Karl Rove and NBC’s "Meet the Press" guest host Tom Brokaw got into a tussle on that program Sunday over whether the Bush administration had planned to use oil money to partly fund the Iraq war. Rove also overstated opposition to Democratic health care legislation. We’ll start with …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged David Axelrod, health care, health care reform, health insurance, Iraq war, John Boehner, Karl Rove, lindsey graham, Tom Brokaw
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Breast Cancer Ballyhoo
This ad from Americans for Prosperity caught our eye because of the sheer number of falsehoods it hits on, both new ones and old faithfuls. The group, whose president helped organize the Tea Party protests, is spending $750,000 to run this very misleading ad in nine states. In the ad, …
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, breast cancer, government run health care, health care, mammograms, survival rates, Tracy Walsh
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Ad Serves Up a Dose of Exaggeration
The Washington Post reported on March 9 that Employers for a Healthy Economy, a coalition of business groups that includes the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, plans to spend up to $10 million running an ad about the effects of health care legislation on the …
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Tagged chamber of commerce, economy, employers for a healthy economy, health care, health insurance, jobs
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Pelosi’s Party Plane?
Q: Has Nancy Pelosi spent $100,000 on food, booze and "partying" during her air travel? A: No. Pelosi’s congressional delegations do eat well and drink pricey alcohol. But the costs are not as high as critics claim, and they’re comparable to those of her Republican predecessor, Dennis Hastert.
Climate Science Slipping?
In our article on Climategate, we cited overwhelming scientific consensus — represented in part by the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — pointing to a global rise in temperatures. But the IPCC’s credibility has been challenged since we wrote that article, with several situations coming to light …
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