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Under FactCheck’s Hood: A Note on Methodology for our Palin – 20% Energy Piece
Last Friday, we pointed out that a Palin-McCain talking point stating that Alaska “produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy” was false. The actual figure was 3.5 percent. Within the story, we allowed (several times) that Palin and McCain may have misspoken and meant to say …
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Tagged Alaska, calculations, energy, factcheck.org, John McCain, Sarah Palin
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Population of Wasilla
Q: What was the population of Wasilla, Alaska, when Sarah Palin was mayor? A: When she took office, it was about 5,000. The population has been growing since.
Energetically Wrong
Summary Palin claims Alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy." That’s not true. Alaska did produce 14 percent of all the oil from U.S. wells last year, but that’s a far cry from all the "energy" produced in the U.S. Alaska’s share of domestic energy …
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Reed Reality
Summary An Obama ad in Georgia ties McCain to former Christian Coalition executive Ralph Reed and the Abramoff lobbying scandal. It doesn’t give a full picture. The ad says that Reed "is now raising money for McCain’s campaign." But McCain has said, "I neither seek nor want his support." It …
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U.S. Government Paying Former Insurgents?
Q: Is the U.S. government paying factions in Iraq not to fight us? A: We are paying Iraqis, some of whom were formerly hostile insurgents, to police areas and fight terrorists.
