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Author Archives: Lori Robertson
Liberal Ads Oversell Health Care Law
A liberal group has launched several radio ads criticizing House Republicans who voted to repeal the health care law. But some of the claims lack needed context and may give listeners the impression that the law’s benefits are more extensive than they really are. Americans United for Change produced the …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Americans United for Change, Blue America, Daily Kos, health care reform
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Millions with Preexisting Conditions
Q: Is it true — as the Obama administration claims — that "129 million Americans with a pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health reform law"? A: No. The number who would be truly at risk of losing health insurance or paying more money is much smaller.
FactChecking the GOP Response
We fact-checked President Obama’s State of the Union address, but what about the Republican response speeches? We found two new claims that we haven’t covered before: In the official response …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged Michele Bachmann, Paul Ryan, Republican response, SOTU, State of the Union
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Health Care Repeal, Tea Party and Political Discourse
In episode 44 of our podcast, we talk about the misleading claim from Republicans that the health care law is a job-killer. Plus, we caught Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offering his own exaggerations on the economy and the tea party, and Sen. Rand Paul distorting a well-worn quote from …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Harry Reid, health care reform, job-killing, podcast, Rahm Emanuel, Rand Paul, repeal
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More Guns, Fewer Murders?
On CNN’s "State of the Union with Candy Crowley," Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah perpetuated a falsehood about gun ownership and lower murder rates. Lee: And to the contrary, I think there is abundant research suggesting that in cities where more people own guns, the crime rate, especially the …
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A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?
When it comes to truth in labeling, House Republicans are getting off to a poor start with their constantly repeated references to the new health care law as “job-killing.” We find: Independent, nonpartisan experts project …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged health care, health care reform, job-killing, jobs, John Boehner, labor
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The 2012 GOP Field
In episode 43 of our podcast, we take a look at what some of the potential Republican presidential candidates have been saying. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio.43.mp3[/podcast] For more on the claims discussed in this podcast, see: Let the Distortions Begin Dec. 23
Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, podcast, Republican Presidential candidates, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty
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FactCheck’s Post-Election Conference
In episode 41 of our podcast, we give you some highlights from our post-election conference on political advertising by outside groups. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode41(2).mp3[/podcast] For more on this episode, see: Cash Attack Conference
Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Cash Attack, outside groups, podcast, political advertising
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