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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Author Archives: Jess Henig
McCain: $3 million to study the DNA of bears?
We’ve heard that one before. McCain’s been playing it for laughs since 2003. The study in question was done by the U.S. Geological Survey, and it relied in part on federal appropriations. Readers (and politicians) may disagree on whether a noninvasive study of grizzly bear population and habitat is a …
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It’s High Season
We have all kinds of new items on our main site, FactCheck.org. Check out our article on a recent McCain-Palin ad that falsely asserts Sen. Barack Obama has been “mum on the market crisis.” He’s actually made several statements on it, including a speech with a six-point proposal a day …
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The Whoppers of 2008
In an effort to preemptively fact-check what the candidates may say in the debates, we present: The Whoppers of 2008. So far, anyway. There are more than five weeks to go before Election Day. McCain misrepresents Obama’s tax plan. Obama misleads seniors on McCain and Social Security. Other falsehoods involve …
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Credit Where it Isn’t Due
The McCain-Palin campaign is running a series of upbeat ads designed to appeal to workers in three states (Michigan, Ohio, and New Mexico – for some reason the New Mexico ad isn’t on McCain’s YouTube channel, but it sounds pretty much like the Ohio one). Sometimes even upbeat ads need …
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Tagged alternative energy, economy, energy, environment, jobs, John McCain
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Health Care and Handguns
What do these two things have in common? Not much, except that we published two stories on the topics Monday evening at FactCheck.org. First, we looked at an Obama-Biden ad that took McCain’s words on his health care plan and banking regulation out of context: Out of Context on Health …
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Chicago Cronies
Have you seen that McCain-Palin ad linking Obama to scary, corrupt Chicago powerbrokers? Well, it’s pretty misleading. Outright false in its implication in fact. See our article on FactCheck.org for more on where the ad goes wrong: Guilt and Associations September 22, 2008
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