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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
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Author Archives: Viveca Novak
Down-to-the-Wire Deceptions
Attack ads, and the misinformation that comes with them, continue to swamp the airwaves. In fact, spending on ads in these midterm elections could top $3 billion, said Evan Tracey, whose Kantar Media-owned Campaign Media Analysis Group tracks political ads running nationwide. That cracks the $2.7 billion spent in 2008 – …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged 17th amendment, 2010 midterm elections, AFSCME, Bill Brady, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DSCC, Eric Cantor, Joe Sestak, Ken Buck, Lisa Murkowski, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Quinn, privatization, Social Security, stimulus, student loans
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Court Watch: Mudfest 2010
Millions of dollars are pouring into races for slots on state Supreme Courts, where the winners will make decisions about the lives and liberty of individuals, the fates of major corporations and other weighty matters. Unfortunately the TV ads …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged Court Watch, David Baker, Marsha Ternus, Michael Streit, Robert Young, Thomas Kilbride
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Whoppers of Campaign 2010
Midterm elections are an embarrassment of riches for fact-checkers — this year more than others. With Democrats fighting desperately to keep control of the House and Senate, and a torrent of money from corporations and other undisclosed …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged 2010 midterm elections, Bailout, FairTax, health care law, Social Security, stimulus, taxes, whoppers
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Angle Misleads on ‘Ethics Loopholes,’ ‘Shady’ Land Deal
Sharron Angle attacks Harry Reid in two new ads for being wealthy and for making $1 million on a real-estate deal, which is true enough. But one of the ads falsely claims that the Senate Majority Leader "pushed ethics loopholes," and the other makes the unsubstantiated claim that the land …
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FairTax, Washington Senate Race and Aqua Buddha
In episode 34 of our podcast, we talk about a popular — and misleading — line of attack from Democrats about the FairTax. Plus, we look at ads in the Washington Senate race and the controversial "Aqua Buddha" ad in the Kentucky contest. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode34.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged 23 percent, Aqua Buddha, Dino Rossi, FairTax, Jack Conway, Patty Murray, podcast, Rand Paul
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Chamber of Commerce and Missouri Senate Race
In episode 33 of our podcast, we talk about Democrats’ evidence-free allegation about the Chamber of Commerce and foreign money. Plus, we look at ads in the Missouri Senate race and explain why dead people got stimulus checks. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/FactCheckRadio_episode33.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: Really? …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged chamber of commerce, dead people, foreign money, podcast, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, stimulus
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Toss-ups: Wayward Ads in Washington State
A Republican-leaning group, American Action Network, makes misleading claims in an ad portraying Democratic Sen. Patty Murray as pro-tax and anti-small business. Meanwhile, Murray goes too far in her attack on the complicated business …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged 2010 midterm elections, American Action Network, Dino Rossi, Patty Murray
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Sunday Replay
Pity the poor politicians and spinmeisters who had to don suits in the middle of a long weekend and populate the talk shows. They were up to their usual tricks, though: One Republican operative wrongly implied a crime by the White House; several guests talked about the debt or deficit …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Debbie Wasserman Schultz, debt, deficit, Ed Gillespie, foreclosures, Mark Kirk, sunday talk shows
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The Chamber and Foreign Contributions
Q: Is illegal foreign money being filtered through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to fund ads attacking Democrats? A: The chamber says dues money paid by overseas companies "is not used for political ads," but won’t discuss how it segregates those funds. Democratic and liberal groups want an investigation of …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged 2010 midterm elections, chamber of commerce, foreign money
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Alaska and West Virginia Senate Races, and Health Care
In episode 32 of our podcast, we look at ads in the Alaska and West Virginia Senate races, and we debunk bogus claims about the health care law — again. [podcast]http://podcast.factcheck.org/FactCheckRadio_episode32.mp3[/podcast] For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: Murkowski vs. Tea Party, Round 2 Oct. 6 Pataki's …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged FactCheck Radio, health care, Joe Manchin, John Raese, Lisa Murkowski, podcast, Revere America, Tea Party Express
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