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Tag Archives: Al Gore
Palin vs. Gore Climate Showdown
On Dec. 9, an op-ed by Sarah Palin on climate change ran in the Washington Post. Al Gore responded to Palin’s piece and made some fresh claims of his own later that day in an interview with MSNBC. We find that both engaged in some distortions and have been rightly called out by experts in the field. …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged Al Gore, cap-and-trade, climate change, e-mails, global warming, Sarah Palin
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Extras: Gore, Dogs, Health Insurance and Bunkmail
Our pre-Thanksgiving round-up of bits and pieces of political bunk includes Al Gore, a fancy new dog park and chain e-mails that refuse to die. Gore’s too hot Al Gore overstated a key fact about geothermal energy during a recent appearance on "The Tonight Show": Gore, Nov. 13: Two kilometers …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Al Gore, american recovery and reinvestment act, cap-and-trade, chain e-mail, energy, health care, Nancy Pelosi, stimulus bill
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Warned About bin Laden?
Q: Did Oliver North warn Al Gore about Osama bin Laden at Senate hearings in 1987? A: This ridiculous hoax has been circulating since 2001, even though the secretary of the U.S. Senate and North himself have debunked it.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged Al Gore, chain e-mail, military, Oliver North, Osama bin Laden
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The Florida Recount of 2000
Q: When the votes were recounted in Florida, who won the 2000 presidential election? A: Nobody can say for sure who might have won. A full, official recount of all votes statewide could have gone either way, but one was never conducted.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, George W. Bush, recount
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