We saw more aggressive fact-checking by journalists in this election than ever before. Unfortunately, as a post-election Annenberg Public Policy Center poll confirms, millions of voters were bamboozled anyway. More than half of U.S. adults (52 percent) said the claim that Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan would raise taxes on most small businesses is truthful, when in fact only a small percentage would see any increase. More than two in five (42.3 percent) found truth in the claim that Sen. John... Click to Read the Full Post
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Gimmicks in the Health Care Bill?
Democrats in Congress have been pleased with the Congressional Budget Office's findings that both the House... Extras: Palin, Rubio, Apps and Chain E-mails From time to time we come across bits of political malarkey or other items that don't...
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Nov. 10-Nov. 16
