Tag Archives: Joe Manchin

NRA Misrepresents Police Survey, Legislation

Posted on April 18, 2013

On the day the Senate voted down a series of gun control bills, the National Rifle Association made false and misleading claims in opposing a measure to expand background checks. Online ads from the NRA wrongly claimed that “80% of police say background checks will have no effect” on violent …
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Gun Rights Group’s Aim Is Way Off

Posted on April 5, 2013

A conservative gun rights group is going after three congressmen with “A” ratings from the National Rifle Association by falsely claiming they support President Obama’s gun control agenda. TV ads attacking Virginia Republicans Eric Cantor and Scott Rigell and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin falsely accuse the three congressmen of …
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West Virginia Race Goes to the Dogs

Posted on September 26, 2011 , Updated on September 27, 2011

If West Virginia’s special election for governor were a greyhound race, the winning dogs would be “Falsehood” and “Distortion.” In dead last? “The Truth.” Both candidates — Republican Bill Maloney and acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin — and their well-financed surrogates are engaged …
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Alaska and West Virginia Senate Races, and Health Care

Posted on October 8, 2010

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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Dust-Up in Coal Country

Posted on October 1, 2010

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is under fire from his Republican opponent, John Raese, for supposedly undermining the coal industry. Raese’s ad is misleading, though. Even the coal producers disagree with it. The two are competing to fill the last two years of the late Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd’s term. …
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