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Tag Archives: oil
Sunday Shows and TARP Claims
In episode 10 of FactCheck Radio, we puncture claims from the Sunday shows about immigration and BP’s regulatory receptiveness, and talk about some misleading allegations involving TARP. (Click the play button below to listen to the podcast. Or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.) [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio_episode10.mp3[/podcast] For more on the …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Bill Maher, brazil, GM, immigration, oil, podcast, TARP, Webby
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Sunday Replay
Immigration and the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico crowded out most other subjects on the May 2 Sunday talk shows, and we found trampled facts in both areas. Immigration Face-Off on ‘Face the Nation’ Arizona’s tough new immigration law sparked a heated exchange between Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Bill Maher, BP, brazil, face the nation, George Will, immigration, J.D Hayworth, Luis Gutierrez, meet the press, Mike Pence, oil, sunday morning talk shows, This Week, unemployment
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Ads Energetically Thank Democrats
Recently, we have seen several ads from liberal advocacy groups thanking various Democratic representatives for voting in favor of the Waxman-Markey energy bill. Some, like those from the group Americans United for Change, benignly mix images of nature with kind words of thanks. Others pour on the superlatives, but could …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged afl-cio, Americans United for Change, cap-and-trade, energy, national resource defense council, oil, trade, votevets
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U.S. Oil Reserves
Q: Are anti-drilling forces blocking access to the world’s largest oil reserve in the western U.S.? A: The Bakken Formation touted in a chain e-mail isn’t the world’s largest oil reserve. The amount of oil it contains, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, is less than one one-hundredth of the …
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Obama 68 Million Acre Boast
Obama was off the mark when he said that oil companies have “68 million acres that they’re not using.” As we’ve pointed out previously, those 68 million acres of land are not producing oil, but they are not necessarily untouched. In fact, in 2006, the last year for which figures …
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2005 Energy Bill Deja Vu
Palin threw out an old canard when she criticized Obama for voting for the 2005 Energy bill, saying, “that’s what gave those oil companies those big tax breaks.” It’s a false attack Clinton used against Obama in the primary and McCain himself has hurled. It’s true that the bill gave …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged energy bill, oil, oil companies, Sarah Palin, tax breaks, vice presidential debate
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Oil Ad Distorts Supply Count
Q: Is there 60 years worth of oil for 60 million cars in the U.S.? A: The oil industry claim is mathematically correct, but it accounts for about a quarter of the vehicles on the road in the U.S.
