Tag Archives: Twitter

Did Undelivered Military Ballots Give Election to Obama?

Posted on November 9, 2012

Q: Did military absentee ballots arrive a day late, swinging the election in favor of President Obama? A: No. This rumor is based on a satirical post on a blog that specializes in “faux news.”

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Obama’s Mis-tweets

Posted on July 7, 2011 , Updated on July 8, 2011

In a "Twitter Town Hall" event, President Barack Obama repeated a disputed claim about the electric car battery market, and he claimed that the payroll tax holiday is worth $1,000 to "almost every single American" when many will get less than that. Obama took questions from Twitter users — limited …
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Twitter, and the Pennsylvania 12th

Posted on April 30, 2010

In episode 9 of FactCheck Radio, we debunk false tweets from the political parties on Twitter, and we look at dueling ads in a special election to fill a House seat in Pennsylvania. (Click the play button below to listen to the podcast. Or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.) …
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Mis-Tweeting in the News

Posted on April 29, 2010

In light of our article yesterday about false and misleading political claims on Twitter, we found this story on media mis-tweetment amusing: Mediaite.com: Just after 9:30 @ABCWorldNews twittered this: BREAKING: President Obama will name Elena Kagan his nominee for the Supreme Court, @jaketapper reports. As you will see, he did …
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Mis-Tweets on Twitter

Posted on April 28, 2010

Mis-tweet
v. To use Twitter to mislead your followers.
For providing false and misleading information, a 30-second TV spot crafted by a seasoned media consultant is still king. But there’s another medium this campaign year that makes …
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