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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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NRCC Attack Ad Misleads Iowa Voters
A Republican TV ad falsely claims that businesses “are forced to drop health care coverage” and families are “losing health care benefits” under the new federal health care law. “That’s what’s happening,” the ad says. But that’s not happening now. The claim is based on a July survey of corporate …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged health care (225), National Republican Congressional Committee
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Double Whopper, No Beef
The Romney campaign crams two howling falsehoods into a very few words: It accuses President Obama of being personally responsible for actions by the Federal Reserve Board, which is independent. It claims Obama is “spending your tax dollars” in the Fed’s latest move to buy mortgage-backed securities, when in fact …
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Crossroads Colors Kaine’s Cuts
Two ads from Crossroads GPS paint incomplete and misleading pictures of Tim Kaine’s support for cutting education and defense spending. One ad says that “when Tim Kaine proposed harsh funding cuts for Virginia schools, one Democrat called it ‘a kick in the teeth.’ ” It’s true that the top official …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Crossroads GPS, defense, education, Tim Kaine, Virginia
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Renewable Energy ‘Doubled’?
President Barack Obama has been claiming that the United States has “doubled our use of renewable energy.” Not true. Wind and solar have doubled, but total renewable energy consumption is up by about one quarter from 2008 to 2011. Plus, since wind and solar started at such a low level, …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged energy, President Obama (42), Solar energy, wind energy
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Romney’s Economic Exaggerations
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claims that his plan would balance the federal budget in eight to 10 years. But so far, he has not made public the details on how he would be able to do that, and one neutral budget expert calls it “an unrealistic goal.” Also, Romney …
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Romney Gets It Backward
Mitt Romney claims the Obama administration issued an “apology for American values” after U.S. embassies were attacked. Not true. Romney refers to a statement issued before mobs attacked either in Egypt or Libya, and faults U.S. diplomats for failing to condemn actions that hadn’t yet happened. Furthermore, the word “sorry” …
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