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FactCheck Mailbag
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of March 19-25.
See letters from previous weeks“ Criticizing the Democrats for citing the only available study on gun purchases for its age seems wide of the target. ” -
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2012 Players Guide
Social Security and Spanish Ads
We posted two new pieces on the main site today. The first looks at a common theme among Democratic congressional ads: the accusation that Republicans want to gamble away Social Security in risky private investments. We count 58 ads with such charges that have aired since Oct. 1. Read all …
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Sleaze Sells
When we ran an article yesterday calling the first TV spot from The National Republican Trust PAC one of the sleaziest false ads we’ve seen, the group had reported spending just under $1 million. But it seems that the attack, which featured Mohammed Atta, may have helped the upstart group …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged direct mail, National Republican Trust PAC, terrorist, TV ad
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A Spam Metamorphosis
We’ve seen a lot of misleading spam this season claiming Sen. Barack Obama is guilty of one or all of the following: He won’t place his hand over his heart for the national anthem. He refuses to wear a flag pin. He replaced the American flag on his campaign plane …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged chain e-mail, flag pin, Jeremiah Wright, national anthem, Our Country Deserves Better PAC
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“Tiny’s” Back…
The McCain-Palin campaign announced today that it will release “its latest television ad” called “Tiny.” But it’s not the campaign’s newest ad – not by a long shot. The ad was announced and aired in August when it was also described as the campaign’s “latest television ad.” In a press …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged foreign policy, france, Iran, John McCain, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarah Palin, TV ad
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Taxes, Bailouts, Court Fights and More
Looking for some weekend reading material? Well, the past week has been busy at FactCheck.org. If you haven’t checked out the main site recently, here are several new articles that we hadn’t yet told our Wire readers about: Right Change Is Wrong October 24, 2008 A conservative group misleads voters …
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