Beyond the Truth-O-Meter
CT House candidate says his money comes ‘hardly at all’ from unions
Democratic congressional candidate Chris Donovan told WNPR that his campaign funding comes “hardly at all” from labor unions. That’s false by most people’s definition of “hardly at all.”
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
N.C. Democrats hit McCrory with ethics claims
Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory has long campaigned on a pledge to clean up a "culture of corruption" in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh. So a new ad bankrolled by a national Democratic group questioning the Republican candidate for governor's own ethics has touched a nerve.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
A missing fact in the suspension of sanctions on Burma
A closer look at the moves involving the United States's decision to suspend sanctions on Burma.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Congressman’s Slippery Cell Phone Claim
A congressman's web video goes too far when it portrays a program that subsidizes cell phone service for very low-income persons as a government giveaway that is costing taxpayers billions.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Spinning Gov. Chris Christie’s Greatest Hits
A TV ad in support of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie supplies some misleading information about the governor's record.
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Democratic support for Arizona's state budget
Arizona's Republican speaker of the House, Andy Tobin, said the fiscal 2013 state budget got more support from legislative Democrats than President Obama's federal budget proposal received from congressional Democrats. Is that correct?
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Revisiting whether Obama quoted Romney out of context
Last week, we explored whether President Barack Obama, in his campaign stump speech, has taken a quote by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney out of context. The only record we could find of Romney’s remarks was from an Associated Press article last December, and we could not find a full transcript. We awarded the president Two Pinocchios but said we would revisit the issue if we could obtain a transcript. We now have one, and it sheds some more light on the discussion that late December day in Iowa.
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Romney tie to failed Colorado business unclear
A Colorado clothing store chain with roots in the Great Depression is the latest shuttered company President Barack Obama's campaign is tying to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Obama’s remarks on worst job growth: Did he end it or should he own it?
Sorting through the arguments about whether George W. Bush or Barack Obama has the worst post-war job creation record.
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Is literary agency's brochure new "birther" evidence?
Did a 1991 literary promotional booklet list Barack Obama as having been born in Kenya?
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
‘Obama’s Promise,’ Part II
And now, the rest of the story on that misleading "Obama's Promises" ad from Crossroads GPS.
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Chain e-mail on Maine Gov. Paul LePage
How accurate is a chain e-mail about Maine's Republican governor, Paul LePage?
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Mitt Romney’s claim that 100,000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama
An look at Mitt Romney's claim that 100,000 jobs were lost in the auto industry “on the president’s watch.”
Friday, May 18th, 2012
A Bogus Tax Attack Against Obama
The latest multimillion-dollar attack ad from Crossroads GPS claims President Barack Obama broke a promise to not increase taxes for families making less than $250,000 a year. That's almost entirely false.
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Crossroads Ad Hits Obama for ‘Broken Promises’
Crossroads GPS, the pro-Republican advocacy group co-founded by Karl Rove, is attacking President Barack Obama over four “broken promises” in a new $25 million TV ad campaign across 10 battleground states. Here's a look at its accuracy.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Obama: Broken promises on taxes and health care?
The Republican-aligned Crossroads GPS has scheduled a $25 million ad buy, starting with a hard-hitting ad that offers a list of “broken promises” by President Barack Obama.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Peddling Innuendo, Exaggerations on ‘Obama’s Wall Street’
American Future Fund continues to exaggerate the facts in a new round of TV ads attacking President Obama's ties to Wall Street. We do give the group partial credit, however, for correcting a misstatement from one ad it has re-released.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Is Obama losing young adults?
Checking an ad targeted at youth sponsored by American Crossroads, the Young Republican National Federation and the Republican State Leadership Committee.
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Republican Governors begin attack on Dalton
The Republican Governor's Association has launched a television ad attacking North Carolina Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton's economic record. In the ad, the Republican group closely links Dalton, the Democratic candidate for governor, to Gov. Bev Perdue, an incumbent who decided not to seek re-election. How accurate is it?
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Attack on N.C. Democratic gubernatorial candidate distorts truth
Republicans launched the first television commercial in the North Carolina governor’s race, an attack ad that tries to link Democratic nominee Walter Dalton to unpopular Gov. Bev Perdue. But the 30-second spot’s major points don’t fully meet the truth test.
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
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