Fact Check Posts – Page 27

Olbermann glosses over detail on the Baucus plan

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 17, 2009

For middle-class families under the Baucus plan, "13 percent of what they make could be deducted directly from their paychecks . . . the so-called…

Medicare’s history as public option

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 16, 2009

"Medicare began as a public option and now holds 97 percent of the market share."

‘$64,000 question’ e-mail says Congress is exempt from health reform. They’re not.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 11, 2009

A new bill "was written into the new health care reform initiative ensuring that Congress will be 100 percent exempt."

National health insurance exchange has restrictions

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 10, 2009

Health reform will "give every American the same opportunity" to buy health insurance the way members of Congress do.

Joe Wilson of South Carolina said Obama lied, but he didn’t

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 10, 2009

"You lie!" (in response to President Obama saying health reform would not insure illegal immigrants.)

Obama is correct that “death panel” charge is a lie

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Louis Jacobson

September 10, 2009

"The claim ... that we plan to set up panels of bureaucrats with the power to kill off senior citizens ... is a lie, plain…

Health insurance stays in place under reform proposals

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 9, 2009

If you "already have health insurance through your job, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your…

Van Jones a 9/11 ‘Truther?’ Glenn Beck thinks so.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 8, 2009

Van Jones signed a petition indicating he "thinks the Bush administration blew up the World Trade Center and covered it up."

Barack Obama is not the first president to address schoolchildren.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 3, 2009

A scheduled speech by President Barack Obama will be "the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting…

Organizing for America says media won’t check facts, but we find many debunking reports.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 2, 2009

Over the past few months, we've learned that "we just can't count on the media to debunk" lies about health insurance reform.

Republican Party of Florida says Obama will “indoctrinate” schoolchildren with “socialist ideology”

By Angie Drobnic Holan

September 2, 2009

Schoolchildren across the nation "will be forced to watch the president justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on…

Barack Obama poll after seven months shows him behind other presidents

By Angie Drobnic Holan

August 31, 2009

"Since World War II, only Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton have had worse ratings after seven months than President Obama."

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Olbermann glosses over detail on the Baucus plan

Medicare’s history as public option

‘$64,000 question’ e-mail says Congress is exempt from health reform. They’re not.

National health insurance exchange has restrictions

Joe Wilson of South Carolina said Obama lied, but he didn’t

Obama is correct that “death panel” charge is a lie

Health insurance stays in place under reform proposals

Van Jones a 9/11 ‘Truther?’ Glenn Beck thinks so.

Barack Obama is not the first president to address schoolchildren.

Organizing for America says media won’t check facts, but we find many debunking reports.

Republican Party of Florida says Obama will “indoctrinate” schoolchildren with “socialist ideology”

Barack Obama poll after seven months shows him behind other presidents