Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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stated on October 28, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says "Scott Walker wants to ban common forms of birth control, including the pill."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 1, 2010
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 21, 2010 in a campaign Web ad:
Says John Raese said he wants "1,000 laser systems put in the sky, and we need it right now."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 31, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 14, 2010 in a campaign video:
"(John) Kasich was the architect who balanced the budget, cut spending, created a surplus, igniting record job creation."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 31, 2010
Protect Your Vote
Protect Your Vote
stated on October 28, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Liberal out-of-state special interests are spending millions on 5 and 6 to change the way Florida draws its congressional and legislative districts."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Becky Bowers • October 31, 2010
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says four Democratic state senators voted to "raise taxes on Wisconsin workers by another $510 a month so freeloaders can get free state-run health care."
Half-True
October 30, 2010
Tom Perriello
Tom Perriello
stated on October 6, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Mr. Hurt would re-open that darn (Medicare) doughnut hole."
Half-True
October 29, 2010
Jeff Brandes
Jeff Brandes
stated on September 26, 2010 in a campaign video:
Company may close, "all because government essentially says if they don't hire a lifeguard to watch their workers, they can't stay open."
Half-True
By David DeCamp • October 28, 2010
Concerned Taxpayers of America
Concerned Taxpayers of America
stated on October 25, 2010 in a television ad:
Says Peter DeFazio votes with Nancy Pelosi 86 percent of the time.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 26, 2010
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 8, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says "Scott Walker favors cutting up to 350,000 families and children off health care."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2010
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on October 22, 2010 in campaign literature distributed to district residents:
Says Leah "Vukmir supports allowing people to carry concealed weapons into day care centers, churches, health care clinics and playgrounds."
Half-True
October 23, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on October 15, 2010 in a TV ad:
Jerry Brown "gave California state employees collective bargaining powers" and "now, state employees can retire at 55 with much of their salary for life."
Half-True
October 22, 2010
SEIU
SEIU
stated on October 20, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"You worked hard for your money and you paid your taxes when you earned it. Now, (Indiana Republican congressional candidate) Todd Young wants to tax it again when you spend it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2010
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 21, 2010 in an election ad:
Tom Ganley has "two F's from the Better Business Bureau" and "over 160 complaints in just three years."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 21, 2010
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Pat Toomey "still supports privatizing Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on October 18, 2010 in a TV ad:
As state treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias "lost $73 million in our kids’ college savings."
Half-True
October 20, 2010
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 8, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his "roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects."
Half-True
By Cary Spivak • October 20, 2010
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
stated on September 20, 2010 in a TV ad:
"John Boozman is excited about putting a 23 percent national sales tax on everything you buy."
Half-True
October 15, 2010
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on October 14, 2010 in a television ad:
Says Chris Dudley thinks Oregon’s minimum wage is too high.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 15, 2010 in a television ad:
"Houston suffered $1.7 billion in operating losses under Mayor Bill White."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 13, 2010
Pat Quinn
Pat Quinn
stated on September 30, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Says Illinois gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady's first priority after winning the primary "was to sponsor a bill that would mass-euthanize sheltered dogs and cats in gas chambers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2010
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