Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on November 2, 2012 in in a TV ad:
"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 5, 2012
People's Majority
People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 in a TV commercial:
"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on October 31, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "says he’ll do away with Medicare."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 2, 2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 15, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin "proposed a $3.9 trillion tax increase -- a tax increase so extreme" that "even Nancy Pelosi voted against it."
Mostly True
November 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 30, 2012 in a Spanish-language TV commercial:
"Obama's Environmental Protection Agency sent emails for Hispanic Heritage Month with a photo of Che Guevara."
Half-True
November 2, 2012
Majority PAC
Majority PAC
stated on October 31, 2012 in a TV ad:
"Tommy Thompson made millions from corporations who outsource American jobs and now he's trying to lavish huge tax breaks on them."  
Half-True
November 1, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on October 24, 2012 in a television commercial:
Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 1, 2012
Democratic Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
Says Matt Wand has sided with anti-choice activists "to restrict access to reproductive health care services."
Half-True
By Janie Har • November 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 30, 2012
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
stated on October 24, 2012 in in a TV ad:
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 in a TV ad:
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
True
By John Hill • October 30, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay."
False
By Tom Feran • October 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2012
Bill Bradbury
Bill Bradbury
stated on October 22, 2012 in a campaign fundraising letter:
"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • October 26, 2012
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video:
Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on October 18, 2012 in an ad:
Lois Frankel "spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on October 18, 2012 in an ad:
While she was mayor, Lois Frankel took a "police helicopter ride to go to a dinner party."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign flier:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2012
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