Latest Fact Checks

Two wrongs don’t make a right

By Alexander Lane

June 11, 2008

Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War."

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Mostly, higher incomes pay capital gains tax

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 11, 2008

Obama's plan to raise the capital gains tax "hurts the middle class."

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With two notable exceptions

By Adriel Bettelheim

June 11, 2008

"I've supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how – what caused the tragedy. I've met with people on the ground.…

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Not Muslims, but Arab-Americans

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 10, 2008

Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

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Obama didn’t write that

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 10, 2008

From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."

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Navy’s record unblemished

June 9, 2008

"The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident."

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McCain overstates good news out of Iraq

By Alexander Lane

June 6, 2008

"Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war.

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Hussein did say he hoped to get WMD

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 5, 2008

When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture."

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Castro not stumping for Obama

June 5, 2008

"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."

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Obama and Bush found common ground

By Adriel Bettelheim

June 4, 2008

"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."

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That’s what the votes show, yes

By Adriel Bettelheim

June 4, 2008

"John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)."

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Yes, but you can’t lump Gorbachev with Mao

By Will Van Sant

June 4, 2008

"Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao — and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not…

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