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Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 27, 2012 an ad
Mitt Romney "supervised a company guilty of massive Medicare fraud."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a video ad airing in Michigan
Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 16, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a television ad
"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 an ad against Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a television ad
"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a video ad
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 15, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 9, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, a candidate for Senate, supports raising taxes "by $858 billion."
Mostly False
February 15, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on February 15, 2012 a television ad
Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • February 15, 2012
Presente.org
Presente.org
stated on January 27, 2012 a television ad
"91 percent of Latinos support the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college," but Marco Rubio opposes it.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 a television ad
Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2012
Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra
stated on February 5, 2012 a website linked to a campaign ad
"Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 24, 2012 a television ad
"Romneycare sent costs spiraling out of control" in Massachusetts, "hiking premiums, squeezing household budgets."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 25, 2012 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 25, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 3, 2012 a TV ad
Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted "double-digit tax increases."
Mostly True
January 25, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 10, 2012 campaign material
Rob Cornilles supports privatizing Medicare.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 24, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 a television ad
"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 17, 2012 a radio show
Suzanne Bonamici supports a plan that will cut choice for Medicare Advantage seniors.
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 21, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 a video campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 a video ad
"Romney signed government-mandated health care with taxpayer-funded abortions."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
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