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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Bryan Kennedy
Bryan Kennedy
stated on December 5, 2010 a TV interview
State employees in Wisconsin earn "about 8 percent less" than if they worked in the private sector.
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 12, 2010
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on December 5, 2010 a television interview
When it comes to the state deficit, Wisconsin is "proportionally in as much trouble as the State of California."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2010
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Pro-Life Wisconsin
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release
In Wisconsin, "6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on African-Americans."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 6, 2010
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 a news release
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2010
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 13, 2010 a newspaper article
The payday loan industry "does not exist in a state like Minnesota."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 28, 2010
Bob Wirch
Bob Wirch
stated on November 15, 2010 a news release
"Over the course of one four-year term, it costs taxpayers more than $1 million simply to operate" the governor’s mansion.
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2010
Marvin Pratt
Marvin Pratt
stated on November 2, 2010 a TV interview
Milwaukee’s problems include "52 percent black male unemployment."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2010
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
stated on November 5, 2010 comments made during adoption of Milwaukee's 2011 city budget
"Mequon and Milwaukee have the highest disparity of income in the country."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2010
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on September 29, 2010 a news release
In 2011, Milwaukee Public Schools "will provide 77 cents in employee benefits for every dollar it spends on wages."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 10, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 19, 2010 an interview on toll roads as an option for state highways
On toll roads.
Half Flip
By Tom Kertscher • November 9, 2010
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on October 29, 2010 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
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2010
Advancing Wisconsin
Advancing Wisconsin
stated on October 28, 2010 campaign literature distributed by an outside group
Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker "increased his own pay by $50,000."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2010
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2010 radio ads and direct mail pieces
Says Republican candidates in key Wisconsin Assembly races "side with those who want to privatize Social Security -- and risk our retirements on Wall Street."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2010
stated on October 21, 2010 a campaign TV ad
Says "Scott Walker wants to make abortion illegal, even in cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother."
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2010
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on October 22, 2010 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
By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2010
Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on October 22, 2010 campaign literature distributed to district residents
Says he "stood up to his own party by voting against the budget to stop runaway government spending."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 12, 2010 a news conference with reporters
"Scientists have shown us (that) the greater possibilities, the real science movement, has been with adult stem cell research. It has not been with embryonic."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2010
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 15, 2010 a direct mail campaign piece
Says "Scott Walker tried to pass a law to allow pharmacists to block women’s access to birth control."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 3, 2010 a campaign TV ad
Says Steve Kagen "promised us jobs, voting for the $787 billion stimulus. Cost: another 77,000 jobs lost."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2010
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 9, 2010 a campaign brochure distributed door-to-door
"For the first time in history, Wisconsin has more government jobs than manufacturing jobs."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2010
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