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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:
In 2009, "the state Legislature passed more than $5 billion in tax increases."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2010
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