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Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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Scott Bruun
Scott Bruun
stated on September 30, 2010 a television ad
Says Kurt Schrader voted to cut $500 billion from Medicare, threatening "thousands of Oregon seniors and their access to their current coverage."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 2, 2010
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad.
PolitiFact Texas says "Congressman Edwards' attacks on Bill Flores are false."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 2, 2010
Lone Star First
Lone Star First
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Perry thinks "injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parent's consent, is a good idea."
Pants on Fire!
October 1, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad
When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2010
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on September 16, 2010 a campaign video
"An organized crime syndicate was extorting money from his (Tom Ganley’s) business, threatening his family, but he fought back and won the FBI's highest civilian award"
True
By Tom Feran • September 30, 2010
Mark Belling
Mark Belling
stated on September 28, 2010 a website posting and statement during his radio show
Says the Feingold garage ad "is a fake: He’s not standing in front of his house."
Pants on Fire!
By Don Walker, James B. Nelson • September 29, 2010
stated on September 8, 2010 a campaign TV ad
When each faced a pension funding crisis, Tom Barrett made tough choices and smart cuts while Scott Walker passed $400 million in pension debt to the next generation.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 29, 2010
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on August 10, 2010 a campaign video
"Pepper ... kicked off a jock tax, imposing a levy on the sports and entertainment industry."
True
By Joe Guillen • September 29, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on September 20, 2010 a campaign commercial
Says Joe Sestak "voted to gut Medicare ... reducing benefits for 854,489 seniors" and jeopardizing "access to care for millions."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on September 16, 2010 a radio interview.
Says the U.S. Constitution provides for just compensation when land is taken under eminent domain.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign video
Says Rand Paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.
False
September 27, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on September 23, 2010 a campaign ad
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2010
Steve Kagen
Steve Kagen
stated on September 19, 2010 a campaign TV ad
"Politician Reid Ribble wants to phase out Social Security, forcing Wisconsin seniors to fend for themselves."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • September 27, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on August 11, 2010 a television interview
On running a "civil and polite" campaign
Full Flop
By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2010
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
stated on September 14, 2010 a TV ad.
"Austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they don't have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2010
Jim Huffman
Jim Huffman
stated on September 17, 2010 a television/web ad
Says Ron Wyden spent $2 million "to study exotic ants."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 24, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad.
Marco Rubio tried to insert "$1.5 million for a rowing institute" into the state budget.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • September 24, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2010 a TV ad
"We've created more than 850,000 jobs, more than all the other states combined."
True
September 23, 2010
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