Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 27, 2012 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in campaign material :
Rob Cornilles supports privatizing Medicare.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 24, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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