Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad.:
"As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 24, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin supports a "tax increase that President Obama says" would cost middle-class families $3,000 per year.  
Mostly False
October 24, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 24, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Jim Renacci "opposed increasing combat bonuses for our troops."
False
By Tom Feran • October 24, 2012
Paul Hirschbiel
Paul Hirschbiel
stated on September 28, 2012 in a TV ad.:
"Virginia papers called (Scott) Rigell’s campaign ‘Mostly False.’"
Pants on Fire!
October 22, 2012
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 1, 2012 in a television ad:
"Women who have miscarriages could be investigated by police" under legislation supported by Republican state Senate candidate Rick Gudex.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 22, 2012
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 17, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"Jim Renacci tried to avoid paying taxes on nearly $14 million that he made."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • October 22, 2012
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 10, 2012 in in a mailer:
Says Mitt Romney and George Allen "would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is at risk."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on October 9, 2012 in a television ad:
"Sherrod Brown supported President Obama's $453 billion tax increase."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 18, 2012
Rob Zerban
Rob Zerban
stated on October 4, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
October 17, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times."
True
By Tom Feran • October 17, 2012
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
stated on September 21, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Adam Hasner "gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2012 in a campaign ad:
As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 15, 2012
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.
stated on October 5, 2012 in a TV commercial:
"By voting to approve [Question 1], we can . . . save 900 jobs" at Twin River.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2012
National Education Association
National Education Association
stated on September 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 12, 2012
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats)
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats)
stated on September 20, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Newgard owed more than $13,000 for unpaid taxes on his $1 million Milwaukie apartment complex."
Mostly False
By Dana Tims • October 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 8, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney wants to "take away early childhood education, slash K-12 funding, and cut college aid … to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 10, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2012
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