Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 in a television ad:
Obama "promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 11, 2008 in an Internet ad:
Obama plans "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2008 in a television ad:
John McCain offers "billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 in in a television ad.:
"Obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 in in a radio ad.:
Barack Obama promises higher taxes on "the sale of your home."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2008 in a news release:
John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon Mobil."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 4, 2008 in flip-o-meter:
On offshore drilling.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 4, 2008 in flip-o-meter:
On the Bush tax cuts.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 in :
On public financing of his campaign.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • August 4, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 23, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
John McCain will keep the estate tax at 0 percent, the same as it is now.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 22, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 23, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
Barack Obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that George W. Bush "repealed."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2008 in a town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
"I have repeatedly said that many of the predatory loans that were made in the mortgage system did target African-American and Latino communities."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 30, 2008 in a television ad:
Obama "says he'll raise taxes on electricity."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 15, 2008 in Albuquerque, N.M.:
In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, offshore drilling "did not cause any real difficulties."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 25, 2008
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
stated on July 24, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.:
Says Obama has flip-flopped on public campaign financing.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • July 24, 2008
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
stated on July 24, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.:
Says Obama flip-flopped on withdrawing troops from Iraq.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • July 24, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 23, 2008 in a radio ad:
Obama "voted against critical resources: no to individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Alexander Lane • July 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 19, 2008 in an e-mail from Obama spokesman Bill Burton to reporters:
McCain has switched to Obama's position on more troops to Afghanistan.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 20, 2008 in Afghanistan:
"For at least a year now, I have called for two additional brigades, perhaps three."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2008
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