Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
Obama's wife said her goal in life was to put the black community "first and foremost."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 23, 2008 in Sioux Falls, S.D.:
It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.:
"Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail:
John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a "second job" and "skip their vacations."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 22, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail:
McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
"The pastor McCain calls his 'spiritual guide,' Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a 'false religion.' "
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in in a television ad:
"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in a television interview:
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2008 in Indianapolis:
"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 30, 2008 in South Bend, Ind.:
Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 2, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 29, 2008 in in a television ad:
Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 1, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 23, 2008 in in a chain email:
Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 20, 2008 in in an interview on "This Week.":
Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 29, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 22, 2008 in Pittsburgh:
Denies that he said the Obama campaign "played the race card."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 in a television ad:
Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 20, 2008 in in a television ad:
Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 in Philadelphia:
"I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 18, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in Philadelphia:
"More than one person, on average, a day is murdered in Philadelphia."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
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