Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Civitas Institute mostly correct on school choice waitlists in North Carolina

By Bill McCarthy

February 5, 2019

"There are almost 60,000 North Carolina children on waiting lists to access a school that works best for them."

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Fact-checking Mark Walker’s tweet about migrants and the border

By Bill McCarthy

January 21, 2019

"The debate on securing our border can't be measured in partisan jabs. It has to be measured in the human toll caused by porous borders:…

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Linda Coleman’s comments on seniors and health care, explained

By Bill McCarthy

October 30, 2018

"Seniors can be charged five times what anybody else is charged for health care for pre-existing conditions" under the Republican health care bill.

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Fact-checking an ad on Dan McCready and tax cut savings

By Bill McCarthy

October 29, 2018

Says "Dan McCready wants to repeal tax cuts that saves (sic) you $1,300" per year.

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Holding misleads on Obamacare premium increase during Monday night debate

By Bill McCarthy

October 26, 2018

"Obamacare raised premiums by 100 percent and after that 91 percent of the people were covered, but we’re all paying 100 percent more."

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Fact-checking Kathy Manning’s ad on Ted Budd and pre-existing conditions

By Bill McCarthy

October 22, 2018

Says Ted Budd "voted to gut protections for pre-existing conditions … letting insurance companies deny coverage for (necessary) treatment."

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Does this GOP candidate actually want to ‘abolish’ the Department of Education?

By Bill McCarthy

October 22, 2018

"Mark Harris has said he would abolish the Department of Education."

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Wooten leaves out some details about teacher pay cuts

By Bill McCarthy

October 17, 2018

"Republicans in the General Assembly cut teacher pay so much when they took over in 2011 that even with recent pay raises, we are still…

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Republican candidate claims Kerry is working on behalf of terrorist organizations

By Bill McCarthy

October 2, 2018

John Kerry is "now working on the behalf of foreign terrorist governments."

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NC GOP mostly wrong about ‘secret DMV’ created by Cooper

By Bill McCarthy

September 27, 2018

"As hundreds of North Carolinians face long lines at DMV offices around the state, Governor Cooper created a secret DMV office just for his friends."

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The FBI, the Steele dossier and wiretapping, explained

By Bill McCarthy

September 11, 2018

"Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr…

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Wooten says blocked Medicaid affected half a million North Carolinians and veterans

By Bill McCarthy

September 5, 2018

"My opponent, Rick Gunn, blocked the expansion of Medicaid — costing half a million people health insurance, including at least 23,000 veterans."

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