Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 22, 2012 in a televised address:
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 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
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
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
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 13, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "runs away from Ronald Reagan."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 11, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" :
Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town":
Mitt Romney’s and Bain Capital’s profits from KB Toys, which later went out of business, were "described by the Boston Herald as ‘disgusting.’"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2012
Democratic Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
stated on January 5, 2012 in campaign material:
Rob Cornilles is a Tea Party candidate.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 11, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on November 16, 2011 in a television commercial:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "voted to block American energy production and increase energy taxes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • December 6, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in a television ad:
Says Mitt Romney once supported President Obama’s health care plan but now opposes it.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 29, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on supporting "the president's Recovery Act."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on November 10, 2011 in a TV ad:
Stimulus money went to "office upgrades for politicians."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 in a television ad:
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
John Driscoll
John Driscoll
stated on October 6, 2011 in a television ad posted on YouTube:
"(Sen. Robert) Gordon cost us money, exempting the Newark sports arena from paying property taxes and sticking us with the bill." 
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • October 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 10, 2011 in a campaign ad:
"Romneycare has … killed 18,000 Massachusetts jobs."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2011
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