Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 7, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Under Obama, home values in Florida collapsed, construction jobs were lost and the state had a high foreclosure rate.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 14, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on August 27, 2012 in an August 27, 2012 advertisement, “Not Working,” aired in and around New Hampshire.”:
Ann Kuster "supports the government takeover of healthcare, which robs Medicare of over $700 billion."
False
By Jake Berry • September 12, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 8, 2012 in a TV ad.:
"When Tim Kaine was governor, spending soared, blowing holes in the budget every year."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 31, 2012
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 29, 2012 in a campaign email:
"Mitt Romney’s platform ...won't protect the mortgage interest (tax) deduction for middle-class families."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says Paul Ryan "tried to change the whole game" for Social Security
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2012
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 26, 2012 in a Tampa Bay Times op-ed:
Republicans included "the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 17, 2012 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson "wants to give a new $265,000 tax cut to millionaires like himself while raising taxes on the middle class."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 26, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"In 2008, candidate Barack Obama attacked John McCain for proposing cuts to Medicare."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 26, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan "could raise future retirees’ costs more than $6,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 22, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Mitt Romney says class sizes don’t matter."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio ad:
"In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."
Mostly False
August 22, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video:
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 30, 2012 in a TV ad:
"I led the fight to require the Coast Guard to buy their engines from us, not foreign companies."
Mostly False
August 22, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on July 26, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Tim Kaine supported "higher energy costs for families."
Mostly False
August 21, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:
"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 14, 2012 in an Americans for Prosperity attack ad:
Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 16, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 in an advertisement:
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on August 8, 2012 in an online ad:
Says Josh Mandel bet against Ohio families
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • August 14, 2012
Rob Turner
Rob Turner
stated on August 13, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
Says Ronda Storms voted to fund the 'Taj Mahal' courthouse.
Mostly True
August 13, 2012
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