Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on September 30, 2010 in a TV ad:
Sen. Barbara Boxer "voted against immigration reform to permit (Hispanic immigrants) people to come here legally to work."
False
October 8, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 7, 2010 in campaign literature mailed to state residents:
Says "Russ Feingold cut Medicare by $523 billion."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 8, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2010 in a television election ad:
Says that "93 percent of the time John Boccieri voted with Nancy Pelosi."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • October 8, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 4, 2010 in a TV ad:
"I said no to these big bank bailouts."
True
October 7, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on September 21, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Since Debbie Halvorson has been in politics, Illinois has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships."
True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 5, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Marco Rubio "wants to raise the Social Security retirement age," and "cut benefits."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 6, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 27, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Newspapers say Florida made bad investments, lost hundreds of millions of dollars, billions in pension funds lost. Who was in charge of Florida's investments? Alex Sink."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 6, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 3, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chad Causey "was a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 22, 2010 in an election ad:
Says Lee Fisher "wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2010
Commonsense Ten
Commonsense Ten
stated on September 15, 2010 in a TV ad:
 Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000."
Mostly True
October 5, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
"A majority of Wisconsinites opposed the government takeover of health care. But Russ Feingold voted for it anyway."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 5, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 25, 2010 in a television ad:
"Barbara Boxer voted to cut spending on Medicare benefits by $500 billion, cuts so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking Medicare altogether."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2010
Patriot Majority PAC
Patriot Majority PAC
stated on August 17, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
The Chilean "privatization scheme" that Sharron Angle supports "has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2010
Florida Police Benevolent Association
Florida Police Benevolent Association
stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Rick Scott's prison plan would cut Florida's prison budget in half, close prisons, and release tens of thousands of prisoners early -- murderers, rapists, sex offenders, armed robbers, drug dealers."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 4, 2010
stated on September 30, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says "the headlines … tell the story" of how Walker has "mismanaged" Milwaukee County
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on September 8, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners’ rates without having to justify the increase."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 3, 2010
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