Tag Archive: the White House
Bryan W. White
June 10, 2014
“Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than 7 million Americans have signed up for private health coverage.” —the White House, April 2014 on the whitehouse.gov website Overview The White House generously doles out undeserved credit to itself. The Facts The White House website has a menu option for exploring the administration’s stance on issues. Clicking the “Health Care”…
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Bryan W. White
February 26, 2013
“The Violence Against Women Act. “Between 1993-2010, the rate of intimate partner violence declined 64 percent. Between 1993-2007, the rate of intimate partner homicides of women decreased 35 percent. And the rate of intimate partner homicides of men decreased 46 percent.” –The White House’s enhanced version of President Obama’s State of the Union speech for 2013 Overview The White…
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Bryan W. White
January 1, 2013
On Dec. 26, Zebra Fact Check published an evaluation of claims by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi about the Republicans’ “Plan B” for resolving fiscal cliff negotiations. In that article, we noted that the White House put forth a statement similar to Pelosi’s on the official White House blog, and did it with “Get the facts” in the headline. The…
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Bryan W. White
November 27, 2012
With fiscal cliff negotiations underway, President Obama lobbies for his tax proposal using the White House website. The White House infographic says his tax proposal will “save almost $1.16 trillion.” Overview The portion of the infographic above appears to deal only with Mr. Obama’s proposal on changes to the tax system. His “savings” are apparently nothing more than revenues acquired…
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