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“Myth: Climate change is just a liberal scare tactic.” —The Democratic National Committee, on its “My Republican Uncle” website, Nov. 27, 2013 Overview Climate change is more than just a liberal scare tactic. But it doubles as a pretty good scare tactic. The Facts With fact checking completed on the gender equity, economy and health care sections of the…
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“Myth: Obamacare makes men buy coverage for pregnancy, pap smears, mammograms, and other services that are for women.” —The Democratic National Committee, January 2014 on its “Your Republican Uncle” website Overview Your Republican uncle is right. It’s no myth. The Facts Zebra Fact Check continues its series on the Democratic National Committee’s “Your Republican Uncle” website with the DNC’s…
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Quote Check Attributed to Thomas Jefferson: “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms … only disarm those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes … Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they are serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence…
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“Myth: Covering contraception under Obamacare will give college students free reign [sic] to be promiscuous.” —The Democratic National Committee, January 2014 on its “Your Republican Uncle” website Overview The DNC grasps at straws instead of giving supporting evidence for its claim. The Facts We continue to check items from the Democratic National Committee’s “Your Republican Uncle” website with the…
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“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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“Myth: Raising the minimum wage is for flunkies and teenagers.” —The Democratic National Committee, ~Jan. 2014 on its “Your Republican Uncle” website Overview The DNC’s “Your Republican Uncle” website produces yet another garbled and misleading myth claim. The Facts The Democratic National Committee sponsors a website called “Your Republican Uncle.” The DNC intends the site to offer rebuttals to common…
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“Palin wrote on Facebook, “As unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal government’s Zombie Apocalypse Plan. I kid you not.” … Palin’s claim is False.” —PunditFact, from a May 28, 2014 fact check of Sarah Palin Overview PunditFact’s ruling hints it used zombie-like research methods to fact-check Palin, followed by zombie-like stubbornness in refusing…
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“Myth: Women don’t really make less money than men in the workplace, they just make different choices.” —The Democratic National Committee, ~Jan. 2014 on its “Your Republican Uncle” website Overview Women clearly affect their incomes through their job choices. It’s less clear women make less money than men for doing the same job. The DNC apparently wants people to…
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“Most people on the individual market are getting more benefits under the law. At worst, they’re paying more to get more, though in many cases they’re actually paying less.” —PolitiFact, from a March 20, 2014 fact check of an Americans for Prosperity ad. Overview Is “Fact Checkers for Mendacity” the answer to Americans For Prosperity? The Facts The political…
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“The ad certainly leaves the impression (Andrea) Kodad had to give up her plan. Given the circumstances, her tale of woe from November seems rather out of date.” —Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post Fact Checker, in a column from May 7, 2014 Overview The Washington Post Fact Checker fails to offer charitable interpretation to an Obamacare attack ad, with…
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