Thursday, April 10, 2014

Steve Contorno: "Politi-Fact: Are ads from Americans for Prosperity accurate?" @ Tampa Bay Times

Related rulings:

False
Millions of Americans are "paying more and getting less" under Obamacare.
Americans for Prosperity, Monday, March 17th, 2014.
Ruling: False | Details
Mostly False
Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."
Americans for Prosperity, Friday, February 21st, 2014.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
False
Says Kay Hagan "supports waivers for friends of Obama and special treatment for Congress and their staffs."
Americans for Prosperity, Tuesday, October 29th, 2013.
Ruling: False | Details
Mostly False
Says "new mandates are already reducing full-time employment."
Americans for Prosperity, Tuesday, October 29th, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
Mostly False
Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate.
Americans for Prosperity, Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
Half-True
Says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare.
Americans for Prosperity, Sunday, July 7th, 2013.
Ruling: Half-True | Details
False
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."
Americans for Prosperity, Tuesday, August 14th, 2012.
Ruling: False | Details
Half-True
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is "the largest recipient of lobbyist money."
Americans for Prosperity, Monday, June 18th, 2012.
Ruling: Half-True | Details
Mostly False
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as  "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."
Americans for Prosperity, Thursday, April 26th, 2012.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
False
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
Americans for Prosperity, Thursday, April 26th, 2012.
Ruling: False | Details
Pants on Fire!
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."
Americans for Prosperity, Thursday, April 26th, 2012.
Ruling: Pants on Fire! | Details
Mostly False
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Americans for Prosperity, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011.
Ruling: Mostly False | Details
Pants on Fire!
"A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases."
Americans for Prosperity, Tuesday, March 16th, 2010.
Ruling: Pants on Fire! | Details

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