Author: Calvin Woodward
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AP FACT CHECK: Eye-popping claims about Sanders
EDITOR’S NOTE _ A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story It can be because of the politically perilous way legislation works in Congress, as bill after bill becomes a grab bag of the good and bad — as lawmakers see it. Hillary Clinton took full…
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AP FACT CHECK: Claims from the GOP debate
EDITOR’S NOTE _ A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story A look at some of the claims Thursday night and how they compare with the facts: ___ DONALD TRUMP: Families of the 9/11 hijackers were allowed to leave the U.S. around the time of the…
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FACT CHECK: Republican debate features a few inflated claims
EDITOR’S NOTE — An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story. WASHINGTON — Viewers of the second Republican presidential debate heard inflated claims about Planned Parenthood abortion practices and the risks of vaccines, as well as a dubious assertion by Donald Trump that he wasn’t…
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US defends captive swap with Taliban, critics stir
WASHINGTON — Five years a captive from the Afghanistan war, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is back in American hands, freed for five Guantanamo terrorism detainees in a swap stirring sharp debate in Washington over whether the U.S. should have negotiated with the Taliban over prisoners. U.S. officials said Sunday that Bergdahl’s health and safety appeared in…
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FACT CHECK: Overreaching in State of Union speech
EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama did some cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record on jobs and laid out a conditional path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that may be less onerous than he…
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FACT CHECK: Overreaching in State of Union speech
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama did some cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record…
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FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history
EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story WASHINGTON — Voters didn’t always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of…
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FACT CHECK: Stumbles on Libya, oil, auto industry, immigration …
EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story. WASHINGTON — In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night. Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand…
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FACT CHECK: Slips in vice presidential debate
EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story WASHINGTON — Anyone who paid attention to a hearing in Congress this week knew that the administration had been implored to beef up security at the U.S. Consulate in Libya before the deadly terrorist attack…
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FACT CHECK: Obama, Romney error in debate
EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth. They made some flat-out flubs, too. The rise in…