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FlackCheck.org is the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. The site provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular. Video resources point out deception and incivility in political rhetoric. A special section called Engage features a moderated, online discussion of civics-related current events.
FlackCheck in the News
- John Boehner’s F-Bomb at Harry Reid Plunges D.C. Civility to New Low (The Daily Beast, Jan. 3, 2013)
- Do super PACS have a right to lie? (Columbia Journalism Review, Dec. 17, 2012)
- Closer look at a cash cow (Columbia Journalism Review, Nov. 26, 2012)
- 2012 Election Day Live-Stream on Social Media + Politics (PBS MediaShift, Nov. 5, 2012)
- 20 Educational Web Tools For Young Voters (Edudemic, Nov. 4, 2012)
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FLACKCHECK VIDEOS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS
- Is the Middle Class Doomed to Pay Higher Taxes Under Romney?
- There They Go Again: Obama on Romney’s Abortion Stance
- There They Go Again: Obama/Biden on Romney’s ‘Tragic’ Quote
- There They Go Again: Obama/Biden on Seniors Paying $6,400 More for Medicare
- There They Go Again: Obama on Romney’s Quote on Bin Laden
- There They Go Again: Obama on Redeploying Money Not Being Spent on War
- There They Go Again: Obama and Clinton-Era Tax Levels
- How Much of the Deficit Is Obama’s Fault?
- Will Romney Raise Taxes on the Middle Class, or Won’t He?
- How Many Jobs Did President Obama Add?
- Are Obama Campaigners’ Attacks on Ryan Budget Plan Out of Date?
- When Pictures Don’t Tell the Story
- Murder By Wheelchair – A FlackCheck.org Mystery
- Ryan v. Obama on the Republican Budget. Pandora, District 12, or…
- Pro-Democratic Super PAC Misleads in Virginia Senate Contest
- Life of Julia: Pregnancy Redux
- The Obama Campaign’s ‘Julia’ Meets FlackCheck.org’s ‘Trulia’
- Is the Obama Green Initiative a Failure as ‘Americans for Prosperity’ Alleges?
- Handing Out Facts about Green Energy ‘Handouts’
- Did President Obama Blow up the Hindenburg?
- MoveOn.org ‘Fat Cats’ Impurrfect on Buffett Rule Facts
- President Obama and Rep. Ryan See Republican Cuts Differently
- A mirror on the 2012 ads
- President Obama’s Guide to Marvelous…ness
- FlackCheck.org: A Guessing Game With Obama’s Blaming
- Do Americans Want to Repeal the Health Care Law? Depends on how you ask!
- FlackCheck.org asks: Are we being persuaded by Tom Hanks’ voice or the facts in Obama video?
- FlackCheck.org examines Crossroads GPS attack on Keystone Decision
- Put a Radical On It!
- How Many Jobs Would a Keystone Pipeline Bring, if a Keystone Pipeline Could Bring Jobs?
- Obama’s Perfectly Positive 2008 Primary?
- Wall Street Invaders in Obama’s Inner Circle?
- FlackCheck.org: Does the Obama Health Plan Kill Jobs?
- Obama should consult a mathmographer
- Promises, Promises – President Obama’s Narwhal Meter
- Big Spending Cuts…Later
- Obama’s Debt Record is Great — or Awful — Depending On Who’s Making The Case
- An Obama Campaign Ad Misuses a Fact… from a Fact Checking Organization?
- Danna riffs on wishful thinking in Obama campaign use of PolitiFact quote.
- Obama ad reflects past not present PolitiFact assessment
- President Obama’s promises v. performance on health care coverage and cost
- The White House Catches the “Monument” Syndrome
FLACKCHECK VIDEOS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY AND REPUBLICANS
- There They Go Again: Romney on Obama Raising Middle-Class Taxes by $4,000
- There They Go Again: Romney on Obama Raising Premiums by $2,500
- Is Jeep Shipping U.S. Jobs to China?
- There They Go Again: Romney/Ryan on $716 Billion from Medicare
- There They Go Again: Romney on Obama’s ‘Apology Tour’
- There They Go Again: Romney on Doubling the Deficit
- There They Go Again: Romney and Family Income
- How Many Facts Get Smacked Down in Conn. Senate Race Ad?
- Is Obama’s Debt ‘Almost as Much’ as All Previous Presidents Combined?
- Is President Obama Standing Up to China or Isn’t He?
- Do five studies establish that the Romney tax plan does as it promises?
- Has President Obama Abolished the Work Requirement in Welfare?
- Exploring Exaggeration in the BEST VIDEO EVER
- Contesting the Context
- American Crossroads Fumbles
- So…HOW Many Jobs Has The Country Lost During the Obama Administration??
- Murder By Wheelchair – A FlackCheck.org Mystery
- Ryan v. Obama on the Republican Budget. Pandora, District 12, or…
- Does ‘Obamacare’ Tax Puppies?
- Get Your Health Care Off My Puppy!
- Burnin’ Down the Facts
- Honesty is the best policy
- Who Handed Out Bonuses to Wall Street Execs?
- Crossroads GPS Conflates ‘Under Water’ and ‘Foreclosure’
- Crossroads GPS Smashes Facts and iPad
- Gov. Romney confused about past presidential actions
- Restore Our Future super PAC hides its deceptive ads
- Are the Koch Brothers Big Oil?
- Did President Obama Blow up the Hindenburg?
- Priorities USA Action Uses The Familiar Tactic of ‘Zoom and Boom’
- Gov. Romney Casts Job Losses as Pres. Obama’s “War on Women”
- The Katzenberg Is Out Of The Bag
- President Obama and Rep. Ryan See Republican Cuts Differently
- A mirror on the 2012 ads
- Five presidents probe Romney ad’s debt deceptions
- Childish trick du jour: super PAC, DNC and candidate word twisting
- Mitt Romney’s Awkward Comedy Jam
- Gov. Romney: Get Your Facts Straight Before Quoting a Fact-Checking Site!
- Super PAC Ads by ‘House Majority’ Should Act Their Age
- FlackCheck.org’s Olivia on lady parts and a misleading attack on Romney’s record
- FlackCheck.org: We Debunk This “Gov’t Run” Claim, AGAIN.
- FlackCheck.org: Santorum didn’t support the auto bailout either
- Santorum’s ‘Rombo’ Ad Wages Own Misleading Attack
- DNC rips Romney’s ‘firing people’ quote from context
- What You Missed (So Far) in the GOP Primaries
- DNC tears Romney quote on ‘very poor’ from context
- FlackCheck.org: Pro Gingrich Super PAC misleads on current Romney abortion stand
- Attack Ads Ain’t Pretty
- The Great Space MisQuote
- Kerry, Dukakis, Romney and also… are from Massachusetts
- How pro-Gingrich super PAC’s “King of Bain” misled with a quote—and got the figures wrong
- Chronology errors and DDi in pro-Gingrich super PAC’s “King of Bain”
- Chronology errors in “King of Bain’s” account of Romney and KB Toys
- Chronology errors in pro-Gingrich super PAC “King of Bain” video
- Deceptive Editing in pro-Gingrich super PAC “King of Bain”
- How pro-Gingrich super PAC’s “King of Bain” distorted Romney “creative destruction” quote
- How “King of Bain” employed logical fallacy “post hoc ergo propter hoc”
- Context Matters: Part 2
- Net-Net? A pro Gingrich Super Pac and Gov. Romney on his jobs record.
- FlackCheck.org on the pro-Colbert Super PAC ad ‘Mitt the Ripper’
- Campaign Promises
- Both Sides Do It
- Three FlackCheck.org takedowns of the DNC web video ‘Mitt v. Mitt’
- Govs. Romney and Perry have a wee (“we”) pronoun problem
- Did Romney really laugh at his own record?
FLACKCHECK VIDEOS ON OTHER CANDIDATES
- Trust FactCheck.org not Club for Growth for full facts on Lugar-Mourdock contest…
- FlackCheck.org Message to Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA): Scheduled Cuts Are Not Current Cuts
- Hoekstra vs. Stabenow: If the Truth Hurts, Don’t Exaggerate It
- Hoekstra v. Stabenow: Olivia riffs her dismay at stereotyping in Hoekstra attack ad in Mich. Senate race
- Crossroads GPS vs. Prof. Elizabeth Warren: How to Contradict Your Own Political Attack
- Crossroads GPS vs. Sen. Ben Nelson: Super PAC Twisting Facts in Nebraska Race
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce vs. Sen. Sherrod Brown: Dear Mr. Thomas Donahue and Should the Chamber Disregard its Members’ Standards?







