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2016 Postmortem

grantcart

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5. the whole statement

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 02:35 PM

Feb 2012

Rubio said. "No candidate has run more negative ads in American history than Barack Obama did in 2008, especially in the general.’’ In sheer numbers, that statement is correct: Obama bought many more ads than McCain did, both positive and negative. Nevertheless, two studies suggest that, overall, Obama's ads were not significantly more negative than his rival. He ran the most negative ads because he ran the most ads. We rate Rubio's statement Mostly True.

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Politifact strikes again! [View all] Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #1

I can't wrap my head around it either Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #2

Another Epic Fail! One of the 99 Feb 2012 #3

Politifact EC Feb 2012 #4

the whole statement grantcart Feb 2012 #5

But by their OWN admission, "more" can have more than one meaning in this case rocktivity Feb 2012 #8

It's unfortunate a site like politifact has become so obviously flawed... Drunken Irishman Feb 2012 #6

is there a way to make them as reviled of a source as FoxNews? Obama3_16 Feb 2012 #7