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The Whoppers of 2011
Despite what you may have heard in 2011:
The new health care law won’t cost many jobs (and they’ll be poorly paying jobs at that).
Republicans aren’t proposing to “end” Medicare (and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has signed onto a modified version of the GOP plan).
Most of the “millionaires” who would pay higher tax rates under a Democratic proposal aren’t job-creating small-business owners.
President Obama’s mother ...
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I'm reading more about the notion of "false equivalence" in fact-checking organizations. Apparently FactCheck's description of the first Democratic whopper (Republicans would 'end Medicare') has received critiques from Paul Krugman, among others. After reading his column, another from HuffPo, and comments on both pieces, I'm still not sure what is accurate. Is the argument here only about wording or is there something more? Anyone with enlightening links, please post so we can get some clarification!