http://watchdog.org/2222/phantom-congressional-district-story-makes-whoppers-of-2009-list/ The Government Watchdog Fri, 18 May 2012 12:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://watchdog.org/2222/phantom-congressional-district-story-makes-whoppers-of-2009-list/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Phantom ZIPs Zap Stimulus Funds Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:52:03 +0000 http://watchdog.org/?p=2222#comment-412 [...] the $18 million website, began correcting the errors after factcheck.org called it one of the “biggest whoppers of 2009.” The nonexistent districts were taken off the site and categorized as “Unassigned [...] [...] the $18 million website, began correcting the errors after factcheck.org called it one of the “biggest whoppers of 2009.” The nonexistent districts were taken off the site and categorized as “Unassigned [...]

]]> http://watchdog.org/2222/phantom-congressional-district-story-makes-whoppers-of-2009-list/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Lex Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:04:30 +0000 http://watchdog.org/?p=2222#comment-359 One of the "phantom" congressional districts was actually a quite real *legislative* district (i.e., state legislature) that had simply been misnamed during the data entry process. The problems with the stimulus package were real enough without adding on chickenfeed items like this. One of the “phantom” congressional districts was actually a quite real *legislative* district (i.e., state legislature) that had simply been misnamed during the data entry process. The problems with the stimulus package were real enough without adding on chickenfeed items like this.

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