OH: PolitiFact or Fiction No. 1: Does anyone at Cleveland Plain Dealer understand finance?

By   /  June 13, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Accountability, Elections, Featured, Issues, Ohio, Ohio Senate, Transparency  /  No Comments

PolitiFact Ohio is a franchise of the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Part 1 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction

By Jon Cassidy | Ohio Watchdog
PolitiFact Ohio practices opinion journalism under the guise of fact-checking. They often get things wrong — particularly, we’ve noticed, in their coverage of U.S. senate candidates Sherrod Brown (Democrat) and Josh Mandel (Republican). So we bring you PolitiFact or Fiction, a semi-regular [...]

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OH: PolitiFact or Fiction No. 2: How Democrat Sherrod Brown would manage Major League Baseball

By   /  June 14, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Featured, Federal Government, Ohio, Politics & Elections, Transparency  /  No Comments

PolitiFact Ohio is a franchise of the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Part 2 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction

By Jon Cassidy | Ohio Watchdog
PolitiFact Ohio practices opinion journalism under the guise of fact-checking. They often get things wrong — particularly, we’ve noticed, in their coverage of U.S. senate candidates Sherrod Brown (Democrat) and Josh Mandel (Republican). So we bring you PolitiFact or Fiction, a semi-regular [...]

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OH: PolitiFactChecking PolitiFact No. 3: Rep. Sherrod Brown’s problem with numbers

By   /  June 15, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Accountability, Elections, Featured, Federal Government, Ohio, Ohio Government, Ohio House of Represenatives, Ohio Senate, Politics & Elections, Transparency, U.S. House of Represenatives, U.S. Senate  /  No Comments

PolitiFact Ohio is a franchise of the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Part 3 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction

By Jon Cassidy | Ohio Watchdog
PolitiFact Ohio practices opinion journalism under the guise of fact-checking. They often get things wrong — particularly, we’ve noticed, in their coverage of U.S. senate candidates Sherrod Brown (Democrat) and Josh Mandel (Republican). So we bring you PolitiFact or Fiction, a semi-regular [...]

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PolitiFact or Fiction No. 4: Grade inflation in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race

By   /  June 16, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Accountability, Elections, Ethics, Issues, Ohio, Politics, Politics & Elections, U.S. Senate  /  No Comments

PolitiFact Ohio is a franchise of the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Part 4 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction

PolitiFact Ohio practices opinion journalism under the guise of fact-checking. They often get things wrong — particularly, we’ve noticed, in their coverage of U.S. senate candidates Sherrod Brown (Democrat) and Josh Mandel (Republican). So we bring you PolitiFact or Fiction, a semi-regular review of pronouncements issued by [...]

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PolitiFact or Fiction No. 5: Is the trade deficit $2 billion a day?

By   /  June 18, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Accountability, Capitalism, Elections, Federal Government, Foreign News & Policy, Issues, News, Ohio, Politics & Elections, U.S. Senate  /  1 Comment

PolitiFact Ohio is a franchise of the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Part 5 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction

PolitiFact Ohio practices opinion journalism under the guise of fact-checking. They often get things wrong — particularly, we’ve noticed, in their coverage of U.S. senate candidates Sherrod Brown (Democrat) and Josh Mandel (Republican). So we bring you PolitiFact or Fiction, a semi-regular review of pronouncements issued by [...]

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