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They Said WHAT?!

This FlackCheck.org video summarizes the findings of an Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania study of coverage of 38 instances of incivility on cable news across a ten year period.

This FlackCheck.org category contains examples of extreme or hyperbolic language used in political rhetoric.

Santorum aide Alice Stewart: ‘Radical Islamic’

FlackCheck.org highlights Santorum aide Alice Stewart’s use of the phrase “radical Islamic policies.”

Sen. Rick Santorum: “Snob”

FlackCheck.org features Sen. Rick Santorum’s characterization of President Obama as a “Snob” at the Americans for Prosperity Presidential Forum in Troy, Michigan.

Sen. Rick Santorum: Schools are ‘factories’

FlackCheck.org features Sen. Santorum’s suggestion that public schools are “factories.”

Rep. Ron Paul: U.S. ‘slipping into a fascist system’

FlackCheck.org asks Rep. Paul: Did he really mean “slipping into a fascist system”?

Martin Bashir: Santorum and Stalin

MSNBC commentator Martin Bashir likens former Sen. Rick Santorum’s words to those of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.

Orchids to Candy Crowley for holding Rep. Ron Paul accountable

FlackCheck.org awards Orchids to State of the Union’s Candy Crowley for holding Rep. Ron Paul accountable for saying the United States is “slipping into a fascist system.”

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: Obama and Capt. Schettino

FlackCheck.org looks at remarks by the chairman of the Republican National Committee comparing President Obama to Francesco Schettino, captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground in January 2012.

Prof. Paul Krugman: Romney “oozes insincerity”

The New York Times columnist characterizes Gov. Mitt Romney on an episode of This Week with Christiane Amanpour.

Dee Dee Myers: Speaker Newt Gingrich is a “political sociopath”

Dee Dee Myers, press secretary under the Clinton administration, has a scary description of the former House speaker.