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FlackCheck.org’s Weekly Update March 23, 2012

For answers to frequently asked questions about our “Stations: Stand By Your Ad” initiative, click here.

To see FlackCheck.org’s response to Senator Santorum’s notion that those concerned about the effects of CO2 should talk to a plant, click here.

FlackCheck.org’s context-policing dog is back with a video showing how the Romney campaign distorted the meaning of a statement by Senator Santorum.

A third FlackCheck.org piece points out that Governor Romney’s joke about lightbulb regulations targeted the wrong president.

Note that we are now flagging inaccuracies in candidate speeches on our “Debate and Speech Watch” page. Click here to see an assessment of a statement by President Obama about President Hayes and the telephone.

The McClellan campaign is still at it. This week’s video features a chant by his troops.

In anticipation of our Monday release of a study of “coverage of incivility on cable news networks,” take a look at our new “way out of whack” (WOW) postings.

Please encourage your friends, colleagues and strangers on the bus to email their local broadcast stations urging them to insist on the accuracy of third party ads they choose to air.

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