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FlackCheck.org’s Weekly Update March 30, 2012

Analogies to Hitler and Goebbels, attacks saying the president lied, is a loser, “kind of a dick,” various talk show hosts characterizing female leaders as whores. To see who said what about whom and how 24-hour cable news covered the incidents, read APPC’s “Cable News Networks Increase Amount and Public Accessibility of Incivility” report and watch the FlackCheck.org video illustrating its findings.

Older women beware. There is a serial killer on the loose in the attack ads of both left and right this election season. FlackCheck.org fingers the actual perp.

And thanks to a Herman Cain group, it seems that rabbits are at risk as well.

Ramping guilt by association up to a new level, a Santorum web video juxtaposes a picture of President Obama with one of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an announcer says “sworn American enemy.” For our takedown, click here.

We’ve also flagged misleading statements in an Obama campaign film narrated by Tom Hanks and an inaccurate statement by Vice President Biden about manufacturing jobs lost.

Our They Said What page contains new WOW (Way Out of Whack) Attacks and an exemplary as well as a deficient apology for uncivil speech.

In its spirited attack this week, the McClellan campaign suggests that Abe is haunted by otherworldly presences. Can a nation wracked by war afford government by Ouija board?

If you have not already done so, please take 2 minutes to join FlackCheck.org’s nonpartisan effort to reduce deception in third party advertising and encourage your family, neighbors and any strangers standing in line with you at the supermarket to do the same.

Station managers in Wisconsin: see our media alert about deceptive third party ads airing on your stations.

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