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FlackCheck.org’s Weekly Update May 11, 2012

Please check out:

  • The McClellan campaign’s latest plea to voters: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Housed on the “Could Lincoln Be Elected Today?” page!
  • Patterns of Deception, a playlist that illustrates techniques that political ad makers use to mislead.
  • Our answers to the questions:
    • What does Julia need to know about the Obama campaign’s assumptions in “Life of Julia”? (Click here)
    • What’s misleading about an Americans for Prosperity ad on the Democratic energy record? (Click here)
    • Is the White House using “women” as a buzzword? (Click here)
    • What has the group Veterans for a Strong America left out in its recounting of statements by President Obama on the death of bin Laden? (Click here for video 1; Click here for video 2)
    • Should Gov. Romney and Sen. Santorum have responded to audience members’ slurs against President Obama the way Senator McCain did in 2008? (Click here)
  • For those in a funereal mood, we offer our “memorial service” for the deceptive ads the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future has removed from YouTube–gone, but not forgotten.

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