A TV ad from an environmental group called the League of Conservation Voters edits a quote about climate change from Rep. Rodney Davis (R., Ill.) to alter its meaning.
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Overstating Effects: Durbin on Evaporation of Great Lakes
Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) exaggerates when he attributes the record-low water levels of the Great Lakes to climate change.
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) responds to the Republicans’ use of the term ‘war on coal’ with his own loaded term, “war on science.”
Read MoreLoaded Language: House Republicans on ‘War on Coal’
When Republican lawmakers in the House refer to a “war on coal,” they are employing hyperbolic language.
Read MoreFalse Categorical: Obama on U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions
President Obama (D) employs a false categorical when he makes a claim about the United States’ reduction of total carbon pollution.
Read MoreOverstating Effects: Boehner on Obama Climate Change Plan
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) exaggerates the effect of President Obama’s climate-change policy on the cost of electricity in Ohio.
Read MoreSelective Use of Evidence: Stewart on Climate Change Survey
Rep. Chris Stewart (R., Utah) cherry-picks numbers from an online survey to support his opinion that the science on climate change is “anything but settled.”
Read MoreDeceptive Framing: Organizing for Action vs. Broun on Climate Change
Organizing for Action, a nonprofit group that supports President Obama’s policies, employs deceptive framing in a web video by editing together a 2011 House vote and 2009 statement from Rep. Paul Broun (R., Ga.).
Read MoreOut of Context: Democratic Video on Climate Change ‘Hoax’
A nonprofit group called Organizing for Action that champions President Obama’s policies distorts a House vote about who should set climate change policy.
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