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FactCheck is a nonpartisan, nonprofit website, which "aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics". It is run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and has received funding from the Annenberg Foundation. This page as shown in the aol 9. ...
The federal government of the United States was established by the United States Constitution. ...
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself [2]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
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Most of its content consists of rebuttals to inaccurate, misleading, or downright false claims by Democrats and Republicans. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...
The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...
FactCheck became a focus of political commentary following the 2004 vice-presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. Cheney cited the website, claiming that the independent site defended his actions while CEO of Halliburton. Although FactCheck did note that Cheney had not profited directly from Halliburton's Iraq contracts, the issue in question during the debate — criminal investigations and fines levied against Halliburton — was not addressed on the site until after the debate. The 2004 United States Presidential Election Debates were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) and concluded October 13, nearly three weeks before election scheduled for November 2, 2004. ...
Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is the 46th Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ...
This article is about the American attorney and politican. ...
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Cheney's reference became the global-chuckle-of-the-day when he incorrectly cited the website's address as "factcheck.com", which was a website controlled by Frank Schilling's Name Administration Inc. Fearing their servers would be overwhelmed, the administrators redirected traffic to point to a website owned by billionaire activist George Soros.[1] ...
George Soros George Soros (pronounced ) (born August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary as Schwartz György) is a financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, liberal political activist and philosopher. ...
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- ^ Milbank, Dana, "Urging Fact-Checking, Cheney Got Site Wrong", Washington Post, October 7, 2004, p. A08.
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