http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/bill_adair This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Bill Adair en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200808270015 PolitiFact.com editor Bill Adair falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama's and Sen. John McCain's campaigns have been equally guilty of making what PolitiFact has characterized as inaccurate claims in public statements and political ads this summer. In fact, since June 7, 57 percent of Obama's claims assessed by PolitiFact were rated "mostly true" or better, while 62 percent of McCain's statements assessed by PolitiFact were described as "half true" or worse. Further, McCain has twice received PolitiFact's sharpest critique, "pants on fire," a designation not given to any Obama statement. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808270015 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:45:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801250015 PolitiFact.com asserted that "[i]n 2001, [Sen. John] McCain voted against a $1.35-trillion tax cut package, arguing that the tax cuts should be balanced by spending cuts." This assertion is false. While McCain now claims that was his reason for voting against the tax cuts in 2001, that was not the reason he gave at the time of the vote itself. In a floor statement, McCain did not mention the absence of offsetting spending cuts; rather, he stated: "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801250015 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:16:39 EST