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Reality Check: Clinton’s Ad On Romney
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — Former President Bill Clinton remains among the most popular politicians in America — more popular even than President Obama. But a recent television ad from the Obama campaign in...
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Reality Check: Americans For Prosperity Health Care Ad
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Americans for Prosperity, a nonprofit group, says WCCO-TV was wrong to characterize the group’s ad in a former story as “based on a false premise: that the new healthcare law...
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Reality Check: The Truth About Property Taxes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Special interest groups can spend the money to say almost whatever they want in a campaign commercial. And that’s what the liberal-leaning Alliance for a Better Minnesota does....
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Reality Check: The New Anti-Rick Nolan Ad
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new television ad from a national conservative group takes on a Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota for comments he made — nearly 40 years ago. But the candidate in...
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Reality Check: Who Has More Money In Marriage Amendment Battle?
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — The biggest election contest in Minnesota isn’t the U.S. Senate race or the Presidential race. It’s the campaigns to pass — or defeat — the constitutional amendment to define...
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Reality Check: The Impact Of The Marriage Amendment
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — If the marriage amendment passes or fails, here’s what will happen: Nothing. It’s TRUE. Gay marriage is already illegal in Minnesota. If the amendment passes, it will still be...
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Reality Check: Workplace Violence In Minn.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The shooting at Accent Signage Systems is the worst incidence of workplace violence in Minnesota since the state started keeping records 20 years ago. But almost 2 million people...
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Reality Check: The 1st Presidential Debate
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It may have been a surprise to some, but the first presidential debate had a great deal of substance. Both candidates had plenty of time to say exactly where they stand. But each...
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Reality Check: The Jobs Numbers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Republicans are crying “foul” over new jobs numbers showing the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8 percent – the lowest rate since President Obama took office. They are claiming...
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Reality Check: Voter ID, Marriage Amendments And ‘Skipping The Vote’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Public opinion polls this week are showing the campaigns for two constitutional amendments are getting very close. But adding the marriage and voter ID amendments to the state...
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Reality Check: The Facts Vs. The Vice Presidential Debate
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Vice Presidential nominees demonstrated style and substance in their feisty, first and only debate. But also, a lot of spin. Congressman Paul Ryan claimed that Governor Romney...
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Reality Check: The New Attack Ads Both Sides Are Using
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota’s television airwaves are flooded with negative campaign ads right now, especially in the hotly contested races for Congressional seats held by Republicans Michele...
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Reality Check: Amendment Ad Makes Questionable Claims
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) –The fight to put a gay marriage ban in the Minnesota Constitution took a new turn Thursday. A TV ad from the main group supporting the amendment warned of dire consequences if it...
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Reality Check: Who’s In The Middle Class?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The candidates for president are making pitches that sound straightforward: constant appeals to the “middle class”. But many of you have contacted us to ask: Who’s in the middle...
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Reality Check: The Final Debate
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There was none of the harsh exchanges familiar in the first two debates. But it doesn’t mean the candidates didn’t mix it up, and they stretched some facts. For example, President...
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Reality Check: Nolan, Cravaack & Minn. Residency Accusations
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In a race that’s already among the most hotly contested in the country, a new television ad from Democrat Rick Nolan accuses Republican Congressman Chip Cravaack of a smear...
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Reality Check: New, Deceptive Marriage Amendment Ad
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The group supporting the proposed marriage amendment released its fourth TV ad on Thursday. It features parents in Massachusetts who objected to the use of a book in their 2nd...
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Reality Check: What Would Romney Do With FEMA?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Gov. Mitt Romney returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday, but refrained again from criticizing President Obama in light of the disaster on the East Coast. But Romney is facing...
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Reality Check: Republicans Leaders Miscalculated; Amendments Backfired
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Nearly 3 million Minnesotans showed up at the polls on Election Day –that’s a voter turnout of 76 percent. Minnesotans defeated two constitutional amendments: one to define...
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Reality Check: The Vikes Stadium & Personal Seat Licenses
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Vikings say they haven’t decided to charge fans extra for the privilege of buying a ticket. They’re only asking the question in a survey to season ticket holders....
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