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• Myths and falsehoods about the purported link between affordable housing initiatives and the financial crisis
  Friday, October 10, 2008
• WSJ's Fund falsely claimed that ACORN "almost got a slush fund in the housing bailout bill"
  Friday, October 10, 2008
• Boortz: "[I]f there is a scoundrel in this housing crisis, it would be Barney Frank ... whose lover was working with Fannie Mae, pushing out these subprime mortgages"
  Friday, October 10, 2008
• Fox News' Baier advanced conservative attacks on CRA, repeated falsehood about Rep. Frank
  Tuesday, October 7, 2008
• Media figures falsely accuse Democrats of attempting to direct millions of dollars to ACORN
  Wednesday, October 1, 2008
• Time's Carney falsely suggested Clinton "pin[ned] the blame for the mortgage crisis on Democrats"
  Wednesday, October 1, 2008
• Special Report falsely suggested Fannie and Freddie chief perpetrators of "financial mess," Rep. Frank opposed stricter oversight
  Wednesday, October 1, 2008
• Even after GOP leaders backed off accusation, Parker claims Pelosi's speech on bailout bill was responsible for losing GOP votes
  Wednesday, October 1, 2008
• McClatchy uncritically reported McCain statement blaming Obama over bailout without noting contradiction
  Tuesday, September 30, 2008
• Media conservatives baselessly blame Community Reinvestment Act for foreclosure spike
  Tuesday, September 30, 2008
• Media falsely suggest that only Dems dismissed GOP accusation that Pelosi's speech cost GOP votes as "nonsense"
  Tuesday, September 30, 2008
• CBS' Orr repeated GOP claims blaming Pelosi's speech for bailout failure without noting contrary evidence, offered even by Republicans
  Tuesday, September 30, 2008
• In an NRO blog post, Krikorian asked if WaMu's diversity policy was "[c]ause" of bank's demise
  Friday, September 26, 2008
• ABCNews.com and Time.com headlines mischaracterized Paulson's remarks as blaming Democrats
  Friday, September 26, 2008
• O'Reilly on Rep. Frank, Sen. Dodd: "I swear to God, if they were in this room right now, I would hit them"
  Thursday, September 25, 2008
• Cavuto suggests Congress should have warned that "[l]oaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster"
  Friday, September 19, 2008
• ABC reported McCain's comment that "economy is broken," but not previous day's comment that "fundamentals of our economy are strong"
  Wednesday, September 17, 2008
• Fox News' Varney, on-air graphics misrepresented the projected cost of housing bill
  Thursday, July 24, 2008
• On Meet the Press, Brokaw attributed proposal for gas-tax holiday to Clinton, but not McCain
  Monday, July 21, 2008
• Hannity falsely suggested no oil in areas already available to oil companies for drilling
  Friday, July 18, 2008

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