Claim: Call this one the Axelrod Edition. President Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod, was on three of the political talk shows on July 11, and we found that he strayed from the factual straight-and-narrow several times in talking about the oil spill, border security and other issues. We also found Republican congressman Brian Bilbray overstating support for an immigration bill and Attorney General Eric Holder repeating a claim we've critiqued before about how many terrorism trials have taken place in the civilian justice system.
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Verdict: call this one the axelrod edition. president obama's senior adviser, david axelrod, was on three of the political talk shows on july 11, and we found that he strayed from the factual straight-and-narrow several times in talking about the oil spill, border security and other issues. we also found republican congressman brian bilbray overstating support for an immigration bill and attorney general eric holder repeating a claim we've critiqued before about how many terrorism trials have taken place in the civilian justice system.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Viveca Novak
Date published: 2010-07-12T22:15:16