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==Myth==
 
==Myth==
 
'''Claim''': The IRS specifically targeted "conservative" organizations for review of their tax-exempt status while leaving liberal organizations alone.
 
'''Claim''': The IRS specifically targeted "conservative" organizations for review of their tax-exempt status while leaving liberal organizations alone.
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===Examples===
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===Example===
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* '''2014-11-03''', ''Daily Caller'': [http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/03/bombshell-memo-jeanne-shaheen-conspired-with-white-house-insider-on-irs-targeting-scandal/ BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal]: "Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election"
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* "IRS got its budget cut because they were willingly used as tools to suppress the political liberty of conservative groups. They got what they deserved."<ref name=RC1 />
 
==Reality==
 
==Reality==
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This is completely false, and was a [[Fake scandals/IRS|fake scandal]] created and maintained by the [[Republican Party]].
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This is completely false, and was a [[Fake scandals/IRS|fake scandal]] created and maintained by the [[Republican Party]] with the assistance of the media.
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===Links===
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* '''2014-11-04''', ''PolitiFact'': [http://www.politifact.com/new-hampshire/statements/2014/nov/04/daily-caller/jeanne-shaheen-hit-last-minute-attack-over-lois-le/ Jeanne Shaheen hit by last-minute attack over Lois Lerner controversy at IRS]: rated FALSE
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See [[Fake scandals/IRS]] for details.
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==Sources==
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<ref name=RC1>'''2015-04-19''' comment by "Lord Effington Three Sticks" on [http://www.cringely.com/2015/04/15/where-the-money-is-or-was/ Robert Cringely's blog]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 01:09, 27 April 2015

Myth

Claim: The IRS specifically targeted "conservative" organizations for review of their tax-exempt status while leaving liberal organizations alone.

Example

  • "IRS got its budget cut because they were willingly used as tools to suppress the political liberty of conservative groups. They got what they deserved."[1]

Reality

This is completely false, and was a fake scandal created and maintained by the Republican Party with the assistance of the media.

See Fake scandals/IRS for details.

Sources

  1. ↑ 2015-04-19 comment by "Lord Effington Three Sticks" on Robert Cringely's blog
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