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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. | ||
| + | ===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."<ref name=RC1 /> | ||
==Reality== | ==Reality== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
See [[Fake scandals/IRS]] for details. | See [[Fake scandals/IRS]] for details. | ||
| + | ==Sources== | ||
| + | <references> | ||
| + | <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> | ||
| + | </references> | ||
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
- ↑ 2015-04-19 comment by "Lord Effington Three Sticks" on Robert Cringely's blog