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On Dobbs, radio host Franklin forwards myths about Frank and Dodd, says “they called you a racist if you questioned loans to minorities”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 04/01/09 11:23 AM EDT

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Myths and falsehoods about the purported link between affordable housing initiatives and the financial crisis

Discussing financial crisis, Buchanan baselessly blamed lending in “minority communities”

Cavuto suggests Congress should have warned that "[l]oaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster"

On MSNBC, Tucker Carlson rewrote history to blame Frank for mortgage crisis

IBD editorial blamed Frank for “nix[ing] reforms” of Fannie and Freddie in '02 and '03 -- when GOP controlled House

CNN's John King did not challenge Cheney's false claim that “chairmen” Frank, Dodd were “stone wall” to Fannie/Freddie reform

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