FactCheck: Firefighters vs. Giuliani

FactCheck by Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Viveca Novak, Justin Bank, Jessica Henig, Emi Kolawole, Joe Miller | Jul. 19, 2007 (News Analysis)

The union representing New York City firefighters is running a misleading video blaming former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the deaths of more than 100 firefighters at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

We agree that Giuliani bears some responsibility for the widely documented failings of the fire department's radio communications on 9/11. It is true that the effective functioning of the fire department is a major responsibility of any ... Full Story »

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David Starr
4.5
 by David Starr - Oct. 1, 2008

Debunks a political smear video put out on UTube by the New York fire fighters union against Rudi Giuliani. Author includes a bibliography of 13 articles backing up his points. It doesn't get much better than that.

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