re: #378 NJDhockeyfan

He should lead by example.

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Half true.

Our ruling

In the broadest sense, the Romney campaign is on solid ground when it says that “women in Barack Obama’s White House are earning less than men.” But the closer you look at the data, the less striking this conclusion becomes.

First, the Obama White House has more equitable pay rates than the economy as a whole. And second, when you look at employees who have the same titles, only a small fraction of women are out-earned by men, a difference that might be explainable by differences in experience and longevity rather than discrimination. The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, so we rate it Half True.