Latest Fact-Checks By Aaron Sharockman

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Curtis Martin says he once played a game in 15 inches of snow

January 30, 2014

"I played in a game here against the Pittsburgh Steelers where there was 23 inches of snow. … We played in at least 15 inches…

ESPN’s Schlereth says teams ‘now’ spend their money on offense

January 30, 2014

"The majority of teams (are) now spending their dollars on the offensive side of the football."

Fox News host says Americans don’t know their history, then flubs history of Boston Tea Party

January 16, 2014

During the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War, "some guy in Boston got his head blown off because he tried to secretly raise the tax…

Obama’s immigration heckler wrong on presidential powers, experts say

November 26, 2013

President Barack Obama has the "power to stop deportation for all undocumented immigrants in this country."

FNC’s Dana Perino says the health insurance industry is run mostly by Democrats

November 4, 2013

"The insurance industry is actually run by mostly Democrats."

St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Rick Kriseman defends record as a state lawmaker

August 13, 2013

"For anybody who's trying to cross the street and has seen those signs that say you have to stop when pedestrians are in the crosswalk,…

Bill Foster says Rick Kriseman passed zero bills in Legislature, was ‘ineffective’

August 13, 2013

Says that while Foster was mayor, Rick Kriseman was "ineffective" in the Florida House of Representatives because "there was no legislation that passed the House…

Florida leaders say more than half of 2012 college graduates are ‘unemployed or underemployed’

June 14, 2013

"More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed."

State Republicans say it took Charlie Crist only two weeks to break no-new tax pledge

May 30, 2013

"Two weeks after signing a taxpayer protection pledge, (Charlie Crist) breaks it."

Rick Scott ignores flaws in state study, says Medicaid expansion will cost Florida $26 billion

January 8, 2013

Says a federal plan to expand Medicaid would cost Florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years.

Patrick Murphy attacks Allen West for military investigation

October 16, 2012

An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"

Florida is No. 1 in concealed permits, Rick Scott says

August 14, 2012

Florida has "more concealed weapons permits than any other state."

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