Latest Fact Checks By Chris Nichols

Ted Cruz’s misleading claim: California ‘is hemorrhaging population’

By Chris Nichols

September 28, 2018

California "is hemorrhaging population."

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TRUE: Nearly half of California’s children are ‘at or near poverty’ when considering cost-of-living

By Chris Nichols

September 19, 2018

"Close to half of the children" in California are "at or near poverty," when you consider cost-of-living.

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Apple offbeat in claim about ‘first’ EKG consumer product

By Chris Nichols

September 14, 2018

The new Apple Watch Series 4 includes "the first ECG product offered over-the-counter directly to consumers."

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Gavin Newsom’s misleading claim on John Cox ‘parroting’ Trump on family separations

By Chris Nichols

September 12, 2018

Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border."

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John Cox’s exaggerated claim: ‘Half the people’ want to leave California

By Chris Nichols

September 6, 2018

"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."

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Wildfires or cars? Which produces more emissions?

By Chris Nichols

August 29, 2018

Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."

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MOSTLY TRUE: Visa overstays account for ‘half’ of all people in the country illegally

By Chris Nichols

August 24, 2018

"Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa."

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Misleading claim by ‘Fox & Friends’ on California kids meal bill

By Chris Nichols

August 21, 2018

"California is proposing to legislate what drinks restaurants can serve your kids, only giving two options: milk or water."

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No evidence to back Denham’s claim China ‘tampered’ with U.S. elections ‘quite a bit’

By Chris Nichols

August 14, 2018

China has "not acted so well with our elections. They’ve tampered with our elections quite a bit."

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California wildfires made worse by hot, dry conditions, not water policy, as Trump tweeted

By Chris Nichols

August 6, 2018

"California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to…

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Democratic challenger misleads in claim on Rep. Tom McClintock’s record

By Chris Nichols

July 24, 2018

Says Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., "has authored three laws since he’s been in office; two renamed post offices."

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TRUE: ‘Nearly 2,600 children’ remained separated from parents as of mid-July

By Chris Nichols

July 19, 2018

"Let’s talk about the facts and where we are today. There are still nearly 2,600 children who are separated from their parents" due to the Trump…

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