Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Don’t be duped by bogus audit of charitable groups

By Jon Greenberg , John Kruzel

September 17, 2019

Says several well-known charities such as Goodwill and American Red Cross overpay their CEOs and spend a small percentage on helping people.

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Elizabeth Warren blamed 3 industries for 70% of greenhouse gases. That muddles the picture

By Jon Greenberg

September 6, 2019

"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  

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The facts behind Joe Biden’s blended story of battlefield heroism

By Jon Greenberg , Louis Jacobson

September 4, 2019

Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of…

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Warren says US broadband lags compared to other nations. She’s close

By Jon Greenberg

August 29, 2019

"We lag behind many other developed nations in connectivity and speed, while also paying more for that service."

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Donald Trump miscasts the money and the terms in the Iran nuclear deal

By Jon Greenberg

August 27, 2019

"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."

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Trump falsely takes credit for two large industrial projects in Louisiana and Pennsylvania

By Jon Greenberg

August 16, 2019

Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.

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Cars vs. wheat: Donald Trump distorts US-Japan trade

By Jon Greenberg

August 15, 2019

Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly."…

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Epstein not dead? Conspiracy theories abound

By Jon Greenberg

August 12, 2019

Say Jeffrey Epstein is not dead.

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Joe Biden takes Donald Trump’s words about gang members out of context

By Jon Greenberg

August 9, 2019

Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."  

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Donald Trump says Democrats distorted his visit at Dayton hospital. Here’s what they actually said

By Jon Greenberg

August 9, 2019

Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley were "totally misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital. Their news conference after I…

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Did mass shooting deaths fall under the 1994 assault weapon ban? Checking Bill Clinton’s claim

By Jon Greenberg

August 7, 2019

"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."  

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Trump’s false charge that Democrats want virtual immunity for violent illegal immigrants

By Jon Greenberg

August 2, 2019

Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder."  

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