Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Fake news says Michelle Obama blamed Donald Trump for Florida shooting

By Jon Greenberg

February 16, 2018

Says Michelle Obama said Florida shooting "is clearly our president’s fault."  

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Has President Donald Trump clearly and frequently spoken out against abuse of women? Not when asked

By Jon Greenberg

February 13, 2018

"The president has been very clear. All forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women are deplorable and disgusting. ... He’s said that multiple…

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Facebook meme from OK House member distorts Obama’s economic record

By Jon Greenberg

February 2, 2018

Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.…

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Donald Trump inflates Apple investment

By Jon Greenberg

January 31, 2018

"Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."

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Donald Trump exaggerates energy exports

By Jon Greenberg , Louis Jacobson

January 31, 2018

"We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world."  

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Donald Trump: ISIS territory losses near 100 percent

By Jon Greenberg

January 31, 2018

Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq…

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Donald Trump gets polar ice trend backwards

By Jon Greenberg

January 29, 2018

"The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a…

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Do work requirements lead to self-sufficiency?

By Jon Greenberg

January 26, 2018

Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."  

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Did Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate protect college aid program?

By Jon Greenberg

January 24, 2018

Says under her leadership, "Democrats fought to ... make sure the (2011 HOPE) bill ... prevented the use of ACT/SAT testing standards."

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Donald Trump said Chrysler is leaving Mexico. It isn’t

By Jon Greenberg

January 18, 2018

"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."

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No, Uranium One investigation has not led to an indictment

By Jon Greenberg

January 17, 2018

"First indictment issued in Russian bribery case tied to Obama-era Uranium One deal."

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Trump wrongly faults Obama for London embassy move

By Jon Greenberg

January 12, 2018

Says the Obama administration "sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London ... only to build a new one in an off location…

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