Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Trump inflates wind turbine eagle deaths

By Jon Greenberg

May 31, 2016

In California, "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles."  

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US vs. the Nordic block: How they compare on foreign aid giving

By Jon Greenberg

May 26, 2016

"The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals.  

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Refugee aid head: World’s poorest increasingly found in fragile/conflict nations

By Jon Greenberg

May 23, 2016

"The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years," with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states.

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Dairy exporters say WHO casts milk as ‘an obstacle’ to toddler health

By Jon Greenberg

May 20, 2016

Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life."

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Is an arm of the World Bank tied to 8-fold rise in water rates in Manila?

By Jon Greenberg

May 12, 2016

Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.  

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Loretta Sanchez dodges question about gun liability vote, cites Brady campaign support

By Jon Greenberg

May 11, 2016

"The Brady Campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating."

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Hillary Clinton video lists 8 promises of Donald Trump presidency. Did he say that?

By Jon Greenberg

May 5, 2016

Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.

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Joe Biden says cervical cancer ‘totally preventable’ in Africa

By Jon Greenberg

May 5, 2016

Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines."

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Sanders: It’s not impossible to get enough delegates to win

By Jon Greenberg

May 2, 2016

Winning enough pledged delegates is "not impossible."

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Michelle Obama: Research shows educating girls can lift a nation’s economy

By Jon Greenberg

April 29, 2016

"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."  

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Donald Trump did not warn the Iraq War would ‘destabilize the Middle East’ before it started

By Jon Greenberg

April 27, 2016

"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."

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Mystery: Strom Thurmond, Puerto Rico and bankruptcy protection

By Jon Greenberg

April 27, 2016

"We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.

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