Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Bernie Sanders says U.S. is only major country that doesn’t guarantee health care as a right

November 15, 2015

The United States is "the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."

Fox’s Kelly miscasts Mizzou upheaval as work of a ‘small group of angry black students’

November 13, 2015

"In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials…

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Evangelical activist focuses on lack of Christmas on new Starbucks cups

November 11, 2015

Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups."

Christie: The U.S. is in the worst recovery since WWII

November 11, 2015

Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II."

Did the Obamacare insurance co-ops fail faster than average? We run the numbers

November 10, 2015

Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of…

Daily Show’s Trevor Noah says Iowa GOP caucus ‘stopped mattering years ago’

November 4, 2015

"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."

Fiorina levies out-of-date charge on women job losses under Obama

October 29, 2015

"92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women."

Rubio says more businesses are closing than opening for the first time in 35 years

October 29, 2015

"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."

Fact-checking Sean Hannity’s claim on the U.S. accepting 250,000 refugees

October 26, 2015

"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."  

Fact-checking Ben Carson’s claim that gun control laws allowed the Nazis to carry out Holocaust

October 26, 2015

"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."…

Clinton says John Kerry was the first secretary of state to rely on a government email account

October 23, 2015

Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account."  

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