Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Actor Jon Voight says progressive is just another word for communist

By Jon Greenberg

October 22, 2015

"The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’."  

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Donald Trump says CIA warned George W. Bush of Sept. 11 attacks

By Jon Greenberg

October 21, 2015

Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."

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Hillary Clinton claims Edward Snowden had whistleblower protections, didn’t use them

By Jon Greenberg

October 14, 2015

Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower."  

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Bernie Sanders: The United States has ‘more people in jail than any other country on Earth’

By Jon Greenberg

October 14, 2015

"Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth."

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Conservative Steve Deace says the pollsters don’t trust their own polls

By Jon Greenberg

October 12, 2015

Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."  

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Wasserman Schultz: Under ‘conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month’

By Jon Greenberg

October 11, 2015

"When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month."  

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Nicholas Kristof: Gun deaths more numerous for preschoolers than police

By Jon Greenberg

October 6, 2015

"More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty."

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MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough: Tiny fraction of crimes committed with legal guns

By Jon Greenberg

October 5, 2015

About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."

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Viral image claims Clintons stole $200k in furniture, china and artwork from White House

By Jon Greenberg

October 1, 2015

Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton "was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had…

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NBC’s Chuck Todd: Bernie Sanders was ‘there’ on same-sex marriage 20 years ago

By Jon Greenberg

September 29, 2015

Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."  

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Did Hillary Clinton start the Obama birther movement?

By Jon Greenberg

September 23, 2015

"The birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton in 2008. She was all in!"  

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Did Pope Francis’ namesake St. Francis reach out to Muslims?

By Jon Greenberg

September 22, 2015

Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."

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