Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Are most Obamacare sign-ups people who had insurance before?

March 26, 2014

Most of the people who have signed up through the Obamacare exchanges "already had insurance."

Drudge links to report claiming White House press briefings are ‘show’

March 20, 2014

"Reporters rehearse questions with White House press (secretary)."

Napolitano: Lincoln tried to arm the slaves

March 18, 2014

Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."

Napolitano: Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act

March 18, 2014

Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.

Jon Stewart: Slave trade caused 5 million deaths

March 18, 2014

The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more."

Jon Stewart: Lincoln tried to buy slaves to free them

March 18, 2014

Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."

Do most Americans favor hike in minimum wage?

March 16, 2014

"The majority support (raising) the minimum wage."

Ronald Reagan’s son says his father got the Saudis to pump more oil to undercut USSR

March 13, 2014

Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."

Ralph Reed: Millennials more pro-life than boomers or seniors

March 11, 2014

Millennials are "more pro-life than baby boomers and older Americans."  

Dick Cheney says ‘a lot’ of allies backed Syrian air strike

March 9, 2014

On Syria, "a lot of the allies signed on. At the last minute, Obama backed off."

Russia-backed American news network offers its own facts on Ukraine situation

March 5, 2014

The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."

Palin: I predicted Obama’s win would trigger a Russian invasion into Ukraine

March 4, 2014

Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.  

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