Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Is today’s poverty rate in Selma, Ala., nine times higher for blacks than whites?

March 10, 2015

Today in Selma, Ala., "the poverty rate is roughly nine times that of whites."

Phil Robertson off target at CPAC: 110 million Americans do not have ‘sexually transmitted illness’

March 4, 2015

According to the CDC, "110 million Americans now have a sexually transmitted illness."

Hillary Clinton says women earned twice as many computer science degrees in the 1980s as today

March 3, 2015

"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."

Did the health care law give ‘elevated legitimacy’ to alternative medicine?

February 24, 2015

Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act."

Barack Obama says nearly 20 percent of women in the U.S. have been raped or faced rape attempt

February 16, 2015

"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."

In Barbary wars, did U.S. declare ‘war on Islam’?

February 11, 2015

"Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!"

Ted Cruz says 92 million Americans aren’t working

February 10, 2015

"92 million Americans aren't working."

Jeb Bush says ‘millions’ have given up looking for work

February 5, 2015

"Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether."

Barack Obama says politicians get credit for founding colleges

February 3, 2015

"The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "

John Boehner says Obamacare ‘puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create’

January 29, 2015

The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."

Are there more welfare recipients in the U.S. than full-time workers?

January 28, 2015

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

CEO of Carl’s Jr. says ‘Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time’

January 23, 2015

"Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time."

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