Latest Fact Checks By Neelesh Moorthy

Obama claims positive relationship between Trans-Pacific Partnership and human rights in Malaysia

By Allison Graves , Neelesh Moorthy

August 5, 2016

Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."  

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Barack Obama says Vietnam ‘presenting unprecedented labor reforms’ thanks to TPP

By Allison Graves , Neelesh Moorthy

August 4, 2016

Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first…

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Barack Obama: Trans-Pacific Partnership eliminates 18,000 tariffs on American goods

By Allison Graves , Neelesh Moorthy

August 4, 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods."

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Donald Trump correctly claims homeownership is at a 51-year low

By Neelesh Moorthy

August 2, 2016

"American homeownership rate in Q2 2016 was 62.9% - lowest rate in 51yrs."  

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Wrong: Fox News anchor says networks covered Khizr Khan but skipped Patricia Smith

By Neelesh Moorthy

August 1, 2016

"Nobody covered" the remarks of Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, "live, but almost everybody covered Khizr Khan's, Mr. Khan's remarks live."

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Actor James Woods peddles bogus quote from Hillary Clinton’s ‘It Takes a Village’

By Neelesh Moorthy

August 1, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."

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Priebus wrongly says no Bush attended 2012 RNC

By Allison Graves , Neelesh Moorthy

July 17, 2016

Says no one from the Bush family attended the 2012 Republican National Convention and "there was no President Bush" at the 2008 convention.

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Does Dallas have fewest police shootings in America? Impossible to tell

By Neelesh Moorthy

July 12, 2016

In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."

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Pro-Trump super PAC compares Bill Clinton to Cosby in attack on Hillary

By Neelesh Moorthy

July 6, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."

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At ‘Three Amigos’ summit, Obama overshoots trade benefits between Mexico, Canada

By Neelesh Moorthy

July 5, 2016

"During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs."

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Texas Republican Kevin Brady errs in comparison of U.S. tax code

By Neelesh Moorthy

June 28, 2016

The United States "is the only major country that taxes its own exports."  

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What do we know about Hillary Clinton’s religion? A lot, actually

By Neelesh Moorthy

June 24, 2016

"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion. Now, she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no…

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