Latest Fact-Checks By Richard Salit

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Helen Glover
Helen Glover
stated on September 7, 2011 in a radio talk show:
"A family of four can make up to $88,000 a year and still get a subsidy for health insurance" under the new federal health care law.
True
By Richard Salit • October 5, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on July 29, 2011 in a report:
"Dubious taxpayer-funded" stimulus spending -- Part II.
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Salit • July 21, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 16, 2011 in a speech in the U.S. Senate:
"Some criminals have learned how to spy on Americans, hacking into our home computers and looking out through the video camera attached to the screen."
True
By Richard Salit • July 17, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on June 29, 2011 in report:
"Dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus projects in Rhode Island include … $250,000 to provide digital television to the state’s inmate population."
False
By Richard Salit • July 10, 2011
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
stated on June 1, 2011 in A highway billboard:
"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"
Mostly False
By Richard Salit • July 3, 2011
Charles Odimgbe
Charles Odimgbe
stated on June 20, 2011 in a meeting of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority board :
"We are one of the most expensive [bus] rides in New England."
Mostly True
By Richard Salit • June 28, 2011
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on June 13, 2011 in an appearance on a talk show:
"It’s just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Salit • June 16, 2011
Ian Lang
Ian Lang
stated on May 18, 2011 in a state Senate committee hearing:
"Rhode Island continues to have the highest rates of substance abuse in the country."
True
By Richard Salit • June 9, 2011
John Tassoni Jr.
John Tassoni Jr.
stated on May 19, 2011 in a news release:
The Central Falls School system "spent $100,000 on a time clock."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Salit • June 5, 2011
Rhode Island ACLU
Rhode Island ACLU
stated on May 4, 2011 in a news release:
"No other Northeastern state has passed a photo ID law"
True
By Richard Salit • May 22, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 6, 2011 in a radio interview:
"Most military experts say there is anywhere between 25 and 30 members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan."
Mostly False
By Richard Salit • May 15, 2011
Stephen Ucci
Stephen Ucci
stated on March 30, 2011 in a news release:
"A [bank] surveillance camera capturing a criminal’s face and other identifiable traits would certainly discourage robbery attempts and serve as a deterrent to robbers."
False
By Richard Salit • May 6, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 28, 2011 in an automated political phone call:
"The federal government borrows $4 billion every day."
Mostly True
By Richard Salit • May 4, 2011
Online petition
Online petition
stated on April 8, 2011 in an online petition:
"For every [coyote] they kill, the population will replace and usually multiply."
Mostly True
By Richard Salit • April 15, 2011
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on April 3, 2011 in TV interview:
Proposed fees for Rhode Island beaches will still be "less than some of the town beaches."
True
By Richard Salit • April 10, 2011