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Latest Fact-Checks By Martha M. Hamilton

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Martin Frost
Martin Frost
stated on August 12, 2011 a column in "POLITICO"
Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Mostly False
By Martha M. Hamilton • August 19, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 29, 2011 an e-mail
"If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Martha M. Hamilton • August 2, 2011
Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
stated on February 16, 2011 press release, Rep. Betty McCollum
Says the Army is spending $7 million to sponsor a NASCAR team.
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • March 3, 2011
Bumper Sticker
Bumper Sticker
stated on December 20, 2010 Washington, D.C.
"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • December 21, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
"Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect."
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • October 28, 2010
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
stated on August 23, 2010 an opinion column in "The Washington Examiner"
"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on July 7, 2010 a local radio interview
On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund."
Full Flop
By Martha M. Hamilton • July 13, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on July 1, 2010 a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren
"Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law.
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • July 8, 2010