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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2014 a meme circulated on Facebook
Milwaukee "incarcerates 1.2% of white men" and has "incarcerated over 50% of black men in their 30s."
Half-True
January 15, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 17, 2013 a press release
Michelle Nunn has praised the Occupy movement.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 2, 2013
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper ad
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force local authorities to allow Occupy protesters to live in parks."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 26, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2012 on the Internet
"In 1950, corporations paid $3 in taxes for every $1 by a worker. Today, they pay 22 cents for every $1 by a worker."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2012 a Facebook post
"Bank of America could create 878,300 jobs with benefits if they spent their 2010 bonuses on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2012
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on December 9, 2011 a news release
"Following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on Wall Street in 2007.....Nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented."
False
By Bill Wichert • December 19, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 17, 2011 Facebook
1 percent of Americans are millionaires. 47 percent of House Reps. are millionaires. 56 percent of Senators are millionaires.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on October 29, 2011 a newspaper column
"If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • November 8, 2011
Occupy Providence
Occupy Providence
stated on October 19, 2011 a protest sign
"Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour."
False
By Lynn Arditi • October 26, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post
Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on October 17, 2011 statements to the public
On letting Occupy Atlanta protesters stay in Woodruff Park.
No Flip
By Willoughby Mariano • October 24, 2011
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street
stated on October 5, 2011 a sign at an Occupy Wall Street protest
"94 percent of winning candidates in 2010 had more money than their opponents."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on October 13, 2011 in a press conference
Says "There are now Occupy Wall Street camps in hundreds of cities across the United States."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 15, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 10, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our wealth."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2011
Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupied Wall Street Journal
stated on October 5, 2011 an article
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2011 postings on Facebook, blogs, and social-media sites
Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2011
Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild
stated on October 4, 2011 an interview
U.S. unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 is "18.4 percent, which is a 60-year high."
Mostly True
October 10, 2011
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview on "Democracy Now"
"Not a single banker, a CEO from Wall Street, anyone from corporate America — nobody, (there was) not one arrest of any of these people who brought down the economy in 2008."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 7, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 4, 2011 an interview with MSNBC
"Today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the GDP of the United States of America."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2011