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Sunny Hostin
Sunny Hostin
stated on July 15, 2020 an episode of ABC's "The View"
“Homicides are intraracial. When you look at white-on-white crime, it's 84%. Right? Homicides. White people kill white people.”
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By Bill McCarthy • July 17, 2020
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
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By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2020
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • March 13, 2020
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on January 24, 2016 an appearance on ABC's 'This Week'
When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 13, 2015 a segment on her show
Despite what Donald Trump claims, "there weren’t 15,000 people who turned out in Phoenix" to see Trump speak.
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By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2015
Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview on "CNN Tonight"
"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."
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By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015
Richard August
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary
Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on October 30, 2013 in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2013
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 28, 2013 comments on her TV show
"Rand Paul’s speech ... on 'Gattaca' was totally ripped off of Wikipedia."  
True
By Julie Kliegman, Steve Contorno • November 1, 2013
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on September 18, 2013 an episode of CNN's "Crossfire"
"One out of 10 minimum-wage workers in the U.S. live in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 a commentary on CNN
"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on June 21, 2013 a roundtable section of the HBO show "Real Time with Bill Maher"
If it is enacted, the Senate immigration bill is "going to make the Border Patrol bigger than the FBI -- you could put one agent every 250 feet."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.
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By Molly Moorhead • March 20, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas ranks first in executions among the states.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 8, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 8, 2013
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on September 27, 2012 a TV show appearance
Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact."
True
By John Hill • October 3, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 27, 2012 her speech at a rally for Ted Cruz in The Woodlands
Says 1 in 7 American families is on food stamps.
True
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 28, 2012 a tweet
Obama "said (the individual mandate) wasn't a tax."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2012
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 a column in The New York Times
Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 13, 2011 a discussion on Fox News' "Hannity"
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, "you can sue if you are unemployed and don't get the job and think you weren't hired because you are unemployed."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
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