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Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on September 27, 2012 a TV show appearance:
"One of the first states in the union to pass a voter ID bill was Rhode Island, 85 percent Democratic legislature."
False
By John Hill • October 3, 2012
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
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on July 5, 2012 a Facebook post:
"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2012
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 17, 2012 his syndicated radio show:
Says it's not "accidental" that the villain in the Batman movie is named Bane.
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • July 18, 2012
Steve Doocy
Steve Doocy
stated on July 11, 2012 a discussion on "Fox & Friends":
"If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 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
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 28, 2012 comments on his radio show:
"Obamacare is . . . the largest tax increase in the history of the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 28, 2012
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on June 4, 2012 comments on MSNBC's "Hardball":
Under Florida’s voting law, a requirement to turn in voter registrations within 48 hours "makes it impossible to meet the deadline if you’re working right to the end of the week."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 12, 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
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 a robocall:
President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on January 31, 2012 TV advertisement for MSNBC's "The Last Word.":
Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2012
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on January 13, 2012 an assertion on his WPRO radio show:
"[The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2012
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on December 6, 2011 a segment of "The Daily Show":
"When the country was founded, Congress had exactly the same attitude about the sanctity of Christmas celebrations that a 7-Eleven does today: 'Yeah, we're open.'"
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 9, 2011
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 28, 2011 a TV interview with U.S. Connie Mack:
Says U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "voted with the Democrats in Congress nearly 95 percent of the time."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 30, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 25, 2011 a TV commentary.:
Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 2, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 19, 2011 a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 28, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview on "The Daily Show":
Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on September 19, 2011 on "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2011
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on September 7, 2011 a TV show:
One Wisconsin school district "is so worried about losing state funding that it has stopped giving milk to elementary school kids during snack time."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 19, 2011
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