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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 1, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor"
"In 2012, 123 African-Americans were shot dead by police. ... Same year, 326 whites were killed by police."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 4, 2014
Peter Morici
Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal"
Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2014 a meme
"The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview
In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees."
Mostly False
November 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 14, 2014 a press conference in Burma
Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 20, 2014
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on September 15, 2014 forum with Florida State students
Says he has "never received any contributions from the Koch brothers."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 19, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit
Says Jonathan Gruber was "some adviser who never worked on our staff."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 19, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on November 12, 2014 a media availability
The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2014
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on November 13, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
"4.7 million people have lost their insurance in 32 states" due to Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 18, 2014
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference in Beijing.
"China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 17, 2014
Lynda Rife
Lynda Rife
stated on November 4, 2014 as quoted in a news story
110 people a day move to Austin.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News
"It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2014
Anna Kooiman
Anna Kooiman
stated on November 6, 2014 a segment on "Fox & Friends"
"There would be tens of thousands of jobs created" if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 11, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 a speech
"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.   
Mostly False
November 7, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 a fundraising letter
"1/3 of our kids drop out (of high school), cannot go to college or start a career."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 29, 2014 a campaign news release
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 3, 2014
Jack Trammell
Jack Trammell
stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.
Dave Brat said "the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • November 2, 2014
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 24, 2014 an interview
Attorney general candidate Brad Schimel "is in cahoots with Wisconsin Right to Life to make abortion a crime in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
October 31, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 a TV commercial
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
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