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Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Stirgus

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Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on November 18, 2011 an op-ed
"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 28, 2011
D.A. King
D.A. King
stated on October 11, 2011 an op-ed
Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 11, 2011 a debate
On auditing the Federal Reserve
Half Flip
By Eric Stirgus • November 18, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 a meeting
Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 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
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on September 23, 2011 a web post
"Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 19, 2011
Eva Galambos
Eva Galambos
stated on September 27, 2011 an op-ed
"Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech
"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2011
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 a meeting
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011
John Sherman
John Sherman
stated on September 12, 2011 a newsletter
The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 28, 2011
Carla Smith
Carla Smith
stated on September 13, 2011 a meeting
The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.
True
By Eric Stirgus • September 23, 2011
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on September 6, 2011 an op-ed
"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 7, 2011 a debate
Ben Bernanke has been the most "inflationary" chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • September 12, 2011
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on September 1, 2011 an article
"Two days of interest we pay to China is enough to buy one joint strike fighter [jet]."
True
By Eric Stirgus • September 9, 2011
Sovereign Citizens United
Sovereign Citizens United
stated on August 12, 2011 a web post
U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • September 2, 2011
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on August 22, 2011 a press release
"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 30, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on July 11, 2011 a town hall meeting
"Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • August 23, 2011
David Pennington
David Pennington
stated on August 15, 2011 a press conference
The proposed transportation bill "could be the largest tax increase in Georgia history."
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 a newspaper interview
Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011
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