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Russell Brand
stated on May 26, 2015 an episode of 'The Trews':

"The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation."

False

By Katie Sanders • June 2, 2015

Chris Cuomo
stated on May 6, 2015 a Tweet:

"Hate speech is excluded from protection" under the First Amendment.

False

By Lauren Carroll • May 7, 2015

Peter Schweizer
stated on May 1, 2015 an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell:

"Amendments (Hillary Clinton) supported and voted for in 2006, she no longer supported in 2008," showing she changed positions on an India nuclear deal.

False

By Lauren Carroll • May 6, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 27, 2015 a segment on 'Morning Joe':

Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation.

False

By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015

Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 14, 2015 a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":

"The president and vice president can't be from the same state."

False

By Jon Greenberg • April 16, 2015

Addicting Information
stated on April 4, 2015 an infographic on the Addicting Info website:

"U.S. police killed more people in just one month than the U.K.’s did in over a century."

False

By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2015

Erick Erickson
stated on March 31, 2015 a RedState.com column:

Say Apple’s Tim Cook "will not do business with Indiana."

False

By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2015

Sally Kohn
stated on March 19, 2015 an opinion piece on CNN.com:

"White men account for 69 percent of those arrested for violent crimes."

False

By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2015

Fran Lebowitz
stated on February 20, 2015 a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.

False

By Katie Sanders • April 1, 2015

Allen West
stated on March 19, 2015 a post on his website:

"EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

Glenn Beck
stated on March 19, 2015 a Facebook post:

"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2015

James Carville
stated on March 15, 2015 a broadcast of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

Says "Jeb Bush has released 10 percent of his emails."

False

By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2015

Sean Hannity
stated on March 10, 2015 remarks on Fox's Hannity:

In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."

False

By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 10, 2015 a broadcast of "The Rush Limbaugh Show":

Says "Ted Kennedy sent a letter to then Soviet leader Yuri Andropov apologizing for Ronald Reagan and begging the Soviets not to overreact."

False

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015

Rudy Giuliani
stated on February 23, 2015 an op-ed in the 'Wall Street Journal':

Says President Barack Obama said "that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country."

False

By Steve Contorno • February 23, 2015

Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com:

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015

Stuart Varney
stated on January 27, 2015 an interview on Fox News' "America's Newsroom":

"It will cost $50,000 per enrollee in Obamacare over the next 10 years."

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2015 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":

Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2015

Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2014

Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014

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