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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a fundraising email
Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a speech in San Antonio.
Mitt Romney "says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 14, 2012 a TV ad
Says Mitt Romney had millions in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven.
True
By Molly Moorhead • July 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 14, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "had millions in a Swiss bank account."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 3, 2012 a campaign commercial
"Mitt Romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing U.S. jobs to low-wage countries."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a speech
The federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of Google.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • July 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 28, 2012 a speech at the White House
"If you're one of the more than 250 million Americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 14, 2012 a campaign speech
"Over the last few decades, the income of the top 1 percent grew by more than 275 percent -- to an average of $1.3 million a year."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • June 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 22, 2012 a speech in Orlando
The DREAM Act "was written by members of both parties. When it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, Republicans in Congress blocked it. The bill hadn’t changed. ... The only thing that had changed was politics."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • June 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign ad
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2012 a campaign ad
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ... (had) more debt per person than any other state in the country."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 campaign ad “We’ve heard it all before,” airing in New Hampshire and around the U.S
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.  
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • June 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 a campaign ad
"Romney outsourced call center jobs to India."  
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • June 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 a television ad
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 14, 2012 a TV ad
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2012 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
False
By Molly Moorhead • May 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 9, 2012 a TV interview
On support for gay marriage.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • May 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.
"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012
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