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City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 6, 2013 a press release:
"Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno":
"In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2013
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
stated on November 8, 2013 a broadcast of the "Tonight Show":
"Social Security took seven years before anybody got the first check."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2013
Frank Fahrenkopf
Frank Fahrenkopf
stated on October 19, 2013 an opinion piece in the "Miami Herald":
"The majority of people travelling to these destination resorts are not going for the primary purpose of gambling."   
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • November 12, 2013
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on November 4, 2013 CNN's "Crossfire" roundtable:
"When you add a dollar value to mandates," government took almost 50 percent "of the American people’s money."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 30, 2013 a YouTube attack ad:
Says Alex Sink supported "a $5.2 billion increase in Florida's debt."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 7, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 29, 2013 a television ad:
Says "new mandates are already reducing full-time employment."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 30, 2013 comments on his radio show:
"If your plan is the result of collective bargaining, no subsequent changes by anybody -- insurance companies, Obamacare -- can force your grandfathered policy to change."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2013 a "Fox News Sunday" interview:
"The insurance companies are making that choice (to cancel or change policies), not the president."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 3, 2013
Matt Rinker
Matt Rinker
stated on October 29, 2013 a flier:
"Natalyn Archibong skipped (Atlanta) City Council meetings or was late 90% of the time. Then she voted herself a pay raise."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • November 2, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 24, 2013 a news release:
"Wisconsin ranks No. 2 in economic growth", according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • November 1, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on October 16, 2013 a TV ad.:
Ken Cuccinelli would "take money away from public schools to fund private schools."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • November 1, 2013
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on October 1, 2013 a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale:
"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."  
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • October 29, 2013
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch
stated on October 15, 2013 a speech:
"Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top."    
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor.":
In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 18, 2013 a Facebook page:
Wendy Davis is "threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2013 Facebook posts:
Congress, criminals, Scientologists and other groups are exempt from Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 24, 2013
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview:
"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 21, 2013 a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM:
"In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2013
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
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