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George Will
George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column
Says President Barack Obama carried Congressional District 13 "by 8.2 points in 2008 and 5.6 points in 2012."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column
"Any Floridian who has ever requested an absentee ballot henceforth gets one automatically."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014
Curtis Martin
Curtis Martin
stated on January 28, 2014 comments on ESPN
"I played in a game here against the Pittsburgh Steelers where there was 23 inches of snow. … We played in at least 15 inches of that."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 30, 2014
Marc Thiessen
Marc Thiessen
stated on January 29, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Kelly File"
Says "Barack Obama has gone from blaming George W. Bush to plagiarizing George W. Bush."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends"
Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014
Bob Kincaid
Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry"
"Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on January 12, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
"Seventy percent of the people living in abject poverty are women."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."  
False
By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 9, 2013 a broadcast of the "O'Reilly Factor"
"The 'Denver Post' has actually hired an editor to promote pot."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 6, 2013 a segment on his radio show
"Obamacare is going to increase the divorce rate."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 24, 2013 comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday"
The Affordable Care Act alters the "sensible doctor-patient-relationship-centered health care program ... we see today."
False
By Steve Contorno • November 24, 2013
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
stated on November 19, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends"
A Census Bureau worker says he was told to skew information to bring the unemployment rate down "as we headed into an election season."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 20, 2013
Goldie Taylor
Goldie Taylor
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"
"Our national debt is as low as it has been since World War II."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on November 12, 2013 a segment on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"
Under Obama, the national debt "has been reduced every year for the last five years."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 11, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel
"In July 2010 the government said small businesses -- 60 percent -- will lose their health care, 45 percent of big business and a large percentage of individual health."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 11, 2013 a Fox News interview
"They delayed my swearing-in here in Massachusetts for a couple weeks so they could ram (the health care law) through."  
False
By Katie Sanders • November 12, 2013
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on October 31, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel's "The Five."
"The insurance industry is actually run by mostly Democrats."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 4, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
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