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George Will
George Will
stated on August 23, 2009 an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Most of the stimulus money will be spent "not this year, not next year, but in 2011."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • August 26, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 14, 2009 the Rachel Maddow Show
Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2009
stated on August 14, 2009 an interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Preventive care does not save the government money.
True
By Catharine Richert • August 17, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 5, 2009 a blog posting.
During the 2005 fight over Social Security, "there were noisy demonstrations — but they were outside the events," and opponents were "not disruptive — crowds booed lines they didn’t like, but that was about it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2009
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on August 2, 2009 on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2009
John King
John King
stated on August 2, 2009 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
"The John McCain Twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. The official White House Twitter account has only about 830,000."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • August 4, 2009
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
stated on July 31, 2009 the Glenn Beck show
If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity.    
False
August 3, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 22, 2009 his TV program
John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population."
Pants on Fire!
July 29, 2009
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on July 26, 2009 This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Only 15 percent of drug users are African-American, yet 74 percent of all drug offenders sentenced to prison are black
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2009
Bill Bennett
Bill Bennett
stated on July 26, 2009 CNN's State of the Union with John King
"Four percent of American citizens are black males, but they are 35 percent of murder victims."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2009
Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily
stated on July 15, 2009 an editorial.
The health care reform bill -- on Page 16 -- outlaws private insurance.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2009
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on July 1, 2009 a column in Human Events.
"Obama's Justice-designate Sotomayor threw out (the New Haven firefighters') lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of 'talk to the hand.'"
False
July 10, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 29, 2009 his radio show
On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • July 9, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on June 18, 2009 his MSNBC "Countdown" program
"Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq."
False
June 24, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on June 22, 2009 a column
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on June 18, 2009 a Fox News interview
Under the "Cash for Clunkers" program, "all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500."
False
June 22, 2009
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on June 10, 2009 a column.
Says President Obama was wrong "about Muslims' historical contributions to mankind, such as algebra (actually that was the ancient Babylonians), the compass (that was the Chinese), pens (the Chinese again) and medical discoveries."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • June 19, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on June 10, 2009 his Fox News program
"Why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? We're the only country in the world that has it."
False
June 19, 2009
Mike Murphy
Mike Murphy
stated on June 12, 2009 a column in Time magazine.
In Texas, "the No. 1 name for new male babies — many of whom will vote one day — is Jose."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2009
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on June 3, 2009 an op-ed.
Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 5, 2009
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