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Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 28, 2009 a chain e-mail:
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 28, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 16, 2009 radio advertisement for U.S. Senate campaign:
"Here in Florida, I’ve slashed government by 10 percent. That's $7 billion."
Mostly False
By Janet Zink • October 26, 2009
Senior Citizens League
Senior Citizens League
stated on October 1, 2009 a letter to members:
A "massive" federal computer network will make your medical records available to "millions of people" with a "complete lack of privacy and confidentiality," while doctors and hospitals who don't take part face "stiff penalties."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2009
Health Care for America Now
Health Care for America Now
stated on October 15, 2009 a television ad:
Health proposal would create a "40% tax on health care benefits of middle-class workers."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2009 his weekly address:
"The Senate Finance Committee approved a reform proposal that has both Democratic and Republican support."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 19, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on October 8, 2009 his radio program.:
"You don't know if this (the H1N1 vaccine) is gonna cause neurological damage like it did in the 1970s."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 14, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 5, 2009 an interview on the Charlie Rose Show:
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 8, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story":
During the Reagan administration, "Millions of people were thrown out of work."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 8, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on October 4, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post:
The cap-and-trade bill will mean "2 million jobs lost."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 5, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 29, 2009 a press conference:
After Fahrenheit 9/11 came out, "Bush's approval rating never was better, it only got worse."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 1, 2009
EnergyCitizens.org
EnergyCitizens.org
stated on September 30, 2009 an ad in the Washington Post:
Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 30, 2009
Patients First
Patients First
stated on September 29, 2009 a news release:
"Health care mandate will require imprisonment and fines for Americans who can’t afford to purchase insurance or pay hefty government penalties."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2009
Health Care for America Now
Health Care for America Now
stated on September 15, 2009 a television advertisement:
Health insurance companies pay CEOs $24 million a year
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2009
Charles Boustany
Charles Boustany
stated on September 9, 2009 response to President Obama's health care address to Congress:
The Democratic health care bill in the House would "create 53 new government bureaucracies."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • September 11, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2009 an address to a joint session of Congress:
"It’s a plan that incorporates ideas from many of the people in this room tonight – Democrats and Republicans."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • September 10, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on September 1, 2009 his radio program:
Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • September 8, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 28, 2009 his radio program:
The government is "going to have the right to get into your bank account with the health care bill and make transfers without you knowing it."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • September 8, 2009
Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
stated on August 13, 2009 an op-ed in the Washington Examiner:
"It took Obama six months to pick out a family dog," but he's "cramming health care reform down the country's throat in a fraction of that time."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2009
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2009 an op-ed published in the Huffington Post:
"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 2, 2009
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on August 25, 2009 an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Under the plan, for the first five years your employer not only has to keep the coverage, but you can't migrate to the public plan."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 28, 2009
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