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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 26, 2009 his radio program
Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. The law was totally disregarded."
Mostly False
May 28, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 1, 2009 a radio show
Sen. Arlen Specter's party switch could "end up giving Republicans the ability to filibuster judicial nominees at the Judiciary Committee level so that the nominees never get out of committee."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 5, 2009
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on April 7, 2009 a discussion on MSNBC
President Obama has never received a paycheck from a profitmaking business in his entire life.
False
By Alexander Lane • April 15, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on April 8, 2009 an episode of his TV program.
"President Obama is actually increasing Bush-era defense spending by $21 billion in the new fiscal year."
Mostly True
April 13, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 8, 2009 a radio broadcast
"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."
False
By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 6, 2009 an episode of her MSNBC show
Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned."
False
By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009
George Will
George Will
stated on March 24, 2009 a column published by the Washington Post and other news organizations.
"Congress shoveled $700 billion into the Troubled Assets Relief Program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets."
True
By Bill Adair • April 9, 2009
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 6, 2009 an appearance on MSNBC.
"There are no similar clips of Newt Gingrich talking about how ineffective President Bush was in trying to control North Korea."
False
By Bill Adair • April 7, 2009
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