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Latest Fact-Checks By Alexander Lane

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2009 a bill signing ceremony in Denver.
"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009
Rosa DeLauro
Rosa DeLauro
stated on February 4, 2009 a news conference
"When the salmonella source was finally identified, FDA officials had to wait for industry approval before they could go live with the [peanut] recall."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 19, 2009
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on January 28, 2009 a Senate committee hearing
If we got solar energy from "an area of the Southwestern desert 100 miles on a side, that would be enough, in and of itself, to provide 100 percent of all the electricity needs for the United States of America in a full year."
True
By Alexander Lane • February 18, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 12, 2009 Internet attack
"Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • February 11, 2009
Fred Smith
Fred Smith
stated on February 5, 2009 appearance on ABC's This Week
"The average bonus [on Wall Street] is about $100,000...The bonuses on Wall Street are down 44 percent."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • February 6, 2009
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on January 7, 2009 an interview on MSNBC's Hardball.
"The biggest job of the surgeon general is to translate health care and health care needs into plain English."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • January 14, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 23, 2008 remarks by chief strategist Steve Schmidt
"The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000."
False
By Alexander Lane • December 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 24, 2008 a speech in Springfield, Mo.
Obama would "experiment with socialism."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 19, 2008 a TV interview
"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • December 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 31, 2008 a TV interview
"We are within the margin of error."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • October 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 29, 2008 North Carolina
McCain called for less regulation 21 times just this year.
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2008 a television advertisement
McCain is "selectively editing Joe Biden's words...Biden actually said about Barack Obama: 'They're gonna find out this guy's got steel in his spine.'"
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • October 28, 2008
National Republican Trust PAC
National Republican Trust PAC
stated on October 21, 2008 a television ad
"Barack Obama's plan gives a driver's license to any illegal who wants one."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • October 23, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on October 21, 2008 a direct mail piece
"Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • October 22, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 10, 2008 our inbox
"If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations with William Ayers."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
"The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 Hempstead, N.Y.
"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 9, 2008 a Web ad
"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • October 10, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"Two years ago...I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, and told them [subprime lending] is something we have to deal with."
True
By Alexander Lane • October 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.
"1.3-million people in America make their living off eBay."
False
By Alexander Lane, Janet Zink • October 7, 2008
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