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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2012 a Facebook post
"Bank of America could create 878,300 jobs with benefits if they spent their 2010 bonuses on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 20, 2012 a graphic released by his campaign
"The total unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino workers has increased from 10% to 10.3%" between January 2009 and March 2012.  
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2012 a Rose Garden speech
In the past three years, "we've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some."
True
By Molly Moorhead • April 23, 2012
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on April 22, 2012 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"One out of two Americans … are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2012
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association
"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."  
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 17, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
"President Obama's suggested reduction in spending for next year: $0."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2012 a Facebook post
"In 1993 the Republicans embraced a health platform that proudly features an individual mandate as its main component."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2012 a speech at Port of Tampa
"We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2012
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech to a national meeting of the National Rifle Association
"By the time I finish this speech, two Americans will be slain, six women will be raped, 27 of us will be robbed, and 50 more will be beaten."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"The bulk of the people who are shot with a weapon — other than these drug gangs taking on one another — end up being shot with their own weapon."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 16, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 12, 2012 a speech in Exeter, N.H.
The 30 percent tax rate called for under President Barack Obama’s proposed Buffett Rule "is lower than the prescribed tax rate for millionaires already -- not just for millionaires, for people making over $200,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on April 10, 2012 a Web ad
Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 13, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 Mitt Romney's website
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 10, 2012 a congressional Web page
President Barack Obama "has doubled the size of government since he took office."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 6, 2012 an email
"Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? … Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!"
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 a “Face the Nation” interview
"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America
Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 a speech to newspaper editors
Says Obama has failed to pass a budget.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to the Newspaper Association of America
"Republicans in Congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 5, 2012
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