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WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
stated on July 10, 2010 a news report
"A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says Planned Parenthood Federation of America cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on March 23, 2011 televised interviews
On whether the United States should intervene in Libya.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2011
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on March 22, 2011 MSNBC's "Last Word"
"Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant."
True
By Robert Farley • March 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2007 an interview with the "Boston Globe"
On the president unilaterally authorizing a military attack "that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2011
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on February 9, 2011 a House floor speech
The U.S. gives foreign aid to Cuba and Venezuela, even though those countries are our enemies.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2011
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on March 17, 2011 Fox's "O'Reilly Factor"
"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 22, 2011
Robin Wright
Robin Wright
stated on March 20, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
The coalition of Arab states against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 18, 2011 a private briefing to Members of Congress
"The Congressional Budget Office has this economic model where they measure the economy going forward, and they are now telling us that the entire economy crashes in the year 2037 because their computer simulation can't conceive of any way in which the U.S. economy can continue."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2011
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway
stated on March 15, 2011 a letter to President Barack Obama
Says the majority of Americans support gay marriage.
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • March 18, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on March 13, 2011 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the coast in California."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on March 13, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is true with Medicare and Medicaid."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2011 a press conference
"Oil production from federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico reached an all-time high" in 2010.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2011 a press conference
"Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on February 24, 2011 a political advertisement
"2008: Unions Spent $400 Million to Elect Obama."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2011 a press conference
"For the first time in more than a decade, imports accounted for less than half of (the oil) we consumed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 15, 2011
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
stated on March 8, 2011 a letter to fellow Members of Congress
A bill that would halt the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases would help "stop rising gas prices."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2011 a C-SPAN interview
"We now work the longest hours of any people around the world."
False
By Robert Farley • March 14, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 a post on his PAC's website
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 7, 2011 a speech to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.
"Any child born prematurely, according to the president, in his own words, can be killed."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2011
John McCain
John McCain
stated on March 6, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
Says iPads and iPhones "are built in the United States of America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2011
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