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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview with President Barack Obama
Tells President Barack Obama that he also asked former President George W. Bush about how he felt about Americans hating him.
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Fox
Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional."
False
By Robert Farley • February 8, 2011
Americans Against Food Taxes
Americans Against Food Taxes
stated on February 6, 2011 a television commercial
"Some politicians … want to put new taxes on a lot of groceries."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday
"I lowered taxes over the last two years."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday
"I didn't raise taxes once."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on January 31, 2011 his radio program
Many of the 9/11 conspirators came from the Muslim Brotherhood, including Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 4, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 4, 2011 an interview with ABC News
Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011
Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat
stated on January 30, 2011 a newspaper column
Under Hosni Mubarak's rule, "Egypt received more American dollars than any country besides Israel."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on January 18, 2011 an interview on "Face to Face with Jon Ralston"
Nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2011
Steve Moore
Steve Moore
stated on February 2, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
In the 1980s, "The lowest income people had the biggest gains."
False
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 21, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2011
Blake Farenthold
Blake Farenthold
stated on January 23, 2011 an op-ed
"Despite claims that you can 'keep the health care plan you like,' the Obama Administration has predicted that as many as 7 out of 10 Americans with employer-provided health coverage could lose their current health plan."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2011
Sameh Shoukry
Sameh Shoukry
stated on January 30, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
In the past 20 years, Egypt has made "great strides" in political and democratic reform.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 his State of the Union address
"Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 31, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address
Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 27, 2011 a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting
Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
"We're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 the GOP response to the State of the Union
The health care law "is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a rebuttal to the State of the Union address
"While the government grew, we lost more than 2 million jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2011
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