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Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on 2009-10-27 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann':
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • November 2, 2009
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on 2009-11-01 an interview on ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
There is majority support for the Democrats' health care plans.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2009-11-01 an e-mail circulated to many people.:
You must list all your guns on your 2010 tax return.
Pants on Fire!
By Ian Jannetta • November 2, 2009
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on 2009-10-27 a speech on the House floor. :
"One-third of the health care dollar goes to no such thing as health care; it goes to the insurance companies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 30, 2009
Bono
Bono
stated on 2009-10-23 an interview with the Associated Press:
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 30, 2009
Concerned Women for America
Concerned Women for America
stated on 2009-10-28 the group's Web site:
The Democrats' health care bill "gives a new Health Choices Commissioner the right to look at an individual's tax return to determine what medical benefits or subsidies that person qualifies for."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2009
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on 2009-10-26 a letter to President Obama:
A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2009-10-28 a chain e-mail:
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 28, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2009-10-26 a statement on his Web site:
"Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn't the answer, but that's exactly what the Democrats' plan would do."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2009
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on 2009-10-23 a comment on the O'Reilly Factor:
When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was "one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2009
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on 2009-10-22 CNN's Situation Room program:
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 27, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2009-10-22 "The Rachel Maddow" show:
"President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 27, 2009
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on 2009-10-23 a posting on many blogs.:
Barack Obama wrote a thesis at Columbia University in which he criticized "plutocratic thugs" and said the Constitution gave Americans "the shackles of hypocrisy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2009
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on 2009-10-25 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopolous.":
A "fairly limited number of people, 25 million to 30 million," will be allowed to access a national health insurance exchange.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on 2009-10-22 the daily White House press conference:
A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."
True
By Robert Farley • October 23, 2009
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on 2009-10-21 a speech to the Center for Security Policy:
The Obama administration notified Poland and the Czech Republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities "at the last minute in midnight phone calls."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2009
Senior Citizens League
Senior Citizens League
stated on 2009-10-01 a letter to members:
A "massive" federal computer network will make your medical records available to "millions of people" with a "complete lack of privacy and confidentiality," while doctors and hospitals who don't take part face "stiff penalties."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2009
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on 2009-10-15 an interview on Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Channel:
"Husbands rarely beat up their wives. Single women get beaten up more."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 22, 2009
The Freedom Project
The Freedom Project
stated on 2009-10-19 a press release:
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 — the single largest in American history."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • October 22, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on 2009-10-17 a note on Facebook:
The proposed excise tax on "Cadillac" health plans will hit "those making less than $200,000" the hardest.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009
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