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Ufconly
Ufconly
stated on December 10, 2017 a headline
"Police discover meth lab in back room of Alabama Walmart."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 2, 2018
Infowars
Infowars
stated on December 23, 2017 a headline
"Pier 39 terrorist was an anti-Trump antifa supporter."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 29, 2017
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on July 31, 2017 a Dallas Morning News news story
Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2017
USA In Front
USA In Front
stated on December 11, 2017 a headline
BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • December 20, 2017
Truth Examiner
Truth Examiner
stated on November 2, 2017 a headline
"New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2017
Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett
stated on December 6, 2017 an interview on "Hannity"
"The FBI has become America's secret police …  like the old KGB."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 21, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."
Mostly False
December 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on November 14, 2017 public testimony before Congress
"The violent crime rate has risen, and the homicide rate has risen by more than 20 percent in just two years, really after 30 years of decline in violent crime."
Mostly True
By Sophie Kaplan • December 4, 2017
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on November 9, 2017 an email blast
Says that "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 3, 2017
Freshmedianews.com
Freshmedianews.com
stated on November 6, 2017 a headline
"‘The largest bust in U.S. history’ 412 Muslims arrested from Michigan!"
False
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2017
Nick Schroer
Nick Schroer
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet
"FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind."
Mostly True
By Katelyn Brown • November 18, 2017
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on November 9, 2017 a Fox News post
"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 17, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 10, 2017 in a blog post
Says a Washington Post reporter who broke news on Judge Roy Moore story has a criminal history of "faking."
False
By Manuela Tobias • November 14, 2017
Michael Williams
Michael Williams
stated on October 17, 2017 press release
"Many firearms experts determined the Las Vegas shooter’s use of a bump stock actually prevented more casualties and (injuries) due to its inconsistency, inaccuracy, and lack of control."
False
By Allison Colburn • November 13, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News
"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 16, 2017 an interview on Capital Public Radio
Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
Half-True
November 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2017 a tweet
Says Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes were "years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2017
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 4, 2017 a Facebook post
"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 25, 2017
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on September 17, 2017 a Fox News segment
"The city (of St. Louis) is no stranger to violence. There were 5,762 violent crimes in 2015 alone, including 188 homicides. The highest rate per capita in the country, according to FBI crime statistics."
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • October 24, 2017
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