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Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Farley

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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 26, 2011 a speech at the Conservative Principles PAC Conference
"One. That's the number of new drilling permits under the Obama administration since they came into office."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 29, 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
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
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
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
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
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on March 2, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself" from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 7, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 25, 2011 his radio program
Says Michelle Obama has 43 people on her staff; Nancy Reagan had just 3.
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 4, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2011 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"Most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for benefits, nor for pay."
True
By Robert Farley • March 2, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 17, 2011 a press release.
The stimulus bill "promised to keep unemployment under 8%."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger, Robert Farley • February 28, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on February 16, 2011 a blog post
"From 2003 to 2006, 'Sesame Street' made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales."
True
By Robert Farley • February 28, 2011
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on the Fox News Channel
"Every (Wisconsin) legislator that votes for this bill" will have to "give up the same amount of pay" as other state employees.
True
By Robert Farley • February 24, 2011
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on February 21, 2011 his Fox Business Network program
In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 23, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on February 20, 2011 ABC's "This Week"
If Wisconsin's governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, "it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector" counterparts.
True
By Robert Farley • February 21, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 14, 2011 a speech
The White House budget plan will bring domestic discretionary spending to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 16, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech at the CPAC conference
"The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • February 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2011 a speech to the Chamber of Commerce
"Today, American companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 10, 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
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
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
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