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Christine O'Donnell
Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 14, 2010 a debate
"We haven't yet taken out a negative ad."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on October 10, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Just like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "the AFL-CIO receives dues from foreign entities associated with it."
Half-True
October 12, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2010 a speech
"Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."
Half-True
October 11, 2010
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on October 3, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."
False
October 6, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 26, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Independent groups behind ads attacking Democratic candidates are "front groups for foreign-controlled companies."
Mostly False
September 28, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 26, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour
The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.
False
September 23, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "was never sentenced to stoning."
False
September 22, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on September 12, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''
"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people."
False
September 13, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010
Mary Jordan
Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"The president's party always gets shellacked in midterms. It's only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the president's party actually gained in both the House and the Senate."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010
Mary Jordan
Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten
stated on August 29, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."  
Half-True
September 2, 2010
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
stated on August 29, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
McDonald's in England only sells organic milk and free-range eggs, which provides more nutritious offerings than in the U.S.
Half-True
August 31, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on August 29, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2010
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on August 29, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2010
Al Hunt
Al Hunt
stated on August 22, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"This is not a mosque. It's a cultural center that has a prayer area."  
False
August 23, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 an interview on ABC's ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour.''
The United States is "number 14, number 15" in college graduation rates, and "we're leading the world in high school dropout rates."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''
"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
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