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Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on April 28, 2016 an episode of "Inside Amy Schumer"
"You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 29, 2016
Roy Zimmerman
Roy Zimmerman
stated on March 13, 2016 a YouTube video
"Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 17, 2016
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on January 26, 2016 a news release
Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • January 28, 2016
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on November 11, 2015 a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News
"In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2015
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2015 a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki"
Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2015
Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah
stated on November 3, 2015 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2015
Steve Deace
Steve Deace
stated on October 8, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation"
Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on October 2, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2015
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 4, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union"
"We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 4, 2015
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
stated on September 13, 2015 a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on September 9, 2015 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"
When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 6, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2015
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News
"Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on April 25, 2015 a meme first posted on Facebook
Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2015
Julius Jones
Julius Jones
stated on August 17, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
"The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration."
Half-True
By Will Cabaniss • August 25, 2015
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview on Fox's "Hannity"
Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 11, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 4, 2015 a segment on her MSNBC show
"Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2015
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on July 21, 2015 an interview on "The Daily Show"
The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 23, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 20, 2015 a segment on his radio show
"Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record.
Half-True
By Will Cabaniss • July 22, 2015
Other Space
Other Space
stated on July 14, 2015 in a Change.org petition
"By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 21, 2015
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