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Hunter Schwarz
stated on June 8, 2015 a "Washington Post" article:

47 percent of Americans "can’t pay for an unexpected $400 expense through savings or credit cards, without selling something or borrowing money."

True

By Jon Greenberg • June 9, 2015

Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview on "CNN Tonight":

"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."

True

By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015

George Will
stated on May 31, 2015 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":

"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."

True

By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2015

Sarah Silverman
stated on May 22, 2015 a social media post:

Says Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has stated that supporting the "right to health care ... means you believe in slavery."

True

By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2015

Ron Fournier
stated on May 10, 2015 a pundit panel on "Face the Nation":

Says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse "cures and treatments that no health agency supports."

True

By Katie Sanders • May 13, 2015

Rich Lowry
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."

True

By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2015

Bill Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 an interview with NBC News:

"When we moved into the White House, we had the lowest net worth of any family since Harry Truman."

True

By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2015

Peter Schweizer
stated on April 26, 2015 his book "Clinton Cash":

"Of the 13 (Bill) Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state."

True

By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2015

Sean Hannity
stated on April 8, 2015 a broadcast the Sean Hannity radio show:

"You can’t build a Christian church in Saudi Arabia."

True

By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015

Jess McIntosh
stated on March 24, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes":

Liberty University students "were mandated" to attend Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential announcement "or they would be fined."

True

By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2015

Michael Morell
stated on February 18, 2015 a broadcast of "Charlie Rose":

The potential Iran nuclear agreement would limit Iran to the number of centrifuges needed for a weapon but too few for a nuclear power program.

True

By Jon Greenberg • February 25, 2015

Katty Kay
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2015

Elizabeth Cohen
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview with Anderson Cooper:

"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

Celine Gounder
stated on February 3, 2015 an interview on CNN:

"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

Megyn Kelly
stated on February 2, 2015 a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":

Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.

True

By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2015

Cokie Roberts
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.

True

By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015

Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 an analysis of Obama's speech:

In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."

True

By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015

Ted Olson
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"Supreme Court 15 times over the last 120 years has said marriage is a fundamental right" and never said "it had to be between a man and a woman."

True

By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2015

Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Daily Show":

"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."

True

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on November 12, 2014 a Facebook post:

"Fox News uses photo of a married couple promoting ‘traditional marriage’ and the photo is actually of a same-sex couple."

True

By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2014

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