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Hunter Schwarz
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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