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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 16, 2016 an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor"
Says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 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
stated on March 6, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"There’s no correlation between primary turnout and wins in the fall in the last 11 elections."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 6, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter
"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on February 15, 2016 comments on the "Late Show"
"People have actually broken down the transcripts for oral arguments and (Antonin Scalia) told more jokes and got more laughs than any of the other justices."
True
By Linda Qiu • February 17, 2016
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 10, 2016 in a post on Facebook
Quotes Mark Cuban as saying, "I worry that millions of millennials are voting Democrat this year because they fact-check everything."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • February 12, 2016
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 1, 2016 an interview on CNN
Says Donald Trump's conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to Justin Bieber's, who said in the past that abortion "was no big deal to him."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
B.o.B.
B.o.B.
stated on January 25, 2016 in a Jan. 25 tweet
"You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on January 24, 2016 an appearance on ABC's 'This Week'
When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 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
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on January 12, 2016 a roundtable discussion on CNN
"Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 21, 2016
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 on "Fox News Sunday"
"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on December 27, 2015 on "Fox News Sunday"
Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda."
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 30, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 2, 2015 a Facebook post
"If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on December 4, 2015 on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here."
False
By Lauren Carroll • December 8, 2015
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on October 2, 2015 an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 2, 2015
Arsalan Iftikhar
Arsalan Iftikhar
stated on November 22, 2015 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on November 22, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
In 2013, the United States "accepted 67 percent of the world’s refugees."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 22, 2015
Neil Cavuto
Neil Cavuto
stated on November 12, 2015 a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network
Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015
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
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