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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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