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Joshua Feuerstein
Joshua Feuerstein
stated on November 5, 2015 a video:
Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • November 11, 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
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 19, 2015 a segment of Fox News' "Hannity":
"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman, Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on October 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 25, 2015
Jon Voight
Jon Voight
stated on October 20, 2015 an interview with "Cigar Aficianado":
"The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2015
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Viral image
stated on October 21, 2015 an image on the Internet:
"CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2015
NowThis
NowThis
stated on October 15, 2015 a video shared on social media:
Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • October 19, 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
X posts
X posts
stated on October 4, 2015 tweets:
Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2015
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on October 3, 2015 a New York Times op-ed:
"More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2015
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on September 29, 2015 a tweet:
Says Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards was "forced to concede that 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s revenue is from abortion."
False
By Katie Sanders • October 5, 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
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Viral image
stated on June 20, 2015 a post shared on Facebook:
Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton "was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had stolen."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2015
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Viral image
stated on September 25, 2015 a viral Internet post:
Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • September 30, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on September 27, 2015 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on September 21, 2015 an interview with Ted Cruz:
Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2015
Martin Shkreli
Martin Shkreli
stated on September 21, 2015 comments on Bloomberg TV:
"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."  
False
By Linda Qiu • September 24, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 20, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2015
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