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Latest Fact-Checks By Katie Sanders

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Steven Emerson
Steven Emerson
stated on January 10, 2015 an interview on Fox News
"There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • January 14, 2015
Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer
stated on January 11, 2015 a red carpet interview before the Golden Globes
"The name Frank has risen in popularity by 20 percent" since the debut of 'House of Cards' on Netflix.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 12, 2015
Craig Melvin
Craig Melvin
stated on January 5, 2015 an MSNBC segment
"There have even been Republican congressmen who have said, ‘If you give us more money we don't know where we would even put additional Border Patrol agents.’ "
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 8, 2015
Matthew Cooke
Matthew Cooke
stated on December 10, 2014 a Huffington Post column
The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 16, 2014
John Stossel
John Stossel
stated on December 4, 2014 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 1, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor"
"In 2012, 123 African-Americans were shot dead by police. ... Same year, 326 whites were killed by police."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 4, 2014
Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann
stated on November 7, 2014 a segment on his RT show
"The Kochs stand to make around $100 billion if the government approves the Keystone XL pipeline."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • November 19, 2014
Russ Girling
Russ Girling
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are "ongoing, enduring jobs."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 16, 2014
Anna Kooiman
Anna Kooiman
stated on November 6, 2014 a segment on "Fox & Friends"
"There would be tens of thousands of jobs created" if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 11, 2014
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on November 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
New Jersey has had "seven credit downgrades" since Chris Christie became governor.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 9, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on November 3, 2014 a segment on "Morning Joe"
2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 6, 2014
Jonathan Karl
Jonathan Karl
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters."
True
By Katie Sanders • November 2, 2014
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on October 21, 2014 a segment on "The Kelly File"
A new Colorado law "literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to ‘collectors.’ "
False
By Katie Sanders • October 30, 2014
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on October 19, 2014 an episode of "Meet the Press"
"Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 a debate
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
False
By Katie Sanders, Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 12, 2014 an interview with Howard Kurtz
"When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate
"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
stated on October 8, 2014 a video for the National Women's Law Center
"Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
stated on October 3, 2014 an interview on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
The Islamic State is so small it "couldn't fill a Double A ballpark in Charleston, W. Va."
False
By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2014
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
stated on October 1, 2014 an AP interview
More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2014
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