Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Peter King
stated on December 9, 2014 a radio show appearance:

"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.

By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2014

Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 Internet posts:

"Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2014

Bloggers
stated on August 19, 2014 stories:

Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.

By Derek Tsang • August 19, 2014

Chain email
stated on August 14, 2014 a chain email:

Says the former president of the Czech Republic said the American people were a "confederacy of fools" for electing Barack Obama.

By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 4, 2014 comments to reporters:

"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2014

Bloggers
stated on July 12, 2014 a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway":

"North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final."

By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2014 posts on Facebook:

Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers."

By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2014

Chain email
stated on June 26, 2014 emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet:

Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign."

By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2014

Chain email
stated on April 4, 2014 a chain email:

Says Michelle Obama waved "red communist flags" on her trip to China.

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2014 a Facebook meme:

President Barack Obama spent "$5 billion paying Ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government."

By Katie Sanders • March 19, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2013 a meme on the Internet:

Says Vladimir Putin said, "President Obama and his fellow Democrats are either idiots or deliberately trying to destroy their own economy."

By Lilly Maier • December 5, 2013

Jeb Bush
stated on November 27, 2013 a tweet:

"Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare."

By Amy Sherman • December 4, 2013

David Dewhurst
stated on October 14, 2013 an interview with the Texas Observer:

The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2013

Chain email
stated on September 4, 2013 a chain email:

An account of attacks in Benghazi written by former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers shows that the body of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was "dragged through the streets" and abused.

By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2013

Saxby Chambliss
stated on June 13, 2013 an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room":

"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on February 1, 2013 a Politico column.:

Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013

Chain email
stated on November 27, 2012 a chain email.:

Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:

Says Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012

Anthony Gemma
stated on August 28, 2012 an online debate:

U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2012

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