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John Lott
John Lott
stated on June 24, 2015 comments on Fox News:
"The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 30, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on June 22, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 29, 2015
Gavin McInnes
Gavin McInnes
stated on June 23, 2015 a tweet:
"The Civil War wasn't about slavery."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2015
Stanley McChrystal
Stanley McChrystal
stated on June 12, 2015 comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show:
ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 25, 2015
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on June 24, 2015 comments on Fox Business Network:
Says South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley "is an immigrant."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 24, 2015
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on "The Daily Show":
"46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact" in Japan.
True
By Katie Sanders • June 23, 2015
Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 22, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 17, 2015 a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
"Between 2010 and 2014, there was no net in-migration from Mexico."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2015
Jean Casarez
Jean Casarez
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on CNN:
The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly."
True
By Linda Qiu • June 21, 2015
Michael Skolnik
Michael Skolnik
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on CNN:
"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 18, 2015
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on June 14, 2015 an article on the Breitbart website:
Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2015
Ron Christie
Ron Christie
stated on June 12, 2015 a panel discussion on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"After the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax rate cuts ... there was more money coming into the treasury."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on June 16, 2015 a post on Facebook:
Says Hillary Clinton "has donated every cent she's ever earned from speaking fees to charity."
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 16, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Jeb Bush "happens to be where a majority" of Republican voters are on giving legal status to illegal immigrants.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 14, 2015
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on June 7, 2015 a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight":
Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 12, 2015
Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview with Chris Cuomo:
"In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 11, 2015
Hunter Schwarz
Hunter Schwarz
stated on June 8, 2015 a "Washington Post" article:
47 percent of Americans "can’t pay for an unexpected $400 expense through savings or credit cards, without selling something or borrowing money."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 9, 2015
Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview on "CNN Tonight":
"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 2, 2015 in posts on Facebook:
The runnerup to Caitlyn Jenner for ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award was "Army veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 4, 2015
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on June 2, 2015 a "Gretchen's Take" on The Real Story:
"Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obama’s time."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 4, 2015
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