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John Legend
John Legend
stated on February 22, 2015 a speech at the Oscars
"We live in the most incarcerated country in the world."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 23, 2015
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on February 23, 2015 an op-ed in the 'Wall Street Journal'
Says President Barack Obama said "that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country."
False
By Steve Contorno • February 23, 2015
CNN
CNN
stated on February 18, 2015 a graphic on CNN Newsroom
"ISIS lures women with kittens, nutella."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2015
Hillary Mann Leverett
Hillary Mann Leverett
stated on February 17, 2015 an interview on CNN
ISIS sends out "90,000 social (media) messages a day."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2015
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show"
Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2015
Center for Western Priorities
Center for Western Priorities
stated on February 5, 2015 a post on the organization's website
"Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2015
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on February 9, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
On climate change, "the temperature readings have been fabricated, and it's all blowing up in their (scientists') faces."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2015
Urban Intellectuals
Urban Intellectuals
stated on January 15, 2015 an article posted on Urban Intellectuals
"Sheriffs Call For Obama’s Lynching While Leader Meets With GOP Senators"
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2015
Katty Kay
Katty Kay
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 3, 2015 a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"
The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2015
Elizabeth Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview with Anderson Cooper
"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015
Celine Gounder
Celine Gounder
stated on February 3, 2015 an interview on CNN
"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on February 2, 2015 a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor"
Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2015
Bob Sears
Bob Sears
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview on CNN
"Every year in the United States between 3,000 and 4,500 severe vaccine reactions are reported to the Centers for Disease Control. Not mild reactions. Severe reactions that land somebody in the hospital, the intensive care unit or cause a permanent disability or death."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 3, 2015
Phil Kerpen
Phil Kerpen
stated on January 22, 2015 a tweet
"Amazing fact: Senate has already voted on more amendments in 2015 than Reid allowed ALL YEAR last year." 
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 2, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on January 29, 2015 a tweet on Twitter
"More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2015
Richard Besser
Richard Besser
stated on February 1, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 1, 2015
Jack Keane
Jack Keane
stated on February 1, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." 
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2015
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick
stated on January 24, 2015 a news conference
Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2015
Terry Jeffrey
Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com
There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015
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