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Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 15, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News
Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2014
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Daily Show"
"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 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
Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
stated on December 2, 2014 an interview with Salon.com
"Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2014
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on December 4, 2014 an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views"
"More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2014
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 7, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 7, 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
Peter Morici
Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal"
Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends'
"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.
False
By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Crump
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 17, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did.  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 24, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 12, 2014 a Facebook post
"Fox News uses photo of a married couple promoting ‘traditional marriage’ and the photo is actually of a same-sex couple."
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 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
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on November 13, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
"4.7 million people have lost their insurance in 32 states" due to Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 18, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 13, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
Repeal of Obamacare would "take away health care for 10.3 million Americans" who have received coverage since Oct. 1, 2013.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 18, 2014
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 16, 2014
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