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Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan
stated on September 29, 2014 an interview on "CNN Tonight"
Says female genital mutilation is "a central African problem," not an Islamic problem, as Bill Maher suggested.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 2, 2014
Jane Harman
Jane Harman
stated on September 28, 2014 a panel on "Fox News Sunday"
The Justice Department’s Fast and Furious gun-walking program "started in the Bush administration."
False
By Katie Sanders • September 30, 2014
Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters
stated on September 24, 2014 an interview on "America's Newsroom"
Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2014
Mika Brzezinski
Mika Brzezinski
stated on September 16, 2014 a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Super Bowl Sunday has the highest rate of domestic violence."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2014
James Brown
James Brown
stated on September 11, 2014 a message to viewers
"More than three women per day lose their lives at the hands of their partners."
True
By Katie Sanders • September 16, 2014
Mike Wise
Mike Wise
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for "every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, that’s a no-no."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 14, 2014
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on August 25, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor"
Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer."
True
By Katie Sanders • August 28, 2014
Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill
stated on August 20, 2014 a CNN segment
"Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop.
False
By Katie Sanders • August 26, 2014
Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz
stated on August 24, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2014
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on August 17, 2014 an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press"
In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American."  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 17, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 28, 2014 a blog post
Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • August 11, 2014
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on June 18, 2014 an article on Townhall.com
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • August 5, 2014
Peter Lavelle
Peter Lavelle
stated on July 23, 2014 a segment on RT's "CrossTalk"
"I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I never allow conspiracy theorists on my program."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 30, 2014
Bryan Fischer
Bryan Fischer
stated on July 18, 2014 his "Focal Point" radio show
"We know how to stop AIDS: persuade men not to have sex with men."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 30, 2014
Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on MSNBC
Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official.  
Half-True
By Katie Sanders, Linda Qiu • July 24, 2014
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on July 15, 2014 a segment on "The View"
"For the first time in history, (Thor’s) hammer is being held by a woman."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 18, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on July 13, 2014 a "Meet the Press" pundit panel
"We are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the United States.)"
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2014
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on July 1, 2014 a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight'
The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 blog posts
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office "received zero complaints" about the Washington Redskins name.
False
By Katie Sanders • July 9, 2014
Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on June 30, 2014 a segment on CNN
"Hobby Lobby provided this (birth control) coverage before they decided to drop it to file suit."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 1, 2014
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