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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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