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Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Farley

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Tom Perriello
Tom Perriello
stated on October 6, 2010 a TV ad.
"Mr. Hurt would re-open that darn (Medicare) doughnut hole."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
"We have empowered state insurance commissioners to review the rate hikes that are taking place in states. And in some states like North Carolina, they have already used it and rolled back premium increases by 25 percent."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
The health care bill "cuts the deficit by over $1 trillion dollars."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 28, 2010
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 21, 2010 a TV ad
As CEO of WWE, Linda McMahon "was caught tipping off a ringside physician" about a federal investigation into illegally distributing steroids to wrestlers.
True
By Robert Farley • October 27, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on October 24, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaign, they refused to do it."
False
By Robert Farley • October 26, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on October 15, 2010 a TV ad
Jerry Brown "gave California state employees collective bargaining powers" and "now, state employees can retire at 55 with much of their salary for life."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 22, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on October 18, 2010 a TV ad
As state treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias "lost $73 million in our kids’ college savings."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 20, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on October 15, 2010 a TV ad
"Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment’s not that big an issue."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 19, 2010
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad
"John Boozman is excited about putting a 23 percent national sales tax on everything you buy."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 15, 2010
Christine O'Donnell
Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 13, 2010 a debate
Chris Coons has "Marxist beliefs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • October 14, 2010
Christine O'Donnell
Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 11, 2010 a campaign video
"One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 13, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on October 10, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Just like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "the AFL-CIO receives dues from foreign entities associated with it."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 12, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2010 a speech
"Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 11, 2010
Allen Boyd
Allen Boyd
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad
"Steve Southerland did not pay his taxes in '05, '06, '07, '08 or '09."
False
By Robert Farley • October 11, 2010
Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on September 30, 2010 a TV ad
Sen. Barbara Boxer "voted against immigration reform to permit (Hispanic immigrants) people to come here legally to work."
False
By Robert Farley • October 8, 2010
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on October 3, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."
False
By Robert Farley • October 6, 2010
Commonsense Ten
Commonsense Ten
stated on September 15, 2010 a TV ad
 Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV interview
"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 30, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 26, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Independent groups behind ads attacking Democratic candidates are "front groups for foreign-controlled companies."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • September 28, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign video
Says Rand Paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.
False
By Robert Farley • September 27, 2010
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