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Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on January 7, 2015 a tweet on Twitter
"Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 8, 2015
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
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
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
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on November 9, 2014 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2014
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
stated on November 1, 2014 a column in the "Miami Herald"
"America’s least-trusted news sources are also its most popular."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on November 3, 2014 a segment on "Morning Joe"
2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 6, 2014
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 2, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered"
Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on October 15, 2014 a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program"
"Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 16, 2014
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
stated on October 8, 2014 a video for the National Women's Law Center
"Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 6, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2014
Emma Watson
Emma Watson
stated on September 20, 2014 a speech at the UN
Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on September 21, 2014 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Americans now "support strikes (against ISIS) but the support for ground troops is not there. The support is very thin."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • September 21, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 a post on InfoWars.com
"The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • September 19, 2014
Maria Cardona
Maria Cardona
stated on September 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"The Republican Party has the worst reputation in American polling of any political party in history."  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • September 12, 2014
Michael Medved
Michael Medved
stated on August 19, 2014 a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show"
"More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2014
Mark Emmert
Mark Emmert
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 10, 2014
Jamie Weinstein
Jamie Weinstein
stated on July 18, 2014 comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
The states that are doing "better" are the ones that have no state income tax.  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • July 28, 2014
Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
stated on July 27, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 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
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