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Sean Hannity
stated on November 5, 2014 a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News

Every new Republican member of the U.S. Senate said they "will vote to repeal and replace Obamacare."

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By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2014

Greta Van Susteren
stated on November 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

New Jersey has had "seven credit downgrades" since Chris Christie became governor.

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By Katie Sanders • November 9, 2014

Nicholas Kristof
stated on October 22, 2014 an op-ed in the "New York Times"

"All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times."

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By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2014

Stephanie Cutter
stated on October 19, 2014 an episode of "Meet the Press"

"Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester."

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By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2014

Corey Hebert
stated on October 20, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes"

"We've had 27 (Ebola) outbreaks around the globe and they've never spread outside of the confines of the countries that were initially affected."

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By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2014

Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 12, 2014 an interview with Howard Kurtz

"When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up."

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By Katie Sanders • October 21, 2014

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.

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By Katie Sanders • October 2, 2014

LZ Granderson
stated on September 28, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.

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By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2014

Julie Pace
stated on September 11, 2014 a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest

The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of."

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By Derek Tsang • September 18, 2014

Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2014 an interview on ESPN's "Mike and Mike"

"Much more than 50 percent of parents out there are spankers."

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By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2014

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."

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By Katie Sanders • September 14, 2014

Arianna Huffington
stated on September 9, 2014 a tweet

A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex."

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By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2014

Eric Bolling
stated on September 1, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"

The United States has "the highest corporate tax rate in the free world."

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By Derek Tsang • September 9, 2014

The Other 98%
stated on August 24, 2014 a Facebook post

"McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."

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By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2014

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."

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By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2014

Heineken
stated on August 19, 2014 a TV ad

A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera.

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By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2014

John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight"

"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."

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By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014

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."

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By Katie Sanders • August 17, 2014

David Gregory
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."

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By Linda Qiu • August 13, 2014

Juan Williams
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party."

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By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2014

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