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Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 13, 2020
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2020
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on July 2, 2020 an episode of "Fox & Friends"
The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 7, 2020
Joe Kernen
Joe Kernen
stated on May 27, 2020 an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box"
“We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 28, 2020
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on May 10, 2020 a TV segment
Says Attorney General William Barr didn’t cite the "rule of law” in explaining his decision in the Michael Flynn case during a CBS News interview.
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 11, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV segment
"There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on April 27, 2020 a TV segment
“The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020
Phil McGraw
Phil McGraw
stated on April 16, 2020 a Fox News appearance
There are “360,000 (deaths) a year from swimming pools. But we don’t shut the country down for that.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 17, 2020
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on April 3, 2020 a tweet
“The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • April 7, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2020 an article
“Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 24, 2020
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 a TV segment
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 11, 2020 a Facebook post
“MSNBC actually said on air ‘I hope enough people die from coronavirus that it harms Trump’s re-election.’”
False
March 18, 2020
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • March 13, 2020
Joy Behar
Joy Behar
stated on March 9, 2020 an episode of ABC's "The View"
“(Barack Obama) set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus, exactly. Do you know that Trump closed 37 of them?”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 12, 2020
MSNBC
MSNBC
stated on March 5, 2020 an MSNBC segment
“Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 6, 2020
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on March 2, 2020 a TV interview
The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • March 4, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 24, 2020 an episode of his radio show
“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 27, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 11, 2019 a blog post
“Dinesh D’Souza passed away."
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Venezky • February 18, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on September 10, 2019 a TV segment
Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • September 13, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Whoopi Goldberg kept her job and was applauded by ABC after calling Jeanine Pirro a racist slur.
False
July 26, 2019
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