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Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson
stated on July 9, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Ed Show"
"Teenage births cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010 alone."  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • July 15, 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
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on July 8, 2014 a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
"Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2014 posts on Facebook
Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers."  
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on July 13, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2014
Kendall Jones
Kendall Jones
stated on July 2, 2014 a Facebook post
"Without the financial resources provided by hunters to protect habitat and stop poachers, there would be no infrastructure for wildlife management."
False
By Linda Qiu • July 11, 2014
Peter Beinart
Peter Beinart
stated on July 6, 2014 comments on CNN
"If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states."
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 10, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2014 a Facebook post
An image of nine white, blond women shows "the amazing diversity of Fox News anchors."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 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
Donny Deutsch
Donny Deutsch
stated on July 1, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"13 percent of Americans, the lowest ever, are without health care."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 8, 2014
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 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
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"
"Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 29, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 29, 2014
Steve Doocy
Steve Doocy
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends."
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says President Barack Obama said when "we got bin Laden, terrorism problem solved."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 24, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 16, 2014 a post on Facebook
"For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2014
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 22, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.
True
By Katie Sanders • June 22, 2014
Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro
stated on June 14, 2014 a broadcast on Fox News
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2014
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