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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 22, 2014 a Facebook post:
"As unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal government's Zombie Apocalypse Plan. I kid you not."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on May 20, 2014 a segment on "The Ed Show":
Walmart employees receive "roughly $5,800" in public assistance per year.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 23, 2014
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
stated on May 21, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
Obamacare is "one big fat VA system."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014
Major Garrett
Major Garrett
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals.
True
By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2014
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on May 6, 2014 an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes':
"20 percent of the time (smart guns) won't work."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The media "widely overlooked" comments made by former President Bill Clinton that Hillary Clinton had a terrible concussion that took six months to recover from.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 18, 2014
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on May 12, 2014 a segment on "Hannity":
"When you read the Koran, it talks about don't take Christians and Jews as your friends."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on May 11, 2014 a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
"28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • May 14, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on May 8, 2014 a panel discussion:
Says Hillary Clinton spent 30 days in the hospital in 2012 and appeared "wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2014
Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow
stated on May 5, 2014 a segment on "Ronan Farrow Daily":
Congress' decision to "spend less around the world" on embassy security contributed to "tragedies" like Benghazi.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 13, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The incandescent light bulb "has no effect whatever on the planet."     
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union.":
The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on May 4, 2014 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2014
Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers
stated on May 3, 2014 a broadcast of "Cashin' In" on Fox News:
"There are over 200 documented cases where (Obama) has lied."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":
After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, "the ambassador's body was dragged through the street."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2014
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
stated on May 4, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 4, 2014
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