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Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on May 4, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."  
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • May 4, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 26, 2014 speech to the NRA convention:
Says Attorney General Eric Holder recently revealed "this idea to have government have gun owners wear special bracelets that would identify you as a gun owner."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2014
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on April 22, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
"A lot of the problems with forest fires ... is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 28, 2014 comments on his radio show:
"Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2014
Drudge Report
Drudge Report
stated on April 27, 2014 a tweet:
Says Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald "Sterling is a Democrat."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 28, 2014
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on April 23, 2014 an interview on "Hannity":
"The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land (in the Western states)."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 28, 2014
Alicia Menendez
Alicia Menendez
stated on April 27, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession."
True
By Julie Kliegman • April 27, 2014
Neera Tanden
Neera Tanden
stated on April 27, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2014
MSNBC
MSNBC
stated on April 25, 2014 a graphic during "The Daily Rundown":
Says Charlie Crist's campaign bashed Sen. Bill Nelson's "big-government solutions."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • April 25, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2014 multiple blog and video posts:
The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 24, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 21, 2014 a segment on 'The Rachel Maddow Show':
"Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed a new law which makes you pay a special fee. It will essentially fine people for the crime of using solar power."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2014
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on April 20, 2014 the "Doonesbury" comic strip:
Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 22, 2014
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on April 17, 2014 an interview on "Hannity":
Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and "all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2014
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2014 a tweet:
"ObamaCare enrollment lie: Obama counts an enrollee as a web user putting a plan in ‘their online shopping carts.’"
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 21, 2014
Nia-Malika Henderson
Nia-Malika Henderson
stated on April 16, 2014 comments on MSNBC:
"Democrats very much are in the pocket of the NRA."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson
stated on April 14, 2014 a broadcast of "The Ed Show":
"We know that Sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
Anissa Naouai
Anissa Naouai
stated on April 16, 2014 comments on CNN:
"The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2014
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on April 3, 2014 a broadcast of "Vocal Point":
"A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2014
James Carville
James Carville
stated on April 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
The insurance risk corridors aren't going broke like Republicans predicted.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 13, 2014
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