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Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
stated on February 29, 2016 a page on the hospital's website
The Chris Hani Baragwanath in South Africa is "the world’s third-biggest hospital."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 29, 2016
Environmental Justice League of R.I
Environmental Justice League of R.I
stated on January 12, 2016 a report
"In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • January 24, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium
"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on November 12, 2015 an interview
"Ron Johnson said specifically that he hopes the first steps occur to privatize the" Veterans Administration.  
Half-True
November 27, 2015
Reid Ribble
Reid Ribble
stated on September 8, 2015 an interview
Says Donald Trump "wants to replace" Obamacare "with a single-payer system."
Half-True
September 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 a video
Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.
Half-True
August 7, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on July 26, 2015 a New Hampshire interview
"97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Marjorie Sanfilippo
Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing
"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 17, 2015
Richard Besser
Richard Besser
stated on February 1, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 1, 2015
James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on October 21, 2014 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker is "forcing some women to undergo a transvaginal probe to get an abortion."  
Half-True
October 24, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on October 15, 2014 a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program"
"Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 16, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 a post on InfoWars.com
"The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • September 19, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 23, 2014 a TV ad
Greg Abbott was "charged with overseeing the state cancer research fund. But he let his wealthiest donors take tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without proper oversight. They showered Abbott with gifts and free vacations."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 15, 2014 an ad
Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin "have access to health care."
Half-True
May 7, 2014
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 5, 2013 an interview
Under President Obama’s health-care reforms, the premium for "an average plan for a family didn't go down by $2,500 per year, it's gone up about $2,500 per year."
Half-True
December 15, 2013
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