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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
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 27, 2020 an article
Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.”
False
By Daniel Funke • 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
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on April 26, 2020 a tweet
"Why did the US (NIH) in 2017 give $3.7m to the Wuhan Lab in China? Such grants were prohibited in 2014. Did Pres. Obama grant an exception?"
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 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
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on March 31, 2020 comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel
“We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 3, 2020
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 25, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak "has banned the use of an anti-malaria drug that might help cure coronavirus.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • March 27, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2020 an article
“Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 24, 2020
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on March 16, 2020 an opinion article
Says Anthony Fauci’s statement that the coronavirus death rate is 10 times that of the seasonal flu is “a claim without any scientific basis."
False
March 18, 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
Sherill Sellman
Sherill Sellman
stated on February 12, 2020 remarks on the Jim Bakker show
Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.”
Pants on Fire!
By Julia Garlich • March 17, 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
Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt
stated on March 13, 2020 the Fox & Friends show
“It’s actually the safest time to fly.”
False
By Daniel Funke • 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
Dr. Drew Pinsky
Dr. Drew Pinsky
stated on February 3, 2020 a Daily Blast Live segment
“You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • March 10, 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
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