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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 • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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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