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Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on April 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Obamacare is "costing 2 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2014 a Facebook meme:
Says Rep. Michele Bachmann said President Barack Obama might be to blame for the Fort Hood shootings.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2014
John E. Sununu
John E. Sununu
stated on April 6, 2014 a panel on "Meet the Press":
The health care law reduces "the number of uninsured in America by 3 percent for how much money? $2 trillion."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2014
Dick Morris
Dick Morris
stated on April 7, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Hannity":
A North Carolina study proves that "probably over a million people voted twice in (the 2012) election."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 10, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on April 10, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 10, 2014
Genevieve Wood
Genevieve Wood
stated on April 8, 2014 comments on CNN:
"Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 9, 2014
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on April 8, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five":
"Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2014
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on April 3, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
"The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country."
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2014
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on April 6, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The numbers of people that support Obamacare and like it have been steadily dropping."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 6, 2014
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer
stated on April 1, 2014 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":
"If you want out of the individual mandate... all you have to do now is tick off the box that says 'hardship' and you're out."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 4, 2014
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on April 2, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:
"Less than 1 percent of 1 percent of the American population has given an amount over $200" to a federal political campaign.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 3, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition":
"Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Arian Foster
Arian Foster
stated on March 19, 2014 a tweet:
The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 1, 2014
Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace
stated on March 24, 2014 an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America":
Premeditation, in murder cases like the Oscar Pistorius case, "can be formed in the twinkling of an eye."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 31, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"No one" claims the report vindicating New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the bridge scandal is "conclusive."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 30, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on March 24, 2014 a broadcast of "The Ed Show":
Health insurance and medical costs "are going down because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2014
Rich Lowry
Rich Lowry
stated on March 23, 2014 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
Most of the people who have signed up through the Obamacare exchanges "already had insurance."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 26, 2014
Ilyse Hogue
Ilyse Hogue
stated on March 12, 2014 an interview on "The Daily Show":
"Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 24, 2014
Matt Damon
Matt Damon
stated on March 23, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • March 23, 2014
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