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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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