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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 23, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 23, 2014
Drudge Report
Drudge Report
stated on March 20, 2014 a post on their website
"Reporters rehearse questions with White House press (secretary)."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 20, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2014 a Facebook meme
President Barack Obama spent "$5 billion paying Ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • March 19, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on March 11, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on March 11, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on March 11, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on March 11, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014
Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore
stated on March 11, 2014 an interview on 'Hannity'
Earth "has not warmed for the last 17 years."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 17, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on March 16, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
"The majority support (raising) the minimum wage."
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 16, 2014
Michael Reagan
Michael Reagan
stated on March 6, 2014 an op-ed on Townhall.com
Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 6, 2014 a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show'
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 12, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on March 9, 2014 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
Millennials are "more pro-life than baby boomers and older Americans."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on March 9, 2014 a broadcast of CBS' "Face the Nation"
On Syria, "a lot of the allies signed on. At the last minute, Obama backed off."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2014
John Bolton
John Bolton
stated on March 3, 2014 comments on Fox News Channel
Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 6, 2014
Russia Today
Russia Today
stated on March 4, 2014 a posting on their website
The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on March 3, 2014 a segment on "Hardball"
"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 4, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 28, 2014 a post on Facebook
Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2014
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards
Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014
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