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David Ignatius
David Ignatius
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
True
By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on February 24, 2014 comments on CNN
"I've been a cop in Lake County, Michigan, since 1982 thereabout. I conduct federal raids with the DEA and ATF and U.S. Marshals and the FBI and Texas Rangers."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 18, 2014 conservative blogs
A YouGov.com poll shows 71 percent of Obama voters regret voting for him.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • February 25, 2014
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2014
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The Ukraine Orange Revolution in 2004 "was the first color revolution."
False
By Julie Kliegman • February 23, 2014
Kai Ryssdal
Kai Ryssdal
stated on February 18, 2014 a "Marketplace" segment
A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 20, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on February 17, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped."
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2014
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on February 11, 2014 a segment on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
Chris Christie "helped funnel $6 million in federal Hurricane Sandy money to a senior center in Belleville, N.J., a place that suffered no damage."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on February 19, 2014 posts on Twitter.
A photo from the Russia-Finland hockey game shows a sad Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • February 19, 2014
Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer
stated on February 18, 2014 comments on CNN
The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community."
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on February 12, 2014 a broadcast of "The Ed Show"
"When union membership goes down, so do (middle class) wages."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2014
Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan
stated on February 16, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2014
Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes
stated on February 16, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Two-thirds of the people who start out in minimum wage are above the minimum wage within a year."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • February 16, 2014
Chris Stirewalt
Chris Stirewalt
stated on February 11, 2014 a daily summary of news "Fox News First"
Businesses "will be required to certify to the IRS – under penalty of perjury – that Obamacare was not a motivating factor" for cutting staff.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on February 3, 2014 a CNN "Crossfire" segment
A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 13, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2014
Ari Melber
Ari Melber
stated on February 5, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle"
"The median net worth of American households hasn't changed much over the past decades, it's about $20,000 ... but Congress' average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 11, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on February 3, 2014 a segment on CNN's "Crossfire"
The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report.
True
By Katie Sanders • February 10, 2014
Candy Crowley
Candy Crowley
stated on February 9, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"It’s been 14 years since a president or a vice president or a member of their family has not gone and attended at least an event at the Olympics."
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column
Says President Barack Obama carried Congressional District 13 "by 8.2 points in 2008 and 5.6 points in 2012."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014
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