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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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