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George Will
George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column
"Any Floridian who has ever requested an absentee ballot henceforth gets one automatically."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on February 3, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Politics Nation"
Says Bill O’Reilly spoke 40 percent of the words in an interview with President Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 6, 2014
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on February 2, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend"
A friend’s sister "died from Obamacare" because Blue Shield "completely just pulled out of California."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • February 5, 2014
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Real Story"
"The CBO now says the president's health care law will cut the number of full-time jobs in the United States by 2.3 million by 2021."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 2, 2014 a special broadcast on Fox
Says he didn't tell viewers that the Obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in Benghazi because Obama was running for re-election.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2014
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on January 28, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports"
In 2002, "Iran was more or less an American ally."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2014
Roger Goodell
Roger Goodell
stated on February 2, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
NFL "players are living, on average, longer than the average male."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • February 2, 2014
Roger Goodell
Roger Goodell
stated on January 20, 2014 an interview on NFL.com
"The extra point is almost automatic. … (The NFL) had five missed extra points this year out of 1,200 some odd" attempts.
True
By Katie Sanders • January 31, 2014
Joel Klatt
Joel Klatt
stated on January 29, 2014 a Fox Sports panel about Super Bowl XLVIII
Says Marshawn Lynch is "second all-time in terms of average yards per rush only to Terrell Davis."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 31, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on January 28, 2014 comments from sports pundits and fans on Twitter
Says Peyton Manning struggles in cold weather games.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 31, 2014
Marshall Faulk
Marshall Faulk
stated on January 28, 2014 comments on the NFL Network
Quarterbacks "won the (Super Bowl) MVP more than 50 percent of the time."
True
By Katie Sanders • January 30, 2014
Curtis Martin
Curtis Martin
stated on January 28, 2014 comments on ESPN
"I played in a game here against the Pittsburgh Steelers where there was 23 inches of snow. … We played in at least 15 inches of that."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 30, 2014
Mark Schlereth
Mark Schlereth
stated on January 27, 2014 comments on ESPN's "Mike & Mike"
"The majority of teams (are) now spending their dollars on the offensive side of the football."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 30, 2014
Marc Thiessen
Marc Thiessen
stated on January 29, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Kelly File"
Says "Barack Obama has gone from blaming George W. Bush to plagiarizing George W. Bush."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on January 22, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live"
Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 27, 2014
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends"
Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014
Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace
stated on January 14, 2014 a segment on 'Nancy Grace'
People on pot "shoot each other ... stab each other ... strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families."  
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2014
Josh Fox
Josh Fox
stated on January 19, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry"
"We had 6,000 oil and gas spills in 2012" with "more oil and gas spreading in the United States than the entire Exxon Valdez spill."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 23, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on January 21, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Since Barack Obama became president of the United States, 95 percent of economic gains have been made by the richest 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2014
Bob Kincaid
Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry"
"Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014
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