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Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 4, 2013 a broadcast of the Glenn Beck Show
Says Barack Obama "knew half of the population of the United States would lose their health insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2013
Brad Blakeman
Brad Blakeman
stated on October 31, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"When is a farm bill not a farm bill? When 90 percent of it is for food stamps."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2013
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on October 30, 2013 in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure."
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 30, 2013 comments on his radio show
"If your plan is the result of collective bargaining, no subsequent changes by anybody -- insurance companies, Obamacare -- can force your grandfathered policy to change."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on October 31, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel's "The Five."
"The insurance industry is actually run by mostly Democrats."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 4, 2013
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on October 25, 2013 comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
The average fast food worker is 29, and most fast food workers "are on some form of public assistance."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on November 3, 2013 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
"Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 3, 2013
Jonathan Karl
Jonathan Karl
stated on November 3, 2013 a conversation on ABC's "This Week"
"Before the Republican wave in 2010, Democrats had an advantage on the generic ballot in Congress. Even in 1994 with the Gingrich revolution ... Democrats had that advantage."
True
By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal health care law raises taxes and cuts Medicare.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • November 3, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2013 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
"The insurance companies are making that choice (to cancel or change policies), not the president."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 3, 2013
Jan Crawford
Jan Crawford
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"On day one, six people were able to sign up" for health insurance through the federal marketplace.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 3, 2013
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 28, 2013 comments on her TV show
"Rand Paul’s speech ... on 'Gattaca' was totally ripped off of Wikipedia."  
True
By Julie Kliegman, Steve Contorno • November 1, 2013
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
stated on November 28, 2013 a column in the "Wall Street Journal"
"Even after Obamacare is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people not covered."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
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