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Nourtey
stated on December 30, 2017 in a headline:

"Hollywood celebs: We will go on ‘total strike’ if Trump does not resign."

False

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2018

Flash 24 Daily
stated on December 25, 2017 in a headline:

Says Sandra Bullock said to Hillary Clinton, "If you don’t like our president you can leave and never come back again."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • January 4, 2018

USA Daily Portal
stated on December 14, 2017 in a headline:

"Julia Roberts claims ‘Michelle Obama isn’t fit to clean Melania’s toilet’ "

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • December 28, 2017

Viral image
stated on October 9, 2017 in Internet posts:

A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."

False

By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017

Colin Kaepernick
stated on October 8, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

False

By Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2017

Joy Behar
stated on September 6, 2017 in comments on 'The View':

Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie."

False

By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2017

Babylon Bee
stated on May 24, 2017 in a web post:

"ISIS Lays Down Arms After Katy Perry’s Impassioned Plea To ‘Like, Just Co-Exist’"

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2017

Jake Tapper
stated on August 23, 2017 in comments on Twitter:

Says the Joker's "Red Hood" origin story is "the true one."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • August 25, 2017

Mark Cuban
stated on June 30, 2017 in a tweet:

"Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2017

Kid Rock
stated on July 13, 2017 in a post on KidRock.com:

"I’ve got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC!"

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • July 14, 2017

Viral image
stated on April 15, 2017 in a tweet:

"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 in a tweet:

"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"

False

By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2017 in In a tweet:

"Jackie Evancho’s album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her inauguration performance."

True

By Mark Dent • January 5, 2017

Sid Miller
stated on November 27, 2016 in a Facebook post of photo and caption on Miller's fan page:

Says actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wore a T-shirt stating: "We Stand for the flag, we kneel for the fallen."

False

By Fauzeya Rahman • December 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2016 in a speech in Raleigh, N.C.:

"Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. It's true. I get far bigger crowds."

False

By Aaron Sharockman, Linda Qiu • November 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:

"There was even a time when (Donald Trump) didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on May 3, 2016 in a radio talk show appearance on the John Boy and Billy Big Show:

Says Bruce Springsteen "only had 8,000 tickets sold" for a Greensboro show and canceled after "they didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."

Pants on Fire!

By Will Doran • May 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 21, 2015 in a public forum:

"Most Americans are now getting their news from Facebook."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2015

Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 in an interview on "CNN Tonight":

"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."

True

By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015

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