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Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards

Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."

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By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014

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."

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By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2014

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."

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By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2014

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.

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By Jon Greenberg • February 6, 2014

Roger Goodell
stated on February 2, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

NFL "players are living, on average, longer than the average male."

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By Aaron Sharockman • February 2, 2014

X posts
stated on January 28, 2014 comments from sports pundits and fans on Twitter

Says Peyton Manning struggles in cold weather games.

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By Steve Contorno • January 31, 2014

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."

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By Aaron Sharockman • January 30, 2014

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."

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By Katie Sanders • January 23, 2014

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."

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By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2014

Lisa Bloom
stated on January 14, 2014 an interview with Piers Morgan

"Americans are 20 times as likely to die from gun violence as citizens of other civilized countries."

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By Katie Sanders • January 17, 2014

Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 a CNN interview

"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."

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By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014

Robert Gibbs
stated on January 12, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"We have been in Afghanistan longer now than we have been in any foreign land conducting a war in our nation’s history."

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By Katie Sanders • January 12, 2014

Ian Bremmer
stated on January 4, 2014 a tweet

"US: Change in Income, 2009-13. Top 1%: +31.4%. Bottom 99%: +0.4%."

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By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2014

Glenn Greenwald
stated on January 2, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead"

"Under the Espionage Act, (Edward Snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say ‘I was justified in disclosing this information.’ There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act."

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By Jon Greenberg • January 7, 2014

Michael Moore
stated on January 1, 2014 a "New York Times" op-ed

Because of the health care law, "by 2017, we will be funneling over $100 billion annually to private insurance companies."

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By Jon Greenberg • January 3, 2014

Donna Brazile
stated on December 29, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"

"(The farm bill) has a provision that would in many ways reduce the deficit."

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By Katie Sanders • January 2, 2014

Thom Hartmann
stated on December 12, 2013 a broadcast of "The Big Picture"

Republican state lawmakers "are refusing to give the people of their own states their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) Medicaid."

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By Jon Greenberg • December 31, 2013

Bill Kristol
stated on December 22, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week"

Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck."

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By Katie Sanders • December 22, 2013

Glenn Beck
stated on December 19, 2013 comments on his radio program

To comply with non-discrimination laws, the government is "forcing people in business to make wedding cakes" for anyone.

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By Katie Sanders • December 22, 2013

Steven Rattner
stated on December 16, 2013 a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

The United States is "behind many countries in Europe in terms of the ability of every kid in America to get ahead."

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By Katie Sanders • December 19, 2013

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