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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on January 4, 2014 a tweet:
"US: Change in Income, 2009-13. Top 1%: +31.4%. Bottom 99%: +0.4%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 23, 2013 blog posts:
"Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2014
Teresa Ghilarducci
Teresa Ghilarducci
stated on December 15, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Up":
"A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2013
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on December 14, 2013 a Facebook post:
"The latest Quinnipiac poll found that nearly six-in-ten Americans oppose ObamaCare -- 30% support the law and 57% oppose it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2013
Peter Orszag
Peter Orszag
stated on December 15, 2013 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 9, 2013 various Internet postings:
"By using a little-known loophole ... Obama minions are allowing Nestle Company to export precious fresh water out of Lake Michigan."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 7, 2013 viral posts on the Internet:
School children can earn higher grades by studying Islam under a new "nationwide Muslim outreach program" announced by President Barack Obama.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2013
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 5, 2013 an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":
Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 8, 2013 an interview on ABC’s "This Week":
"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech at the Center for American Progress:
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2013 a meme on social media:
"44% of homeless people are employed."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 26, 2013 a chain email:
If the Trans-Pacific Partnership "is fast-tracked through the Senate, it won't receive a committee assignment" and the consideration will include "no debate."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on November 21, 2013 a graphic:
"In the history of the United States, 168 presidential nominees have been filibustered, 82 blocked under President Obama, 86 blocked under all the other presidents."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2013
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on November 20, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown":
"If you survey, most (North Carolina) Democrats also agree with our (election) laws and voter ID."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2013
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 28, 2013 a campaign ad:
Says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has "blocked the Senate over 400 times."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Politics Nation":
"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno":
"In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2013
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on November 12, 2013 a Web post:
Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 4, 2013 a speech to Organizing for Action:
"What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on November 3, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
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