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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2014 in a Saturday radio address:
"Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 16, 2014 in a graphic on the Internet:
"In 1916, the U.S. government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees would need to be cut down."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2014
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on January 15, 2014 in remarks at a news conference:
"Only 3 percent of voters 18 to 34 don't believe that climate change is really happening."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2014
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on January 12, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 14, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 8, 2014 in a speech:
Marriage "decreases the probability of child poverty by 82 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on January 4, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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