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Jonathan Turley
stated on January 11, 2015 a "Washington Post" op-ed:

The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • January 14, 2015

Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 21, 2014 an interview on Fox News:

Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2014

Mike Stenhouse
stated on November 14, 2014 a radio interview:

"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."

False

By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014

Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum:

"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."

True

By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014

Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends':

"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.

False

By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on October 28, 2014 a speech:

Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 31, 2014

Tony Perkins
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:

Greg Abbott "heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2014 posts on Facebook:

"Fox admits they lie" and, under the First Amendment, "have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves."

False

By Linda Qiu • September 10, 2014

Edward Flynn
stated on August 20, 2014 an interview:

In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2014

Michael Medved
stated on August 19, 2014 a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show":

"More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2014

Jay Nixon
stated on August 17, 2014 on ABC's "This Week":

"I've been here almost every day."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • August 18, 2014

Mark Pocan
stated on June 16, 2014 a press release:

Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."

True

By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on April 11, 2014 a speech:

The U.S. Justice Department has "taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2014

David Boies
stated on April 8, 2014 the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library:

Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2014 speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library:

During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014

NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 a news release:

In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.

True

By John Hill • March 16, 2014

Vladimir Putin
stated on January 19, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony."

False

By Katie Sanders • January 19, 2014

Vladimir Putin
stated on January 19, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

In Russia "all people are absolutely equal regardless of their religion, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation," while "70 countries of the world have criminal liability for homosexuality."

Half-True

By Steve Contorno • January 19, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 a Facebook post:

A judge's order means there's a "Constitution exemption zone" if you live "within 100 miles of the United States border."

False

By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014

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