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George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2014
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Real Story"
"The CBO now says the president's health care law will cut the number of full-time jobs in the United States by 2.3 million by 2021."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 2, 2014 a special broadcast on Fox
Says he didn't tell viewers that the Obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in Benghazi because Obama was running for re-election.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2014
Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace
stated on January 14, 2014 a segment on 'Nancy Grace'
People on pot "shoot each other ... stab each other ... strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families."  
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 2, 2014 comments on her show
The Foundation for Government Accountability, which supported a Florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a "Koch brothers affiliated group."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • January 9, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2013 a Facebook post
The No. 2 owner of Fox News is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who said, "A strong American Government is not good for us."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 6, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on December 22, 2013 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"Most of the (Affordable Care Act) has already in some sense been waived or otherwise suspended."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 22, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Every major city which has a center of poverty is run by Democrats. Every major city."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • December 15, 2013
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on December 5, 2013 a broadcast of the "Daily Show"
"The most popular name is no longer John or Steven. It's Jose, Camilo and Maria."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on December 4, 2013 a broadcast of MSNBC's Politics Nation
The "priorities" of more than three-quarters of Americans are to increase the minimum wage, create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and require background checks for gun buyers.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2013
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
stated on November 8, 2013 a broadcast of the "Tonight Show"
"Social Security took seven years before anybody got the first check."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2013
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on November 4, 2013 CNN's "Crossfire" roundtable
"When you add a dollar value to mandates," government took almost 50 percent "of the American people’s money."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 30, 2013 comments on his radio show
"If your plan is the result of collective bargaining, no subsequent changes by anybody -- insurance companies, Obamacare -- can force your grandfathered policy to change."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2013 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
"The insurance companies are making that choice (to cancel or change policies), not the president."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 3, 2013
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