Latest Fact-Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference":
Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 2, 2013
Lynne Derbyshire
Lynne Derbyshire
stated on May 16, 2013 in The Providence Journal:
"If you are black or brown, you are nine times more likely to be stopped and frisked" in New York City.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 23, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 12, 2013 in an interview on WPRI's Newsmakers program:
Historically, the Social Security tax has been assessed on about 90% of U.S. income. Now it captures 83% because there's been such a growth of income among the highest earners.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 19, 2013
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on May 10, 2013 in a comment on WPRO radio.:
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013
Joee Lindbeck
Joee Lindbeck
stated on April 11, 2013 in a House Finance Committee hearing:
"Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department" about residents in the state's sex offender registry.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on April 11, 2013 in a House Finance Committee hearing:
In Cranston, it costs $5,000 to $6,000 to send out community notifications on just one Level 3 sex offender.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Ed Doyle
Ed Doyle
stated on April 25, 2013 in a news release and Facebook post:
Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 5, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 9, 2013 in a Senate speech published on YouTube:
"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 28, 2013
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on April 12, 2013 in a debate on WPRI's "Newsmakers program":
If an individual is determined "to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor" because they will find a way.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 8, 2013 in a tweet promoting Equal Pay Day:
"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 18, 2013
Eva Marie Mancuso
Eva Marie Mancuso
stated on April 5, 2013 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers":
When the NECAP proficiency test is re-given to the kids the second and third time, harder questions are taken out.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2013
Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 in a comment made on "10 News Conference.":
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on March 27, 2013 in a news release:
"Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court expected this June."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2013
Deborah Gist
Deborah Gist
stated on March 22, 2013 in an appearance on "A Lively Experiment.":
When students leave our high schools and they go to the community college, 70-75 percent of them have to pay to take remedial math.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2013
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio interview:
"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 3, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference:
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Brian Patrick Kennedy
stated on February 6, 2013 in a news release:
Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 17, 2013
Janet Freedman
Janet Freedman
stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview on 10 News Conference:
Tide gauges measuring sea level in Rhode Island since 1930 have risen "maybe about 10 inches since that time."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2013
Central Falls Police Department
Central Falls Police Department
stated on January 28, 2013 in a news release:
"Statistics show one male cat can father 420,000 kittens in five years."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 2, 2013
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