Latest Fact Checks By Linda Qiu

Less than 1% of noncompliant gun dealers get their licenses revoked. Here’s why

By Linda Qiu

October 8, 2015

"While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses…

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Fact-checking a comparison of gun deaths and terrorism deaths

By Linda Qiu

October 5, 2015

Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024.

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Out-of-date gun background check statistic gets new life after Oregon shooting

By Linda Qiu

October 4, 2015

"We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."

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Chart shown at Planned Parenthood hearing is misleading and ‘ethically wrong’

By Linda Qiu

October 1, 2015

In 2006, Planned Parenthood performed more prevention services and cancer screenings than abortions, but in 2013, there were more abortions.

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Is Bernie Sanders the only presidential candidate without a super PAC?

By Linda Qiu

September 30, 2015

"Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC."

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Fact-checking Martin Shkreli’s claim that Daraprim is ‘underpriced, relative to its peers’

By Linda Qiu

September 24, 2015

"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."  

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Fact-checking the link between climate change and ISIS

By Linda Qiu

September 23, 2015

Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s attack on Carly Fiorina’s record at Hewlett-Packard

By Linda Qiu

September 21, 2015

When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard "revenues went up, that's because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal."

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Donald Trump says Marco Rubio has ‘worst voting record there is today’

By Linda Qiu

September 17, 2015

Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today."

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Jeb Bush said Donald Trump wanted casino gambling in Florida, got told ‘no’

By Amy Sherman , Linda Qiu

September 17, 2015

"When he (Donald Trump) asked Florida to have casino gambling, we said no."

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Donald Trump says Yale Law’s ‘top man’ criticized former HP CEO Carly Fiorina

By Linda Qiu

September 13, 2015

"The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the…

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Jeb Bush says he’s cut spending ‘more than anybody’

By Linda Qiu

September 9, 2015

"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."

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