Latest Fact-Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 in a message via the Internet:
Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview:
The Providence teacher contract "is one of the longest in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2011
American Beverage Association
American Beverage Association
stated on May 11, 2011 in a placard:
"The new beverage tax will increase the cost of sodas, juice drinks, sports drinks, iced teas, and flavored water up to 50%."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 18, 2011
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on April 29, 2011 in a television interview:
"The people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2011
Robert Watson
Robert Watson
stated on April 26, 2011 in a speech on the House floor:
"I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 8, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 22, 2011 in a television interview:
"We just fought a Republican budget that ends Medicare as we know it."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 1, 2011
Colleen Conley
Colleen Conley
stated on April 13, 2011 in a radio interview:
"We are the most generous in New England and New England is known for its generosity toward its welfare recipients."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 24, 2011
Bill Fischer
Bill Fischer
stated on April 5, 2011 in a Providence Journal story:
"Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 17, 2011
James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
stated on April 1, 2011 in a segment of WPRI's Newsmakers program:
Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2011
James Cenerini
James Cenerini
stated on March 24, 2011 in testimony before the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee:
When you compare our state pension system "to other systems throughout the country, our benefits are not gold-plated. They are not rich. They are actually average or below average."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2011
Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on March 16, 2011 in a news release:
"About 22 percent of adults in Rhode Island and approximately 30 percent of youth (ages 10-17) are considered obese."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 25, 2011
Patti Doyle
Patti Doyle
stated on March 2, 2011 in a radio interview:
At Twin River, "we're more than competitive" with nearby casinos in slot machine payouts.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 13, 2011
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on February 22, 2011 in a web commentary:
"Last year it was discovered that Rhode Island's public employees ranked 4th in average pay, while the private sector ranked 23rd."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 13, 2011 in a speech :
The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 25, 2011
Susan Sosnowski
Susan Sosnowski
stated on February 3, 2011 in a news release:
"Lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the United States, and Rhode Island has the second-highest incidence of this disease in the country."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 20, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on January 20, 2011 in a report:
"The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Peter Lord • February 13, 2011
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on January 6, 2011 in a radio interview:
"Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 6, 2011
Laurence Ehrhardt
Laurence Ehrhardt
stated on January 3, 2011 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
If the Stamp Farm wind turbine is built, the "health risk of 'flicker' impact created by shadows of blades of turbines poses real and significant health risks, particularly seizures."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2011
Robert Flanders
Robert Flanders
stated on December 17, 2010 in an economic forum:
"Every dropout costs us $72,000 for the life of that person."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2011
Marie Ghazal
Marie Ghazal
stated on December 17, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Rhode Island has the highest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in New England."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 4, 2011
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