Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Ted Yoho
stated on March 28, 2017 in a House hearing:

"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."

True

By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2015 in a post shared on Facebook:

Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."

False

By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2017

Nicholas Burns
stated on March 28, 2017 in a House committee hearing:

"There are about as many members of the Armed Forces marching bands as there are American diplomats."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2017

Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2017 in a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act:

"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017

Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 in a press conference:

"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017

David Perdue
stated on March 1, 2017 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily":

"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017

Keith Ellison
stated on March 7, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says President Donald Trump's travel ban could ban Somalis "from getting relief (from famine) through coming to the United States."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2017

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chis Hayes":

The GOP health care plan gives "$275 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, people earning $250,000 a year or more."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2017

Raj Shah
stated on February 24, 2017 in an op-ed:

"Most U.S. foreign assistance ... is given to U.S. companies and nonprofits in the form of contracts and grants."

True

By Jon Greenberg • March 8, 2017

Shenggen Fan
stated on March 2, 2017 in a panel discussion in Washington, D.C.:

Every dollar of foreign aid for agricultural research "will bring $4 in trade with the countries and the United States ... generating employment back in the U.S."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 3, 2017

Thomas Perez
stated on March 1, 2017 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":

"The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress:

Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017

Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 in a speech at the Munich Security Conference:

"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."

True

By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017

Bob Corker
stated on February 15, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Today, 27 million people .. are enslaved."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 in a news conference:

The media has "a lower approval rate than Congress."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2017

World Food Program
stated on February 5, 2017 in a tweet:

"Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions.

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2017 in a tweet:

Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017

Bloggers
stated on January 30, 2017 in a blog post:

Says President Donald Trump "signs a visa-free travel policy" for Ghana and Malawi.

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017

Sherrod Brown
stated on February 2, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:

Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.

True

By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2017

Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 in a tweet:

"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 7, 2017

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