Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Donald Trump botches Japanese bowling ball on the car hood test

By Jon Greenberg

March 15, 2018

In Japan, "they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And…

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Hannity’s double standard on North Korea, Trump and Obama?

By Jon Greenberg

March 14, 2018

Say Sean Hannity said in 2008 that Obama’s willingness to meet with North Korea was "disturbing" while Trump’s "willingness to meet with North Korea is a huge…

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Donald Trump takes dig at NASA, extols private rocketeers

By Jon Greenberg

March 12, 2018

The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that…

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Did Obama cut $300 million for school safety? Not really

By Jon Greenberg

March 9, 2018

"The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety."  

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Are Oklahoma teachers the lowest paid? Nearly

By Jon Greenberg

March 7, 2018

Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."

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Florida lawmaker mangles Nazi gun control history

By Jon Greenberg

March 6, 2018

"Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30,…

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Fox Business host makes 2 errors with steel tariffs and Electrolux deal

By Jon Greenberg

March 5, 2018

"Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation."

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Rep. Tom Cole: Half of Oklahoma homes have a gun

By Jon Greenberg

March 2, 2018

"Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."

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NRA’s Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban

By Jon Greenberg

February 27, 2018

In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."  

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Florida lawmaker repeats dodgy claim about crimes by cops vs. concealed permit holders

By Jon Greenberg

February 23, 2018

"A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder."

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Did NRA’s LaPierre once call for gun-free schools?

By Jon Greenberg

February 23, 2018

Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."  

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Donald Trump falsely says he never denied Russian meddling

By Jon Greenberg

February 19, 2018

"I never said Russia did not meddle in the election."  

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