Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Stirgus

Clear
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
stated on December 2, 2013 in its website:
"Defensive medicine costs Georgia up to $14 billion a year."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 11, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on December 5, 2013 in a video:
"(U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston) voted to fund (Obamacare)."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • December 10, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on November 14, 2013 in a tweet:
"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2013
John Loud
John Loud
stated on November 19, 2013 in newspaper article :
"These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education."      
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2013
Mike Plant
Mike Plant
stated on November 20, 2013 in an interview:
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2013
Allan Levene
Allan Levene
stated on November 2, 2013 in an article:
Says there’s no language in the U.S. Constitution that prevents someone from running for Congress simultaneously in multiple states.
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 20, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 in a hearing:
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 16, 2013 in an article:
"I have returned money every year since taking office."
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 15, 2013
Michael Mule'
Michael Mule'
stated on November 4, 2013 in an interview:
"Georgia has lost 14 percent of its jobs paying more than $50,000 a year and added 15 percent to its Medicaid rolls during the recovery."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 13, 2013
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on October 22, 2013 in an interview:
Finance experts estimate that paying in cash for the $2.5 billion in projects funded by the sales tax saved Gwinnett County more than $1 billion in interest payments.
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 11, 2013
Matt Rinker
Matt Rinker
stated on October 29, 2013 in a flier:
"Natalyn Archibong skipped (Atlanta) City Council meetings or was late 90% of the time. Then she voted herself a pay raise."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • November 2, 2013
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on October 29, 2013 in a press release:
Most voters prefer zombies to the current U.S. Congress.  
True
By Eric Stirgus • October 31, 2013
John Barge
John Barge
stated on October 17, 2013 in a town hall meeting:
"We have about six school districts that are in school 140 to 150 days this year."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 29, 2013
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on October 11, 2013 in an interview:
Says "74 percent of small-business people believe that Obamacare is a bad idea."  
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 21, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on October 18, 2013 in a letter:
Says "by reducing chronic health care costs in the State of Georgia, we can reduce the $32.8 billion lost each year due to lack of productivity and economic costs."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 18, 2013
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on September 19, 2013 in a press release:
"Rather than prioritize and pass ethics reform measures to restore trust in state government, (Democrats) sat on their hands and did nothing" when they were the majority.
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 15, 2013
Bill Powell
Bill Powell
stated on October 8, 2013 in a flier:
Says "(t)his 12 year council 'Seat-warmer' has never chaired, vice chaired, or led a single Council committee meeting."  
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 11, 2013
City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on September 23, 2013 in a press release:
The crime rate in some Atlanta neighborhoods has dropped by 35 to 51 percent.
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 2, 2013
Georgia Gun Owners
Georgia Gun Owners
stated on August 10, 2013 in a flier:
Says "Nathan Deal killed pro-gun bills in 2013."  
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • October 1, 2013
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on September 6, 2013 in a radio ad:
"Unlike you and me, Congress gets to keep up to $11,000 a year in taxpayer subsidies" under Obamacare.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 25, 2013
Previous Next