Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

No, 30,000 scientists have not said climate change is a hoax

By Jon Greenberg

September 8, 2017

"30,000 scientists have come forward confirming that man-made climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the elite in order to make money."

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Ted Cruz’s Mostly False claim that two-thirds of Sandy relief was pork spending

By Jon Greenberg

August 30, 2017

"Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."

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Kemp decries calls by ‘radical left’ to remove Washington, Jefferson statues. We looked for examples

By Jon Greenberg

August 30, 2017

"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."

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Arpaio falsely ties conviction to Obama administration

By Jon Greenberg

August 29, 2017

Says his conviction is "a political witch hunt by holdovers in the Obama justice department."

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Pants on Fire! Paul Ryan uses old stat to claim counties will have no Obamacare insurer in 2018

By Jon Greenberg

August 24, 2017

"We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."

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Are Georgia firms cheating 1,000s of workers out of benefits, health care?

By Jon Greenberg

August 10, 2017

There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care.  

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Fake news claim: Trump arrests top Obama officials for treason

By Jon Greenberg

August 9, 2017

Says President Donald "Trump orders 13 Obama deep state operatives arrested for treason."  

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In Youngstown, Trump incorrectly says he has achieved historic increase in defense spending

By Jon Greenberg , Manuela Tobias

July 27, 2017

"We've achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve."

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Reports that Oscar Pistorius committed suicide in prison are fake

By Jon Greenberg

July 24, 2017

Say Oscar Pistorius "commits suicide in prison."  

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Trump: In Watergate, FBI reported to DOJ as a courtesy

By Jon Greenberg

July 21, 2017

During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."  

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Fox News host cites Ted Kennedy-KGB meeting that never happened

By Jon Greenberg

July 18, 2017

Says Ted Kennedy met "with the KGB in order to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984."  

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Mike Pence falsely blames Medicaid expansion for disability waiting list in Ohio

By Jon Greenberg

July 17, 2017

In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months…

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