Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Ivanka Trump wrongly says child care single largest expense for half of households

April 26, 2017

"The single-largest expense in  over half of American households is child care."  

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Trump: China taking unprecedented steps to help with North Korea’s nukes

April 19, 2017

With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."

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Did Snapchat’s CEO say India was too poor for his app?

April 17, 2017

"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."

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Karen Handel makes dicey balanced budget claim in Georgia race to replace Tom Price

April 14, 2017

"As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."  

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Attack ad in Georgia special election ties Jon Ossoff to Al Jazeera

April 13, 2017

Says Al Jazeera, "a mouthpiece for terrorists, has been paying Jon Ossoff thousands of dollars. ... What is he hiding?"

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Did Adolf Hitler use chemical weapons? Sean Spicer wrongly says Hitler didn’t sink to that level

April 11, 2017

Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that…

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How many people are at risk of dying from starvation?

April 11, 2017

"More than 20 million people are at risk of dying from starvation within 6 months in 4 nations."

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Trump’s environmental awards: A closer look

April 6, 2017

"I've won awards on environmental protection."

Does Afghanistan grow more opium poppies than before 2001?

April 4, 2017

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

No, South African officials didn’t order a firm to lay off white workers

April 2, 2017

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

Does the U.S. have about as many military band members as diplomats?

March 31, 2017

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

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Obama: No premium hike for ‘vast majority’ covered on government exchanges

March 23, 2017

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

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