Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Heineken
Heineken
stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad:
A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2014
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on August 9, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend.":
"Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2014
Moms Rising
Moms Rising
stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet:
"Having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the United States."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 12, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2014
James Woods
James Woods
stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet:
"The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 3, 2014 in an article posted on Infowars.com:
President Barack Obama’s latest executive order "mandates the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of ‘respiratory illness.’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2014
Oxfam Ireland
Oxfam Ireland
stated on July 22, 2014 in an info-graphic tweet:
Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 5, 2014
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2014
Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2014
Deirdre Imus
Deirdre Imus
stated on July 24, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning":
Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants "were not pouring in like" they are now.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2014
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on July 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Lou Dobbs Tonight":
Obama’s 2012 policy on younger immigrants "created these children coming across" the border.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2014
Kate Obenshain
Kate Obenshain
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":
Compared to President Obama, "President Reagan rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation, from the Reagan ranch when the Korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the Russians."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 8, 2014 in comments on Fox News:
"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 12, 2014 in a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway":
"North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2014
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on July 8, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Children are crossing the border because President Barack Obama said "if you come, you’re going to be able to stay, because we’re not going to enforce the law."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2014 in a Facebook post:
An image of nine white, blond women shows "the amazing diversity of Fox News anchors."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2014
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":
"Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2014
Steve Doocy
Steve Doocy
stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends.":
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2014
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