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stated on June 16, 2014 in a post on Facebook:
"For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2014
Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro
stated on June 14, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox News:
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2014
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on June 12, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Says a picture he posted on Facebook of a man posing in front of five decapitated human heads is "one of the subhuman mongrels our president set free."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 12, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":
Americans "invented the automobile."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2014
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on June 11, 2014 in comments on MSNBC:
"Cantor's campaign spent more at steakhouses than Brat spent on his entire campaign."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 9, 2014 in an interview on ABC:
"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show":
In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Jeremy Schaap
Jeremy Schaap
stated on May 28, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Qataris don't really work."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 2, 2014
Pierre Thomas
Pierre Thomas
stated on May 25, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":
From 2000 to 2008, we averaged "about five mass shootings a year. We're now averaging 15. So that's a three-fold increase."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 28, 2014
Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle
stated on May 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
Obamacare is "one big fat VA system."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2014
Major Garrett
Major Garrett
stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals.
True
By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on May 18, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The media "widely overlooked" comments made by former President Bill Clinton that Hillary Clinton had a terrible concussion that took six months to recover from.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 18, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on May 8, 2014 in a panel discussion:
Says Hillary Clinton spent 30 days in the hospital in 2012 and appeared "wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on May 11, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The incandescent light bulb "has no effect whatever on the planet."     
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2014
Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers
stated on May 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "Cashin' In" on Fox News:
"There are over 200 documented cases where (Obama) has lied."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":
After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, "the ambassador's body was dragged through the street."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2014
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on April 22, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
"A lot of the problems with forest fires ... is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2014
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