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Drudge Report
Drudge Report
stated on April 27, 2014 in a tweet:
Says Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald "Sterling is a Democrat."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 28, 2014
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on April 23, 2014 in an interview on "Hannity":
"The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land (in the Western states)."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 28, 2014
Neera Tanden
Neera Tanden
stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2014 in multiple blog and video posts:
The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 24, 2014
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip:
Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2014
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on April 17, 2014 in an interview on "Hannity":
Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and "all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2014
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2014 in a tweet:
"ObamaCare enrollment lie: Obama counts an enrollee as a web user putting a plan in ‘their online shopping carts.’"
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 21, 2014
Nia-Malika Henderson
Nia-Malika Henderson
stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on MSNBC:
"Democrats very much are in the pocket of the NRA."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson
stated on April 14, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show":
"We know that Sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point":
"A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2014
James Carville
James Carville
stated on April 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The insurance risk corridors aren't going broke like Republicans predicted.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 13, 2014
Dick Morris
Dick Morris
stated on April 7, 2014 in in a broadcast of Fox News' "Hannity":
A North Carolina study proves that "probably over a million people voted twice in (the 2012) election."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 10, 2014
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
"The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country."
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2014
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on April 2, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Less than 1 percent of 1 percent of the American population has given an amount over $200" to a federal political campaign.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 3, 2014
Arian Foster
Arian Foster
stated on March 19, 2014 in a tweet:
The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 1, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on March 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show":
Health insurance and medical costs "are going down because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2014
Rich Lowry
Rich Lowry
stated on March 23, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
Most of the people who have signed up through the Obamacare exchanges "already had insurance."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 26, 2014
Drudge Report
Drudge Report
stated on March 20, 2014 in a post on their website:
"Reporters rehearse questions with White House press (secretary)."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 20, 2014
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014
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