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Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 2, 2014 in a special broadcast on Fox:

Says he didn't tell viewers that the Obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in Benghazi because Obama was running for re-election.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2014

Andrea Mitchell
stated on January 28, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports":

In 2002, "Iran was more or less an American ally."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2014

Marc Thiessen
stated on January 29, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The Kelly File":

Says "Barack Obama has gone from blaming George W. Bush to plagiarizing George W. Bush."

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014

Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on January 28, 2014 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:

"Last month, more Americans stopped looking for a job than found one."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014

Ann Coulter
stated on January 22, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live":

Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 27, 2014

Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends":

Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014

Joe Scarborough
stated on January 21, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Since Barack Obama became president of the United States, 95 percent of economic gains have been made by the richest 1 percent."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2014

Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry":

"Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests."

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 12, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

"Seventy percent of the people living in abject poverty are women."

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2014

Charles Krauthammer
stated on January 2, 2014 in a "Washington Post" op-ed:

Buried in the Affordable Care Act is "a huge government bailout."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 13, 2014

Jake Tapper
stated on January 2, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper":

"The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined."

True

By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2014

Glenn Greenwald
stated on January 2, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead":

"Under the Espionage Act, (Edward Snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say ‘I was justified in disclosing this information.’ There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • January 7, 2014

Michael Moore
stated on January 1, 2014 in a "New York Times" op-ed:

Because of the health care law, "by 2017, we will be funneling over $100 billion annually to private insurance companies."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • January 3, 2014

Thom Hartmann
stated on December 12, 2013 in a broadcast of "The Big Picture":

Republican state lawmakers "are refusing to give the people of their own states their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) Medicaid."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • December 31, 2013

George Will
stated on December 22, 2013 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"Most of the (Affordable Care Act) has already in some sense been waived or otherwise suspended."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • December 22, 2013

Dennis Hastert
stated on December 18, 2013 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle":

"There never really was a 'Hastert Rule.' "

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • December 19, 2013

Chris Matthews
stated on December 16, 2013 in a broadcast of "Hardball":

"Every dollar spent in the new Obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2013

Bryan Fischer
stated on December 10, 2013 in a broadcast of "Focal Point":

"By the word religion in the First Amendment, the founders meant Christianity."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2013

Howard Fineman
stated on December 10, 2013 in comments on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes":

Says Rep. Steve Stockman "basically wants gun-filled zones in schools."

True

By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2013

Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 9, 2013 in a broadcast of the "O'Reilly Factor":

"The 'Denver Post' has actually hired an editor to promote pot."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2013

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