Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Malaria’s toll: Close to one African child killed every 2 minutes

By Jon Greenberg

April 25, 2016

"In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."

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Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says the war on drugs has failed

By Jon Greenberg

April 22, 2016

"Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use."

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Sanders oversimplifies U.S. share of NATO

By Jon Greenberg

April 19, 2016

"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."

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Do tax dodgers really cost developing countries $200 billion? Maybe

By Jon Greenberg

April 19, 2016

"Tax dodging costs developing countries $200 billion every year."  

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Sanders: U.S. multinationals would owe $620 billion on overseas profits

By Jon Greenberg

April 11, 2016

"The largest U.S. companies would owe $620 billion in U.S. taxes on the cash they store in tax havens."

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Does Clinton really have 2.5 million more votes than Sanders?

By Jon Greenberg

April 5, 2016

"I have 2 and a half million more votes than he (Sanders) does."

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U.S. dominates global TB research spending (in one key way anyhow)

By Jon Greenberg

April 5, 2016

"Most funding for tuberculosis research (is) provided by the U.S. National Institutes for Health."  

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Website stirs Zika fears with false claim about ‘liquefied brains’

By Jon Greenberg

April 4, 2016

"Evidence shows Zika virus turns fetus brains to liquid."  

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Trump miscasts impact on trade of Chinese taxes

By Jon Greenberg

March 30, 2016

"There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax."

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Grover Norquist says State Department employees sent thank-yous to donors of Clinton Foundation

By Jon Greenberg

March 28, 2016

Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation."

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Clinton: U.S. Congress hasn’t ‘allocated one penny’ to fight Zika

By Jon Greenberg

March 25, 2016

Congress will begin its recess "without having allocated one penny" to fight Zika.

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USAID head highlights worldwide income gains

By Jon Greenberg

March 24, 2016

(Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."

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