Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Scott’s claim about hospital funding cuts ignores new subsidies in Build Back Better Act

By Jon Greenberg

December 10, 2021

The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.

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No, Joe Biden wasn’t a tractor-trailer driver

By Jon Greenberg

December 3, 2021

“I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.”

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Fact-check: How Mississippi’s abortion law compares with laws in Europe

By Jon Greenberg

December 1, 2021

“39 out of 42 (countries) in Europe have more restrictive abortion laws” than Mississippi.

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Kevin McCarthy misleads about Build Back Better legislation and IRS audits

By Amy Sherman , Jon Greenberg

November 19, 2021

“If you or your family spends $28 a day — prepare to be under constant audit by the IRS.”

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Greenland lost ice faster this decade than 80 years ago

By Jon Greenberg

November 3, 2021

“Greenland's ice sheet isn't shrinking any more rapidly today than it was 80 years ago.”

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No, diesel fuel isn’t recharging electric cars at COP26 climate meeting

By Jon Greenberg

October 26, 2021

“COP26 luxury EVs to be recharged using diesel generators”

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No, the federal government isn’t using the Patriot Act to treat parents like domestic terrorists

By Jon Greenberg

October 22, 2021

We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act.

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No, wildfires weren’t bigger in the 1920s and ‘30s than today

By Jon Greenberg

October 15, 2021

“U.S. acres burned each year are much fewer now — even in our worst years — than was the case in the early 20th century.”

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Actually, wind turbines easily produce more power than it takes to build them

By Jon Greenberg

October 12, 2021

A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.”

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Rick Scott wrongly warns FBI coming after loud parents at school board meetings

By Jon Greenberg

October 11, 2021

"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like…

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What’s in a name? Louisiana lawmakers wrongly say name change scuttles FDA COVID-19 vaccine approval

By Jon Greenberg

October 7, 2021

“There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.”

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Few religions ban vaccination, but that counts little for religious exemptions

By Jon Greenberg

October 6, 2021

“There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot” get vaccinated.

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