Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Chuck Schumer, Senate Democrats flub statistic on layoffs in 2018

By Louis Jacobson

April 18, 2018

In the wake of the Republican-backed tax bill, "more than 100,000 American workers have already been laid off in 2018."

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Did Patrick Morrisey write a health care law for ‘illegals’?

By Louis Jacobson

April 18, 2018

"In Congress, (Patrick) Morrisey wrote the health care law giving free health care to illegals."

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Do women get only 80 percent of the pay men do for the same job?

By Louis Jacobson

April 13, 2018

"On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."

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No, Buzz Aldrin didn’t see space aliens and take a lie detector test to prove it

By Louis Jacobson

April 10, 2018

Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life."

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Did Nancy Pelosi vow to raise taxes if Democrats take the U.S. House?

By Louis Jacobson

April 9, 2018

"Nancy Pelosi vows Democrats will raise taxes if they take back the House."

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Can taxpayers expect card-sized tax forms next year, as Donald Trump says?

By Louis Jacobson

April 9, 2018

"This will be the last time — April — that you’re going to (fill out) that old-fashioned, big, lots of pages, complicated tax form. Because…

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Are there only 18 minutes of action in a baseball game?

By Louis Jacobson

April 6, 2018

"There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."

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Do Republicans in Congress want to take away Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid?

By Louis Jacobson

April 5, 2018

"Republicans in Congress are plotting to take away Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."

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How far has U.S. manufacturing employment fallen?

By Louis Jacobson

April 4, 2018

"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."

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Donald Trump off-base in comparison of U.S., Mexico border laws

By Louis Jacobson

April 2, 2018

Mexico has "very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic."

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Joe Manchin off-target on small business share of West Virginia’s economy

By Louis Jacobson

March 26, 2018

Small businesses in West Virginia "make up about 96 percent of our state's economy."

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Does West Virginia lead the nation in overdose drug death rate? Yes

By Louis Jacobson

March 23, 2018

West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."

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