Latest Fact-Checks By Erin O'Neill

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 16, 2011 in an "On the Line" interview with Steve Adubato:
Says car insurance rates have decreased since about a decade ago because of market-based solutions that attracted more auto insurers to New Jersey.
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 7, 2011
Jeff Tittel
Jeff Tittel
stated on June 13, 2011 in testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee:
"One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 4, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on May 24, 2011 in a press release:
Says that as a gubernatorial candidate, Chris Christie "promised no school cuts."
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 1, 2011
Samuel DeMaio
Samuel DeMaio
stated on June 9, 2011 in an interview on FOX 5's "Good Day New York":
Says he can’t release his internal affairs record because there are Attorney General guidelines in place protecting it.
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 30, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on May 24, 2011 in a press release:
"The state’s tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 27, 2011
Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan
stated on June 14, 2011 in an interview with Gov. Chris Christie on "Piers Morgan Tonight":
Says Gov. Chris Christie’s "poll ratings have been going up."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 26, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
"When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • June 21, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
"For a young man or woman who is entering the ninth grade in Newark this year, they have a 29 percent graduation rate."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 15, 2011
Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
stated on May 11, 2011 in a radio interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show:
Says Panasonic stayed in New Jersey because of the Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant (BRRAG) program.
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 10, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on May 11, 2011 in a speech at women’s health roundtable discussion:
Says six of the state’s 58 family planning centers had to close because of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts.
True
By Erin O'Neill • June 10, 2011
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