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Alexander Lane

Alexander Lane

Staff Writer, PolitiFact.com

Alexander Lane is a reporter for PolitiFact based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was a staff writer for the New Jersey Star-Ledger. As a freelance journalist, he has contributed to This American Life, Chow.com, Portland Magazine and other publications. He has also worked as a musician and a cook.

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Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on April 7, 2009 a discussion on MSNBC
President Obama has never received a paycheck from a profitmaking business in his entire life.
False
By Alexander Lane • April 15, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 8, 2009 a radio broadcast
"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."
False
By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 6, 2009 an episode of her MSNBC show
Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned."
False
By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 25, 2009 a press release.
"Secretary Geithner has left the option on the table" of abandoning the dollar for a multinational currency.
False
By Alexander Lane • April 1, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2009 a speech at the White House.
"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 31, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on March 24, 2009 a press release and Web post
"The administration raises revenue for nationalized health care through a series of new taxes, including a light switch tax that would cost every American household $3,128 a year."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • March 30, 2009
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
stated on March 24, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor
The Employee Free Choice Act mandates the "elimination of the secret ballot."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • March 27, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on March 23, 2009 a blog post.
Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen "called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'"
False
By Alexander Lane • March 24, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 22, 2009 a television interview
"Warren (Buffett) still does support me."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 23, 2009
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on March 19, 2009 a CNN interview.
On whether he wrote a provision that allowed AIG to dole out bonuses.
Full Flop
By Alexander Lane • March 23, 2009
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