M.B. Pell

M.B. Pell

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer

M.B. Pell is a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

mbpell@ajc.com

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Yolanda Adrean
Yolanda Adrean
stated on June 20, 2011 in Website:
"We [the city of Atlanta] are overbuilt on housing."
Half-True
By M.B. Pell • September 7, 2011
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on December 20, 2010 in an article:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan diet.
Half-True
By M.B. Pell • August 31, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2011 in a Twitter post:
"We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor."
Pants on Fire!
By M.B. Pell • August 29, 2011
Kevin Bloye
Kevin Bloye
stated on March 11, 2011 in AJC story:
Roughly 700 Georgians die needlessly each year because they are too far from a trauma center.
Mostly False
By M.B. Pell • June 10, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on March 17, 2011 in an interview:
Says "in Canada, the number of CT scan machines per 1,000 people is like one-tenth of what we have here in this country. That's why people have to wait."
False
By M.B. Pell • May 2, 2011
Allie McCullen
Allie McCullen
stated on March 2, 2011 in a speech:
"The Georgia Lottery Corp. has only once in the past 16 years paid out the agreed upon 35 percent of proceeds to the account which funds the HOPE scholarship."
False
By M.B. Pell • April 27, 2011
Joel Keehn
Joel Keehn
stated on March 11, 2011 in a blog:
The hour of sleep you lose during the change to daylight saving time might initially pose some health risks.
True
By M.B. Pell • March 28, 2011
Alan Powell
Alan Powell
stated on November 1, 2010 in an interview:
"Democrats have now become the party of the [Atlanta] metro area and of blacks."
Mostly True
By M.B. Pell • March 14, 2011
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