18 fact-checks of things that were wrong on the Internet
From wild claims about the Obamas to Fox News to Ferguson, we found lots to fact-check from the Internet in 2014. Here are 18 doozies.
The Latest from PolitiFact
Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."
— PunditFact
Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."
— PolitiFact Virginia
"My wife is going to be the first Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas."
— PolitiFact Texas
Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin
"A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up."
— PunditFact







