1 People 101 Fact-checks 93 Articles People (1) Rachel Maddow Fact-checks (101) Rachel Maddow stated on June 28, 2013 in On “The Rachel Maddow Show,” broadcast on MSNBC: Says Ohio budget item later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a "mandatory vaginal probe." By Henry J. Gomez• July 9, 2013 Rachel Maddow stated on January 21, 2011 in HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent." By Robert Farley• February 3, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on June 03, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. By Aaron Sharockman• June 5, 2014 Rachel Maddow stated on July 19, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.: Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit." By Aaron Sharockman• July 23, 2010 Rachel Maddow stated on July 13, 2015 in a television show: Under Scott Walker, "the Wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country." By Kevin Crowe, Tom Kertscher• August 24, 2015 Rachel Maddow stated on August 02, 2010 in "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse." By Alex Holt• August 12, 2010 Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." By Molly Moorhead• October 28, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on December 15, 2010 in an interview on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman: Fox News "said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama." By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on August 04, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate." By Jon Greenberg• August 6, 2015 Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": "When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 Rachel Maddow stated on January 02, 2014 in comments on her show: The Foundation for Government Accountability, which supported a Florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a "Koch brothers affiliated group." By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• January 9, 2014 Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2019 in the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.: "No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking." By Kit Norton• July 3, 2019 Rachel Maddow stated on March 01, 2021 in a TV segment: "While he was president, President Trump never encouraged Americans to get vaccinated." By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2021 Rachel Maddow stated on June 04, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show": In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous." By Jon Greenberg• June 10, 2014 Rachel Maddow stated on November 10, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.: "The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards." By Aaron Sharockman• November 12, 2010 Rachel Maddow stated on November 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did. By Jon Greenberg• November 24, 2014 Steve Moore stated on February 02, 2011 in HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": In the 1980s, "The lowest income people had the biggest gains." By Robert Farley• February 3, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on October 22, 2009 in "The Rachel Maddow" show: "President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 27, 2009 Rachel Maddow stated on April 06, 2009 in 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." By Alexander Lane• April 10, 2009 Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president. By Aaron Sharockman• September 24, 2014 Articles (93) Checking Rachel Maddow By Bill Adair• August 12, 2010 PolitiFact fields fire after rating False a Rachel Maddow statement By W. Gardner Selby• February 28, 2011 Has Social Security stabilized poverty among the elderly? By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2011 Letter from a Rachel Maddow fan By Bill Adair• May 11, 2012 Maddow takes on Fox News over New Black Panther Party By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2011 Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and the case of the missing question By Jon Greenberg• July 25, 2018 Responding to Rachel Maddow By Bill Adair, Greg Borowski• February 25, 2011 Responding to Rachel Maddow By Bill Adair, Greg Borowski• February 25, 2011 The pundits, 0 for 3 By Bill Adair• October 28, 2009 Checking the pundits By Bill Adair, Alexander Lane• April 10, 2009 Rick Perry said everyone gets a tax cut under his plan By Martha M. Hamilton, W. Gardner Selby• November 7, 2011 Rick Perry said his tax plan produces tax cuts for all By Martha M. Hamilton, W. Gardner Selby• November 7, 2011 Is it true the rich are getting richer? By Martha M. Hamilton• July 6, 2011 August High Five: Walker runs the table By James B. Nelson• September 2, 2015 PunditFact's top 6 fact-checks of 2014 By Jon Greenberg• December 29, 2014 Our favorite pundit fact-checks of 2010 By Robert Farley• December 29, 2010 Mailbag: 'If I could marry a website, I'd be Mrs. PolitiFact.com' By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 15, 2010 Emma Watson severely undercounts number of child marriages in UN speech By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2014 PolitiFact's Top 10 pundit checks for 2009 By Robert Farley• December 30, 2009 Giving thanks for True statements By Steve Contorno• November 27, 2013
Rachel Maddow stated on June 28, 2013 in On “The Rachel Maddow Show,” broadcast on MSNBC: Says Ohio budget item later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a "mandatory vaginal probe." By Henry J. Gomez• July 9, 2013 Rachel Maddow stated on January 21, 2011 in HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent." By Robert Farley• February 3, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on June 03, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq. By Aaron Sharockman• June 5, 2014 Rachel Maddow stated on July 19, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.: Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit." By Aaron Sharockman• July 23, 2010 Rachel Maddow stated on July 13, 2015 in a television show: Under Scott Walker, "the Wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country." By Kevin Crowe, Tom Kertscher• August 24, 2015 Rachel Maddow stated on August 02, 2010 in "The Rachel Maddow Show": "The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse." By Alex Holt• August 12, 2010 Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." By Molly Moorhead• October 28, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on December 15, 2010 in an interview on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman: Fox News "said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama." By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on August 04, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate." By Jon Greenberg• August 6, 2015 Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": "When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 Rachel Maddow stated on January 02, 2014 in comments on her show: The Foundation for Government Accountability, which supported a Florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a "Koch brothers affiliated group." By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• January 9, 2014 Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2019 in the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.: "No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking." By Kit Norton• July 3, 2019 Rachel Maddow stated on March 01, 2021 in a TV segment: "While he was president, President Trump never encouraged Americans to get vaccinated." By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2021 Rachel Maddow stated on June 04, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show": In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous." By Jon Greenberg• June 10, 2014 Rachel Maddow stated on November 10, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.: "The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards." By Aaron Sharockman• November 12, 2010 Rachel Maddow stated on November 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did. By Jon Greenberg• November 24, 2014 Steve Moore stated on February 02, 2011 in HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": In the 1980s, "The lowest income people had the biggest gains." By Robert Farley• February 3, 2011 Rachel Maddow stated on October 22, 2009 in "The Rachel Maddow" show: "President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 27, 2009 Rachel Maddow stated on April 06, 2009 in 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." By Alexander Lane• April 10, 2009 Rachel Maddow stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift": "Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president. By Aaron Sharockman• September 24, 2014
Checking Rachel Maddow By Bill Adair• August 12, 2010 PolitiFact fields fire after rating False a Rachel Maddow statement By W. Gardner Selby• February 28, 2011 Has Social Security stabilized poverty among the elderly? By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2011 Letter from a Rachel Maddow fan By Bill Adair• May 11, 2012 Maddow takes on Fox News over New Black Panther Party By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2011 Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and the case of the missing question By Jon Greenberg• July 25, 2018 Responding to Rachel Maddow By Bill Adair, Greg Borowski• February 25, 2011 Responding to Rachel Maddow By Bill Adair, Greg Borowski• February 25, 2011 The pundits, 0 for 3 By Bill Adair• October 28, 2009 Checking the pundits By Bill Adair, Alexander Lane• April 10, 2009 Rick Perry said everyone gets a tax cut under his plan By Martha M. Hamilton, W. Gardner Selby• November 7, 2011 Rick Perry said his tax plan produces tax cuts for all By Martha M. Hamilton, W. Gardner Selby• November 7, 2011 Is it true the rich are getting richer? By Martha M. Hamilton• July 6, 2011 August High Five: Walker runs the table By James B. Nelson• September 2, 2015 PunditFact's top 6 fact-checks of 2014 By Jon Greenberg• December 29, 2014 Our favorite pundit fact-checks of 2010 By Robert Farley• December 29, 2010 Mailbag: 'If I could marry a website, I'd be Mrs. PolitiFact.com' By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 15, 2010 Emma Watson severely undercounts number of child marriages in UN speech By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2014 PolitiFact's Top 10 pundit checks for 2009 By Robert Farley• December 30, 2009 Giving thanks for True statements By Steve Contorno• November 27, 2013
