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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart

False

The data is much more contradictory

"Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll."

Kevin Bloye

Kevin Bloye

Mostly False

Numbers too low to be True

Roughly 700 Georgians die needlessly each year because they are too far from a trauma center.

Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham

False

Poll data is scarce, but evidence of wild unpopularity is even scarcer

The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.

Christopher Plante

Christopher Plante

Pants on Fire!

His latest poll says otherwise.

"The people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage."

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons

Mostly False

More Floridians favor repeal in two recent polls

"Polls show that Floridians don't want to repeal the Affordable Care Act."

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Pants on Fire!

One poll (misidentified) conducted before he delved into birth certificate issue

"CNN did a poll recently where Obama and I are statistically tied."

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

True

Most polls support that

"Large majorities" of the public "oppose major changes to Medicare" and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.

Brian Kilmeade

Brian Kilmeade

False

Not in polls we can find

Says Gov. Rick Scott's approval ratings are up.

George Nee

George Nee

Mostly False

There’s support for unions, but is it growing?

"Public sentiment in favor of collective bargaining and in favor of the unions has actually gone up as these governors, I think, have overreached and gone too far and tried to destroy the labor movement."

Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay

Pants on Fire!

Maybe 57th-most liberal

Says Travis County, home to Austin, is the most liberal county in the United States.

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

Half-True

Aggregate of polls show more even divide

The majority of people in polls do "not support Obamacare."

Matthew Dowd

Matthew Dowd

Mostly True

Actually, presidents are likelier to lose ground after speech

Poll results from the past 35 years show that State of the Union speeches "do not move" presidential approval numbers.

Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine

Half-True

Mid-term marks below average but above Reagan's in first term

Obama’s mid-term approval ratings are similar to other presidents who went on to re-election.  

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