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John DePetro

John DePetro

Pants on Fire!

Try 74 miles

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.

Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews

Half-True

Only compared to presidential years

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, was elected in a "very low turnout" race.  

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

Mostly True

But for Idaho

Says Texas is "last in mental health expenditures."

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

True

For last year and over the years

Says Texas ranks first in executions among the states.

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

True

Tied with California, Mississippi in 2011

Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh

Pants on Fire!

'Ridiculous,' Bane creator says

Says it's not "accidental" that the villain in the Batman movie is named Bane.

Steve Doocy

Steve Doocy

False

Not even in extreme cases

"If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000."

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh

Pants on Fire!

Not even biggest in U.S. history

"Obamacare is . . . the largest tax increase in the history of the world."

Lawrence O'Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell

Mostly False

Not w-eally

Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare."

John DePetro

John DePetro

Pants on Fire!

Waaaay out of bounds

"[The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines."

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

Half-True

Hannity takes number out of context

Says U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "voted with the Democrats in Congress nearly 95 percent of the time."

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

Mostly False

Muffin-gate unbuttered

Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."

Gail Collins

Gail Collins

Mostly True

In a carrier with a windshield, plus he got his revenge

Mitt Romney "drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car."

Ed Schultz

Ed Schultz

Half-True

Liberal think tank looks just at benefits, not taxes

"In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."

Donna Brazile

Donna Brazile

Mostly True

From 2005 to 2009

"Over the last four years, 53 percent of black wealth has just disappeared."

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

True

Poverty is a contributing factor

"One in four Texans lacks health insurance, the highest proportion in the nation."

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Half-True

Different polls reach different conclusions

"The average Republican voter thinks there should be some revenue as part of this deal."

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

False

Actually, the poverty rate has fallen, and plummeted for some groups

Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.

Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington

Mostly True

Few countries limit borrowing precisely as the U.S. does

"Most countries have no debt ceiling."

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.

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