Latest Fact-checks by Jon Greenberg Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Laura Ingraham stated on February 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show": Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background." Center for Western Priorities stated on February 5, 2015 in a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac." Dana Perino stated on February 9, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: On climate change, "the temperature readings have been fabricated, and it's all blowing up in their (scientists') faces." Urban Intellectuals stated on January 15, 2015 in an article posted on Urban Intellectuals: "Sheriffs Call For Obama’s Lynching While Leader Meets With GOP Senators" Rush Limbaugh stated on February 3, 2015 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy." Megyn Kelly stated on February 2, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism. Joe Scarborough stated on January 29, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row." Bill Belichick stated on January 24, 2015 in a news conference: Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch." Stuart Varney stated on January 27, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "America's Newsroom": "It will cost $50,000 per enrollee in Obamacare over the next 10 years." Carly Fiorina stated on January 21, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House." Jennifer Granholm stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators." Jonathan Turley stated on January 11, 2015 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard." Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." Michael McCaul stated on January 11, 2015 in an interview on CBS "Face the Nation": Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa." Sally Kohn stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists." NaHa Daily stated on January 4, 2015 in a website article: "Fox News airs Stuart Scott R.I.P. tribute with picture of Stephen A. Smith." Newt Gingrich stated on January 4, 2015 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story. John Thune stated on January 4, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment." Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal." Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade." Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Doonesbury stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics: Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections. Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa." Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did." Stephen Carter stated on December 4, 2014 in an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views": "More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment." Matthew Dowd stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times. Peter Morici stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal": Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks." Benjamin Crump stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
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Laura Ingraham stated on February 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show": Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background." Center for Western Priorities stated on February 5, 2015 in a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac." Dana Perino stated on February 9, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: On climate change, "the temperature readings have been fabricated, and it's all blowing up in their (scientists') faces." Urban Intellectuals stated on January 15, 2015 in an article posted on Urban Intellectuals: "Sheriffs Call For Obama’s Lynching While Leader Meets With GOP Senators" Rush Limbaugh stated on February 3, 2015 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy." Megyn Kelly stated on February 2, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism. Joe Scarborough stated on January 29, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row." Bill Belichick stated on January 24, 2015 in a news conference: Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch." Stuart Varney stated on January 27, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "America's Newsroom": "It will cost $50,000 per enrollee in Obamacare over the next 10 years." Carly Fiorina stated on January 21, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House." Jennifer Granholm stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators." Jonathan Turley stated on January 11, 2015 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard." Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." Michael McCaul stated on January 11, 2015 in an interview on CBS "Face the Nation": Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa." Sally Kohn stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists." NaHa Daily stated on January 4, 2015 in a website article: "Fox News airs Stuart Scott R.I.P. tribute with picture of Stephen A. Smith." Newt Gingrich stated on January 4, 2015 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story. John Thune stated on January 4, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment." Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal." Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade." Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Doonesbury stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics: Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections. Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa." Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did." Stephen Carter stated on December 4, 2014 in an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views": "More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment." Matthew Dowd stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times. Peter Morici stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal": Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks." Benjamin Crump stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
Laura Ingraham stated on February 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show": Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background."
Center for Western Priorities stated on February 5, 2015 in a post on the organization's website: "Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
Dana Perino stated on February 9, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: On climate change, "the temperature readings have been fabricated, and it's all blowing up in their (scientists') faces."
Urban Intellectuals stated on January 15, 2015 in an article posted on Urban Intellectuals: "Sheriffs Call For Obama’s Lynching While Leader Meets With GOP Senators"
Rush Limbaugh stated on February 3, 2015 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show": The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy."
Megyn Kelly stated on February 2, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.
Joe Scarborough stated on January 29, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."
Bill Belichick stated on January 24, 2015 in a news conference: Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch."
Stuart Varney stated on January 27, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "America's Newsroom": "It will cost $50,000 per enrollee in Obamacare over the next 10 years."
Carly Fiorina stated on January 21, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House."
Jennifer Granholm stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators."
Jonathan Turley stated on January 11, 2015 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard."
Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
Michael McCaul stated on January 11, 2015 in an interview on CBS "Face the Nation": Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."
Sally Kohn stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists."
NaHa Daily stated on January 4, 2015 in a website article: "Fox News airs Stuart Scott R.I.P. tribute with picture of Stephen A. Smith."
Newt Gingrich stated on January 4, 2015 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.
John Thune stated on January 4, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment."
Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal."
Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade."
Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up."
Doonesbury stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics: Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections.
Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."
Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."
Stephen Carter stated on December 4, 2014 in an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views": "More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment."
Matthew Dowd stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.
Peter Morici stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal": Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks."
Benjamin Crump stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
