Latest Fact-checks by Robert Farley 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 Glenn Beck stated on September 1, 2009 in his radio program: Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist." Rush Limbaugh stated on August 28, 2009 in his radio program: The government is "going to have the right to get into your bank account with the health care bill and make transfers without you knowing it." Duncan Hunter stated on August 31, 2009 in an interview on MSNBC: "We waterboard, incidentally, hundreds of our own military personnel. They waterboard themselves in training to toughen themselves up." Michael Steele stated on August 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview: The Department of Veterans Affairs has "a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like, 'Are you really of value to your community?' You know, encouraging them to commit suicide." Howard Dean stated on August 9, 2009 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week": "There's no rationing in any of these bills." John Boehner stated on August 18, 2009 in a press release: The health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care." Orly Taitz stated on August 2, 2009 in an attachment to a lawsuit: Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate. U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on August 12, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases." Sarah Palin stated on August 12, 2009 in her Facebook page: A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall on health care: AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill. Michele Bachmann stated on July 27, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled." John Boehner stated on July 23, 2009 in an op-ed for National Review: The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars." Kimberly Guilfoyle stated on July 31, 2009 in the Glenn Beck show: If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity. Glenn Beck stated on July 22, 2009 in his TV program: John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population." WorldNetDaily stated on June 17, 2009 in an advertisement: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet. Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza." Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: "Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield." Eric Cantor stated on July 8, 2009 in a PBS interview.: "We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs." Chain email stated on May 24, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents." Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in an interview with the Washington Times.: ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public." Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview: Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home." Keith Olbermann stated on June 18, 2009 in his MSNBC "Countdown" program: "Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq." Sean Hannity stated on June 18, 2009 in a Fox News interview: Under the "Cash for Clunkers" program, "all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500." Glenn Beck stated on June 10, 2009 in his Fox News program: "Why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? We're the only country in the world that has it." Bill Nelson stated on June 15, 2009 in a statement.: Oil money from federal leases "can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling." John McCain stated on May 30, 2009 in a Twitter message: "Obama has more czars than the Romanovs." Sarah Palin stated on June 8, 2009 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox: Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required "universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn't going to work up there in Alaska." Barack Obama stated on June 9, 2009 in a statement at the White House: "In the first round of repayments" from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit."
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
Glenn Beck stated on September 1, 2009 in his radio program: Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist." Rush Limbaugh stated on August 28, 2009 in his radio program: The government is "going to have the right to get into your bank account with the health care bill and make transfers without you knowing it." Duncan Hunter stated on August 31, 2009 in an interview on MSNBC: "We waterboard, incidentally, hundreds of our own military personnel. They waterboard themselves in training to toughen themselves up." Michael Steele stated on August 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview: The Department of Veterans Affairs has "a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like, 'Are you really of value to your community?' You know, encouraging them to commit suicide." Howard Dean stated on August 9, 2009 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week": "There's no rationing in any of these bills." John Boehner stated on August 18, 2009 in a press release: The health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care." Orly Taitz stated on August 2, 2009 in an attachment to a lawsuit: Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate. U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on August 12, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases." Sarah Palin stated on August 12, 2009 in her Facebook page: A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall on health care: AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill. Michele Bachmann stated on July 27, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled." John Boehner stated on July 23, 2009 in an op-ed for National Review: The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars." Kimberly Guilfoyle stated on July 31, 2009 in the Glenn Beck show: If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity. Glenn Beck stated on July 22, 2009 in his TV program: John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population." WorldNetDaily stated on June 17, 2009 in an advertisement: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet. Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza." Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: "Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield." Eric Cantor stated on July 8, 2009 in a PBS interview.: "We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs." Chain email stated on May 24, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents." Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in an interview with the Washington Times.: ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public." Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview: Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home." Keith Olbermann stated on June 18, 2009 in his MSNBC "Countdown" program: "Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq." Sean Hannity stated on June 18, 2009 in a Fox News interview: Under the "Cash for Clunkers" program, "all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500." Glenn Beck stated on June 10, 2009 in his Fox News program: "Why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? We're the only country in the world that has it." Bill Nelson stated on June 15, 2009 in a statement.: Oil money from federal leases "can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling." John McCain stated on May 30, 2009 in a Twitter message: "Obama has more czars than the Romanovs." Sarah Palin stated on June 8, 2009 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox: Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required "universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn't going to work up there in Alaska." Barack Obama stated on June 9, 2009 in a statement at the White House: "In the first round of repayments" from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit."
Glenn Beck stated on September 1, 2009 in his radio program: Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist."
Rush Limbaugh stated on August 28, 2009 in his radio program: The government is "going to have the right to get into your bank account with the health care bill and make transfers without you knowing it."
Duncan Hunter stated on August 31, 2009 in an interview on MSNBC: "We waterboard, incidentally, hundreds of our own military personnel. They waterboard themselves in training to toughen themselves up."
Michael Steele stated on August 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview: The Department of Veterans Affairs has "a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like, 'Are you really of value to your community?' You know, encouraging them to commit suicide."
Howard Dean stated on August 9, 2009 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week": "There's no rationing in any of these bills."
John Boehner stated on August 18, 2009 in a press release: The health bill's plan for comparative effectiveness research "would be used by the government to ration care."
Orly Taitz stated on August 2, 2009 in an attachment to a lawsuit: Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on August 12, 2009 in a TV ad: The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean "big tax increases."
Sarah Palin stated on August 12, 2009 in her Facebook page: A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary."
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall on health care: AARP is "endorsing" the health care reform bill.
Michele Bachmann stated on July 27, 2009 in a statement on the House floor: Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, "says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled."
John Boehner stated on July 23, 2009 in an op-ed for National Review: The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."
Kimberly Guilfoyle stated on July 31, 2009 in the Glenn Beck show: If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity.
Glenn Beck stated on July 22, 2009 in his TV program: John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population."
WorldNetDaily stated on June 17, 2009 in an advertisement: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet.
Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza."
Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: "Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield."
Eric Cantor stated on July 8, 2009 in a PBS interview.: "We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)."
John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government."
John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs."
Chain email stated on May 24, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents."
Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in an interview with the Washington Times.: ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."
Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview: Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."
Keith Olbermann stated on June 18, 2009 in his MSNBC "Countdown" program: "Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq."
Sean Hannity stated on June 18, 2009 in a Fox News interview: Under the "Cash for Clunkers" program, "all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500."
Glenn Beck stated on June 10, 2009 in his Fox News program: "Why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? We're the only country in the world that has it."
Bill Nelson stated on June 15, 2009 in a statement.: Oil money from federal leases "can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling."
Sarah Palin stated on June 8, 2009 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox: Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required "universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn't going to work up there in Alaska."
Barack Obama stated on June 9, 2009 in a statement at the White House: "In the first round of repayments" from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit."
