Latest Fact-checks in Foreign Policy 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 Henry Kissinger stated on September 6, 2014 in an interview on NPR: "There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks." Barack Obama stated on September 7, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State. Ted Cruz stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees." Lon Burnam stated on August 22, 2014 in telephone press conference: "Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas." Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2014 in a meme on social media: Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993." Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. Chain email stated on August 14, 2014 in a chain email: Says the former president of the Czech Republic said the American people were a "confederacy of fools" for electing Barack Obama. D’Banj stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas." Rand Paul stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." Greta Van Susteren stated on August 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico. Lindsey Graham stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Russia "has an economy the size of Italy." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official. Kate Obenshain stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Compared to President Obama, "President Reagan rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation, from the Reagan ranch when the Korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the Russians." Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." Bloggers stated on July 12, 2014 in a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway": "North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final." Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 8, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population." Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2014 in posts on Facebook: Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers." Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up." Vicky Hartzler stated on June 24, 2014 in a "Roll Call" interview: The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything." Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign." Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." Leticia Van de Putte stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview: Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices.": "The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
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
Henry Kissinger stated on September 6, 2014 in an interview on NPR: "There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks." Barack Obama stated on September 7, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State. Ted Cruz stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees." Lon Burnam stated on August 22, 2014 in telephone press conference: "Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas." Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2014 in a meme on social media: Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993." Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State. Chain email stated on August 14, 2014 in a chain email: Says the former president of the Czech Republic said the American people were a "confederacy of fools" for electing Barack Obama. D’Banj stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas." Rand Paul stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." Greta Van Susteren stated on August 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico. Lindsey Graham stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Russia "has an economy the size of Italy." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official. Kate Obenshain stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Compared to President Obama, "President Reagan rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation, from the Reagan ranch when the Korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the Russians." Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media." Bloggers stated on July 12, 2014 in a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway": "North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final." Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 8, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population." Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2014 in posts on Facebook: Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers." Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up." Vicky Hartzler stated on June 24, 2014 in a "Roll Call" interview: The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything." Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign." Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." Leticia Van de Putte stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview: Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices.": "The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
Henry Kissinger stated on September 6, 2014 in an interview on NPR: "There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks."
Barack Obama stated on September 7, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State.
Ted Cruz stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview with WFAA-TV: ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."
Lon Burnam stated on August 22, 2014 in telephone press conference: "Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas."
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2014 in a meme on social media: Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993."
Bloggers stated on August 19, 2014 in stories: Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.
Chain email stated on August 14, 2014 in a chain email: Says the former president of the Czech Republic said the American people were a "confederacy of fools" for electing Barack Obama.
D’Banj stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas."
Rand Paul stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."
Greta Van Susteren stated on August 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League."
Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."
Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Lindsey Graham stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."
Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water."
Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official.
Kate Obenshain stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Compared to President Obama, "President Reagan rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation, from the Reagan ranch when the Korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the Russians."
Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
John Kerry stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."
Bloggers stated on July 12, 2014 in a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway": "North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final."
Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."
Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 8, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population."
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2014 in posts on Facebook: Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers."
Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
Vicky Hartzler stated on June 24, 2014 in a "Roll Call" interview: The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign."
Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."
Leticia Van de Putte stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview: Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices.": "The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
