Latest Fact-checks in PunditFact 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 Herman Cain stated on November 3, 2014 in a blog post: "More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured." Jonathan Karl stated on November 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters." Megyn Kelly stated on October 21, 2014 in a segment on "The Kelly File": A new Colorado law "literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to ‘collectors.’ " Nicholas Kristof stated on October 22, 2014 in an op-ed in the "New York Times": "All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times." Tucker Carlson stated on October 2, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls." Doug Muder stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog: Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC." Stephanie Cutter stated on October 19, 2014 in an episode of "Meet the Press": "Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester." Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia." Corey Hebert stated on October 20, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes": "We've had 27 (Ebola) outbreaks around the globe and they've never spread outside of the confines of the countries that were initially affected." Bill O'Reilly stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview with Howard Kurtz: "When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up." Tavis Smiley stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003." George Will stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough." Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates." Mark Shields stated on October 10, 2014 in a broadcast of PBS' "Newshour": Republicans "made it easier to buy a gun" in states they won in 2010. Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends" on Fox News: Says President Barack Obama’s recent New York fundraising trip "cost between $25 million and $50 million." Tony Perkins stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad." Sarah Silverman stated on October 8, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center: "Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career. Morgan Brittany stated on October 7, 2014 in an article on the WND website: "According to a government supplier of emergency products, the Disaster Assistance Response Team was told to be prepared to be activated in the month of October for an outbreak of Ebola." Bill O'Reilly stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks. Ben Affleck stated on October 3, 2014 in an interview on "Real Time with Bill Maher": The Islamic State is so small it "couldn't fill a Double A ballpark in Charleston, W. Va." Dean Obeidallah stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive. Gloria Steinem stated on October 1, 2014 in an AP interview: More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq." Dick Cheney stated on September 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News: "We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army." George Will stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in government's competence was under Ronald Reagan." Reza Aslan stated on September 29, 2014 in an interview on "CNN Tonight": Says female genital mutilation is "a central African problem," not an Islamic problem, as Bill Maher suggested. William Benson Huber stated on September 28, 2014 in an op-ed in the "New York Post": The non-profit group Feeding America is lying when it claims "that one in five kids is fighting starvation daily" in the United States. Jane Harman stated on September 28, 2014 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday": The Justice Department’s Fast and Furious gun-walking program "started in the Bush administration." Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children." Laura Ingraham stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": This Congress "adjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an election." LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
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Herman Cain stated on November 3, 2014 in a blog post: "More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured." Jonathan Karl stated on November 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters." Megyn Kelly stated on October 21, 2014 in a segment on "The Kelly File": A new Colorado law "literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to ‘collectors.’ " Nicholas Kristof stated on October 22, 2014 in an op-ed in the "New York Times": "All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times." Tucker Carlson stated on October 2, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls." Doug Muder stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog: Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC." Stephanie Cutter stated on October 19, 2014 in an episode of "Meet the Press": "Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester." Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia." Corey Hebert stated on October 20, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes": "We've had 27 (Ebola) outbreaks around the globe and they've never spread outside of the confines of the countries that were initially affected." Bill O'Reilly stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview with Howard Kurtz: "When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up." Tavis Smiley stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003." George Will stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough." Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates." Mark Shields stated on October 10, 2014 in a broadcast of PBS' "Newshour": Republicans "made it easier to buy a gun" in states they won in 2010. Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends" on Fox News: Says President Barack Obama’s recent New York fundraising trip "cost between $25 million and $50 million." Tony Perkins stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad." Sarah Silverman stated on October 8, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center: "Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career. Morgan Brittany stated on October 7, 2014 in an article on the WND website: "According to a government supplier of emergency products, the Disaster Assistance Response Team was told to be prepared to be activated in the month of October for an outbreak of Ebola." Bill O'Reilly stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks. Ben Affleck stated on October 3, 2014 in an interview on "Real Time with Bill Maher": The Islamic State is so small it "couldn't fill a Double A ballpark in Charleston, W. Va." Dean Obeidallah stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive. Gloria Steinem stated on October 1, 2014 in an AP interview: More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq." Dick Cheney stated on September 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News: "We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army." George Will stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in government's competence was under Ronald Reagan." Reza Aslan stated on September 29, 2014 in an interview on "CNN Tonight": Says female genital mutilation is "a central African problem," not an Islamic problem, as Bill Maher suggested. William Benson Huber stated on September 28, 2014 in an op-ed in the "New York Post": The non-profit group Feeding America is lying when it claims "that one in five kids is fighting starvation daily" in the United States. Jane Harman stated on September 28, 2014 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday": The Justice Department’s Fast and Furious gun-walking program "started in the Bush administration." Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children." Laura Ingraham stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": This Congress "adjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an election." LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
Herman Cain stated on November 3, 2014 in a blog post: "More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."
Jonathan Karl stated on November 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters."
Megyn Kelly stated on October 21, 2014 in a segment on "The Kelly File": A new Colorado law "literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to ‘collectors.’ "
Nicholas Kristof stated on October 22, 2014 in an op-ed in the "New York Times": "All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times."
Tucker Carlson stated on October 2, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls."
Doug Muder stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog: Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."
Stephanie Cutter stated on October 19, 2014 in an episode of "Meet the Press": "Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester."
Allen West stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet: "U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia."
Corey Hebert stated on October 20, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes": "We've had 27 (Ebola) outbreaks around the globe and they've never spread outside of the confines of the countries that were initially affected."
Bill O'Reilly stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview with Howard Kurtz: "When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up."
Tavis Smiley stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003."
George Will stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."
Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates."
Mark Shields stated on October 10, 2014 in a broadcast of PBS' "Newshour": Republicans "made it easier to buy a gun" in states they won in 2010.
Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends" on Fox News: Says President Barack Obama’s recent New York fundraising trip "cost between $25 million and $50 million."
Tony Perkins stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
Sarah Silverman stated on October 8, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center: "Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.
Morgan Brittany stated on October 7, 2014 in an article on the WND website: "According to a government supplier of emergency products, the Disaster Assistance Response Team was told to be prepared to be activated in the month of October for an outbreak of Ebola."
Bill O'Reilly stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.
Ben Affleck stated on October 3, 2014 in an interview on "Real Time with Bill Maher": The Islamic State is so small it "couldn't fill a Double A ballpark in Charleston, W. Va."
Dean Obeidallah stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive.
Gloria Steinem stated on October 1, 2014 in an AP interview: More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."
Dick Cheney stated on September 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News: "We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army."
George Will stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in government's competence was under Ronald Reagan."
Reza Aslan stated on September 29, 2014 in an interview on "CNN Tonight": Says female genital mutilation is "a central African problem," not an Islamic problem, as Bill Maher suggested.
William Benson Huber stated on September 28, 2014 in an op-ed in the "New York Post": The non-profit group Feeding America is lying when it claims "that one in five kids is fighting starvation daily" in the United States.
Jane Harman stated on September 28, 2014 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday": The Justice Department’s Fast and Furious gun-walking program "started in the Bush administration."
Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children."
Laura Ingraham stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": This Congress "adjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an election."
LZ Granderson stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
