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 Marc Lamont Hill stated on August 20, 2014 in a CNN segment: "Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop. Don Lemon stated on August 20, 2014 in a live broadcast on CNN: "I was able to go and buy an automatic weapon … Most people can go out and buy an automatic weapon." Cornel West stated on August 25, 2014 in an interview on Salon: Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown." Herman Cain stated on August 11, 2014 in comments on Fox News Business: "Over the last 40 years, real wage growth has been flatlined because of the policies of the Federal Reserve ... It was all driven by the Federal Reserve." Martha Raddatz stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort." Juan Williams stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on Fox News Sunday: The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder. Michael Medved stated on August 19, 2014 in a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show": "More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings." Lou Dobbs stated on August 19, 2014 in comments on Fox News' "America's Newsroom": Because of President Barack Obama’s failure to "push job creation," the black unemployment rate in Ferguson, Mo., is three times higher than the white unemployment rate. Rush Limbaugh stated on August 15, 2014 in comments on his radio show: When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, "MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation." Heineken stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad: A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera. 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. John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s." Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American." Tucker Carlson stated on August 9, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend.": "Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns." X posts stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter: The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent." David Gregory stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme." Moms Rising stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet: "Having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the United States." Bloggers stated on July 28, 2014 in a blog post: Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak. Mark Emmert stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes." Joy Reid stated on August 4, 2014 in comments on her MSNBC show: "So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s." 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." Michael Bloomberg stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Africa is spending "the highest percentage of their GDP on education of any part of the world." James Woods stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet: "The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009." Bloggers stated on August 3, 2014 in an article posted on Infowars.com: President Barack Obama’s latest executive order "mandates the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of ‘respiratory illness.’ " Oxfam Ireland stated on July 22, 2014 in an info-graphic tweet: Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land." Katie Pavlich stated on June 18, 2014 in an article on Townhall.com: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes." 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." Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party." 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." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 23, 2014 in comments on his show: Because of the current immigration crisis, Republicans want to "repeal" a 2008 law that President George W. Bush signed and "want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ... sex trafficking."
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Marc Lamont Hill stated on August 20, 2014 in a CNN segment: "Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop. Don Lemon stated on August 20, 2014 in a live broadcast on CNN: "I was able to go and buy an automatic weapon … Most people can go out and buy an automatic weapon." Cornel West stated on August 25, 2014 in an interview on Salon: Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown." Herman Cain stated on August 11, 2014 in comments on Fox News Business: "Over the last 40 years, real wage growth has been flatlined because of the policies of the Federal Reserve ... It was all driven by the Federal Reserve." Martha Raddatz stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort." Juan Williams stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on Fox News Sunday: The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder. Michael Medved stated on August 19, 2014 in a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show": "More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings." Lou Dobbs stated on August 19, 2014 in comments on Fox News' "America's Newsroom": Because of President Barack Obama’s failure to "push job creation," the black unemployment rate in Ferguson, Mo., is three times higher than the white unemployment rate. Rush Limbaugh stated on August 15, 2014 in comments on his radio show: When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, "MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation." Heineken stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad: A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera. 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. John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s." Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American." Tucker Carlson stated on August 9, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend.": "Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns." X posts stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter: The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent." David Gregory stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme." Moms Rising stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet: "Having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the United States." Bloggers stated on July 28, 2014 in a blog post: Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak. Mark Emmert stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes." Joy Reid stated on August 4, 2014 in comments on her MSNBC show: "So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s." 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." Michael Bloomberg stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Africa is spending "the highest percentage of their GDP on education of any part of the world." James Woods stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet: "The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009." Bloggers stated on August 3, 2014 in an article posted on Infowars.com: President Barack Obama’s latest executive order "mandates the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of ‘respiratory illness.’ " Oxfam Ireland stated on July 22, 2014 in an info-graphic tweet: Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land." Katie Pavlich stated on June 18, 2014 in an article on Townhall.com: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes." 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." Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party." 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." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 23, 2014 in comments on his show: Because of the current immigration crisis, Republicans want to "repeal" a 2008 law that President George W. Bush signed and "want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ... sex trafficking."
Marc Lamont Hill stated on August 20, 2014 in a CNN segment: "Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop.
Don Lemon stated on August 20, 2014 in a live broadcast on CNN: "I was able to go and buy an automatic weapon … Most people can go out and buy an automatic weapon."
Cornel West stated on August 25, 2014 in an interview on Salon: Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown."
Herman Cain stated on August 11, 2014 in comments on Fox News Business: "Over the last 40 years, real wage growth has been flatlined because of the policies of the Federal Reserve ... It was all driven by the Federal Reserve."
Martha Raddatz stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
Juan Williams stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on Fox News Sunday: The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder.
Michael Medved stated on August 19, 2014 in a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show": "More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings."
Lou Dobbs stated on August 19, 2014 in comments on Fox News' "America's Newsroom": Because of President Barack Obama’s failure to "push job creation," the black unemployment rate in Ferguson, Mo., is three times higher than the white unemployment rate.
Rush Limbaugh stated on August 15, 2014 in comments on his radio show: When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, "MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation."
Heineken stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad: A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera.
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.
John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American."
Tucker Carlson stated on August 9, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend.": "Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."
X posts stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter: The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."
David Gregory stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."
Moms Rising stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet: "Having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the United States."
Bloggers stated on July 28, 2014 in a blog post: Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak.
Mark Emmert stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes."
Joy Reid stated on August 4, 2014 in comments on her MSNBC show: "So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s."
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."
Michael Bloomberg stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Africa is spending "the highest percentage of their GDP on education of any part of the world."
James Woods stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet: "The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."
Bloggers stated on August 3, 2014 in an article posted on Infowars.com: President Barack Obama’s latest executive order "mandates the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of ‘respiratory illness.’ "
Oxfam Ireland stated on July 22, 2014 in an info-graphic tweet: Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land."
Katie Pavlich stated on June 18, 2014 in an article on Townhall.com: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes."
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."
Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party."
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."
Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 23, 2014 in comments on his show: Because of the current immigration crisis, Republicans want to "repeal" a 2008 law that President George W. Bush signed and "want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ... sex trafficking."
