Latest Half-True 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 Eric Bolling stated on April 8, 2014 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": "Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men." Arian Foster stated on March 19, 2014 in a tweet: The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy." Matt Damon stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation." Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia." Russia Today stated on March 4, 2014 in a posting on their website: The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances." Sarah Palin stated on February 28, 2014 in a post on Facebook: Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine. David Brooks stated on February 23, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows. Ed Schultz stated on February 12, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show": "When union membership goes down, so do (middle class) wages." Steve Forbes stated on February 16, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "Two-thirds of the people who start out in minimum wage are above the minimum wage within a year." Chris Stirewalt stated on February 11, 2014 in a daily summary of news "Fox News First": Businesses "will be required to certify to the IRS – under penalty of perjury – that Obamacare was not a motivating factor" for cutting staff. Ralph Reed stated on February 3, 2014 in a CNN "Crossfire" segment: A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment. Ari Melber stated on February 5, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle": "The median net worth of American households hasn't changed much over the past decades, it's about $20,000 ... but Congress' average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled." Andrea Mitchell stated on January 28, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports": In 2002, "Iran was more or less an American ally." Joel Klatt stated on January 29, 2014 in a Fox Sports panel about Super Bowl XLVIII: Says Marshawn Lynch is "second all-time in terms of average yards per rush only to Terrell Davis." Ann Coulter stated on January 22, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live": Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News." Charles Krauthammer stated on January 2, 2014 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: Buried in the Affordable Care Act is "a huge government bailout." Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2014 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": The federal health care law tells "the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have." Teresa Ghilarducci stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up": "A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year." Dennis Hastert stated on December 18, 2013 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle": "There never really was a 'Hastert Rule.' " Chris Matthews stated on December 16, 2013 in a broadcast of "Hardball": "Every dollar spent in the new Obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies." Larry Pratt stated on December 15, 2013 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": A gun "background check is futile. Something like 42 (people during the) last year … were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a criminal record out of 11 million." David Madland stated on December 6, 2013 in a broadcast of CNN's "Crossfire": "The CBO just said if we cut this (unemployment benefits) extension, we will kill jobs, because those people who are looking for work won't have any money to spend." Ezekiel Emanuel stated on December 1, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": It's a good sign for Obamacare that in California, "the proportion of kids who are signing up is the proportion of kids in the population." James Capretta stated on December 1, 2013 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Obamacare is a "massive, massive income redistribution" with "$250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion (and) in the subsidy structure that's basically being paid for by people on Medicare, through Medicare cuts, and a lot of tax increases." Allen West stated on November 25, 2013 in comments on his blog: "Black people kill more black people every six months than the KKK did in 86 years." Ari Melber stated on November 18, 2013 in a talk on MSNBC's "The Cycle": Says Barack Obama’s approval rating "is right in the average" for second-term presidents at this point. Herman Cain stated on November 15, 2013 in a video on Cain TV: Says Thomas Jefferson said, "You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course." Ellen Qualls stated on November 12, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel: Obamacare "was the Republican plan in the early '90s." Ed Schultz stated on November 5, 2013 in a broadcast of the "Ed Schultz Show": Says Chris Christie fired 6,000 teachers. Van Jones stated on November 3, 2013 in a panel on ABC's "This Week": "Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
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Eric Bolling stated on April 8, 2014 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": "Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men." Arian Foster stated on March 19, 2014 in a tweet: The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy." Matt Damon stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation." Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia." Russia Today stated on March 4, 2014 in a posting on their website: The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances." Sarah Palin stated on February 28, 2014 in a post on Facebook: Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine. David Brooks stated on February 23, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows. Ed Schultz stated on February 12, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show": "When union membership goes down, so do (middle class) wages." Steve Forbes stated on February 16, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "Two-thirds of the people who start out in minimum wage are above the minimum wage within a year." Chris Stirewalt stated on February 11, 2014 in a daily summary of news "Fox News First": Businesses "will be required to certify to the IRS – under penalty of perjury – that Obamacare was not a motivating factor" for cutting staff. Ralph Reed stated on February 3, 2014 in a CNN "Crossfire" segment: A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment. Ari Melber stated on February 5, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle": "The median net worth of American households hasn't changed much over the past decades, it's about $20,000 ... but Congress' average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled." Andrea Mitchell stated on January 28, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports": In 2002, "Iran was more or less an American ally." Joel Klatt stated on January 29, 2014 in a Fox Sports panel about Super Bowl XLVIII: Says Marshawn Lynch is "second all-time in terms of average yards per rush only to Terrell Davis." Ann Coulter stated on January 22, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live": Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News." Charles Krauthammer stated on January 2, 2014 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: Buried in the Affordable Care Act is "a huge government bailout." Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2014 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": The federal health care law tells "the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have." Teresa Ghilarducci stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up": "A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year." Dennis Hastert stated on December 18, 2013 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle": "There never really was a 'Hastert Rule.' " Chris Matthews stated on December 16, 2013 in a broadcast of "Hardball": "Every dollar spent in the new Obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies." Larry Pratt stated on December 15, 2013 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": A gun "background check is futile. Something like 42 (people during the) last year … were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a criminal record out of 11 million." David Madland stated on December 6, 2013 in a broadcast of CNN's "Crossfire": "The CBO just said if we cut this (unemployment benefits) extension, we will kill jobs, because those people who are looking for work won't have any money to spend." Ezekiel Emanuel stated on December 1, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": It's a good sign for Obamacare that in California, "the proportion of kids who are signing up is the proportion of kids in the population." James Capretta stated on December 1, 2013 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Obamacare is a "massive, massive income redistribution" with "$250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion (and) in the subsidy structure that's basically being paid for by people on Medicare, through Medicare cuts, and a lot of tax increases." Allen West stated on November 25, 2013 in comments on his blog: "Black people kill more black people every six months than the KKK did in 86 years." Ari Melber stated on November 18, 2013 in a talk on MSNBC's "The Cycle": Says Barack Obama’s approval rating "is right in the average" for second-term presidents at this point. Herman Cain stated on November 15, 2013 in a video on Cain TV: Says Thomas Jefferson said, "You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course." Ellen Qualls stated on November 12, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel: Obamacare "was the Republican plan in the early '90s." Ed Schultz stated on November 5, 2013 in a broadcast of the "Ed Schultz Show": Says Chris Christie fired 6,000 teachers. Van Jones stated on November 3, 2013 in a panel on ABC's "This Week": "Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
Eric Bolling stated on April 8, 2014 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": "Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
Arian Foster stated on March 19, 2014 in a tweet: The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy."
Matt Damon stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation."
Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."
Russia Today stated on March 4, 2014 in a posting on their website: The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
Sarah Palin stated on February 28, 2014 in a post on Facebook: Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.
David Brooks stated on February 23, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows.
Ed Schultz stated on February 12, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show": "When union membership goes down, so do (middle class) wages."
Steve Forbes stated on February 16, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "Two-thirds of the people who start out in minimum wage are above the minimum wage within a year."
Chris Stirewalt stated on February 11, 2014 in a daily summary of news "Fox News First": Businesses "will be required to certify to the IRS – under penalty of perjury – that Obamacare was not a motivating factor" for cutting staff.
Ralph Reed stated on February 3, 2014 in a CNN "Crossfire" segment: A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline "are worse" for the environment.
Ari Melber stated on February 5, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle": "The median net worth of American households hasn't changed much over the past decades, it's about $20,000 ... but Congress' average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled."
Andrea Mitchell stated on January 28, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports": In 2002, "Iran was more or less an American ally."
Joel Klatt stated on January 29, 2014 in a Fox Sports panel about Super Bowl XLVIII: Says Marshawn Lynch is "second all-time in terms of average yards per rush only to Terrell Davis."
Ann Coulter stated on January 22, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live": Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News."
Charles Krauthammer stated on January 2, 2014 in a "Washington Post" op-ed: Buried in the Affordable Care Act is "a huge government bailout."
Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2014 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": The federal health care law tells "the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have."
Teresa Ghilarducci stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up": "A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."
Dennis Hastert stated on December 18, 2013 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle": "There never really was a 'Hastert Rule.' "
Chris Matthews stated on December 16, 2013 in a broadcast of "Hardball": "Every dollar spent in the new Obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies."
Larry Pratt stated on December 15, 2013 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": A gun "background check is futile. Something like 42 (people during the) last year … were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a criminal record out of 11 million."
David Madland stated on December 6, 2013 in a broadcast of CNN's "Crossfire": "The CBO just said if we cut this (unemployment benefits) extension, we will kill jobs, because those people who are looking for work won't have any money to spend."
Ezekiel Emanuel stated on December 1, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": It's a good sign for Obamacare that in California, "the proportion of kids who are signing up is the proportion of kids in the population."
James Capretta stated on December 1, 2013 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": Obamacare is a "massive, massive income redistribution" with "$250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion (and) in the subsidy structure that's basically being paid for by people on Medicare, through Medicare cuts, and a lot of tax increases."
Allen West stated on November 25, 2013 in comments on his blog: "Black people kill more black people every six months than the KKK did in 86 years."
Ari Melber stated on November 18, 2013 in a talk on MSNBC's "The Cycle": Says Barack Obama’s approval rating "is right in the average" for second-term presidents at this point.
Herman Cain stated on November 15, 2013 in a video on Cain TV: Says Thomas Jefferson said, "You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course."
Ellen Qualls stated on November 12, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel: Obamacare "was the Republican plan in the early '90s."
Ed Schultz stated on November 5, 2013 in a broadcast of the "Ed Schultz Show": Says Chris Christie fired 6,000 teachers.
Van Jones stated on November 3, 2013 in a panel on ABC's "This Week": "Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
