Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Pundits Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.” Maria Bartiromo stated on February 22, 2022 in a TV segment: “We have doubled our (oil) imports from Russia in the last year.” Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet: “NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.” Joe Rogan stated on July 20, 2021 in a podcast episode: The government is “monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines.” Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 6, 2021 in a TV segment: “We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.” Laura Ingraham stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment: “You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 2, 2020 in a Fox News broadcast: “When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.” Hugh Hewitt stated on September 28, 2020 in a radio show: President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.” Tucker Carlson stated on August 11, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.” Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat." Joe Kernen stated on May 27, 2020 in an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box": “We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.” Tucker Carlson stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment: “The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.” Charlie Kirk stated on April 3, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” Sean Hannity stated on March 16, 2020 in a TV segment: “Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.” Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in a fundraising email: Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign." Sean Hannity stated on June 28, 2016 in comments on his Fox News program: "During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times." Stephen Colbert stated on June 23, 2016 in a comedy sketch: Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in." Juan Williams stated on November 10, 2015 in episode of Fox News' "The Five": Says a car driving former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe "ran through the students, hit one of them" at the MU Homecoming Parade. Michael Eric Dyson stated on April 14, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show": "We know that Sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men." Sean Hannity stated on October 21, 2013 in a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM: "In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent." Andrew Napolitano stated on October 17, 2013 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it." Gail Collins stated on October 3, 2013 in her opinion column: Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'" Rush Limbaugh stated on June 6, 2013 in his radio show: "One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die. Rush Limbaugh stated on January 29, 2013 in a radio interview: Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support." Mike Huckabee stated on July 5, 2012 in a Facebook post: "The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on January 31, 2012 in TV advertisement for MSNBC's "The Last Word.": Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare." Rachel Maddow stated on October 25, 2011 in a TV commentary.: Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else." Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." Bill O'Reilly stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview on "The Daily Show": Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece." Sarah Palin stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on Fox: "Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, 'Hey, you're not going to succeed.' "
Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.” Maria Bartiromo stated on February 22, 2022 in a TV segment: “We have doubled our (oil) imports from Russia in the last year.” Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet: “NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.” Joe Rogan stated on July 20, 2021 in a podcast episode: The government is “monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines.” Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 6, 2021 in a TV segment: “We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.” Laura Ingraham stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment: “You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 2, 2020 in a Fox News broadcast: “When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.” Hugh Hewitt stated on September 28, 2020 in a radio show: President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.” Tucker Carlson stated on August 11, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.” Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat." Joe Kernen stated on May 27, 2020 in an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box": “We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.” Tucker Carlson stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment: “The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.” Charlie Kirk stated on April 3, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” Sean Hannity stated on March 16, 2020 in a TV segment: “Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.” Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in a fundraising email: Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign." Sean Hannity stated on June 28, 2016 in comments on his Fox News program: "During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times." Stephen Colbert stated on June 23, 2016 in a comedy sketch: Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in." Juan Williams stated on November 10, 2015 in episode of Fox News' "The Five": Says a car driving former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe "ran through the students, hit one of them" at the MU Homecoming Parade. Michael Eric Dyson stated on April 14, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show": "We know that Sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men." Sean Hannity stated on October 21, 2013 in a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM: "In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent." Andrew Napolitano stated on October 17, 2013 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it." Gail Collins stated on October 3, 2013 in her opinion column: Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'" Rush Limbaugh stated on June 6, 2013 in his radio show: "One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die. Rush Limbaugh stated on January 29, 2013 in a radio interview: Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support." Mike Huckabee stated on July 5, 2012 in a Facebook post: "The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on January 31, 2012 in TV advertisement for MSNBC's "The Last Word.": Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare." Rachel Maddow stated on October 25, 2011 in a TV commentary.: Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else." Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career." Bill O'Reilly stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview on "The Daily Show": Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece." Sarah Palin stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on Fox: "Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, 'Hey, you're not going to succeed.' "
Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: “The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”
Maria Bartiromo stated on February 22, 2022 in a TV segment: “We have doubled our (oil) imports from Russia in the last year.”
Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet: “NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”
Joe Rogan stated on July 20, 2021 in a podcast episode: The government is “monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines.”
Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 6, 2021 in a TV segment: “We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”
Laura Ingraham stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment: “You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”
Tucker Carlson stated on November 2, 2020 in a Fox News broadcast: “When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.”
Hugh Hewitt stated on September 28, 2020 in a radio show: President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.”
Tucker Carlson stated on August 11, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.”
Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: “To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Joe Kernen stated on May 27, 2020 in an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box": “We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”
Tucker Carlson stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment: “The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”
Charlie Kirk stated on April 3, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”
Sean Hannity stated on March 16, 2020 in a TV segment: “Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in a fundraising email: Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign."
Sean Hannity stated on June 28, 2016 in comments on his Fox News program: "During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."
Stephen Colbert stated on June 23, 2016 in a comedy sketch: Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in."
Juan Williams stated on November 10, 2015 in episode of Fox News' "The Five": Says a car driving former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe "ran through the students, hit one of them" at the MU Homecoming Parade.
Michael Eric Dyson stated on April 14, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Ed Show": "We know that Sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men."
Sean Hannity stated on October 21, 2013 in a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM: "In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."
Andrew Napolitano stated on October 17, 2013 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Gail Collins stated on October 3, 2013 in her opinion column: Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'"
Rush Limbaugh stated on June 6, 2013 in his radio show: "One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.
Rush Limbaugh stated on January 29, 2013 in a radio interview: Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support."
Mike Huckabee stated on July 5, 2012 in a Facebook post: "The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
Lawrence O'Donnell stated on January 31, 2012 in TV advertisement for MSNBC's "The Last Word.": Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare."
Rachel Maddow stated on October 25, 2011 in a TV commentary.: Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."
Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show: "A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Bill O'Reilly stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview on "The Daily Show": Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."
Sarah Palin stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview on Fox: "Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, 'Hey, you're not going to succeed.' "