21 People 580 Fact-checks 322 Articles People (21) Jon Stewart Corey Stewart Pam Stewart Andrea Stewart-Cousins Jon Huntsman Jon Husted Jon O'Brien Jon Ossoff Jon Richards Jon Tester Jon Voight Jon Bramnick Jon Brien Jon Corzine Jon Erpenbach Jon Hoadley Jon Keyser Jon Kyl Jon Rosenthal Jon Runyan Fact-checks (580) Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more." By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Jon Stewart stated on December 06, 2011 in a segment of "The Daily Show": "When the country was founded, Congress had exactly the same attitude about the sanctity of Christmas celebrations that a 7-Eleven does today: 'Yeah, we're open.'" By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 9, 2011 Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis." By Anna Bruzgulis• July 23, 2015 Jon Stewart stated on February 03, 2010 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly: One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts. By Catharine Richert• February 10, 2010 Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it." By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Jon Stewart stated on October 30, 2013 in in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2013 Kevin McCarthy stated on January 02, 2011 in a statement published in the "Bakersfield Californian": "The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined." By Louis Jacobson• January 5, 2011 Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll." By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2011 Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show.": "Before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didn't have it before, through the Children's Health Insurance Program." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 28, 2010 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." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 4, 2011 Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart": "Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect." By Martha M. Hamilton• October 28, 2010 Nancy Pelosi stated on November 09, 2011 in an interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show": In April 2009 "the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent." By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2011 Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves." By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended. By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Alcee Hastings stated on February 05, 2015 in an interview with CNN: One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos." By Steve Contorno, Amy Sherman• February 9, 2015 Shaun Donovan stated on March 05, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show": "It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets." By Molly Moorhead• March 12, 2012 Julie Pace stated on September 11, 2014 in a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest: The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of." By Derek Tsang• September 18, 2014 John Oliver stated on February 14, 2016 in a TV show: In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016. By Tom Kertscher• February 19, 2016 Jorge Ramos stated on December 05, 2013 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The most popular name is no longer John or Steven. It's Jose, Camilo and Maria." By Jon Greenberg• December 9, 2013 Bill O'Reilly stated on February 03, 2010 in Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor": "A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country." By Robert Farley• February 10, 2010 Articles (322) Jon Stewart, Fox News & PolitiFact By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2011 Is Jon Stewart right that Congress often worked on Christmas? By Bill Adair• December 9, 2011 Jon Stewart’s epic rundown of PolitiFact’s fact-checks of Fox News By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 11, 2015 Fact-checking O'Reilly's interview of Jon Stewart By Robert Farley, Catharine Richert• February 10, 2010 President Obama on Jon Stewart's 'The Daily Show' By Katie Sanders• July 28, 2015 Sorting out the facts in Jon Stewart's last interview with Barack Obama By Katie Sanders• July 28, 2015 Napolitano, Stewart debate the Civil War By Jon Greenberg• March 19, 2014 There's more to television than just debates By Martha M. Hamilton, Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2011 Why we fact-checked Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, and 11 reasons we’re sad to see him go By Aaron Sharockman• August 6, 2015 Readers say we were uninformed about Jon Stewart's claim By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2011 PolitiFact turns 4! By Bill Adair• August 19, 2011 What do baby names say about a shift in American politics? By Jon Greenberg• December 11, 2013 Jon Stewart's PolitiFact segment: The annotated edition By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2011 $16 muffins -- or incomplete invoices? By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 5, 2011 Jon Stewart: "What has you, governor, fed up?" By • November 9, 2010 Fact-checks of Christmases past By Becky Bowers• December 24, 2012 A stat about sex that might shock you By Katie Sanders• June 24, 2015 5,000! By Bill Adair• February 24, 2012 Mailbag: Bipartisan bouquets and brickbats By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 3, 2010 So you want to move to Canada, eh? By Lauren Carroll• April 28, 2016
Jon Stewart Corey Stewart Pam Stewart Andrea Stewart-Cousins Jon Huntsman Jon Husted Jon O'Brien Jon Ossoff Jon Richards Jon Tester Jon Voight Jon Bramnick Jon Brien Jon Corzine Jon Erpenbach Jon Hoadley Jon Keyser Jon Kyl Jon Rosenthal Jon Runyan
Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more." By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Jon Stewart stated on December 06, 2011 in a segment of "The Daily Show": "When the country was founded, Congress had exactly the same attitude about the sanctity of Christmas celebrations that a 7-Eleven does today: 'Yeah, we're open.'" By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 9, 2011 Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis." By Anna Bruzgulis• July 23, 2015 Jon Stewart stated on February 03, 2010 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly: One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts. By Catharine Richert• February 10, 2010 Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it." By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Jon Stewart stated on October 30, 2013 in in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2013 Kevin McCarthy stated on January 02, 2011 in a statement published in the "Bakersfield Californian": "The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined." By Louis Jacobson• January 5, 2011 Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll." By Louis Jacobson• June 20, 2011 Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show.": "Before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didn't have it before, through the Children's Health Insurance Program." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 28, 2010 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." By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 4, 2011 Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart": "Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect." By Martha M. Hamilton• October 28, 2010 Nancy Pelosi stated on November 09, 2011 in an interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show": In April 2009 "the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent." By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2011 Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves." By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended. By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014 Alcee Hastings stated on February 05, 2015 in an interview with CNN: One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos." By Steve Contorno, Amy Sherman• February 9, 2015 Shaun Donovan stated on March 05, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show": "It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets." By Molly Moorhead• March 12, 2012 Julie Pace stated on September 11, 2014 in a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest: The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of." By Derek Tsang• September 18, 2014 John Oliver stated on February 14, 2016 in a TV show: In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016. By Tom Kertscher• February 19, 2016 Jorge Ramos stated on December 05, 2013 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The most popular name is no longer John or Steven. It's Jose, Camilo and Maria." By Jon Greenberg• December 9, 2013 Bill O'Reilly stated on February 03, 2010 in Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor": "A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country." By Robert Farley• February 10, 2010
Jon Stewart, Fox News & PolitiFact By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2011 Is Jon Stewart right that Congress often worked on Christmas? By Bill Adair• December 9, 2011 Jon Stewart’s epic rundown of PolitiFact’s fact-checks of Fox News By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 11, 2015 Fact-checking O'Reilly's interview of Jon Stewart By Robert Farley, Catharine Richert• February 10, 2010 President Obama on Jon Stewart's 'The Daily Show' By Katie Sanders• July 28, 2015 Sorting out the facts in Jon Stewart's last interview with Barack Obama By Katie Sanders• July 28, 2015 Napolitano, Stewart debate the Civil War By Jon Greenberg• March 19, 2014 There's more to television than just debates By Martha M. Hamilton, Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2011 Why we fact-checked Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, and 11 reasons we’re sad to see him go By Aaron Sharockman• August 6, 2015 Readers say we were uninformed about Jon Stewart's claim By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2011 PolitiFact turns 4! By Bill Adair• August 19, 2011 What do baby names say about a shift in American politics? By Jon Greenberg• December 11, 2013 Jon Stewart's PolitiFact segment: The annotated edition By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2011 $16 muffins -- or incomplete invoices? By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 5, 2011 Jon Stewart: "What has you, governor, fed up?" By • November 9, 2010 Fact-checks of Christmases past By Becky Bowers• December 24, 2012 A stat about sex that might shock you By Katie Sanders• June 24, 2015 5,000! By Bill Adair• February 24, 2012 Mailbag: Bipartisan bouquets and brickbats By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 3, 2010 So you want to move to Canada, eh? By Lauren Carroll• April 28, 2016
