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Snapple stated on April 05, 2018 in a bottle cap:
"There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."
By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2018
Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet:
Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• June 19, 2023
X posts stated on November 01, 2022 in viral tweet:
Thunderous crowd at Philadelphia Phillies game “literally registering on the Penn State University Brandywine seismograph station.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• November 3, 2022
Kelly Ayotte stated on October 24, 2013 in a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.:
The deficit this year could pay "all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years."
By Kaitlin Mulhere• November 18, 2013
PuppetStringNews.com stated on August 12, 2017 in an Internet post:
"Virginia police arrest wrong person to cover for Antifa member who ran over protesters."
By Joshua Gillin• August 14, 2017
Eric Trump stated on October 15, 2019 in a Fox News appearance:
"When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business."
By Bill McCarthy• October 18, 2019
James Woods stated on December 10, 2023 in an X post:
Joe Biden’s net worth was $41 million in 2022.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 19, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on April 09, 2021 in an online ad:
Says Raphael Warnock supports boycotts of Georgia to protest voting law.
By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2021
Harry Reid stated on May 06, 2014 in a news conference:
Congress used earmarks "for more than 200 years."
By Tim Ryan• May 13, 2014
Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“James Woods leaves Hollywood to join Mel Gibson’s new non-woke film studio.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 6, 2024
Facebook posts stated on October 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Joe Biden next to a man seen in a sex sting video.
By Noah Y. Kim• October 21, 2020
James Woods stated on July 31, 2016 in a tweet:
Says Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."
By Neelesh Moorthy• August 1, 2016
James Woods stated on August 05, 2014 in a tweet:
"The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."
By Jon Greenberg• August 6, 2014
Arlen Parsa stated on September 01, 2019 in a tweet:
Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.  
By Tom Kertscher• September 10, 2019
Bloggers stated on August 15, 2017 in Internet posts:
"White supremacist who killed protester is a Democrat and visited (President Barack) Obama in Oval Office."
By Tyler Adkisson, Joshua Gillin• August 21, 2017
Chris Widener stated on June 07, 2011 in remarks to reporters:
Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
By Aaron Marshall• June 20, 2011
Chris Carr stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
By Louis Jacobson• May 24, 2022
Nancy Pelosi stated on October 05, 2009 in an interview on the Charlie Rose Show:
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
By Catharine Richert• October 8, 2009
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on October 03, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chad Causey "was a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat."
By Louis Jacobson• October 6, 2010
Now or Never PAC stated on March 20, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Ralph Hall is "the oldest member in Congress ever."
By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2014

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Fact-checking claims about the Islamic State

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By Robert Farley• March 14, 2008

Ad watch: Joe Biden’s tax plan and middle-class tax cuts

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Another gem from Alabama: 'Gather your armies'

By Robert Farley• June 18, 2010

A timeline of the shifting accounts of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 14, 2017

From Miami '67 to Donald Trump 2020: The history of 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts'

By Jon Greenberg• May 29, 2020

3 times Trump team changed its story on Russia

By John Kruzel• August 3, 2017

Who is John Delaney? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Louis Jacobson• June 24, 2019

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By Jon Greenberg• July 12, 2017

Hurricanes and tropical storms lead to flood of misinformation

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Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State

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8 times the Mueller report shows Trump, White House spread false or misleading claims

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