15 People 25525 Fact-checks 8319 Articles People (15) John Wisniewski Bob Cole Tom Cole Susan Cole Sheryl Cole The Manila Times Top Stories USA New York Times Mark S. Zaccaria D. Cole Phelps New Century Times St. Lucia Times Ending Spending Action Fund Save Flexible Spending Plans New York Times Editorial Board Fact-checks (25525) John Wisniewski stated on February 07, 2012 in a radio interview: "Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them." By Bill Wichert• February 15, 2012 John Wisniewski stated on April 13, 2012 in a video press release: "If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax." By Erin O'Neill• April 23, 2012 Jennifer Shilling stated on May 11, 2016 in a teleconference: Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined." By Tom Kertscher• May 20, 2016 Bob Cole stated on March 31, 2014 in morning radio show on KOKE-FM: Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate." By Sue Owen• April 24, 2014 Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One." By Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2016 John Wisniewski stated on September 26, 2011 in an NJToday interview: Says Gov. Chris Christie has "now come up with a new agenda" for ethics reform in September 2011. By Bill Wichert• October 3, 2011 John Wisniewski stated on November 07, 2011 in a memo on behalf of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee: "Governor Christie also remains the only Governor since World War II, among both Democrats and Republicans, who failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course of his term." By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• November 10, 2011 Tom Cole stated on July 16, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama." By Becky Bowers• July 19, 2013 Bernie Sanders stated on April 19, 2018 in a speech at Duke University: "We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined." By Paul Specht• April 24, 2018 John Wisniewski stated on August 21, 2012 in a news release: Says Congressmen Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-sponsored legislation "to limit federal funding for abortion to victims of ‘forcible rape.’" By Bill Wichert• August 22, 2012 John Wisniewski stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says in January 1992, George H. W. Bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first Gulf War." By Bill Wichert• December 2, 2012 Adam Hasner stated on September 24, 2012 in a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign: "President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York." By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• September 25, 2012 Joe Biden stated on March 01, 2022 in in his State of the Union address: “I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.” By Samantha Putterman• March 3, 2022 Kelli Ward stated on July 03, 2016 in a campaign advertisement: Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden." By Anthony Cave• July 14, 2016 D. Cole Phelps stated on September 01, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Health care premiums in North Carolina are now among the five highest states in the country." By Paul Specht• October 2, 2018 Barack Obama stated on July 30, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets. By Robert Farley• August 14, 2008 John Wisniewski stated on February 02, 2013 in a campaign rally: "We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut." By Bill Wichert• February 14, 2013 U.S. Census Bureau stated on January 07, 2014 in a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole: Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey. By W. Gardner Selby• January 9, 2014 Jimmy Kimmel stated on May 01, 2017 in a monologue on his show: "President Trump last month proposed a $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institutes of Health. And thank God our congressmen made a deal last night to not go along with that. They actually increased funding by $2 billion." By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2017 Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2018 in a tweet: Says Scott Pruitt’s security spending was "somewhat more" than his predecessor. By Manuela Tobias• April 10, 2018 Articles (8319) Wisniewski, Buono claims checked on Truth-O-Meter By Caryn Shinske• December 4, 2012 Democratic Party Chairman Rejects 'False' Ruling By Bill Wichert• November 16, 2011 Dunnavant yanks ad hitting Janis on immigration By Warren Fiske• June 6, 2015 Austin judge did NOT sentence man to death for having marijuana By W. Gardner Selby• December 22, 2014 Fox News, Barack Obama and their ‘lazy’ back-and-forth By Jon Greenberg• May 14, 2015 Our October High Five By James B. Nelson• November 3, 2015 Mailbag: 'This seems like an "Onion" spoof' By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2015 Bernie Sanders leads our High Five for July By James B. Nelson• August 3, 2015 Fact-checking Barack Obama's 2016 State of the Union address By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• January 13, 2016 A sampling of Mostly True statements in 2014 By April Hunt• December 24, 2014 Fact-checking the third presidential debate By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 23, 2012 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for July 2019 By D.L. Davis• August 2, 2019 Notable misstatements about Donald Trump from 2017 By John Kruzel• December 12, 2017 Fact-checking the NBC 'commander-in-chief' forum By Linda Qiu• September 7, 2016 Truth-O-Meter hands out False, True rulings on weekend claims By Caryn Shinske• April 24, 2012 President Donald Trump needs Congress to keep control of Washington, D.C., police, experts say By Gabrielle Lazor• August 15, 2025 National security to top Sunday shows By Jon Greenberg• January 17, 2014 PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for August 2022 By D.L. Davis, Laura Schulte, Kelly Smits• September 2, 2022 What costs more, soldiers' Viagra or transgender health care? What about Mar-a-Lago trips? By Joshua Gillin• July 27, 2017 Frank Lautenberg claims recalled by Truth-O-Meter By Caryn Shinske• June 3, 2013
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John Wisniewski stated on February 07, 2012 in a radio interview: "Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them." By Bill Wichert• February 15, 2012 John Wisniewski stated on April 13, 2012 in a video press release: "If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax." By Erin O'Neill• April 23, 2012 Jennifer Shilling stated on May 11, 2016 in a teleconference: Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined." By Tom Kertscher• May 20, 2016 Bob Cole stated on March 31, 2014 in morning radio show on KOKE-FM: Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate." By Sue Owen• April 24, 2014 Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One." By Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2016 John Wisniewski stated on September 26, 2011 in an NJToday interview: Says Gov. Chris Christie has "now come up with a new agenda" for ethics reform in September 2011. By Bill Wichert• October 3, 2011 John Wisniewski stated on November 07, 2011 in a memo on behalf of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee: "Governor Christie also remains the only Governor since World War II, among both Democrats and Republicans, who failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course of his term." By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• November 10, 2011 Tom Cole stated on July 16, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama." By Becky Bowers• July 19, 2013 Bernie Sanders stated on April 19, 2018 in a speech at Duke University: "We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined." By Paul Specht• April 24, 2018 John Wisniewski stated on August 21, 2012 in a news release: Says Congressmen Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-sponsored legislation "to limit federal funding for abortion to victims of ‘forcible rape.’" By Bill Wichert• August 22, 2012 John Wisniewski stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says in January 1992, George H. W. Bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first Gulf War." By Bill Wichert• December 2, 2012 Adam Hasner stated on September 24, 2012 in a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign: "President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York." By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• September 25, 2012 Joe Biden stated on March 01, 2022 in in his State of the Union address: “I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.” By Samantha Putterman• March 3, 2022 Kelli Ward stated on July 03, 2016 in a campaign advertisement: Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden." By Anthony Cave• July 14, 2016 D. Cole Phelps stated on September 01, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Health care premiums in North Carolina are now among the five highest states in the country." By Paul Specht• October 2, 2018 Barack Obama stated on July 30, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets. By Robert Farley• August 14, 2008 John Wisniewski stated on February 02, 2013 in a campaign rally: "We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut." By Bill Wichert• February 14, 2013 U.S. Census Bureau stated on January 07, 2014 in a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole: Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey. By W. Gardner Selby• January 9, 2014 Jimmy Kimmel stated on May 01, 2017 in a monologue on his show: "President Trump last month proposed a $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institutes of Health. And thank God our congressmen made a deal last night to not go along with that. They actually increased funding by $2 billion." By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2017 Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2018 in a tweet: Says Scott Pruitt’s security spending was "somewhat more" than his predecessor. By Manuela Tobias• April 10, 2018
Wisniewski, Buono claims checked on Truth-O-Meter By Caryn Shinske• December 4, 2012 Democratic Party Chairman Rejects 'False' Ruling By Bill Wichert• November 16, 2011 Dunnavant yanks ad hitting Janis on immigration By Warren Fiske• June 6, 2015 Austin judge did NOT sentence man to death for having marijuana By W. Gardner Selby• December 22, 2014 Fox News, Barack Obama and their ‘lazy’ back-and-forth By Jon Greenberg• May 14, 2015 Our October High Five By James B. Nelson• November 3, 2015 Mailbag: 'This seems like an "Onion" spoof' By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2015 Bernie Sanders leads our High Five for July By James B. Nelson• August 3, 2015 Fact-checking Barack Obama's 2016 State of the Union address By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• January 13, 2016 A sampling of Mostly True statements in 2014 By April Hunt• December 24, 2014 Fact-checking the third presidential debate By Becky Bowers, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 23, 2012 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for July 2019 By D.L. Davis• August 2, 2019 Notable misstatements about Donald Trump from 2017 By John Kruzel• December 12, 2017 Fact-checking the NBC 'commander-in-chief' forum By Linda Qiu• September 7, 2016 Truth-O-Meter hands out False, True rulings on weekend claims By Caryn Shinske• April 24, 2012 President Donald Trump needs Congress to keep control of Washington, D.C., police, experts say By Gabrielle Lazor• August 15, 2025 National security to top Sunday shows By Jon Greenberg• January 17, 2014 PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for August 2022 By D.L. Davis, Laura Schulte, Kelly Smits• September 2, 2022 What costs more, soldiers' Viagra or transgender health care? What about Mar-a-Lago trips? By Joshua Gillin• July 27, 2017 Frank Lautenberg claims recalled by Truth-O-Meter By Caryn Shinske• June 3, 2013
