Latest True Fact-checks in Tennessee 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 Steve Cohen stated on October 31, 2012 in a press release.: Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis." Bill Haslam stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.: Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business." Stand For Children Tennessee stated on October 24, 2012 in in a post on Facebook.: Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax. John G. Morgan stated on September 13, 2012 in Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee: "Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges." Andy Berke stated on August 31, 2012 in a letter to state Senate education committee chairwoman Dolores Gresham.: Says Tennessee is providing "millions of dollars" to virtual school company for "results at the bottom of the bottom." Bob Corker stated on September 22, 2012 in in a press release.: "We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year." Marsha Blackburn stated on August 26, 2012 in an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS: Says that in the U.S. House of Representatives "we’ve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare … for getting rid of cap and trade … for building the Keystone Pipeline." Tennessee Democratic Party stated on August 28, 2012 in in a press release.: Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit." Martavius Jones stated on July 13, 2012 in an interview on the Fox 13 News program "Memphis in the Morning.": "From a standpoint of the county government, neither school system has received an increase in funding over the past six years." Lamar Alexander stated on June 18, 2012 in prepared remarks at a Congressional field hearing.: "Three of our cities are among the top five worst cities in the U.S. for asthma." Diane Black stated on June 1, 2012 in a press release.: The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher." Jim Cooper stated on March 20, 2012 in an op-ed published in The Hill.: "Congress as a whole is less popular than it’s been since polling was invented." Weston Wamp stated on April 3, 2012 in in a press release.: "The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old." Steve Cohen stated on November 3, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.: The United States is no longer "top nation in the globe on infrastructure," having fallen to 15th. Bob Corker stated on November 8, 2011 in a USA Today column.: A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes." Tennessee Democratic Party stated on November 15, 2011 in introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.: "Tennessee’s grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation."
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Steve Cohen stated on October 31, 2012 in a press release.: Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis." Bill Haslam stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.: Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business." Stand For Children Tennessee stated on October 24, 2012 in in a post on Facebook.: Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax. John G. Morgan stated on September 13, 2012 in Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee: "Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges." Andy Berke stated on August 31, 2012 in a letter to state Senate education committee chairwoman Dolores Gresham.: Says Tennessee is providing "millions of dollars" to virtual school company for "results at the bottom of the bottom." Bob Corker stated on September 22, 2012 in in a press release.: "We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year." Marsha Blackburn stated on August 26, 2012 in an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS: Says that in the U.S. House of Representatives "we’ve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare … for getting rid of cap and trade … for building the Keystone Pipeline." Tennessee Democratic Party stated on August 28, 2012 in in a press release.: Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit." Martavius Jones stated on July 13, 2012 in an interview on the Fox 13 News program "Memphis in the Morning.": "From a standpoint of the county government, neither school system has received an increase in funding over the past six years." Lamar Alexander stated on June 18, 2012 in prepared remarks at a Congressional field hearing.: "Three of our cities are among the top five worst cities in the U.S. for asthma." Diane Black stated on June 1, 2012 in a press release.: The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher." Jim Cooper stated on March 20, 2012 in an op-ed published in The Hill.: "Congress as a whole is less popular than it’s been since polling was invented." Weston Wamp stated on April 3, 2012 in in a press release.: "The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old." Steve Cohen stated on November 3, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.: The United States is no longer "top nation in the globe on infrastructure," having fallen to 15th. Bob Corker stated on November 8, 2011 in a USA Today column.: A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes." Tennessee Democratic Party stated on November 15, 2011 in introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.: "Tennessee’s grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation."
Steve Cohen stated on October 31, 2012 in a press release.: Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis."
Bill Haslam stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.: Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
Stand For Children Tennessee stated on October 24, 2012 in in a post on Facebook.: Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.
John G. Morgan stated on September 13, 2012 in Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee: "Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges."
Andy Berke stated on August 31, 2012 in a letter to state Senate education committee chairwoman Dolores Gresham.: Says Tennessee is providing "millions of dollars" to virtual school company for "results at the bottom of the bottom."
Bob Corker stated on September 22, 2012 in in a press release.: "We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year."
Marsha Blackburn stated on August 26, 2012 in an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS: Says that in the U.S. House of Representatives "we’ve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare … for getting rid of cap and trade … for building the Keystone Pipeline."
Tennessee Democratic Party stated on August 28, 2012 in in a press release.: Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit."
Martavius Jones stated on July 13, 2012 in an interview on the Fox 13 News program "Memphis in the Morning.": "From a standpoint of the county government, neither school system has received an increase in funding over the past six years."
Lamar Alexander stated on June 18, 2012 in prepared remarks at a Congressional field hearing.: "Three of our cities are among the top five worst cities in the U.S. for asthma."
Diane Black stated on June 1, 2012 in a press release.: The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher."
Jim Cooper stated on March 20, 2012 in an op-ed published in The Hill.: "Congress as a whole is less popular than it’s been since polling was invented."
Weston Wamp stated on April 3, 2012 in in a press release.: "The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old."
Steve Cohen stated on November 3, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.: The United States is no longer "top nation in the globe on infrastructure," having fallen to 15th.
Bob Corker stated on November 8, 2011 in a USA Today column.: A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes."
Tennessee Democratic Party stated on November 15, 2011 in introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.: "Tennessee’s grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation."
