Latest Half-True Fact-checks in PunditFact Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 9, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website: "134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years." Harris Faulkner stated on July 6, 2015 in a broadcast of "Outnumbered" on Fox News: "President Obama in November of last year wiped away (a program) that allows for shared fingerprinting for those who are behind bars so you know who is here legally and illegally." Newt Gingrich stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg." John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News: "The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States." Juan Williams stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic." Stanley McChrystal stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show: ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media. Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN: "For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass." John Oliver stated on June 7, 2015 in a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight": Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs. Pamela Geller stated on June 4, 2015 in an interview with Chris Cuomo: "In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad." Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." Donald Trump stated on May 13, 2015 in a tweet: "You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended." Chris Wallace stated on May 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": "Baltimore spends the third highest per capita on its public schools." Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals." Kirsten Powers stated on April 12, 2015 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel." Bill O'Reilly stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": "I never said I was on the Falkland Islands." David Corn stated on February 25, 2015 in an interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC: Says he "often" appeared on The O’Reilly Factor and "often was praised" by Bill O'Reilly. Jonah Goldberg stated on February 13, 2015 in a column in "National Review": Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act." Richard Besser stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions." Jack Keane stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." Jennifer Granholm stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators." Sally Kohn stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists." Benjamin Crump stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color." Rick Santorum stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country." Chris Wallace stated on November 16, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years." Jose Diaz-Balart stated on November 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": "Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals." Leonard Pitts, Jr. stated on November 1, 2014 in a column in the "Miami Herald": "America’s least-trusted news sources are also its most popular." Joe Scarborough stated on November 3, 2014 in a segment on "Morning Joe": 2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal." Tucker Carlson stated on October 2, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls." Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates." Sarah Silverman stated on October 8, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center: "Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.
Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 9, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website: "134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years." Harris Faulkner stated on July 6, 2015 in a broadcast of "Outnumbered" on Fox News: "President Obama in November of last year wiped away (a program) that allows for shared fingerprinting for those who are behind bars so you know who is here legally and illegally." Newt Gingrich stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg." John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News: "The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States." Juan Williams stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic." Stanley McChrystal stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show: ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media. Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN: "For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass." John Oliver stated on June 7, 2015 in a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight": Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs. Pamela Geller stated on June 4, 2015 in an interview with Chris Cuomo: "In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad." Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." Donald Trump stated on May 13, 2015 in a tweet: "You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended." Chris Wallace stated on May 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": "Baltimore spends the third highest per capita on its public schools." Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals." Kirsten Powers stated on April 12, 2015 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel." Bill O'Reilly stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": "I never said I was on the Falkland Islands." David Corn stated on February 25, 2015 in an interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC: Says he "often" appeared on The O’Reilly Factor and "often was praised" by Bill O'Reilly. Jonah Goldberg stated on February 13, 2015 in a column in "National Review": Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act." Richard Besser stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions." Jack Keane stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." Jennifer Granholm stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators." Sally Kohn stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists." Benjamin Crump stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color." Rick Santorum stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country." Chris Wallace stated on November 16, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years." Jose Diaz-Balart stated on November 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": "Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals." Leonard Pitts, Jr. stated on November 1, 2014 in a column in the "Miami Herald": "America’s least-trusted news sources are also its most popular." Joe Scarborough stated on November 3, 2014 in a segment on "Morning Joe": 2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal." Tucker Carlson stated on October 2, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls." Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates." Sarah Silverman stated on October 8, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center: "Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.
Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 9, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website: "134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years."
Harris Faulkner stated on July 6, 2015 in a broadcast of "Outnumbered" on Fox News: "President Obama in November of last year wiped away (a program) that allows for shared fingerprinting for those who are behind bars so you know who is here legally and illegally."
Newt Gingrich stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg."
John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News: "The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States."
Juan Williams stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic."
Stanley McChrystal stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show: ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.
Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN: "For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
John Oliver stated on June 7, 2015 in a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight": Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs.
Pamela Geller stated on June 4, 2015 in an interview with Chris Cuomo: "In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad."
Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past."
Donald Trump stated on May 13, 2015 in a tweet: "You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended."
Chris Wallace stated on May 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday": "Baltimore spends the third highest per capita on its public schools."
Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."
Kirsten Powers stated on April 12, 2015 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel."
Bill O'Reilly stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": "I never said I was on the Falkland Islands."
David Corn stated on February 25, 2015 in an interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC: Says he "often" appeared on The O’Reilly Factor and "often was praised" by Bill O'Reilly.
Jonah Goldberg stated on February 13, 2015 in a column in "National Review": Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act."
Richard Besser stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions."
Jack Keane stated on February 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years."
Jennifer Granholm stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Mitt Romney "pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators."
Sally Kohn stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists."
Benjamin Crump stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
Rick Santorum stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."
Chris Wallace stated on November 16, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years."
Jose Diaz-Balart stated on November 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": "Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."
Leonard Pitts, Jr. stated on November 1, 2014 in a column in the "Miami Herald": "America’s least-trusted news sources are also its most popular."
Joe Scarborough stated on November 3, 2014 in a segment on "Morning Joe": 2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal."
Tucker Carlson stated on October 2, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls."
Glenn Beck stated on October 15, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Glenn Beck Program": "Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates."
Sarah Silverman stated on October 8, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center: "Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.