Latest True Fact-checks in PunditFact Jonathan Karl stated on November 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters." Doug Muder stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog: Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC." Dean Obeidallah stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive. Gloria Steinem stated on October 1, 2014 in an AP interview: More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" George Will stated on September 21, 2014 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday": "Last week's three most-viewed television programs were Sunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football." Media Matters stated on September 16, 2014 in a post on the Media Matters blog: Says Fox News gave Republican senators twice the air time as Democrats during a hearing about the Islamic State. James Brown stated on September 11, 2014 in a message to viewers: "More than three women per day lose their lives at the hands of their partners." Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." Chuck Todd stated on September 7, 2014 in a comment on "Meet the Press.": "Eight out of the nine states with competitive Senate races, Hispanics make up less than 10 percent of the electorate." Megyn Kelly stated on August 25, 2014 in a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor": Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer." Cornel West stated on August 25, 2014 in an interview on Salon: Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown." Juan Williams stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on Fox News Sunday: The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder. Jason Riley stated on July 14, 2014 in comments on Fox News' "The Kelly File': "Black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws." Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The number of terrorists out there" has doubled. John Oliver stated on June 8, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums." Chuck Todd stated on June 11, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Cantor's campaign spent more at steakhouses than Brat spent on his entire campaign." John Oliver stated on June 8, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards." Charles Krauthammer stated on June 4, 2014 in remarks on Fox News: The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant." Major Garrett stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals. Alicia Menendez stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession." Joe Scarborough stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected." Bob Beckel stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: "The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country." 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." Katrina vanden Heuvel stated on March 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week": "The majority support (raising) the minimum wage." David Ignatius stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": "When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped." Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." Van Jones stated on February 3, 2014 in a segment on CNN's "Crossfire": The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report. Candy Crowley stated on February 9, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "It’s been 14 years since a president or a vice president or a member of their family has not gone and attended at least an event at the Olympics."
Jonathan Karl stated on November 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters." Doug Muder stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog: Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC." Dean Obeidallah stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive. Gloria Steinem stated on October 1, 2014 in an AP interview: More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq." Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet: "Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4" George Will stated on September 21, 2014 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday": "Last week's three most-viewed television programs were Sunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football." Media Matters stated on September 16, 2014 in a post on the Media Matters blog: Says Fox News gave Republican senators twice the air time as Democrats during a hearing about the Islamic State. James Brown stated on September 11, 2014 in a message to viewers: "More than three women per day lose their lives at the hands of their partners." Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." Chuck Todd stated on September 7, 2014 in a comment on "Meet the Press.": "Eight out of the nine states with competitive Senate races, Hispanics make up less than 10 percent of the electorate." Megyn Kelly stated on August 25, 2014 in a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor": Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer." Cornel West stated on August 25, 2014 in an interview on Salon: Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown." Juan Williams stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on Fox News Sunday: The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder. Jason Riley stated on July 14, 2014 in comments on Fox News' "The Kelly File': "Black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws." Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The number of terrorists out there" has doubled. John Oliver stated on June 8, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums." Chuck Todd stated on June 11, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Cantor's campaign spent more at steakhouses than Brat spent on his entire campaign." John Oliver stated on June 8, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards." Charles Krauthammer stated on June 4, 2014 in remarks on Fox News: The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant." Major Garrett stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals. Alicia Menendez stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession." Joe Scarborough stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected." Bob Beckel stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: "The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country." 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." Katrina vanden Heuvel stated on March 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week": "The majority support (raising) the minimum wage." David Ignatius stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": "When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped." Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." Van Jones stated on February 3, 2014 in a segment on CNN's "Crossfire": The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report. Candy Crowley stated on February 9, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "It’s been 14 years since a president or a vice president or a member of their family has not gone and attended at least an event at the Olympics."
Jonathan Karl stated on November 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters."
Doug Muder stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog: Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."
Dean Obeidallah stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show": Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive.
Gloria Steinem stated on October 1, 2014 in an AP interview: More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."
George Will stated on September 21, 2014 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday": "Last week's three most-viewed television programs were Sunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football."
Media Matters stated on September 16, 2014 in a post on the Media Matters blog: Says Fox News gave Republican senators twice the air time as Democrats during a hearing about the Islamic State.
James Brown stated on September 11, 2014 in a message to viewers: "More than three women per day lose their lives at the hands of their partners."
Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."
Chuck Todd stated on September 7, 2014 in a comment on "Meet the Press.": "Eight out of the nine states with competitive Senate races, Hispanics make up less than 10 percent of the electorate."
Megyn Kelly stated on August 25, 2014 in a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor": Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer."
Cornel West stated on August 25, 2014 in an interview on Salon: Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown."
Juan Williams stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on Fox News Sunday: The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder.
Jason Riley stated on July 14, 2014 in comments on Fox News' "The Kelly File': "Black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws."
Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.
John Oliver stated on June 8, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums."
Chuck Todd stated on June 11, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Cantor's campaign spent more at steakhouses than Brat spent on his entire campaign."
John Oliver stated on June 8, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
Charles Krauthammer stated on June 4, 2014 in remarks on Fox News: The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant."
Major Garrett stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals.
Alicia Menendez stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession."
Joe Scarborough stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."
Bob Beckel stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: "The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country."
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."
Katrina vanden Heuvel stated on March 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week": "The majority support (raising) the minimum wage."
David Ignatius stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
Rachel Maddow stated on February 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show": "When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped."
Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community."
Van Jones stated on February 3, 2014 in a segment on CNN's "Crossfire": The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report.
Candy Crowley stated on February 9, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "It’s been 14 years since a president or a vice president or a member of their family has not gone and attended at least an event at the Olympics."