Latest Half-True Fact-checks in PunditFact Bill O'Reilly stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks. Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children." Katrina vanden Heuvel stated on September 21, 2014 in a panel on ABC's "This Week": Americans now "support strikes (against ISIS) but the support for ground troops is not there. The support is very thin." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus. Maria Cardona stated on September 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Republican Party has the worst reputation in American polling of any political party in history." Michael Medved stated on August 19, 2014 in a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show": "More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings." Mark Emmert stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes." Jamie Weinstein stated on July 18, 2014 in comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": The states that are doing "better" are the ones that have no state income tax. Ruth Marcus stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official. Pat Buchanan stated on July 17, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California." Mark O'Mara stated on July 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "Literally, by the time a child is 18 years of age, they've killed over 100,000 people in video games and other online things." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 14, 2014 in an episode of his radio show: Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination." Cokie Roberts stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14." Michael Eric Dyson stated on July 9, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Ed Show": "Teenage births cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010 alone." Donny Deutsch stated on July 1, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "13 percent of Americans, the lowest ever, are without health care." Bill Clinton stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office." Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years." Donna Brazile stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody." Bill Maher stated on June 13, 2014 in a "Real Time with Bill Maher" episode: "There are 278 Republicans in Congress. (With Eric Cantor's defeat), they are now all Christian and all white except for one black senator, who was appointed." Laura Ingraham stated on June 15, 2014 in a statement on "This Week": Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill." Stephen Hayes stated on June 8, 2014 in a discussion on "Fox News Sunday": The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk." Chris Wallace stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war." Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies." Sean Hannity stated on May 12, 2014 in a segment on "Hannity": "When you read the Koran, it talks about don't take Christians and Jews as your friends." John Oliver stated on May 11, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": "28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access." Joe Scarborough stated on May 12, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue." Van Jones stated on May 4, 2014 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime. Doonesbury stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip: Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined." Anissa Naouai stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
Bill O'Reilly stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks. Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children." Katrina vanden Heuvel stated on September 21, 2014 in a panel on ABC's "This Week": Americans now "support strikes (against ISIS) but the support for ground troops is not there. The support is very thin." Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus. Maria Cardona stated on September 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Republican Party has the worst reputation in American polling of any political party in history." Michael Medved stated on August 19, 2014 in a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show": "More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings." Mark Emmert stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes." Jamie Weinstein stated on July 18, 2014 in comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": The states that are doing "better" are the ones that have no state income tax. Ruth Marcus stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official. Pat Buchanan stated on July 17, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California." Mark O'Mara stated on July 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "Literally, by the time a child is 18 years of age, they've killed over 100,000 people in video games and other online things." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 14, 2014 in an episode of his radio show: Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination." Cokie Roberts stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14." Michael Eric Dyson stated on July 9, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Ed Show": "Teenage births cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010 alone." Donny Deutsch stated on July 1, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "13 percent of Americans, the lowest ever, are without health care." Bill Clinton stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office." Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years." Donna Brazile stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody." Bill Maher stated on June 13, 2014 in a "Real Time with Bill Maher" episode: "There are 278 Republicans in Congress. (With Eric Cantor's defeat), they are now all Christian and all white except for one black senator, who was appointed." Laura Ingraham stated on June 15, 2014 in a statement on "This Week": Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill." Stephen Hayes stated on June 8, 2014 in a discussion on "Fox News Sunday": The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk." Chris Wallace stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war." Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies." Sean Hannity stated on May 12, 2014 in a segment on "Hannity": "When you read the Koran, it talks about don't take Christians and Jews as your friends." John Oliver stated on May 11, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": "28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access." Joe Scarborough stated on May 12, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue." Van Jones stated on May 4, 2014 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime. Doonesbury stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip: Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined." Anissa Naouai stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
Bill O'Reilly stated on October 6, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.
Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN: Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children."
Katrina vanden Heuvel stated on September 21, 2014 in a panel on ABC's "This Week": Americans now "support strikes (against ISIS) but the support for ground troops is not there. The support is very thin."
Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.
Maria Cardona stated on September 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "The Republican Party has the worst reputation in American polling of any political party in history."
Michael Medved stated on August 19, 2014 in a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show": "More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings."
Mark Emmert stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes."
Jamie Weinstein stated on July 18, 2014 in comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": The states that are doing "better" are the ones that have no state income tax.
Ruth Marcus stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points."
Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official.
Pat Buchanan stated on July 17, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California."
Mark O'Mara stated on July 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "Literally, by the time a child is 18 years of age, they've killed over 100,000 people in video games and other online things."
Rush Limbaugh stated on July 14, 2014 in an episode of his radio show: Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination."
Cokie Roberts stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "In New York, your chances of getting murdered are 1 in 25,000. In Honduras, it’s 1 in 14."
Michael Eric Dyson stated on July 9, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Ed Show": "Teenage births cost Texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster care and lost tax revenue in 2010 alone."
Donny Deutsch stated on July 1, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "13 percent of Americans, the lowest ever, are without health care."
Bill Clinton stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years."
Donna Brazile stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody."
Bill Maher stated on June 13, 2014 in a "Real Time with Bill Maher" episode: "There are 278 Republicans in Congress. (With Eric Cantor's defeat), they are now all Christian and all white except for one black senator, who was appointed."
Laura Ingraham stated on June 15, 2014 in a statement on "This Week": Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill."
Stephen Hayes stated on June 8, 2014 in a discussion on "Fox News Sunday": The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk."
Chris Wallace stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war."
Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies."
Sean Hannity stated on May 12, 2014 in a segment on "Hannity": "When you read the Koran, it talks about don't take Christians and Jews as your friends."
John Oliver stated on May 11, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight": "28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access."
Joe Scarborough stated on May 12, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Van Jones stated on May 4, 2014 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.
Doonesbury stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip: Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."
Anissa Naouai stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.