Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in PunditFact 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 Mike Wise stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for "every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, that’s a no-no." Arianna Huffington stated on September 9, 2014 in a tweet: A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex." Eric Bolling stated on September 1, 2014 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": The United States has "the highest corporate tax rate in the free world." The Other 98% stated on August 24, 2014 in a Facebook post: "McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year." Martha Raddatz stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort." Heineken stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad: A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera. John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s." Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American." David Gregory stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme." Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water." Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 8, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 8, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population." Peter Beinart stated on July 6, 2014 in comments on CNN: "If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states." Sally Kohn stated on June 30, 2014 in a segment on CNN: "Hobby Lobby provided this (birth control) coverage before they decided to drop it to file suit." Rachel Maddow stated on June 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show": In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous." David Frum stated on June 3, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation." Bill Maher stated on May 23, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia." Rick Santorum stated on May 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs." Neera Tanden stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent." Genevieve Wood stated on April 8, 2014 in comments on CNN: "Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males. Cokie Roberts stated on March 31, 2014 in an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition": "Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female." Steven Rattner stated on March 30, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole." Ilyse Hogue stated on March 12, 2014 in an interview on "The Daily Show": "Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop." Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election." John Bolton stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel: Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century." Chris Matthews stated on March 3, 2014 in a segment on "Hardball": "The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
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Mike Wise stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for "every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, that’s a no-no." Arianna Huffington stated on September 9, 2014 in a tweet: A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex." Eric Bolling stated on September 1, 2014 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": The United States has "the highest corporate tax rate in the free world." The Other 98% stated on August 24, 2014 in a Facebook post: "McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year." Martha Raddatz stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort." Heineken stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad: A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera. John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s." Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American." David Gregory stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme." Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party." Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change." Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water." Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 8, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 8, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population." Peter Beinart stated on July 6, 2014 in comments on CNN: "If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states." Sally Kohn stated on June 30, 2014 in a segment on CNN: "Hobby Lobby provided this (birth control) coverage before they decided to drop it to file suit." Rachel Maddow stated on June 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show": In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous." David Frum stated on June 3, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation." Bill Maher stated on May 23, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia." Rick Santorum stated on May 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs." Neera Tanden stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent." Genevieve Wood stated on April 8, 2014 in comments on CNN: "Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males. Cokie Roberts stated on March 31, 2014 in an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition": "Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female." Steven Rattner stated on March 30, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole." Ilyse Hogue stated on March 12, 2014 in an interview on "The Daily Show": "Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop." Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election." John Bolton stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel: Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century." Chris Matthews stated on March 3, 2014 in a segment on "Hardball": "The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
Mike Wise stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for "every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, that’s a no-no."
Arianna Huffington stated on September 9, 2014 in a tweet: A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex."
Eric Bolling stated on September 1, 2014 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": The United States has "the highest corporate tax rate in the free world."
The Other 98% stated on August 24, 2014 in a Facebook post: "McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."
Martha Raddatz stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
Heineken stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad: A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera.
John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American."
David Gregory stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."
Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party."
Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN: Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."
Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on his radio show: The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change."
Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC: "Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water."
Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 8, 2014 in comments on Fox News: "More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."
Lawrence O'Donnell stated on July 8, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population."
Peter Beinart stated on July 6, 2014 in comments on CNN: "If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states."
Sally Kohn stated on June 30, 2014 in a segment on CNN: "Hobby Lobby provided this (birth control) coverage before they decided to drop it to file suit."
Rachel Maddow stated on June 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show": In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."
David Frum stated on June 3, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation."
Bill Maher stated on May 23, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia."
Rick Santorum stated on May 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
Neera Tanden stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent."
Genevieve Wood stated on April 8, 2014 in comments on CNN: "Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
Cokie Roberts stated on March 31, 2014 in an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition": "Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
Steven Rattner stated on March 30, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
Ilyse Hogue stated on March 12, 2014 in an interview on "The Daily Show": "Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop."
Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday": Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
John Bolton stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel: Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
Chris Matthews stated on March 3, 2014 in a segment on "Hardball": "The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
