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Wikipedia July 16, 2026 at 01:17 AM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maher

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Claim
Maher holds the record for the most Emmy nominations without a win, having been nominated on 22 occasions and not winning once.
Correction

This is outdated. The Television Academy now lists Bill Maher as having won an Emmy, so he is not a winless nominee.

Full reasoning

The statement says Maher had Emmy nominations "without a win" and had "not winning once." The Television Academy's official Bill Maher awards page now lists 42 nominations and 1 Emmy for him. That directly contradicts the claim that he never won.

Because the official awards database records an Emmy win for Maher, the article's statement that he held the record for nominations without a win is no longer accurate.

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Maher has earned 41 Primetime Emmy Award nominations
Correction

The nomination count is out of date. The Television Academy currently lists Bill Maher with 42 Primetime Emmy nominations, not 41.

Full reasoning

The specific number in this claim is no longer correct. On the Television Academy's official Bill Maher page, Maher is listed with 42 nominations and 1 Emmy. That means the article's count of 41 Primetime Emmy nominations is outdated by at least one nomination.

This correction is only about the nomination total; the article's separate reference to a win is not the part being corrected here.

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winning for Outstanding Informational Series or Special for Vice in 2015.
Correction

The year/category result is wrong. In the Television Academy's 2015 listing, Vice was a nominee, not the winner; the 2014 listing shows Vice as the winner in that category.

Full reasoning

This claim says Maher won Outstanding Informational Series or Special for Vice in 2015. The Television Academy's official 2015 page for that category lists Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown as the winner and Vice as a nominee.

The Television Academy's official 2014 page for the same category lists Vice as the winner. So if the article is trying to identify Maher's Emmy-connected win for Vice, the correct award year for that category is 2014, not 2015.

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Claim
which banned entry into the US of citizens from five majority-Muslim countries
Correction

Executive Order 13769 applied to seven countries, not five. The White House archive lists Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.

Full reasoning

The number is incorrect. The archived White House text explaining Executive Order 13769 says the order "suspended for 90 days the entry of certain aliens from seven countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen."

So describing EO 13769 as applying to citizens from five majority-Muslim countries understates the scope of the order by two countries.

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Claim
Maher has received 41 Primetime Emmy Award nominations
Correction

This nomination count is outdated. The Television Academy currently lists Bill Maher with 42 Primetime Emmy nominations, not 41.

Full reasoning

The official Television Academy awards page for Bill Maher currently lists 42 nominations and 1 Emmy. That makes the article's count of 41 Primetime Emmy Award nominations incorrect.

This correction addresses the nomination total in this sentence; the same official source shows the count has increased beyond 41.

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