A May 2021 broadcast of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" implied Anthony Fauci had sinister intentions behind mask mandates.
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TruthOrFiction→ ‘Every Year, Americans Spend $153,000,000,000 to Subsidize McDonald’s and Walmart’s Underpaid Workers’
On May 12 2021, a screenshot of a tweet by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich appeared across platforms amid a larger discussion around employee treatment and pay by corporations. His tweet contained the claim that American taxpayers subsidized $153,0
Top Fact Checks→ A fourth stimulus payment limited to Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 to be announced.
The U.S. government has not revealed any plans for another round of stimulus payments based on the COVID-19 vaccination status of Americans.
Snopes→ Biden Aims for Vaccinating 70% of Adult Americans by July 4
The new goal comes as demand for vaccines has dropped off markedly nationwide.
Top Fact Checks→ Almost 70 percent of Americans over 65 years of age are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Sixty-nine percent of fully vaccinated adults over 65 years were 94 percent less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19.
Snopes→ Did 85% of Americans Approve of Biden’s Speech?
The viewing audience for Biden's first speech before a joint session of Congress was not representative of Americans as a whole.
Snopes→ CDC Says Many Americans Can Now Go Outside Without a Mask
The change comes as more than half of U.S. adults have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, and more than a third have been fully vaccinated.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is Joe Biden Trying to Limit Americans to Four Pounds of Red Meat Per Year?
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Snopes→ Did Biden Say He’ll Cancel Fourth of July If Americans Don’t Do What They’re Told?
Certain sources distorted remarks the president made about staying vigilant in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Biden Tells Un-Vaccinated Americans They May Have to Cancel the Fourth of July’
On April 22 2021, repeat disinformation offender Hannity.com published a post with the outrage-bait headline, “JOE NO! Biden Tells Un-Vaccinated Americans They May Have to Cancel the Fourth of July,” which contained a single paragraph of or
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Can Americans Buy ‘Whatever You Want’ Without a Background Check at a Gun Show?
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The Dispatch Fact Check→ Can Americans Buy ‘Whatever You Want’ Without a Background Check at a Gun Show?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Did NOT Utter This Famous Quote About Americans On September 29, 1959
Did then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev say in a speech, "Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible..." on September 29, 1959? And was this speech on the same day as the day he purportedly banged h
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/do-americans-need-a-vaccine-passport A widely shared Instagram post
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Why do Americans share so much fake news? One big reason is they aren’t paying attention, new research suggests
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/03/why-do-americans-share-so-much-fake-news-one-big-reason-is-they-arent-paying-attention-new-research-suggests/
TruthOrFiction→ Did Chuck Todd Host a Panel on Violence Against Asian-Americans Without One Asian-American Guest?
NBC News presenter Chuck Todd came under fire on March 21 2021 for addressing a mass shooting that killed eight people in the state of Georgia earlier in the week — six of whom were of Asian descent — without asking any Asian-Americans for
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Hate crimes against Asian Americans: What the numbers show, and don’t
As pandemic shutdowns and fear flooded the United States last spring, it brought with it a wave of hate crimes and incidents targeting Asian Americans. Some were prosecuted as hate crimes, such as a woman in the Bronx who was hit on the head with an
Snopes→ Asian Americans Grieve, Organize in Wake of Atlanta Attacks
Six of the seven slain women in the shootings were identified as Asian.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip From 1993 Speech Does NOT Prove ‘What Biden Really Thinks About Black Americans’ — He Doesn’t Mention Race
Does a video of then-Sen. Joe Biden saying that the upbringing and background of future criminals does not matter show "what Biden really thinks about Black Americans"? No, that's not true: Biden did not mention race when he made a Senate
Snopes→ Did Biden Say Indian Americans Are ‘Taking Over’ the U.S.?
Roughly 4 million people of Indian origin currently live in the U.S., representing about 1% of the total population.
Liste→ Images show aircraft that crashed in Honduras in 2018 after carrying Americans on business trip
Four images have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts in February 2021 alongside a claim they show an aircraft that crashed while carrying 20 missionaries, all of whom survived. The claim is misleading: the photos show a priva
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S.A. Is NOT A Corporation And African Americans Are NOT Still Owned By Anyone
Is the United States a corporation in the way General Motors is? Is the president the head of a corporation called the United States of America? And are African Americans emancipated but not free? No, none of that is true: this conspiracy
Top Fact Checks→ Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 500,000 Americans a year used to go bankrupt due to hefty medical bills.
The figure of 500,000 includes those going bankrupt "somewhat" because of their medical bills or illness.
Snopes→ Did Biden Give Gitmo Prisoners COVID-19 Vaccines Before Americans?
Doses were first sent to the Guantanamo Bay naval base before being dispersed to facilities across the military compound.
Top Fact Checks→ Democrats to take away Americans’ gun rights.
Democrats want to impose stricter regulations around gun control but do not advocate to take back Americans' gun rights.
Top Fact Checks→ 22 Americans have had life-threatening allergic reactions to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The CDC confirmed that some have experienced allergic reactions, but that these allergic reactions are extremely rare.
Top Fact Checks→ Americans to get a $600 unemployment relief cheque as part of the COVID-19 relief package.
The Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers have agreed to an unemployment relief paycheck stimulus of $600 for Americans.
Snopes→ Why Some Americans Don’t Believe the Election Results
When an unfavorable decision is very important to someone, they tend to look for flaws demonstrating that the process used to make the decision was unfair.
Top Fact Checks→ Americans must fill out the census to get a stimulus check during the coronavirus emergency.
2020 consensus website refuted the claim and explained that "census responses are not tied to potential stimulus packages."
Snopes→ Viral Spread: Americans Paying the Price for Thanksgiving
Across the country, contact tracers and emergency room doctors are hearing repeatedly from new coronavirus patients that they socialized over Thanksgiving with people outside their households.
TruthOrFiction→ Did Schumer and Pelosi ‘Shoot Down’ a COVID Relief Bill and $600 Checks for Americans?
As the global COVID-19 pandemic closed in on its first year, calls in the United States for second stimulus checks mounted in December 2020, the dubious right-wing blog DailyWire.com published an item (“Schumer, Pelosi Shoot Down Trump Covid Rel
Snopes→ Americans Can Pay Their Credit Card Bills, but for How Long?
The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t stopped Americans from keeping up with their credit card payments, thanks in large part to government relief programs passed by Congress in early 2020.
TruthOrFiction→ Would $50,000 of Student Debt Forgiveness Be a ‘Massive Tax Increase’ for Americans?
On December 8 2020, The Blaze published an article headlined, “Schumer: Biden ‘considering’ cancelation of $50K in student loan debt for every borrower making under $125K a year,” with the subheading, “Translation: A mass
Snopes→ Data Shows Americans Couldn’t Resist Thanksgiving Travel
Airports saw some of their busiest days of the pandemic, though air travel was much lower than last year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Polio Vaccine Worked And The CDC Did NOT Admit 98 Million Americans Received Vaccine Contaminated With Cancer Agent
Did the CDC admit 98 million Americans received the polio vaccine between 1955 and 1963 when it was "contaminated with cancer-causing virus 'SV 40'"? No, that mis-states what the public health agency said and over-states the number expose
Snopes→ Americans Face New COVID-19 Restrictions After Thanksgiving
Americans returning from Thanksgiving break faced strict new coronavirus measures around the country as health officials braced for a disastrous worsening of the nationwide surge because of holiday gatherings over the long weekend.
Top Fact Checks→ 72 percent of Americans want a government-run healthcare system.
Media and research polls suggest that more than 50-60 percent of Americans would want an affordable health care system provided by the government.
TruthOrFiction→ Did a Majority of Americans in a Poll Say Trump Should Concede?
On November 23 2020, social media posts indicated that a then-new poll revealed a majority of Americans believed that U.S. President Donald Trump should concede the election to President-Elect Joe Biden — that majority being 58 percent of all vo