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Search Results (4635) for: claims
Snopes→ Why Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Aren’t Showing Up in His Lawsuits
There seems to be a real disconnect between the claims of widespread fraud, a stolen election and illegal voting made by President Donald Trump and his allies and the actual claims formally made by his lawyers in court.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Claims on Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court and role in election are partly false
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/21/fact-check-its-unlikely-supreme-court-decide-election/6357180002/
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Rudy Giuliani, Trump legal team push conspiracy theories, baseless claims about 2020 election
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/20/giuliani-trump-legal-team-push-conspiracy-theories/ Duri
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Report Claims Philly Mob Boss Stuffed Ballot Boxes
Quick Take A dubious website claims without evidence that Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino stuffed ballot boxes for Joe Biden and the Democrats — and would testify about the scheme in exchange for a presidential pard
Liste→ Claims of pandemic spike in suicides are not backed by data
Posts spread by celebrities and liked about 250,000 times on Instagram claim suicides have risen 200 percent since pandemic-linked lockdowns in America began. This is false; there is no data to support such a statement, the timing of which coincides w
Full Fact - All content→ Baseless claims about vaccine safety go viral on Facebook
A screenshot of a tweet making various claims about Covid-19 and a possible vaccine has been going viral on Facebook. It starts by claiming that Covid-19 “does NOT kill 99.99% of us.” This suggests Covid-19 is much less deadly than it is. T
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as lockdowns and wearing face masks, are effective measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, contrary to claims in viral video
REVIEW This video, published on 13 November 2020 by the student activism organization Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), features the historian Tom Woods in a 7 November symposium in Texas. In it, Woods presents the COVID-19 pandemic and the public
Liste→ Five days before deadline, Trump claims Michigan cannot certify vote
Donald Trump, seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, tweeted that the state of Michigan cannot certify the ballot count. This is false; the state’s county canvassing boards had to certify their results by November 17, 2020 whic
Liste→ “World Doctors Alliance” shares false and misleading claims about the Covid-19 pandemic
A video shared hundreds of times on Facebook shows a panel of medical practicioners presenting various claims about Covid-19, with one denying that the pandemic exists and calling the virus “normal flu”. Experts have used scientific evidence repeat
Liste→ Report falsely claims that US health protection agency ‘admits’ Covid-19 does not exist
A photo of an article reporting that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “admits there is no Covid-19” has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The report cites an agency document which explains how a virus test works as its
Snopes→ About 90K Sex Abuse Claims Filed in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy
The proceedings in federal bankruptcy court will lead to the creation of a compensation fund to pay out settlements to abuse survivors whose claims are upheld.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Giuliani’s fantasy parade of false voter-fraud claims
Over and over, the former New York City mayor makes claims that have been debunked by judges and the federal government
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Evidence undermines Trump campaign’s claims of dead people voting in Georgia
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-campaign-georgia-dead-voters-fact-check/index.html With C
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: Addressing Yet More Claims About Dominion Voting Systems
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FactCheck.org→ Bogus Theory Claims Supercomputer Switched Votes in Election
Quick Take A baseless conspiracy theory claims that a secret supercomputer was used to switch votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Experts — and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have said the theory is a hoax
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ US election 2020: Five viral vote claims fact-checked
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54811410 As President Trump continues to dispute the result o
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: More False Claims About Dominion Voting Systems
A viral Facebook post shows two maps: one purporting to show states in which Dominion Voting Systems’ vote-tabulating software is in use and the other showing states in which President Donald Trump is contesting the results through lawsuits. The
Liste→ Claims of 132,000 likely ineligible Georgia ballots are ‘baseless’
Social media users and online articles claim that 132,000 ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County may be ineligible, which would likely tip a state where Joe Biden is in the lead to Donald Trump. But the county’s registration and elections director de
Snopes→ States Cite Smooth Election, Despite Trump’s Baseless Claims
The 2020 election unfolded smoothly across the country and without any widespread irregularities, according to state officials and election experts.
Liste→ Misleading claims circulate online in Thailand that Singapore treats anyone older than seven as adult in court of law
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared thousands of times claim that Singapore treats anyone older than seven years old as an adult in the criminal court system and suggest that Thailand should adopt a similar system. The posts claim youths aged ov
Snopes→ False Claims of Voting Fraud, Pushed by Trump, Thrive Online
Trump and his supporters are pointing to debunked claims on social media as reason to not accept that Democrat Joe Biden won the election.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ FactChat is now stuffed with false claims about ballots
No, neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the military printed non-radioactive isotope watermarks on “official ballots.” No, there wasn’t “ballot stuffing” in Flint, Michigan, and it’s definitely false that truckloads of Trump vot
Liste→ Misleading video and claims circulate following the reported hacking of Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN’s YouTube account
A video has been viewed more than a hundred thousand times on YouTube and shared in multiple online posts that claim it shows a statement released by YouTube regarding disabled channels of Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN. The video, however, omits impo
Snopes→ Barr Tells DOJ to Probe Election Fraud Claims If They Exist
Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, if they exist.
Liste→ False claims of dead voter in Michigan sparked by ‘clerical error’
Social media posts claim a ballot was cast in the 2020 US election on behalf of a deceased Michigan man born in 1902, pointing to the case as evidence of fraud. This is false; votes determined to be from dead people would not be counted, and the city o
Snopes→ Rumor Alert: Dominion Voting Systems Fraud Claims
Isolated incidents that were quickly rectified were used to imply widespread voter fraud was occurring in 2020.
Snopes→ Fraud Claims Aimed in Part at Keeping Trump Base Loyal
President Donald Trump has promised legal action in the coming days as he refused to concede his loss to Democrat Joe Biden, making an aggressive pitch for donors to help finance any court fight.
Snopes→ Georgia Poll Worker in Hiding After False Claims Online
A video that has racked up millions of views on Twitter claims to show a poll worker crumpling up an absentee ballot.
Snopes→ Trump’s Wild Claims Test Limits of Republican Loyalty
President Donald Trump's wild and unsupported claims of voter fraud have emerged as a high-stakes Republican loyalty test that illustrates the tug of war likely to define the future of the GOP.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Wild, Baseless Claims of Illegal Voting
In remarks resembling an attack on democratic elections, rather than a presidential speech, President Donald Trump doubled down on his campaign pledge: “The only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.” In his Nov. 5 comments, he offe
Liste→ Outdated voter registration figures fuel false fraud claims
Social media posts shared thousands of times claim voter fraud took place in eight US states during the 2020 presidential election because the number of votes exceeded the number of registered voters. But the graphic used in the posts relies on old
Liste→ Mystery Covid-19 test result rumor fuels claims Canada figures inflated
A Facebook post describing a person in Canada who was allegedly diagnosed with Covid-19 after cancelling a swab appointment is circulating online amid false claims that the number of infections is inflated. The Alberta government said any such situatio
FactCheck.org→ Viral Image Shows Outdated Claims About Detroit Voter Rolls
Quick Take Facebook users are sharing a meme that alleges a host of inaccuracies in Detroit’s voter rolls in the context of the 2020 election. But the claims stem from a 2019 lawsuit that was withdrawn after the group that filed it said the city
Snopes→ GOP Senator: No Evidence to Support Trump Vote-Fraud Claims
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, whose state is a key battleground in the presidential election, said "There’s simply no evidence anyone has shown me of any widespread corruption or fraud."
Liste→ Trump claims US election was rigged
As America’s tortuous presidential election appeared headed to a conclusion, Donald Trump addressed the nation, claiming without evidence that he was being robbed of a second term.
WaPo Fact Checker→ President Trump’s false claims of vote fraud: A chronology
As the election returns have come in, the president has flooded the zone with false and misleading claims about the results.
Liste→ False claims about Georgia ballot issues circulate online
Social media posts claim that there are tens of thousands of ballots in Georgia’s DeKalb County that have issues needing to be fixed, or “cured.” This is false; the county’s election board said the number was around 200 as of November 4, 2020.
Snopes→ Judges Dismiss Trump Claims in Georgia, Michigan
Courts have undercut a campaign legal strategy to attack the integrity of the voting process in states where the result could mean President Donald Trump's defeat.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Rudy Giuliani and Eric Trump’s press conference was filled with false claims about ballots in Pennsylvania
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/politics/eric-rudy-pa-presser-fact-check/index.html After announcing the