Summary On the second night of the Republican National Convention, we found: White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow falsely claimed that Trump inherited a “stagnant” economy on the verge of recession. Actually, economists were predicting contin
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Poynter→ Fact-checking the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention
Speakers included Donald Trump Jr., Sen. Tim Scott, Nikki Haley and Rep. Steve Scalise. Earlier Monday, we fact-checked President Donald Trump’s remarks to RNC delegates gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Republicans opened their 2020 nation
FactCheck.org→ Video: FactChecking the Democratic National Convention
This video reviews some of the statements that we fact-checked during the Democratic National Convention, which ended Aug. 20 with former Vice President Joe Biden accepting his party’s nomination for president. Our video covers these five claims
Poynter→ Fact-check: Joe Biden’s acceptance speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention
In a near-empty arena on the river in his hometown, Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president, promising hope over fear, fairness over privilege, love over hate. And, he said, “Facts over fiction.” Let’s see about that. H
Poynter→ Fact-check: Joe Biden’s acceptance speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention
In a near-empty arena on the river in his hometown, Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president, promising hope over fear, fairness over privilege, love over hate. And, he said, “Facts over fiction.” Let’s see about that. H
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Snow, Rain, Heat, Night, Fascism … Absolutely Baller Content from the American Postal Workers Union’
Amid the United States Postal Service’s slowdowns on August 13 2020, Twitter user Charlie Bonner shared the following “baller content” attributed to the American Postal Workers Union: absolutely baller content from the postal worke
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Greatest Hits
As the Democratic National Convention kicks off today, we thought it would be helpful to highlight some of the claims we have fact-checked from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden over the course of the campaign so far. For more on each statement,
Health Feedback→ Baseless speculations underpin a retracted editorial claiming spontaneous generation of SARS-CoV-2 in skin cells exposed to 5G waves
REVIEW An editorial article published in the Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents on 16 July 2020 and withdrawn a few days later claimed that the millimeter-length waves used in 5G technology can spontaneously generate SARS-CoV-2
AllSides→ FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fox News Sunday’ Interview
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/factchecking-trumps-fox-news-sunday-interview/ President Donald Trump
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fox News Sunday’ Interview
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace, who frequently fact-checked the president in real time, contained a long list of false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims: The president claimed othe
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Carsyn Davis Die After Attending a ‘COVID Party’?
In early July 2020, news of the death of Florida teenager Carsyn Leigh Davis began spreading on social media — alongside rumors the girl, who was purportedly medically fragile, was intentionally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 by her mother: A parent se
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly detected by highly specific molecular testing, not antibody testing
REVIEW A claim that people can test positive for COVID-19 if they have antibodies for the common cold, with the implication that COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are mainly due to false-positive antibody test (serological test) results, began circulating
Health Feedback→ No scientific evidence indicates that cannabis can prevent or cure COVID-19 in patients
REVIEW An article which has received more than hundreds of thousands of interactions on Facebook claimed that cannabis could prevent or cure SARS-CoV-2 infection. The article states that scientific results experimentally indicate that certain cannab
The Dispatch→ Is a Muslim Group Preparing to Patrol Streets in Minneapolis?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Does Japan Spray Looters and Rioters with Blue Dye to Arrest Them Later?
A June 23 2020 post to the questionably named Facebook group “Facts First – Truth to Expose Media Lies” featured a photograph, which purportedly showed authorities in Japan dousing “rioters and looters” in “indelibl
Health Feedback→ OSHA recommends the use of cloth face coverings at the workplace, contrary to claim by Peggy Hall
REVIEW A video by Peggy Hall, who runs a lifestyle website, made numerous claims about mask safety, which went viral in June 2020, receiving more than 1.8 million views on Facebook. An article promoting the video, published by GreenMedInfo, separate
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Response to False Accusations of Bias from The National Pulse
After Lead Stories fact checked a story by The National Pulse they published an article accusing us of bias in favor of the Democrats after first quietly correcting their story. Several of the accusations are blatantly false, for example that
Truth or Fiction?→ Have Police in the United States Killed 120 People Since George Floyd’s Death?
On June 14 2020, a Facebook user shared the following post, asserting that police in the United States had killed an additional 120 civilians since the May 25 2020 death of George Floyd: Floyd was killed during an interaction with Minneapoli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Does NOT Show ‘Undercover Footage’ In Vaccine Video
Does an anti-vaccine video by Dr. Rashid Buttar show "undercover footage"? No, that's not true: The misleading title implies that this YouTube video will be the public unveiling of exclusive undercover footage of ... something. Viewers who fal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Third-Party Fact Checkers Did NOT Rate The Bill of Rights as False Information
Did Facebook's independent fact checkers rate an image of the Bill of Rights as "False Information"? No, that's not true: an image circulating on social media that appears to show a fact checking overlay on the Bill of Rights is a crude forger
AllSides→ Twitter has finally started fact-checking Trump
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/26/21271210/twitter-fact-check-trump-tweets-mail-voting-fraud-rigged-election-misleading-statements
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook Fact-Checking Platform Dangerously Labels Mask Meme ‘False,’ Discourages Use of Masks Against Expert Guidelines
In May 2020 — in the middle of a global COVID-19 pandemic — a screenshot of a dangerously misapplied Facebook fact-checking flag began circulating which falsely and dangerously contradicts best practices around the use of masks in public p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HR 6666 Is NOT Going To Forcibly Remove People With COVID-19 From Homes As Dr. Rashid Buttar Claims
Does House Resolution 6666 provide funds to forcibly removed people with COVID-19 from their homes as Dr. Rashid Buttar claims in videos? No, that is not true: HR 6666 would not mandate that citizens be removed from their homes if they test po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Onions Do NOT Prevent The Flu And Other Viral Infections
Do raw onions have the power to prevent people from getting the flu or other viral infections? No, that's not true: This is a myth the National Onion Association slaps down, calling it a "wives' tale that dates back as far as the 1500s." The c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Pictured In Meme Did NOT Say That "Jihad Will Continue"
Did a Muslim man whose picture is being widely shared in a meme say that "Jihad will continue until all the Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Atheists are killed"? No, that's not true: This is a made-up quote that has previously been debunked, an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Coronavirus Is Bioweapon Leaked From Wuhan Lab
Is the novel coronavirus a bioweapon that leaked from a Wuhan laboratory? No, there is no evidence to suggest that's true: Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology have insisted there is no link between the lab and the coronavirus, which
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Illegal Immigrants Do NOT Always Get More Welfare Than American Families
Does a study confirm that illegal immigrants collect more welfare benefits than American families? No, that's not always true: A 2016 study that is still being shared online has already been shown to exaggerate the cost of immigrant welfare us
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Restaurant In New York NOT Given Approval To Serve Human Meat
Was a restaurant in New York given approval to serve human meat? No, that's not true: The story is a hoax and was based on a satirical article from 2016 that has been roundly debunked. The claim originated from a video published by SABS-TECH o
PolitiFact→ Pete Buttigieg – Buttigieg on point that majority of Republicans support background checks
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Buttigieg on point that majority of Republicans support background checks Pete Buttigieg is running in the Democratic primary for president, but he said a lot of "future former Republicans" are coming to hea
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Bernie Sanders in Ames, Iowa
AMES, Iowa — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called for a systematic change in the economy, health care, criminal justice, and the environment during 45 minutes of remarks to an overflow crowd near the campus of Iowa State University. "We not ju
FactCheck.org→ Video: The Seventh Democratic Debate
We highlight four claims we fact-checked from the Jan. 14 Democratic debate in this video. Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that the “wealthy are the only ones doing well, period.” But weekly paychecks for rank-and-file workers have been ri
Truth or Fiction?→ 500,000 Americans Will Go Bankrupt This Year from Medical Bills?
On January 12 2020, the Facebook page “Lower Drug Prices Now” shared what appeared to be a screenshot of a tweet, which claimed that “500,000 Americans will go bankrupt this year” due to medical bills: Claims referencing &#
Lead Stories→ Fake News: A Majority, Perhaps As Many As 75%, Of Abortion Clinics Are NOT In Areas With High Minority Populations
Are a majority, perhaps as many as 75%, of abortion clinics in the United States located in areas with high minority populations? No, that does not appear to be true: While the claim has been making the rounds for years, research suggests that
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech after Iran missile strikes on US troops
President Donald Trump said U.S. troops in Iraq had not been harmed by Iranian missile strikes launched in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed one of Iran’s top military leaders, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. "Our great American forces are
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Fact-Check Does NOT Confirm That Nancy Pelosi Did Move Billions From Social Security Insurance To Cover Impeachment Costs
Did a fact-check confirm that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi actually did move $2.4 billion from Social Security Insurance to cover impeachment costs? No, that's not true: the hoax stems from a fake fact-checking and satire website, and real fake-
PolitiFact→ Top 10 fact-checks of 2019
In 2019, we fact-checked many statements about the impeachment of President Donald Trump and claims by and about the Democrats running for president. Two of our most clicked-on fact-checks of the year were related to impeachment – one about Joe B
FactCheck.org→ Video: Jake Tapper on 2019 ‘Whoppers’
In our final fact-checking video of the year with CNN’s “State of the Union,” Jake Tapper looks back at the “biggest whoppers” of 2019. Our article, “The Whoppers of 2019,” was dominated by President Donald Tr
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Lead Stories Is NOT The Chinese Government, Did NOT Say Tienanmen Square Massacre Did Not Exist Or Happen
Did Lead Stories (or an entity using our logo and the name "Chinese Government") fact-check the claim that the Tienanmen Square Massacre did not happen? No, that's not true: a screenshot of an Instagram post showing a "fact-check" overlay maki
Truth or Fiction?→ Did J.K. Rowling ‘Confirm Her Stance Against Transgender Women’?
Rumors that author J.K. Rowling (of the popular Harry Potter series) was a trans-exclusionary feminist circulated for years due to her comments and behavior on Twitter, culminating in a viral June 2019 Medium piece by Phalen Fairchild titled, “
FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2019
Summary As he has done since entering the political scene in 2015, Donald Trump dominates our list of whoppers of the year. We identified a top 10 of falsehoods and factual distortions from the president, beginning with several impeachment-related topi