In an Aug. 30 rally in Evansville, Indiana, President Donald Trump made three unsubstantiated claims about wind turbines, which he calls “windmills”: Trump suggested that a single turbine can be responsible for “thousands” of bird deaths.
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: Paducah Man Did NOT Have Sex With Horse, Did NOT Say It Gave Consent By Winking
Did Fox News report about a man from Paducah being jailed for having sex with a horse and telling the police it gave consent by winking at him? No, that's not true: fake news website imitating Fox News by using their logo and a similar domain
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Myrtle Beach Man NOT Arrested For Hanging On Traffic Light And Sh*tting On Cars Passing Underneath
Was 41-year-old David Martinez from Myrtle Beach, SC arrested by the cops after climbing on a traffic light and defecating on passing cars? No, that's not true: a fake news website using the logo and a domain name similar to that of Fox News
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Bloomington Police Did NOT Discover Over 200 Penises During Raid At Funeral Employee’s Home
Did the cops find over 200 penises during a raid at the home of 54-year-old Paul Houston, an employee of the McLean County Coroner's Office? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a fake news website imitating the look and feel of Fox
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Bartlesville Woman NOT Awarded $1.4 Million After Suing Male Co-Workers For Excessive Farting.
Was 32-year-old Susan Goldstein of Bartlesville, Oklahoma awarded $1.4 million after she sued her male coworkers for excessive farting? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website imitating the logo and domain name of Fox News. I
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Battle Creek Woman NOT Arrested For Stinking Up Toilet And Closing Down Restaurant
Was a woman in Battle Creek, Michigan arrested for stinking up the toilet of a restaurant so badly it had to be closed down? No, that's not true: a fake news website imitating Fox News' logo and domain name copied a hoax story originally publi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Syracuse Groom’s Genitals NOT Blown Off by Best Man After Firework Explodes.
Were the genitals of a groom from Syracuse (New York) blown off by a bottle rocket taped to them by the best man during a bachelor party? No, that's not real: the horrible story was posted by a fake news website imitating the style and domain
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Border Detention of Children
The controversy surrounding family separations at the U.S. Southern border has prompted outrage, opinions and finger-pointing. It has also raised a number of questions, including from our readers. “Are there really children being separated from t
FactCheck.org→ Pedophile Advocate, But Not GOP Candidate
Q: Is Nathan Larson — who has expressed support for pedophilia, rape and incest — a Republican candidate for Congress? A: No. Larson is running for a Virginia congressional seat as an independent. FULL ANSWER A Virginia man who admitted i
Snopes→ Did People Start Licking Toilets as a Protest Against Donald Trump?
A grotesque hoax involving doctored images of people in bathrooms managed to trick some Internet users.
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact gains nonprofit status with move to the Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute, a nonprofit school for journalists based in St. Petersburg, Fla., has acquired direct ownership of PolitiFact from the Tampa Bay Times, the organizations announced Monday. The fact-checking website was created in 2007 by the Time
Snopes→ Vacancy Sign Flashes at Florida Jail Dubbed ‘Green Roof Inn’
A Florida sheriff says rooms are available and a new retro-neon sign purchased with drug-seized assets features a blinking "vacancy" light.
FactCheck.org→ Trump on Britain’s Universal Health Care
President Donald Trump tweeted that while Democrats are pushing for universal health care, “thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U[niversal] system is going broke and not working.” But the London demonstrators marched in
Snopes→ Las Vegas Gunman Carefully Planned Attack; Motive Is Mystery
The Las Vegas gunman meticulously planned how to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, researching SWAT tactics, renting other hotel rooms overlooking outdoor concerts and investigating potential targets in at least four cities.
PolitiFact→ Kayla Moore – Moore's wife coins new anti-abortion term to attack his Democratic opponent
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Moore's wife coins new anti-abortion term to attack his Democratic opponent As Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore wrestles with accounts of sexual encounters with underaged teens, his Democratic opponent fac
Snopes→ Transgender Woman Wins Virginia House Seat, Making History
Transgender candidate Danica Roem defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use.
Snopes→ TV Correspondents Face Danger They Told Others to Avoid
Journalists were the shock troops allowing the nation to experience Hurricane Irma from the comfort of their living rooms.
Truth or Fiction?→ President Nixon Pardoned John McCain of War Crimes-Fiction!
President Nixon Pardoned John McCain of War Crimes-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Senator John McCain confessed to being a war criminal and to committing treason during the Vietnam War, and President Nixon pardoned McCain, sparing him from death by firing
FactCheck.org→ Obama Didn’t Attend G-20 in 2017
Q: Did former President Barack Obama follow President Donald Trump to the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany? A: No. That claim was made on websites that don’t “make any warranties” about the reliability of their information. FULL QUE
Climate Feedback→ Scientists explain what New York Magazine article on “The Uninhabitable Earth” gets wrong
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY New York Magazine published an article by David Wallace-Wells detailing the potential impacts of climate change if no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Much of the article explores “worst case
Climate Feedback→ Playing semantics, misleading Breitbart article downplays US contribution to climate change
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article at Breitbart argues that World Health Organization rankings of particulate matter air quality show that the United States is not one of the biggest polluters in the context of the Paris Agreement. Scie
Truth or Fiction?→ Blue Whale Suicide Challenge Behind Rash of Teen Deaths-Unproven!
Blue Whale Suicide Challenge Behind Rash of Teen Deaths-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: An app called “Blue Whale” subjects users to a suicide challenge that claimed the life of at least 130 teen suicides in Russia over a short period of time,
Truth or Fiction?→ Bill Clinton Suffers Health Crisis, Family Rushes to Arkansas-Fiction!
Bill Clinton Suffers Health Crisis, Family Rushes to Arkansas-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Bill Clinton has suffered a health crisis that could claim his life, and Clinton family members have rushed to the former president’s side in Arka
FactCheck.org→ Sessions’ Dubious Drug Claims
In an address to law enforcement, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made two dubious claims about marijuana and opioids: Sessions said marijuana is “only slightly less awful” than heroin, an illicit opioid. Experts says heroin is thre
FactCheck.org→ Medicaid’s Doctor Participation Rates
In seeking to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has said “one out of every three physicians in this nation aren’t seeing Medicaid patients.” House Speaker Paul Ryan said “m
Snopes→ Egg Balancing on the Equinox
It is not true that a special property of the equinox allows eggs (or brooms) to be balanced on their ends that day.
PolitiFact→ Tom Price – HHS chief Tom Price mostly correct that ER use is up since Obamacare
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | HHS chief Tom Price mostly correct that ER use is up since Obamacare One of the arguments Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price made about why substantial changes in federal health care law were needed
Truth or Fiction?→ Valerie Jarret Moves into the Obamas’ DC Home-Unproven!
Valeri Jarret Moves into the Obamas’ DC Home-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: President Obama’s former top White House Advisor Valorie Jarret has moved into the Obamas’ Washington, D.C., mansion to work in a newly created “nerve
Truth or Fiction?→ 7-year-old Girl Gets Breast Implants-Fiction!
7-year-old Girl Gets Breast Implants-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A report of a 7-year-old girl who got breast implants has stirred controversy. The Truth: False reports of a 7-year0ld girl who got breast implants can be traced back to a well-known fa
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump: Handicapped, Minority Children too Disruptive-Fiction!
President Trump: Handicapped, Minority Children ‘too Disruptive” in Classrooms-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Trump tweeted, “I agree with DeVos. Handicapped and minority children are too disruptive in the classroom. Disaster!