Is ABC cancelling monday night football on ESPN? No, that's not true: the entire story was made up by a liberal satire weblog that likes to invent fake stories that are just outrageous enough that conservatives and Trump supportes like and sh
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man With Rare Medical Condition Did NOT Ejaculate First Time At Age 79 After Surgery
Did 79-year-old Dutchman Thomas Holt from Amsterdam ejaculate for the first time ever after an operation removed a blockage? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that invents "news" about bizarre crimes and weird sex acts (
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show a Stretch of I-40 in North Carolina Underwater?
A photograph documents that a portion of Interstate 40 in North Carolina was completely underwater after Hurricane Florence.
Snopes→ Can Apps Like Waze Steer You Clear of Disaster? Maybe Not
Navigation apps like Waze are trying to help motorists avoid hurricane flooding. But can people really rely on their smartphones to steer themselves out of a disaster zone?
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Athens, TX woman NOT Charged, Did NOT Claims She Made Cheating Husband Eat His Own Genitals
Did an Athens, Texas woman get arrested for forcing her cheating husband to eat his own genitals? No, that's not true: it is just a rehash of an old hoax story that keeps being reposted with some changes in location every few months. It is n
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ref Did NOT Get In The Game, Did NOT Eject 4 Kneeling Players
Did the referee named Jerry Noonan eject four players at a Miami Dolphins game for kneeling during the national anthem? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal satire website that specifically designs its articles to cause cons
Lead Stories→ Fake News: FAKE Poll, 70 Percent of Trump Supporters Do NOT Think Media Faked P.R. Deaths
Does a poll show that 70% of the supporters of President Donald Trump think the media faked the number of deaths resulting from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year? No, that's not true: the "poll" that proves this was made up by a satiric
Snopes→ Weather Channel Reporter Braces in Storm That Leaves Others Unaffected
A video clip of a report captured during Hurricane Florence appeared to show some very selective heavy winds.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Crazed Liberal Burning Trump Signs Did NOT Cause Massachusetts Explosions
Was liberal activist Fiona Dourif arrested after causing a series of explosions in Massachusetts yesterday by burning stolen Trump campaign signs? No, that's not true: a liberal satire website is once again using the name of a popular actress
Snopes→ Can Mobile Phone Users Update Their Voicemail Greetings Without Cellular Service?
A "hurricane tip" circulating online would not, in fact, help everyone who might be affected by Hurricane Florence.
Snopes→ Who Left a Huge Stockpile of Bottled Water Sitting on a Puerto Rico Landing Strip?
An estimated 20,000 pallets of water bottles have been sitting on a landing strip in Puerto Rico since after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017.
PolitiFact→ Jeff Merkley – Yes, $10 million were transferred from FEMA to ICE
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Yes, $10 million were transferred from FEMA to ICE As a major hurricane heads toward the Carolinas, Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley berated the Trump administration for diverting nearly $10 million from emergency fu
NPR→ FACT CHECK: ‘Puerto Rico Was An Incredible, Unsung Success’?
With Hurricane Florence approaching the Carolinas, President Trump claimed the federal hurricane response in Puerto Rico last year was "the best job we did." New estimates put the death toll at 3,000.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: ‘Puerto Rico Was An Incredible, Unsung Success’?
With Hurricane Florence approaching the Carolinas, President Trump claimed the federal hurricane response in Puerto Rico last year was "the best job we did." New estimates put the death toll at 3,000.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: ‘Puerto Rico Was An Incredible, Unsung Success’?
With Hurricane Florence approaching the Carolinas, President Trump claimed the federal hurricane response in Puerto Rico last year was "the best job we did." New estimates put the death toll at 3,000.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: ‘Puerto Rico Was An Incredible, Unsung Success’?
With Hurricane Florence approaching the Carolinas, President Trump claimed the federal hurricane response in Puerto Rico last year was "the best job we did." New estimates put the death toll at 3,000.(Image credit: Evan Vucci)
Snopes→ Trump Declares State of Emergency in Virginia
President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Virginia as Hurricane Florence approaches.
Snopes→ Florence Could Rival North Carolina’s 1954 ‘Benchmark Storm’
Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch North Carolina has seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind of more than 130 mph (209 kph).
Snopes→ Florence Strengthens to Potentially Catastrophic Category 4 Storm
Forecasters said Florence could become an extremely dangerous major hurricane and remain that way for days.
PolitiFact→ Jeff Sessions – Jeff Sessions says 1 out of 30 in Greater Boston is in the country illegally
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Jeff Sessions says 1 out of 30 in Greater Boston is in the country illegally Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to Boston to announce a law enforcement operation against "crimes committed predominantly by illega
Climate Feedback→ Washington Post story puts recent weather extremes in accurate climate change context
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This story in The Washington Post lists a variety of extreme weather events seen around the Northern Hemisphere recently. The article explains that some of these types of weather are known to be connected to human-
FactCheck.org→ YourNewsWire Hawks False Fraud Headline
Q: Is the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, “facing fraud charges”? A: No. Two separate cases accuse Puerto Rico officials of misusing government funds, but Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz isn’t involved. FULL ANSWER Carmen Yulín Cruz, t
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers (Second Quarterly Update)
Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: The economy added 3.2 million jobs, unemployment fell to the lowest level in 18 years, and the number of job openings grew larger than the number of job-seekers for the first time on record
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Energy Boasts
At a meeting on hurricane preparedness, President Donald Trump took credit for U.S. energy production milestones that have been expected for years, and misstated the facts in the process: Trump said the U.S. is now “the largest energy producer i
Snopes→ First Lady Returns to Public Eye After ‘Little Rough Patch’
The first lady showed herself in publicy for the first time in nearly a month, seated alongside her husband for a briefing on the federal government's preparedness for the hurricane season.
Snopes→ U.S. Gulf Coast Braces for Impact as Subtropical Storm Alberto Approaches
Alberto is the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season, and has prompted residents of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi to make emergency preparations.
Truth or Fiction?→ Red Cross Spends 92 Cents of Every Dollar on Salaries-Fiction!
Red Cross Spends 92 Cents of Every Dollar on Salaries-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The Red Cross spends 92 percent of donations on salaries and other administrative expenses. The Truth: There’s no basis for the claim that the American Red Cro
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers (First Quarterly Update)
Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: Job growth slowed, but unemployment still sank to the lowest rate in 17 years. Economic growth quickened to 2.3 percent last year, but that was roughly half the rate Trump promised. The gro
Climate Feedback→ Investor’s Business Daily editorial misrepresents study to claim plants will prevent dangerous climate change
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This editorial by Investor’s Business Daily centers on a recent study published in Science, which concerns the sources of nitrogen cycling through Earth’s ecosystems. The editorial then claims that this study s
FactCheck.org→ Smith’s Error-Filled Climate Op-Ed
In an op-ed for Fox News, Rep. Lamar Smith, the chairman of the House science committee, made a host of false and misleading claims about climate change and related issues: Smith took a quote by climate scientist Stephen Schneider out of context, clai
FactCheck.org→ Will Global Warming Benefit Civilization?
Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt suggests that global warming isn’t necessarily “a bad thing” because “humans have most flourished during times of … warming.” But recent years have been the warmest
Truth or Fiction?→ Joe Kennedy’s Home Surrounded by a Wall, Proving His Hypocrisy-Fiction!
Joe Kennedy’s Home Surrounded by a Wall, Proving His Hypocrisy-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: After U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, was critical of President Donald Trump’s border wall and immigration stance, photos supposedly
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers
Summary Now that President Donald Trump has been in office for one day shy of a full year, it’s time to take a look at how well his boasts — and his critics’ complaints — stack up against hard data. Here we offer key measures
Snopes→ Did Cash-Strapped Puerto Rico Pay Government Employees More Than $100 Million Christmas Bonuses?
Controversy over the commonwealth's budget is not new, but attention on the bonuses as Puerto Rico struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria is.
Snopes→ Is Clothing Retailer Marshalls Still Paying Employees in Puerto Rico?
A Facebook post brought attention to the retail chain's treatment of workers after Hurricane Maria.
FactCheck.org→ San Juan Mayor Wasn’t Impeached
Q: Has Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, been impeached? A: No. That claim was made by a self-described “satirical publication.” FULL ANSWER San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who has had a public feud with Presiden
FactCheck.org→ Puerto Rican Teamsters Stories are Bogus
Q: Did a Teamsters strike hinder aid efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria? A: No. Stories claiming so misrepresented an actual quote from an Air Force colonel. FULL QUESTION Did the Teamsters strike in Puerto Rico hinder the supplies getting
FactCheck.org→ Warming to Blame for Western Wildfires?
Q: Did climate change cause the wildfires out West? A: Scientists say a hot and dry summer — conditions more likely in a warmer world — caused widespread wildfires in Western states. But land use changes also have played a role. FULL ANS
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump’s interview with Mike Huckabee, fact-checked
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee landed an interview with President Donald Trump on the GOP pundit’s new show on Trinity Broadcasting Network. Huckabee, whose daughter Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Trump’s press secretary, asked Trump about r
Snopes→ Are There Posters Calling Trump a ‘Pendejo’ Across Puerto Rico?
There is no proof that a viral image insulting the president has been posted "all over" the hurricane-damaged territory.