Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed there was a “huge voter turnout” among young caucusgoers in Iowa this year, saying the turnout was “even higher than Obama’s extraordinary victory in 2008.” In fact, about 10,300 fewer young voters turned out this
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: New Hampshire Democrats Are NOT Encouraging Voter Fraud By Nonresidents
Are New Hampshire Democrats encouraging out-of-state residents to commit voter fraud, telling nonresidents they can vote in New Hampshire and remain nonresidents? No, that's not true. Some ultra-conservatives got upset after a Democratic activ
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Former FBI Director James Comey NOT Implicated In Spy Ring
Did a website point to evidence implicating former FBI Director James Comey in a spy ring? No, that's not true: The story is "clickbait" and offers no documentary evidence to back up its claims. The site links to another website that has knowi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: 20 Churches NOT Burned And Christian Missionaries NOT Executed In India
Were 20 churches burned and Christian missionaries sentenced to death in India? No, that's not true: a screenshot on Facebook claiming recent anti-Christian violence occured in India is an old hoax that dates back to at least 2010. The story o
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the New Hampshire Democratic Debate
Summary Four days before the New Hampshire primary, seven Democratic presidential candidates debated. We found factual distortions on several issues: Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sen. Bernie Sanders “voted to give the gun manufacturers … a
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Conspiracy Theories Claim New Coronavirus Was Bioengineered
Quick Take Several online stories inaccurately claim that the new coronavirus contains HIV “insertions” and shows signs of being created in a lab. But there is no evidence that the new virus was bioengineered, and every indication it came from an a
Truth or Fiction?→ Angelika Greg-Delany #WalkAway Campaign: ‘I Came From the Soviet Socialist Part of the Ukraine, I Barely Survived’
Late on February 6 or early February 7 2020, Facebook user “Angelika Greg-Delany” shared a purportedly true account to the group #WalkAway Campaign — purportedly first about her encounter with a Russia-bashing “Bernie Sanders s
FactCheck.org→ Trump Repeats Falsehoods in Celebrating Acquittal
A day after his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump made celebratory remarks in the White House on Feb. 6, thanking many Republican politicians and repeating several false and misleading claims, many of which we’ve c
FactCheck.org→ Report Prompts False Claims of ‘Voter Fraud’ in Iowa
Quick Take A report by a conservative legal organization about voter registration rates in eight Iowa counties has been cited to promote baseless suggestions of voter fraud. Full Story Amid the Iowa caucuses, the founder of a conservative group and
Truth or Fiction?→ What is a ‘Recanvass’?
Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez’s demand on February 6 2020 not only prolonged ongoing controversy surrounding the Iowa Democratic Party Caucuses — it also ignited interest in the process of a recanvass. “Enough is enou
Snopes→ Pete Rose Asks for Reinstatement, Cites Astros and Steroids
Pete Rose again asked Major League Baseball to end his lifetime ban, saying the penalty is unfair compared with discipline for steroids use and electronic sign stealing.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the State of the Union
Summary In his 2020 address to Congress, President Donald Trump stretched and distorted the facts: Trump claimed the economy is “the best it has ever been.” But GDP growth fell to 2.3% last year and economists predict further slowing this year. He
Truth or Fiction?→ Who Broke the Iowa Caucuses and Why Were Results Delayed?
One day after the February 3 2020 Iowa caucuses — the first primary voting of all fifty American states — the hashtag #IowaCaucusDisaster remained at the top of Twitter’s “trending” charts after a confusing night with no
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Scientists Did NOT Claim Wuhan Coronavirus is HIV-1 Engineered "Superweapon"
Did scientists claim the Wuhan coronavirus is an HIV-1 engineered hybrid "superweapon"? No, that's not true: The scientific research cited in a video making the claim has not been peer-reviewed, and the authors have withdrawn the paper, saying
FactCheck.org→ Club for Growth Action
Political leanings: Conservative 2018 total spending: $19.6 million Club for Growth Action, the super PAC of the conservative Club for Growth, was launched in August 2010. On its website, the organization declares its mission is to “take on any
FactCheck.org→ Trump Exaggerates China Trade Impact on Farmers
At his rally in Iowa, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the new trade agreement with China “will boost American agriculture by $50 billion every year.” China agreed to increase agricultural purchases by $12.5 billion this year and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof That One Minute Of Laughter Boosts Immune System For 24 Hours
Does one minute of anger weaken the immune system for four to five hours, while a minute of laughter can boost the immune system for 24 hours? The claim is not fully proven: While certainly an uplifting thought, more research is needed on the
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Trump Administration’s 2020 Budget Propose $25 Billion in Cuts to Social Security?
On January 31 2020, the page “Labor 311” shared the following screenshot of tweets from anchor Soledad O’Brien and United States President Donald Trump, in which he vows to “protect Social Security,” while she claims that
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Romania Has NOT Developed Coronavirus Vaccine Able To Cure White People Only
Did Romanian scientists develop a vaccine that can cure caucasian people only? No, that's not true: The story is a hoax and laced with editorialized political rants. The site making the claim is known for publishing a mix of real news and cons
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Malcolm Gladwell Say Penn State Should Restore a Statue of Joe Paterno?
Author Malcolm Gladwell’s latest defense of deceased Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno drew attention on January 29 2020. During a speech at the campus in State College, Pennsylvania, Gladwell once again said that a statue of Pate
Lead Stories→ Fake News: "Taps" Did NOT Originate From Paper In Dead Confederate Soldier’s Pocket
Did the bugle melody known as "Taps," which is played at U.S. military funerals, originate from a paper found in the pocket of a dead Confederate soldier? No, that's not true: The origin story for "Taps" does not match that mythical narrative,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof A Biology Experiment By 9th Grade Students Reveals A Dark Truth About Wi-Fi
Did a biology experiment by ninth grade students reveal a "dark truth" about the dangers of Wi-Fi? No, that is not clear: The study was conducted as a classroom experiment without the proper scientific controls of a professional lab experiment
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on the Wuhan Coronavirus
An outbreak of viral pneumonia that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 has now sickened thousands, and led to more than 100 deaths. Although much is still unknown, scientists have made rapid progress in understanding the cu
FactCheck.org→ Buttigieg Gives Trump Too Much Blame for Debt
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg blamed tax cuts backed by President Donald Trump for creating the nation’s debt problem. But while the Congressional Budget Office says those tax cuts are worsening the nation’s debt, spirali
Truth or Fiction?→ How Old Do You Have to Be to Be Vice President?
A prominent element of the 2020 United States presidential race involved prominent surrogates for candidates, whose presence on campaign trails prompted questions about the minimum age requirement for an individual to become a candidate’s runnin
FactCheck.org→ Giuliani Was Not a ‘Minor Player’ in Ukraine
One of President Donald Trump’s defense lawyers described Rudy Giuliani as “just a minor player” in Ukraine matters that resulted in the president being impeached. But the evidence suggests otherwise. White House defense lawyer Jane R
FactCheck.org→ New Coronavirus Wasn’t ‘Predicted’ In Simulation
Quick Take A conspiracy theory website distorted the facts about an emergency preparedness exercise to suggest that the “GATES FOUNDATION & OTHERS PREDICTED UP TO 65 MILLION DEATHS” from the coronavirus now spreading. The event dealt wi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Students In Ghana Have NOT Successfully Created Vaccine For Coronavirus; Côte d’Ivoire Patient NOT Cured
Did students in Ghana successfully create a vaccine that cured a patient who had the deadly coronavirus? No, that's not true: The story is a hoax, and the site making the claim is related to a global network of fake news sites that has since b
Truth or Fiction?→ Did JK Rowling Respond to ‘No One Should Live in a Closet’ Tattoo with ‘Yes They Should’?
On January 25 2020, Twitter user @iknownaama tweeted the following image, a purported screenshot of JK Rowling reacting to a pro-LGBT tattoo (“no one should live in a closet”) by saying “yes they should”: so did the simulatio
FactCheck.org→ Security Assistance and the July 25 Phone Call
Democrats and the White House legal team have made competing arguments about whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned U.S. security aid to his country in his July 25 phone call with President Donald Trump. The fact is, it’s unclea
Snopes→ US Beefs Up Screening of Travelers for New Virus from China
In the U.S. so far, there are five confirmed patients, all of whom had traveled to the hardest-hit part of China — and no sign that they have spread the illness to anyone around them.
FactCheck.org→ Comedian Sam Hyde Not ‘Behind’ Spread of Coronavirus
Quick Take A post on Facebook falsely claims comedian Sam Hyde is responsible for the spread of the new coronavirus. Researchers are still working to determine the source of this latest coronavirus, though evidence suggests it was first transmitted to
Truth or Fiction?→ Can You Get Coronavirus from Wish.com Products?
As concern over coronavirus spread in late January 2020, Facebook users began to share memes claiming that all products from ubiquitous seller Wish.com shipped from Wuhan, China — thought to be the region from which a massive outbreak of what
Truth or Fiction?→ Origin of the Word ‘Spinster’
The word “spinster” generally conjures up a mental picture of mean little old ladies who have never been married, glaring at young people from behind their living room curtains (which are lacy and yellowed with age, naturally) with their m
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Lewis Latimer Did NOT Invent The Light Bulb — Contrary To What Joe Biden Said — Or The Telephone
Did Lewis Latimer, an African-American man from Massachusetts who was bought from slavery, invent the light bulb and telephone? No, that's not true: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and Thomas Edison invented the first light
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Brazilian Condom Ad Feature Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-Il?
On January 23 2020, the Facebook page “We Resist” shared the following images, purportedly a “Brazilian condom ad” mocking world leaders Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-Il: Text atop three images of Trump,
FactCheck.org→ Pelosi’s Impeachment Pens Aren’t 18-Karat Gold
Quick Take Claims spreading online say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used expensive pens, or ones made of gold, to sign the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Actually, the pens, which are made mostly of brass, have a suggested retail
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Oslo Police Did NOT Declare ‘We Have Lost the City’… Islam Has Taken Over
Did police in Oslo, Norway, declare ''we have lost the city" because Islam has taken over? No, that's not true: Police in the Oslo have repeatedly disavowed the claim, saying the statement is false. The claim appears to have first surfaced in
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Posts Target Nine Republicans on Impeachment
Quick Take Posts circulating amid the Senate impeachment trial misleadingly accuse nine Republican senators of having “joined Democrats on impeachment.” The claim originated in October as a list of senators who had not yet co-sponsored an impeachme
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Coronavirus in China: Millions Quarantined, 2.8 Million NOT Infected; 112,000 NOT Dead
Have 23 million people been quarantined, 2.8 million infected, and 112,000 people killed from the coronavirus in China? No, that's not true: Even though Chinese authorities have restricted the travel for 35 million people due to the outbreak,