When President Trump said some undocumented children were brought across the southern border into the U.S. by "coyotes" was he using a xenophobic term for the parents of those children? No, that's not true: Trump was using the border regi
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disturbing Video Does NOT Show Children Rescued From Being Trafficked
Does a disturbing video show children rescued from being trafficked and is it evidence of a huge market for kidnapped children? No, that's not true. A video showing suspected family members of ISIS fighters trying to escape from a Syrian
Logically→ Bills Joe Biden supported in the eighties and nineties led to mass incarceration of tens of thousands of young black men who had small amounts of drugs in their possession.
President Donald Trump was referring to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's history of backing "tough on crime" policies. While overseeing the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden over the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
FactCheck.org→ Trump on the Stump
We reviewed all of President Donald Trump’s speeches at campaign rallies over five days, from Oct. 12 to Oct. 16. There were six speeches and combined, Trump spoke for more than eight hours, averaging about one hour and 20 minutes per speech. Bel
Logically→ And so when I think about what we need to do, we have 33 thousand people a year who died from guns.
Black Lives Matter is responsible for a riot at a Los Angeles hospital. Two Sheriff's deputies, a 31-year-old female and a 24-year-old male were shot in a patrol car near the Compton sheriff's station south of downtown Los Angeles on Septemb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama’s Two Terms Were NOT ‘A Crime Spree’
Were the two terms that Barack Obama spent in office "a crime spree" in which $4 trillion of $6 trillion sent to Muslim nations disappeared, $200 billion was sent to Iran, $500 billion was "stolen" from the Housing and Urban Development d
AFP Fact Check→ CNN anchor did not condemn Nigeria police unit, Covid-19; photo is doctored
A widely shared image claims to show CNN anchor Don Lemon denouncing Nigeria's controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and Covid-19 as "two deadly viruses" killing people in the West African nation. The photo emerged as Nigeria faces widespr
FactCheck.org→ Meme Spreads Misinformation on Presidential Endorsements
Quick Take A widely shared meme misrepresents Joe Biden’s endorsements. Biden hasn’t been endorsed by antifa or the Black Lives Matter organization, though BLM co-founders support him. And while President Donald Trump has been endorsed by the major
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Breonna Taylor Was NOT Shot In Her Bed
Was Breonna Taylor fatally shot while still in bed? No, that's not true: She was shot in the hallway of her apartment shortly after getting out of bed when she and her boyfriend, Kenneth "Kenny" Walker, heard loud banging on their door on
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Law and Order Distortions
President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements in an attempt to contrast his stance on law enforcement with that of Joe Biden, his Democratic opponent in the presidential race: The president claimed in an Oct. 10 campaign rally at the Whi
FactCheck.org→ Video Shows Arrest at a Protest, Not a Church Service
Quick Take A tweet, shared by President Donald Trump, mischaracterizes a video that purports to show “Americans being ARRESTED for holding outdoor church services.” The video actually shows a demonstration in Idaho against a public health o
Truth or Fiction?→ Ghost in the Watts Family Documentary ‘American Murder’
An October 8 2020 Daily Mail article headlined “Man claims there is a ‘GHOST’ of a little girl in new Netflix documentary about family killer Chris Watts, insisting he can see the spirit in the background of police bodycam footage
Truth or Fiction?→ Ghost in the Watts Family Documentary ‘American Murder’
An October 8 2020 Daily Mail article headlined “Man claims there is a ‘GHOST’ of a little girl in new Netflix documentary about family killer Chris Watts, insisting he can see the spirit in the background of police bodycam footage
Truth or Fiction?→ Suspects in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Used Facebook as a Recruitment Tool
Social media accounts of several people arrested and charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Party governor Gretchen Whitmer were devoted to supporting or promoting right-wing disinformation, according to investigators and conten
FactCheck.org→ Kentucky Attorney General Is Not Related to Mitch McConnell
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron — who conducted the investigation into Breonna Taylor’s death — is related through marriage to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Cameron was re
FactCheck.org→ Trump Campaign Aide’s Dubious Claim on Protecting the President
A senior adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign made the dubious claim that Trump was “probably the most protected person on Earth,” because his visitors “must submit to a COVID test” and “people don’t physically get close
Full Fact→ Challenging someone for not wearing a face mask isn’t against the Equality Act
Social media posts on Facebook claim you could be fined thousands of pounds under the Equality Act if you challenge someone who is not wearing a face covering. This is not correct. The posts say: “The government advice is not to challenge p
AFP Fact Check→ Alberta’s health laws used to make misleading claims about mandatory vaccination during Covid-19 pandemic
Posts shared more than 10,000 times in Canada have claimed that recent changes to Alberta's health statutes will bring in forced medical isolation and vaccination. This is misleading; giving power to medical officers to prevent the spread of communicab
The Dispatch→ Did a Sheriff in Oregon Endorse Donald Trump?
President Trump claimed during Tuesday’s debate that “Portland, the sheriff just came out today and he said, ‘I support President Trump.’”“Sheriff” is a title typically held by county-level law enforcement offi
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the First Trump-Biden Debate
Summary President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on the debate stage for the first time and stretched or mangled facts on several topics: Trump exaggerated instances of election “fraud,” misleadingly citing ballots “found i
FactCheck.org→ Brad Parscale’s Suicide Threat Sparks Conspiracy Claims
Quick Take Social media accounts that boost conspiracy theories make a baseless claim that the Clintons were involved in a recent incident at the home of Brad Parscale, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager. The police report describes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Breonna Taylor’s Mother Has NOT Bought A House And Bentley With Funds From Civil Suit
Did Breonna Taylor's mother buy herself a Bentley and an $800,000 home with her share of the $12 million Louisville paid to settle her wrongful death claim? No, that's not true: The City of Louisville had not, as of Sept. 29, 2020, paid o
Snopes→ AG Agrees to Release Grand Jury Tapes in Breonna Taylor Case
Kentucky’s attorney general has agreed to release the recordings of the secret grand jury proceeding that considered charges against three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Weekend Claims
On Sept. 26 and 27, President Donald Trump spoke for about two hours and 15 minutes in five appearances — including one campaign rally in Middletown, Pennsylvania. We’ve compiled many of the president’s false and misleading claims fro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Louisville Police Did NOT Have A Warrant For Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend
Did Louisville police have a warrant for Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth "Kenny" Walker, the night she was fatally shot by police? No, that's not true: The police were not executing an arrest warrant on Walker that night. Rather, poli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Louisville Bail Project Did NOT Rent Truck That Distributed Supplies to Louisville Protest and Bail Project Gets NO Funds from George Soros
Did the Louisville Bail Project rent a truck to deliver "riot supplies" to a Black Lives Matter march with support from billionaire George Soros? No, neither of those claims is true. The U-Haul truck shown in online videos delivering supp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Truth’ Videos About Breonna Taylor Are NOT All True
Is a video made by Charlie Kirk promising the "truth about Breonna Taylor" and another from Candace Owens claiming "everything they told us about the Breonna Taylor case was a lie" all true? No, that's not the case: Both videos contain fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s Wife Is NOT Mitch McConnell’s Granddaughter — or Niece
Is Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's wife the granddaughter of Sen. Mitch McConnell? No, that's not true. A rumor went viral that Mackenze Evans was the granddaughter of the Republican Senate majority leader. Cameron's spokeswoma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Truth About Breonna Taylor’ Meme Has Claims That Are False, Misleading Or In Dispute
Does a meme promising the "truth about Breonna Taylor" include only proven facts? No, that's not true: The meme contains several claims that are false, misleading or in dispute. For example, she was not terminated from her job as an EMT i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justine ‘Diamond’ Family Did NOT Receive A $55 Million Settlement In Minneapolis Police Shooting — The Justine Damond Family Got $20 Million
Did the family of Justine "Diamond" receive a $55 million settlement after she was fatally shot by a police officer while unarmed? No, that's not true: the family of Justine Damond actually reached a $20 million settlement agreement with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Coroner’ Did NOT Say George Floyd Died From A Drug Overdose, Instead of Injuries From Police Restraint
Did a "coroner" say George Floyd died from a drug overdose and not because a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes? No, that is not true. While the autopsy report said Floyd had drugs in his system and oth
Snopes→ Louisville Restricts Access Before Decision in Breonna Taylor Case
Police in Louisville, Kentucky, said that they were restricting access to the downtown area in preparation for the state attorney general’s announcement about whether he will charge officers in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Said ‘I Like Taking The Guns Early,’ Not Harris
Quick Take Facebook posts claim that Sen. Kamala Harris said, “I like taking the guns early.” She didn’t say that, but President Donald Trump did. Full Story Dozens of conservative Facebook pages have been sharing a picture of Sen. Ka
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake State Driver Licenses Seized By Feds In Chicago Are NOT Implicated In A Voting Fraud Scheme
Did almost 20,000 fake IDs seized by Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago turn out to be for fake names registered to vote Democrat? No, that is not true: While customs investigators seized 19,888 fake ID cards in the first h
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Dallas Teacher Call the Kenosha Homicide Suspect a ‘Hero for the Modern Age’?
In mid-September 2020, the Dallas Independent School District in Texas drew national attention after local outlets began reporting on an assignment comparing a 17-year-old homicide suspect with both civil rights activists and one of the people he kill
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet That He’s Donating $500,000 Each To Two Wounded Deputies
Did Donald Trump tweet that he's donating $500,000 toward the expenses of the two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were shot and critically injured? No, that's not true: This tweet was not posted by Trump's authentic account; it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NFL Did NOT Honor An Organization That Yelled ‘Hope They Die’ Outside Hospital Where Wounded Deputies Were Being Treated
Did the NFL (National Football League) honor an organization that yelled "hope they die" outside of a hospital where two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were being treated after they were shot in an ambush? No, that's not true: The
Snopes→ City to Pay Millions to Breonna Taylor’s Mom, Reform Police
Taylor's shooting by police has sparked months of protests in Louisville and calls nationwide for the officers to be charged in her death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blonde Woman In Meme About Ambush Of Los Angeles County Deputies Is NOT The Wounded Female Officer
Is a blonde woman pictured in a meme about the Los Angeles sheriff's deputies who were shot in their squad car the actual female officer who was wounded? No, that's not true. The photograph of a woman with long blonde hair in posts that h
FactCheck.org→ Trump Spins Quotes by/About Biden
In campaign rallies in Nevada, President Donald Trump twisted remarks made by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and gave a disputed description of comments by Biden’s former chief of staff. Biden said that local law enforcement using