The front-row banter among Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and their spouses came to an uneasy end when President Donald Trump and wife Melania arrived.
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Kurt Russell Quote Strikes Again
Quick Take A viral meme falsely attributes a quote supportive of President Donald Trump to movie star Kurt Russell. The actor’s representative has debunked it before. Full Story A number of similar pro-President Donald Trump Facebook pages, seem
Snopes→ Princeton Group Cuts ‘Mermaid’ Song Over ‘Toxic Masculinity’
A student newspaper column claimed the song's message is misogynistic and that too many women have been pulled on stage for unwanted encounters.
Snopes→ Amazon Workers Treated After Bear Repellent Releases Fumes
At least one of the workers was in critical condition. The injured workers were taken to five hospitals, officials said.
Snopes→ Is This a Prescription Written for Elvis One Day Before He Died?
Elvis’s doctor faced immense criticism over his excessive prescription practices, but it's unlikely he would have misspelled his own name on a pad with the wrong zip code.
PolitiFact→ Amy Klobuchar – Amy Klobuchar: Number, rate of children without insurance rises
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Amy Klobuchar: Number, rate of children without insurance rises The uninsurance rate is one of the main barometers for how the country is doing on health care. In that vein, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., sounded
PolitiFact→ Amy Klobuchar – Amy Klobuchar: Number, rate of children without insurance rises
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Amy Klobuchar: Number, rate of children without insurance rises The uninsurance rate is one of the main barometers for how the country is doing on health care. In that vein, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., sounded
Snopes→ Did Walt Disney’s Will Require His Company’s Movies to Be Remade Every 10 Years?
Do not confuse marketing strategies with the dictates of a long-dead company founder.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump's false claim about the cost of illegal immigration
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump's false claim about the cost of illegal immigration In a renewed effort to get Democrats to approve money for his border wall, President Donald Trump claimed that the border wall would quickly pay itself
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump's false claim about the cost of illegal immigration
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump's false claim about the cost of illegal immigration In a renewed effort to get Democrats to approve money for his border wall, President Donald Trump claimed that the border wall would quickly pay itself
FactCheck.org→ The Fake Clinton Quote That Won’t Go Away
Quick Take An old, bogus quote claiming that Hillary Clinton suggested in 2013 that Donald Trump should run for public office is circulating again on Facebook. It’s still not true. Full Story Even after it has been thoroughly debunked, misinform
Snopes→ Is This ‘Before and After’ Image of an Earthquake-Damaged Alaskan Road Real?
Sometimes much smaller road maintenance issues languish for years in an unfixed state, and then there's this.
PolitiFact→ Timeline of Michael Flynn's turn, from Trump aide to Mueller witness
How to make sense of Michael Flynn's contradictions? He was one of the most distinguished military intelligence officers in a generation. Now he’s the shortest-lived national security adviser in American history after loose-lipped talk with t
PolitiFact→ Timeline of Michael Flynn's turn, from Trump aide to Mueller witness
How to make sense of Michael Flynn's contradictions? He was one of the most distinguished military intelligence officers in a generation. Now he’s the shortest-lived national security adviser in American history after loose-lipped talk with t
Snopes→ Did 33 Republicans Who Voted to Repeal Obamacare Lose Their Congressional Seats?
Voting to repeal Obamacare may or may not have doomed the re-election chances of many Republicans in Congress.
Climate Feedback→ Climate Feedback receives Special Mention of the Jury for the Best Climate Solutions Award 2018
The Best Climate Solutions Award competition was organized by the CMCC Foundation (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change) and co-produced with the Festival for the Earth, with the intent to reward the best initiatives to communicate about climate
Snopes→ Presidents Club Assembles for Bush Funeral, Trump an Outlier
The death of George H.W. Bush is bringing together the five remaining members of an oh-so-exclusive fraternity — the presidents club.
FactCheck.org→ Our 15th Anniversary
FactCheck.org turns 15 years old today. Since our launch on Dec. 5, 2003, fact-checking political claims has become a worldwide phenomenon, with 162 fact-checking websites currently active, according to the Reporters’ Lab at Duke University. Jou
Snopes→ Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Limiting Governor’s Powers
The Wisconsin Senate voted early Wednesday to pass a sweeping measure designed to empower the Republican-controlled Legislature and weaken the Democrat replacing Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Snopes→ Prosecutors Recommend No Jail Time for Cooperative Flynn
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser provided so much information to the special counsel's Russia investigation that prosecutors say he shouldn't do any prison time, according to a court filing that describes Michael Flynn's cooper
Snopes→ Report Details New Allegations of Moonves’ Sexual Misconduct
A report by CBS lawyers outlines more allegations of sexual misconduct by longtime chief Les Moonves, The New York Times reported.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: German Biker Gangs NOT Beating the Hell Out of Muslim Refugees
Are German biker gangs beating the hell out of muslim refugees in their midst who "keep assaulting their country's women"? No, that's not true: a Macedonian fake news website altered the title of a news article from an Indian news website base
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Hungarian Border Police NOT Keeping Muslims From Crossing Border Using Pigs
Is the Hungarian Border Police deploying pigs to keep muslims from crossing the border? No, that's not true: an image making that claim is digitally altered. Here's an example of the image: The caption reads "Here's How Hungarian Border Polic
Washington Post→ How President Trump twists government data to suit the political moment
Data is merely a weapon to be used to make a rhetorical point, rather than information that might inform policymaking.
Hoax-Slayer→ PayPal ‘Account Has Been Suspended’ Phishing Scam
According to this email, PayPal has temporarily suspended your account 'due to some issues in the automatic verification process". The post PayPal ‘Account Has Been Suspended’ Phishing Scam appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Hoax-Slayer→ WhatsApp ‘Red Light Will Turn Green’ Hoax Message
According to a message that is circulating via WhatsApp, the company has decided to let the app "work without Internet" at no extra cost. The post WhatsApp ‘Red Light Will Turn Green’ Hoax Message appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Overturn Farm Water Regulations, Causing an E. Coli Outbreak?
A viral tweet misrepresented the nature (and consequences) of a bureaucratic decision made by the Food and Drug Administration in September 2017.
FactCheck.org→ Ocasio-Cortez’s Misguided Tweet
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that $21 trillion worth of “Pentagon accounting errors” could finance two-thirds of Medicare for All. It can’t. The misguided tweet is based on a tally by university researchers who found $2
Snopes→ Did Fox News Display a ‘Treason for the Season’ Graphic?
Some viewers saw the words "Treason for the Season" in a Fox News Christmas graphic due to the placement of a cross.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Didn’t Call Flu Shot a ‘Scam’
Quick Take President Donald Trump did not call the flu shot a “scam,” as is being claimed by a number of widely circulated blog articles. Full Story An article appearing on several websites falsely claims that President Donald Trump once
Snopes→ Did a School Accidentally Give Students Pine-Sol Instead of Apple Juice?
An assistant at a Honolulu school was fired after somehow confusing the cleaning liquid for a "snack."
Snopes→ Did George H.W. Bush Say He Would Be ‘Lynched’ If Americans Knew the Truth?
The forty-first President of the United States allegedly uttered the statement in response to a journalist's question about Iran-Contra in 1992, yet it has eluded documentation for a quarter-century.
Snopes→ Did a Retired Army General Call President Trump a ‘Serious Threat to U.S. National Security’?
Gen. Barry McCaffrey also asserted that the president was "under the sway" of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Snopes→ Did Netflix Announce They Will Be Removing ‘Friends’ from Their Streaming Catalog?
The online streaming service caused consternation in December 2018 when they briefly signalled the hit 90's sitcom would no longer be available after 1 January 2019.
Snopes→ Did Smirnoff Troll President Trump in a Vodka Advertisement?
A genuine advertisement for Smirnoff vodka used the tagline "Made in America but we'd be happy to talk about our ties to Russia under oath."
Truth or Fiction?→ Is ‘Friends’ Leaving Netflix in January 2019?
Fans of the beloved sitcom Friends, which featured four, well, friends living in a late-1990s New York City apartment together and doing late-1990s things together, mourned together on social media in early December 2018 when Netflix apparently announc
Snopes→ Recording: Students Sing Racist Song About KKK to ‘Jingle Bells’
A New Hampshire school superintendent is decrying a racially insensitive video of two high school students singing, “KKK, KKK, Let’s kill all the blacks,” to the tune of “Jingle Bells.”
Snopes→ Mueller to Detail Ex-NSA Flynn’s Cooperation in Russia Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller is set to give the first public insight into how much information President Donald Trump's former national security adviser has shared with prosecutors in the Russia investigation.
Snopes→ Wealthy Sex Offender Settles Suit, Averting Victim Testimony
A last-minute settlement has been reached in Florida in a long-running lawsuit involving a politically-connected financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls.
Climate Feedback→ Popular story on Fox2Now accurately describes 2017 global temperature, sea ice extent
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This February 2018 article on the website of Fox 2 St. Louis—based on an article syndicated from CNN—reported on 2017 climate data released by NOAA and NASA. It notes that 2017 ranked as the second/third (depen