When someone kills themselves by jumping in front of a subway, police need to find a place to put the mutilated body until a medical examiner truck arrives.
Truth or Fiction?→ Muslims Demand Removal of “Perfect Man” Billboard-Truth! & Fiction!
Muslims Demand Removal of “The Perfect Man” Billboard-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Muslim groups demanded that a “Perfect Man” billboard that’s critical of the Prophet Mohammad be taken down. The Truth: A
Truth or Fiction?→ Unite the Right Organizer Jason Kessler Was Obama Supporter-Truth! & Misleading!
Unite the Right Organizer Jason Kessler Was Obama Supporter, Occupy Wall Street-Truth! & Misleading! Summary of eRumor: Jason Kessler, a right-wing blogger and organizer of the “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville, was once a supp
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump retells Pants on Fire claim about Gen. Pershing ending terrorism for 35 years
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Donald Trump retells Pants on Fire claim about Gen. Pershing ending terrorism for 35 years After a terrorist deliberately crashed a van into a crowd of people in Barcelona on Aug. 17, President Donald Trump
Snopes→ Is There an ‘Alt-Left’?
The term "alt-right" was invented by the movement it describes; the term "alt-left" was invented to discredit their ideological opposites.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump said wages 'haven’t gone up for a long time,' but that's wrong
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump said wages 'haven’t gone up for a long time,' but that's wrong It was hardly the most widely noticed remark in his Trump Tower lobby question-and-answer session on Aug. 15 -- that would be his comments
Snopes→ Terrorist Van Attack Injures Several People in Barcelona, Police Say
The incident took place in the city's historic Las Ramblas district.
Snopes→ Donald Trump Criticizes “Foolish” Removal of Confederate Monuments
The President also attacked Republican Senators who had been critical of his comments about white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
PolitiFact→ The big picture: Where Obamacare stands, August 2017
The failure of efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has left insurance companies, states and consumers in limbo. President Donald Trump repeatedly claims Obamacare is collapsing. Supporters of the health care law say it just needs a li
Snopes→ Activist Malala Yousafzai Accepted to Study at the University of Oxford
The 20-year-old was shot by the Taliban at the age of 15 for agitating for the right to an education
Snopes→ Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $510 Million, 8th Largest
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
Washington Post→ President Trump’s claim that he has done ‘far more than anyone’ for ‘inner cities’
“I’ll tell you, we’re spending a lot of money on the inner cities. We’re fixing the inner cities. We’re doing far more than anybody’s done with respect to the inner cities. It’s a priority for me. And i
Snopes→ Did ‘Antifa’ Stab a Vermont Man for Not Condemning a Nazi?
Sam Wormer contradicted a dubious account of an injury he posted on social media.
Snopes→ Daily Caller, Fox News Delete Video Celebrating “Liberal Protesters” Getting “Pushed Out of the Way by Cars”
A controversial January article from Daily Caller, which was picked up by Fox News, has been quietly scrubbed from both outlets’ websites.
Snopes→ Is There a Class Action Lawsuit for People Who Got Robocalls From Cruise Companies?
News articles accurately describe the settlement and compensation terms of a real lawsuit involving major cruise companies.
Washington Post→ President Trump’s false claim that counter-demonstrators lacked a permit
“You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit, and they were very, very violent…. You had a lot of people in that [white nationalist] group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest,
Snopes→ Did Abraham Lincoln Express Opposition to Racial Equality?
An authentic quote from Lincoln has attracted renewed attention, along with some commentary that oversimplifies his views on race.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Hollow Claim about ‘Inner Cities’
President Donald Trump claimed that his administration is “spending a lot of money on the inner cities.” But there has been little change in spending so far, and his first budget proposes to cut or eliminate funding for some programs that b
Snopes→ Leftist Activists Demand New York Museum Take Down Statue of ‘Racist’ Theodore Roosevelt?
Clashes with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville did not inspire "leftists" to demand the removal of a statue of Theodore Roosevelt in New York City.
PolitiFact→ Trump takes aim at Amazon in barbed tweet. What are the facts?
Donald Trump took to Twitter to once again unload on Amazon (its owner, Jeff Bezos, also owns the Washington Post) and appeared to accuse the online retail giant of avoiding taxes, killing jobs and hurting American communities. All in under 140 charact
PolitiFact→ Roy Moore – Alabama's Roy Moore says whole communities in Midwest are under Sharia law
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Alabama's Roy Moore says whole communities in Midwest are under Sharia law On the eve of his first-place finish in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, Roy Moore -- a former Alabama judg
Snopes→ ‘Antifa’ Flyers Call For the Murder of White Children?
Flyers calling for the murder of white children were not created or distributed by an anti-fascist group.
Snopes→ Was White Supremacist Who Killed Protester a Democrat Who Visited Obama in Oval Office?
Fake news web sites floated an incoherent story alleging that a white supremacist arrested for vehicular attack in Charlottesville, Virginia is a Democrat who met with Obama in the White House.
Snopes→ Did Trump Call White Supremacists ‘Us’ During a Press Conference?
A transcript of Trump's remarks appeared to show him aligning himself with neo-Nazi marchers, but audio of the specific remark is unclear.
Truth or Fiction?→ Sign at Swiss Hotel: Jewish Guests Must Shower Before Using Swimming Pool-Truth!
Sign at Swiss Hotel: Jewish Guests Must Shower Before Using Swimming Pool-Truth! Summary of eRumor: A sign posted at a hotel in Switzerland in August 2017 advised Jewish guests to shower before using the swimming pool, sparking accusations of anti-semi
ABC News→ AP FACT CHECK: Viral photo doesn’t show ‘antifa’ beating cop
A widely spread photo that appears to show an anti-fascist activist beating a police officer is a doctored image
NPR→ FACT CHECK: ‘Whatabout’ Those Other Historical Figures? Trump’s Question Answered
It's just simply factually wrong to compare Confederate generals to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.(Image credit: J. David Ake/AP)
NPR→ Fact Check: ‘Whatabout’ Those Other Historical Figures? Trump’s Question Answered
It's just simply factually wrong to compare Confederate generals to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.(Image credit: J. David Ake/AP)
Snopes→ Donald Trump Again Blames ‘Both Sides’ for Charlottesville Violence
The President appeared to cancel out his earlier unequivocal condemnation of white supremacists and neo-Nazis, provoking widespread criticism.
PolitiFact→ A look at the data on domestic terrorism and who’s behind it
A deadly attack in Charlottesville, Va., during a white nationalist rally and counterprotests brought attention to far-right terrorism and how it compares with radical Islamic terrorism. President Donald Trump, always quick to denounce radical Islamic
Snopes→ Confederate Monuments Removed Overnight in Baltimore
FactCheck.org→ Trump Press Conference, in Context
President Donald Trump held a contentious press conference in which he answered critics who said he waited too long to condemn the white nationalists who staged a protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12 that turned violent. Here we put into c
ABC News→ AP Fact Check: What Trump said about Virginia protesters
President Donald Trump says Saturday's racially-charged protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, was largely over the removal of a Confederate monument, although an organizer billed it as pushback against the "anti-white climate."
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that ‘unemployment is at a record low’
“We’ve fulfilled so many of our promises, everything we’ve wanted to do we’re doing. Unemployment is at a record low, jobs are flowing back into the country.” — President Trump, remarks in a robo-call for Sen. Luther
Snopes→ Activists Criticize Alameda County Sheriffs For Sharing White Nationalist’s Tweet
Sgt. Ray Kelly blamed "a comedy of errors" for retweeting a livestream aired by Richard Spencer.
Snopes→ Did the Attorney General of Alabama Once Tell the Ku Klux Klan to ‘Kiss My Ass’?
Bill Baxley wrote the famously succinct letter to a KKK Grand Dragon in 1976 in response to threats intended to intimidate him.
Snopes→ Has Iceland Eliminated Down Syndrome Through Abortion?
A report by CBS News highlights a nearly 100 percent termination rate in the pregnancies of Icelandic women whose fetuses test positive for Down syndrome in genetic screenings, but some have mischaracterized this report.
ABC News→ AP Fact Check: What Trump said about Virginia protesters
President Donald Trump is defending his response to Saturday's racially-charged protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, but his combative exchange with reporters Tuesday at times mischaracterized the message and purpose of event
Snopes→ Is the Accused Charlottesville Killer an ‘Anti-Trump Leftist’ Supported by Clinton, Soros?
Various right-leaning sources immediately — and inaccurately — identified the driver of the vehicle that plowed through a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville as a "radical leftist."
Snopes→ Did a Hotel Owner in Switzerland Ask Jewish Guests to Shower Before Using the Pool?
News articles accurately describe real signs posted around a hotel in Arosa, Switzerland that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic.