Quick Take Contrary to claims in viral internet posts, Sen. Kamala Harris did not call former Vice President Joe Biden a “racist” or a “rapist.” Rather, she has been critical of Biden’s position on busing to integrate scho
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Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Say That Without a Deal ‘They Can’t Have Universal Mail-in Voting, They Just Can’t Have It’?
During ongoing controversy over United States Postal Service slowdowns and mail-in voting in August 2020, historian Heather Cox Richardson posted a status update to Facebook quoting United States President Donald Trump as saying that withholding USP
AllSides→ Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy
https://apnews.com/841b2ae6f1b3bd7815a9a0b21c046e60 President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to
AllSides→ Trump Floats False Kamala Harris Birther Theory After Being Given Every Opportunity To Refute It
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/13/trump-false-birther-conspiracy-theory-kamala-harris/ President Donal
AllSides→ Trump Encourages Racist Conspiracy Theory About Kamala Harris
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/us/politics/trump-kamala-harris.html President Trump on Thursday enc
Full Fact→ Gavin Williamson did not say pupils will be overpromoted into jobs that are beyond their competence
It has been widely claimed on social media that, in reference to A-level results day, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “The danger is that pupils will be overpromoted into jobs that are beyond their competence.” This is not true.&
The Dispatch→ Did Kamala Harris Frame and Prosecute a Man for Murder?
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AllSides→ Does the Postmaster General Have $70 Million Invested in USPS Competitors?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/does-the-postmaster-general-have Claims that Postmaster General Lou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Senator Kamala Harris IS A United States Citizen And IS Eligible To Be President
Is Kamala Harris not a United States citizen, making her ineligible to be president because of the laws of her parents' home countries? No, that's not true. Social media posts claim that the presumptive Democratic vice presidenti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Call Joe Biden ‘A Racist And A Rapist’
Did Kamala Harris call Joe Biden a racist and a rapist? No, that's not true: There's no record nor any other evidence that she's used either word to describe the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The claim appeared as
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Makes Baseless Claim About Bill Gates’ Family Ties
Quick Take A Facebook post makes the baseless claim that Bill Gates’ mother was related to Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The post also shows an image of a young man who is misidentified as Gates. Full St
AllSides→ Facebook’s Preferential Treatment Of US Conservatives Puts Its Fact-Checking Program In Danger
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Leak The Identities Of SEAL Team 6 Members
Did Joe Biden leak the identities of SEAL Team 6 members? No, that's not true: Though he publicly praised the SEALs for the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, he did not identify members of the elite unit by name. The claim a
Full Fact→ Can children be detained without their parents’ consent if the authorities think they have coronavirus?
We’ve seen a number of posts on Facebook claiming that the Coronavirus Act means that children can be taken out of school without their parents’ or carers’ permission and detained for 14 days if they are suspected to have Covid-19. Ot
Truth or Fiction?→ Will Boston University Begin Awarding Posthumous Degrees in 2020?
A story published by the student newspaper at Boston University attracted attention online on August 12 2020, after revealing the school’s move to formalize the process behind awarding posthumous degrees. The Daily Free Press first broke the sto
FactCheck.org→ Face Masks Don’t Cause Legionnaires’ Disease
Quick Take A viral social media post is spreading the falsehood that wearing a face mask to slow the spread of COVID-19 could cause Legionnaires’ disease. But Legionnaires’ disease is caused by bacteria that festers mostly in warm, standing
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Kamala Harris Say She Would Opt for More Policing in 2009 — Before Describing it as ‘Status-Quo Thinking’ in 2020?
After United States Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden confirmed his selection as Kamala Harris as his running mate on August 11 2020, a Facebook meme purportedly quoted Harris on policing in 2009 and 2020 — expressing what appear
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2 Million Women And Children NOT Held Captive Last Year Under The Getty Museum
Were 2 million women and children held captive under The Getty Museum in Los Angeles last year? No, that's not true. "These claims are fictitious and dangerous and of course we refute them," Lisa Lapin, vice president of communic
The Dispatch→ Does the Postmaster General Have $70 Million Invested in USPS Competitors?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Comedian Steve Harvey Did NOT Write ‘How I Feel About Trump’ Post
Did comedian Steve Harvey write a post titled "How I Feel About Trump" that compared ridding a basement of rabid raccoons to the challenge of fixing the federal government? No, that's not true: The post is a letter written in 201
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Face Masks DO Work. Period.
Has no scientific study demonstrated masks protect people from COVID-19? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a list of 19 scientific publications its infectious disease experts rely on whe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Said She Believed Women Who Said They Felt ‘Uncomfortable’ By Biden Touching — NOT ‘Rape Accusers’
Did Kamala Harris say she believed Joe Biden's "rape accusers"? No, that's not true: This is a misrepresentation of what Senator Harris said about women who said they felt "uncomfortable" from Biden's touching them and another wo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Barack Obama With His Hand Down Daughter’s Pants
Does a photo show Barack Obama with his hand inside his young daughter's pants? No, that's not true: The photograph of Obama with his arm around his daughter taken by a journalist in 2007 was digitally altered. The original shows
AllSides→ Did Ben Shapiro Create a Fake Antifa Recruitment Site?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-ben-shapiro-create-a-fake-antifa Viral social media posts claim
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Sen. Kamala Harris
As a former 2020 presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris — now presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate — was on our fact-checking radar this election cycle. Here’s a rundown of the claims we addre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kurt Russell Did NOT Share ‘The Badge’ Poem Attacking ‘Defund The Police’ Movement
Did Kurt Russell share a poem titled "The Badge" that attacks the "defunding the police" movement? No, that's not true: An earlier version of the poem attributed to "unknown" appeared in a Facebook post on June 7, 2020, but it d
FactCheck.org→ Kamala Harris Is Eligible to Serve as President
Quick Take Kamala Harris, former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, is eligible to serve as U.S. president, contrary to the false claims of viral posts on Facebook. Her mother is from India and her father from Jamaica — but Harris was
Snopes→ Biden Selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as Running Mate
Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket.
Truth or Fiction?→ Do 800,000 Children Go Missing Each Year in the United States?
As child trafficking rumors combined with COVID-19 disinformation went viral in August 2020, concurrent rumors appeared that 800,000 children go missing every year in the United States — or that 2,000 are disappeared each day: Vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MLK Jr. Family Sued Cafe Owner Loyd Jowers, NOT U.S. Government, For Civil Rights Leader’s Murder
Did the family of Martin Luther King Jr. successfully sue the U.S. government for the civil rights leader's murder? No, that's not true: The family brought a civil suit against a Memphis man, Loyd Jowers, not the U.S. government.
AFP Fact Check→ Trudeau corruption hoax originated on satire site
As Justin Trudeau and his family face public outcry and investigations for awarding WE Charity a Can$912 million contract, a widely-spread hoax claims that the Canadian prime minister bought his mother a luxury car with money from the organization, for
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Weekend Press Briefings
President Donald Trump made several false, misleading and exaggerated claims in press briefings he held Aug. 7 and 8 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, spinning the facts on COVID-19 and the economy, among other topics: Trump fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Did NOT Tweet ‘It’s Not The Government’s Job To Protect My Health’
Did Sarah Huckabee Sanders post a tweet saying "it's not the government's job to protect my health" and that "when you trade liberty for safety, you end up losing both"? No, that's not true: The quote originated from a parody Twi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Has NOT Promised To Outaw Gas-Powered Cars If Elected President
Has Democrat Joe Biden promised to outlaw gas cars if elected U.S. president? No, this is not true. Biden's "Clean Energy" policy released in July 2020 does not include a promise to outlaw gas-powered cars. It does propose action
Truth or Fiction?→ How COVID-19 Triggered a #SaveTheChildren Child Trafficking Panic
In the summer of 2020, a massive amount of rumors about child trafficking appeared under the hashtag #savethechildren — and temporary hashtag filtering by Facebook in response was cited as evidence of “media suppression” of a massive
Full Fact→ There is no proof you’re more likely to get Covid-19 if you’re tall
“People over 6ft have double the risk of coronavirus, study suggests.” The Telegraph, 28 July 2020 “People who are over 6ft tall are twice as likely to catch coronavirus, study claims.” The Daily Mirror, 28 July 2020 “Doe
AllSides→ Dueling Trump, Biden Claims on COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/dueling-trump-biden-claims-on-covid-19-vaccination-distribution/ As s
AllSides→ A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/07/look-back-susan-rice-benghazi-and-unmasking/ Joe Biden h
AllSides→ A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Don’t Mark your calendars — Mars Will NOT Look Like A Second Moon On August 27
Will Mars look as big as the Moon in the night sky on August 27? No, that's not true: This is an old hoax that has circulated at least since 2003. The size of Mars would have to magnify about 140 times to match the size of a full