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
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FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s SCOTUS Speech and Repeats
In remarks about President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made some questionable statements: Biden claimed that a Supreme Court nominee has never been “nominated and installed while a p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NY State Assembly Bill A99 Does NOT Aim To Take Children From Homes For COVID-19
Was New York state Assembly Bill A99, sponsored by Assemblyman Nick Perry, drawn up to take advantage of the pandemic, with the purported aim of allowing state officials to remove infected residents -- namely children -- from their homes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Did NOT Officially Order ‘All Police And Citizens To Stop Sharing The Booking Photo Of His Daughter Caught Up During Rioting’
Did New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio officially order "all police and citizens to stop sharing the booking photo of his daughter caught up during rioting"? No, that's not true. The claim that de Blasio "officially" ordered police and ci
Truth or Fiction?→ Did DACA Recipients Pay $891 Million in Federal Taxes?
Shortly after a New York Times report appeared detailing years of financial dealings by United States President Donald Trump, various online posts took the opportunity to highlight the differences between his own reputed practices and those of commun
Truth or Fiction?→ Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Susan Struck
On September 20 2020, two days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Facebook user Amber LeBeau shared a post claiming that Ginsburg had intervened on behalf of combat nurse Susan Struck, more broadly addressing the narrative
Climate Feedback→ Article by The Daily Caller oversimplifies drivers of wildfires and downplays role of climate change
SUMMARY The article in The Daily Caller claims that land management practices enacted during the Clinton administration “paved the way for future debilitating wildfires.” The article received over 45,000 interactions on Facebook as of 28 Sept 20
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Say She Wants To Remove Votes From Soldiers Overseas
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say that she wants to remove votes from soldiers overseas? No, that's not true: The story was published by a satire site known for trolling conservatives with unbelievable claims, hoping they will believe th
Snopes→ Did Amy Coney Barrett’s Religious Group Inspire ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?
In the dystopian Margaret Atwood novel, a futuristic American society is ruled by a Christian fundamentalist government, and women are deprived of their rights, including reproductive rights.
Health Feedback→ Using face masks correctly does not increase the risk of skin or oral infections
REVIEW Facebook posts claiming that face masks promote bacterial and fungal overgrowth and lead to skin and oral infections (see examples here, here, and here) went viral in late September 2020. As we explain below, these claims are unsupported as s
Lead Stories→ Ayyadurai’s Claim That Massachusetts Destroyed Over 1 Million Ballots In Republican Primary Is NOT True
Did Massachusetts election officials destroy more than 1 million ballots in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, as alleged by losing candidate V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai? No, that is not true. Election officials in the state told Lead Stories t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Mugshots Do NOT Represent All Of The People Who Killed Police Officers This Year
Did all of the people pictured in this meme kill police officers this year? No, this is an old meme from 2016. That caption is undated and the phrasing is unclear. The 16 people pictured were eventually found guilty of killing one or more
Full Fact→ Covid-19 has killed more people than obesity in the UK this year
A post on Instagram compares the number of deaths on one day from Covid-19 to an estimated number of daily deaths from obesity. The post reads: “Coronavirus killed 9 people out of 66.6m yesterday… Obesity kills 30,000 a year or 82 pe
The Dispatch→ Clearing Up What Happened With the Discarded Pennsylvania Ballots
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama’s Daughters NOT Caught on Camera Burning US Flag at DC Protest
Were the daughters of former President Obama caught on camera burning US flags during a protest in Washington DC? No, that's not true. The story was originally published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Say Military Mail-In Ballots Were Found In A Pennsylvania Ditch
Did the FBI release a statement saying that "multiple" military mail-in ballots were found thrown away in a ditch in Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: First, the FBI never said anything about Pennsylvania ballots. The U.S. attorney for t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democratic Senator Knope NOT Caught With 8000 Mail-In Ballots
Did Democratic Senator Leslie Knope get caught with 8,000 pre-marked ballots while at Joe Biden's headquarters in Pawnee, Indiana? No, that's not true: This was published by a satire website that publishes fictional claims intended to tro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Voted For Taxing 50% Of Social Security For Higher Incomes In 1983; He Was NOT The ‘Deciding Vote’ To Raise It To 85% In 1993
Did Joe Biden vote in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security in 1983 and was his the deciding vote to tax 85% in 1993? No, that's not true: The 1983 vote was to tax 50% of Social Security payments only for people who had a certain level o
FactCheck.org→ Trump Has Not Been ‘Clear’ in Support of Masks
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says President Donald Trump has been “clear” in calling for the public to “wear face coverings when you can’t social distance.” The official messaging from the White House has been
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Repeated False Attacks on Mail-In Ballots
In the past 48 hours, President Donald Trump repeatedly has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses, claiming that mail-in voting is a “disaster” and “out of control” and suggesting without evidence that De
FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Wrongly Ties Cost Drop to Trump’s ‘Prescription Bill’
Quick Take A Facebook user claims the cost of her insulin dropped 75% thanks to “Trumps Prescription Bill.” There has been no such legislation passed, and actions by the Trump administration aimed at lowering prescription drug costs have yet to
FactCheck.org→ Social Security Didn’t Stop Mailing Checks ‘Because It’s Not Secure’
Quick Take A social media post claims that Social Security checks have not been sent by mail “since 2013 because it’s not secure.” The Social Security Administration required electronic payment transfers in compliance with a 1996 fede
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman Was NOT Arrested For Not Wearing A Mask – She Was Arrested For Criminal Trespassing
Was a woman arrested at a middle school football game for not wearing a mask? No, that's not true. A video went viral showing a woman not wearing a mask at a football game in Logan, Ohio, and a police officer tasing her, putting her in ha
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Cannabis Ice Cream’
In mid-2020, a purported photograph of “cannabis ice cream” circulated on Facebook as a mildly engagement-baiting poll asking whether readers were for or against the putative dessert: Earlier iterations of the image featured the
The Dispatch→ Is BLM Funneling Money From China to the Democrats?
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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
Full Fact→ How quickly is the outbreak growing?
On Monday 21 September, the Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance, and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, gave a public briefing on Covid-19 in the UK. During the briefing, Sir Patrick presented a chart showing the number of ne
Full Fact→ 10 years of your support
2020 has been a year like no other. The ongoing pandemic has affected us all, while bringing with it a new wave of dangerous claims and conspiracies. It also marks a decade since Full Fact began. In that time, Full Fact’s supporters have donated
Snopes→ Patriots Owner Kraft Cleared of Massage Parlor Sex Charge
Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlor sex.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did J.K. Rowling Promote a Website Selling Transphobic Merchandise?
Author J.K. Rowling — no stranger to controversy — roiled anger in September 2020 after using her Twitter account to promote an online store selling merchandise bearing “gender critical” or transphobic messages. Rowling posted
Snopes→ Did These Words Originate with Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
"I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet of our necks," a meme read.
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
The Dispatch→ Does Amy Coney Barrett Want to ‘End the Separation of Church and State’?
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FactCheck.org→ McDonald’s and the American Flag
Quick Take Social media posts — without evidence — have accused McDonald’s of taking down American flags in support of Black Lives Matter and antifa. The company says that is “not true.” Full Story McDonald’s has recently fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Application For A Mail-In Ballot Is NOT The Same Thing As A Ballot
Does a photo show a mail-in-ballot that a voter did not request? No, not in this photo. It is clear that this is an application for a mail-in-ballot, and not the ballot itself. If this person wanted an actual ballot to vote by mail, they
Truth or Fiction?→ Does This ‘Petri Dish Full of Bacteria Swabbed from a Child’s Mask’ Reveal the Risks of Wearing Masks?
In late September 2020, the following image began circulating on social media, purporting to show what sort of bacteria can be cultured in a petri dish after a face mask was worn by a child for twenty minutes, then swabbed: View this p
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: Protesters Are NOT Destroying Roads To Cause Accidents In America — The Photo Is From South Africa
Are protesters destroying roads to cause accidents in America? No, that's not true: A meme warning that Black protesters are destroying U.S. roads uses a photo from South Africa of protesters, angry about the lack of water, electricity, a
Full Fact→ Almost all of these claims about viruses are wrong
A picture on Facebook claiming that Covid-19 can’t spread person to person or from touching surfaces is almost all incorrect. It claims you can’t catch Covid-19 person to person, but you can. As with other coronaviruses, like the common col
Full Fact→ Pay for some nurses has fallen in real terms since 2010
A post on Facebook makes claims about the change in pay for NHS staff in band 5 between 2010 and 2020. Some people have flagged this as possibly incorrect, but it is in fact true. In 2010/11 the top of the band 5 pay scale was £27,534. In 2019/20