Democrats say the Trump administration is asking for more money for a border wall even though it has spent only 6 percent of the funds that Congress has appropriated for border security over the past two years. That’s misleading. About 60 percent has
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Snopes→ Dems to Push Gun Control on Anniversary of Giffords Shooting
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats plan to introduce a bill to expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Teddy Roosevelt Stand Up for the First Black Female Postmaster?
In January 2019, the Facebook page History Hustle shared a meme about President Teddy Roosevelt and a woman named Minnie Cox, the first black female postmaster in the United States: The original post (which did not include any visible citations) said:
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Woman Did NOT Stab Husband To Death After He Kept Leaving Skid Marks In The Toilet
Did a woman in Columbia, South Carolina (or anywhere else) stab her husband (namde Paul Houston or something else) to death for leaving skid marks in the toilet? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a site that is part of a larger ne
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Border Blunders
On the day he met with congressional leaders to discuss the budget stalemate, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims about the Southwest border and the wall he wants to build: Trump tweeted that “Mexico is paying fo
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Did NOT Snort 10 Lines of Cocaine During Countdown To New Year, Did NOT End Up In Hospital
Did a man snort ten lines of cocaine during the countdown towards 2019 and was he subsequently taken to hospital with an overdose? No, that's not true: it did not happen in New York and it didn't happen in Santander, Spain either. The story
PolitiFact→ Can House Democrats release Donald Trump's tax returns?
As Democrats edge closer to taking control of the U.S. House, many of the party’s supporters are wondering what, if anything, the new House majority can do to obtain and make public President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Breaking with tradit
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Muslim Men Attack a UK Serviceman on New Year’s Eve?
On January 1, 2019, British far-right activist Tommy Robinson (née Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon) shared a post with photographs of an injured man, claiming that fifteen Muslim men had seriously assaulted a British serviceman one day prior in Ba
Internet Archive→ President Meets With Cabinet : CSPAN : January 2, 2019 1:44pm-3:25pm EST
President Trump meets with his cabinet at the White House on the 12th day of a partial government shutdown. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Closed Caption Text, Columbia Fingerprint
Truth or Fiction?→ Is ‘Bandersnatch’ a Real Game?
Netflix released Black Mirror standalone special “Bandersnatch,” which featured an interactive “choose your own adventure” style plot, on December 28, 2018. Immediately, viewers began dissecting its elements — chief among th
Lead Stories→ Fake News: 10,800 U.S. Children Were NOT Raped By Illegal Immigrants in 2018
Were 10,800 U.S. children raped by illegal immigrants in 2018? Almost certainly not. The actual statistics haven't been published yet and the 10,800 number is just a very sloppy extrapolation based on data from one state that also includes n
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Two-Thirds of Millennials Not Know What Auschwitz Is?
In late December 2018, the Facebook page for Yahoo! Now shared a link to an article with a comment that two-thirds of millennials “don’t know what Auschwitz was”: The post linked to an article aggregated to Yahoo! from Newsweek on Apr
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Angela Merkel Did NOT Say Nation States Must Give Up Sovereignty To New World Order
Did Angela Merkel say states must give up sovereignty to the "New World Order"? No, that's not true: while Merkel did call on states to surrender some sovereignty she did not mention a "New World Order" and she stressed the importance of parli
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Border Wall GoFundMe Founder Brian Kolfage NOT Dead Under Suspicious Circumstances
Did Brian Kolfage, the tripple-amputee veteran who set up the GoFundMe campaign to build a wall on the Southern border of the United States, die under suspicious circumstances? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal satire we
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Porn Actress Funeral Did NOT End in Cemetary Orgy
Did the funeral of porn actress Sara Peláez end with an orgy at the cemetary? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Spanish satire website and later got translated (badly) for the English version of the site. It did not happen for
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Loretta Lynn Did NOT Enter Hospice or Sign Estate Over To MAGA2020, Also NOT Dead
Did country singer Loretta Lynn enter hospice care and did she sign over her estate to Donald Trump's re-election campaign MAGA2020? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Slow the Spread of Disinformation: A Guide for Newsrooms
Every day, a new fake story emerges with the power to affect policy or further corrode relationships, from interpersonal to international. This is corrosive disinformation, as different from garden-variety scams and hoaxes as a molehill is from a mount
Internet Archive→ President Trump Speech to U.S. Troops in Iraq : CSPAN2 : December 27, 2018 7:32pm-8:02pm EST
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq. In his remarks, the president thanked the troops for their service and their fight against ISIS. He told them "there is no military more capable, and now more le
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact's top 10 fact-checks of 2018
Claims we rated Pants-on-Fire ranked high among readers in 2018 –– accounting for four out of the 10 most popular fact-checks. President Donald Trump was also popular. Readers put four of his claims –– on Saudi Arabia, Ira
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact's top 10 fact-checks of 2018
Claims we rated Pants-on-Fire ranked high among readers in 2018 –– accounting for four out of the 10 most popular fact-checks. President Donald Trump was also popular. Readers put four of his claims –– on Saudi Arabia, Ira
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the FBI Declare That ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Was ‘Communist Propaganda’?
In December 2018, claims that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had once deemed the holiday classic film It’s a Wonderful Life to be “communist propaganda” circulated on various social media sites: Fun Fact: Months after It’
FactCheck.org→ Trump Administration Distorts the Facts On Climate Report
Since the National Climate Assessment dropped on Black Friday, members of the Trump administration have inaccurately attacked the report for lacking transparency and factual basis, and for focusing on an “extreme” climate scenario. The EPA has als
Snopes→ Group Backing Private Medicare is Funded by Insurance Giants
UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, and Humana together account for close to 50 percent of all enrollees in private "Medicare Advantage" plans and stand to benefit as that part of Medicare keeps growing.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Corporation Did NOT Win Bid To Open Muslamic Temples in Toys R’ Us Locations
Is a corporation named "LexCorp" planning to open "muslamic" temples in Toys R' Us locations? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the n
Snopes→ A Decade-long Rally on Wall Street Looks Like It’s Ending
All of the major indexes have lost 16 to 26 percent from their highs this summer and fall.
FactCheck.org→ Rep.-elect Green Wrong About Vaccines, CDC Fraud
At a town hall event on Dec. 11, Rep.-elect Mark Green of Tennessee inaccurately claimed that vaccine preservatives might cause autism. He also repeated an unsubstantiated claim that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “fraudulently manage
Climate Feedback→ Climate misinformation video reaches broad audience with help from Youtube recommendation algorithm
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm recently began promoting a video about climate change on dozens of popular Youtube channel; the video has been promoted to between 300,000 and 2,000,000 people according to AlgoTransparency. That video (which cu
Climate Feedback→ Popular “Friends of Science” video promoted by Youtube presents long list of climate myths
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This video of a talk by author and speaker Steve Goreham, posted by the YouTube channel “Friends of Science” has been viewed over 250,000 times and has been widely promoted by Youtube recently. In it, G
Snopes→ House GOP Approves Trump’s Wall Money as Shutdown Looms
The House voted largely along party lines, 217-185, after GOP leaders framed the vote as a slap-back to Nancy Pelosi.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: GoFundme Wall Donations NOT To Be Diverted to Climate Change Programs
Will all the donations made to the GoFundMe campaign to build a wall on the Southern border of the United States get redirected to climate change programs? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to
Lead Stories→ Fake News: ‘Braveheart’ NOT To Get All-Female Reboot Starring Lena Dunham
Is Paramount Pictures planning to release an all-female reboot of the classic 1995 movie Braveheart? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Christian-themed satire website, it is not real. Despite that it went viral anyway, likely b
Snopes→ 2 Little Pigs ‘Pardoned’ Ahead of Miami Christmas Eve Feasts
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he was instituting a new holiday tradition when he pardoned little pigs Layla and Luna outside a Miami restaurant.
FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2018
Summary For the fourth year in a row, Donald Trump dominates our list of the whoppers of the year. Before he entered politics as a presidential candidate in 2015, we had never singled out one person as the most egregious teller-of-falsehoods in these y
FactCheck.org→ The Viral Spiral of 2018
Summary All this month, we’re celebrating 15 years of holding politicians accountable. We’ve been writing about false and misleading viral claims for nearly as long. Early on, we mostly fact-checked viral messages in the form of chain email
Truth or Fiction?→ Is a Mike Huckabee Tweet About the Clinton Foundation Real?
Following news on December 18, 2018 that the Trump Foundation would close, a tweet attributed to former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee in which he appeared to think that the Clinton Foundation was closing circulated in screenshots on social media. In
Snopes→ Did David ‘Avocado’ Wolfe Post a Meme About Solar Panels Draining Light from the Sun?
“Solar panels are not renewable, the light they absorb is lost forever,” he wrote, adding “like and share!”
Lead Stories→ Fake News: United Airlines Pilot and Copilot NOT Fired, Did NOT Have Loud Sex During Flight
Were United Airlines pilots Jordan McPhee and Bayani Ceniza fired for having loud sex in the cockpit during a Manilla-Los Angeles flight? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a living by pub
Truth or Fiction?→ Could Robert Mueller’s Investigation Turn a Profit Thanks to Asset Seizures?
On December 14, 2018, documents released by the Department of Justice clocked the cost of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election at over $25 million: The Justice Department’
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Giuliani Distort Facts on IG Report
President Donald Trump and one of his lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, distorted the findings of a new report about the forensic recovery of text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok, a former FBI senior counterintelligence agent, and Lisa Page, a former FBI
FactCheck.org→ Missing the Mark on the Edwards Case
Quick Take A popular meme suggests prosecutors are applying a double standard in a campaign finance case involving President Donald Trump, but it distorts the facts of the case against former Democratic Sen. John Edwards. Full Story In 2011, a grand j