The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Why do farmers get so few of our food dollars? Us Democrat Elizabeth Warren released a policy aimed directly at farmers in the key caucus state of Iowa. Under the headline "Leveling the Playing Field for Ame
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FactCheck.org→ Concocted Claim of McCain’s ‘Treason’
Quick Take A falsehood resurrected on Facebook claims that the late Sen. John McCain received a pardon from President Richard Nixon. He did not. Full Story When Sen. John McCain died last year, he was widely praised by military officials for his ser
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Faulty Wind Power Claims
During an April 2 speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee, President Donald Trump once again attacked wind power, falsely claiming that noise from turbines causes cancer and that turbines sink property values by 75 percent. The pres
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-checking Donald Trump’s take on wind energy
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Fact-checking Donald Trump’s take on wind energy One of President Donald Trump’s new favorite political targets is Democrats’ Green New Deal, a sweeping approach to combating climate change. That
Lead Stories→ Fake News: The American Civil War Did NOT Start Because Of The Morrill Tariff Act And Slavery WAS The Main Factor
Did the American Civil War start because southern states were angry because of the Morrill tariff enacted by President Abraham LIncoln and not because of a fight to preserve the institition of slavery? No, that's not true: The Morrill tariff w
FactCheck.org→ Deceptive Facebook Post Distorts Rally Against Hate
Quick Take A Facebook post falsely describes a video of an interdenominational rally against Islamophobia as a “Muslim rally … demanding their Sharia Rights.” Full Story The mass shooting that killed 50 people in two New Zealand mosques
Snopes→ Angelina Jolie Not Ruling Out Public Office in Her Future
In her role with the U.N.'s High Commission for Refugees, Jolie recently urged nations to deploy more women peacekeepers in order to prevent sexual violence against refugees.
Truth or Fiction?→ Wave of Garbage On the Dominican Republic’s Coast?
On March 18 2019 the Facebook page “Ascend (Podcast)” shared the following video (archived here), purportedly showing the shores of the Dominican Republic two days earlier: The status update read: ‘DEAD” Sea……
PolitiFact→ Andrew Yang – Overdoses, suicide driving drop in U.S. life expectancy, presidential candidate Andrew Yang says
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Overdoses, suicide driving drop in U.S. life expectancy, presidential candidate Andrew Yang says Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is getting attention for what he says would be his first priority in the White
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Rod Serling’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Use Sci-Fi to Push Politics Past Network Censors?
The beginning of April 2019 also marked the premiere of the third television iteration of The Twilight Zone. This time, Rod Serling’s mid-century television classic series was rebooted with producer Jordan Peele at the helm. On the day the firs
PolitiFact→ Explaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes
Many people were concerned about President Donald Trump's response to the New Zealand mosque shooting in March, when he seemed to downplay the seriousness of white nationalism. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in an interview with CNN’s Jak
Washington Post→ Fact-checking President Trump’s latest tweetstorm
The president's itchy Twitter fingers strike again, with fishy claims on Puerto Rico, Obamacare, the Census and more.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on Aid to Puerto Rico
President Donald Trump claims that “Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane” and that it received “more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before.” Neither of those statements is true. According to the
FactCheck.org→ The Preexisting Conditions Debate Isn’t Over
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said that all of the congressional Republican health care plans had “covered preexisting conditions,” while Sen. Bernie Sanders said President Donald Trump’s idea for health care is R
Truth or Fiction?→ Frida Kahlo: ‘Leaving is Not Enough’
A popular and lengthy social media quote attributed to Frida Kahlo (containing the lines “leaving is not enough” and “take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic”) was shared once again in early April 2019 on Faceboo
Truth or Fiction?→ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: ‘Socialism for the Rich, Rugged Individualism for the Poor’?
On April 2 2019, Facebook page “The Other 98%” shared a meme (archived here) with an apparent quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on “socialism for the rich” and “rugged individualism for the poor”: To the rig
FactCheck.org→ Ocasio-Cortez Gets FDR History Lesson Wrong
At a town hall meeting on the Green New Deal, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got her history wrong when she was asked what lessons she learned from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The freshman Democrat, who sponsored the Green New Dea
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact announces health news fact-checking partnership with Kaiser Health News
PolitiFact and Kaiser Health News (KHN) have joined forces on health care coverage in an exclusive new fact-checking partnership. Under this initial two-year partnership, both organizations will produce and publish health-related fact-checks on a new c
Lead Stories→ Press Release: Happy Fact-Checking Day! #factcheckingday
Lead Stories is happy to support Fact-Checking Day 2019! ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 2, 2019) - In most of the world, April 1 is a day for fools. April 2is a day for facts. Today is International Fact-Checking Day, and the Poynter Institute'sI
PolitiFact→ Happy International Fact-Checking Day!
International Fact-checking Day isn’t just for the fact-checkers. It’s for you, too. On April 2, the Poynter Institute -- the nonprofit that owns PolitiFact -- is celebrating facts and equipping citizens, journalists, profess
Washington Post→ Mick Mulvaney’s nonsensical math on Obamacare
The acting White House chief of staff claimed that more people paid an Obamacare penalty than gained under the law. That's false.
PolitiFact→ Mick Mulvaney – Republican pre-existing protections leave some vulnerable
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Republican pre-existing protections leave some vulnerable President Donald Trump re-opened the health care debate with his decision to ask a federal court to scrap the entire Affordable Care Act as unconstitut
Lead Stories→ Fake News: JFK Jr. Did NOT Write In 1999 Donald Trump As President Would Be An Unstoppable Force For Ultimate Justice
Did John F. Kennedy Jr. write in George magazine in June 1999 that if Donald Trump decided to be president that he would be "an unstoppable force for ultimate justice" who would be celebrated by Democrats and Republicans? No, that is not true:
PolitiFact→ 2020 Census citizenship question awaits Supreme Court review
Getting an accurate count of the U.S. population is a massive undertaking each decade. The 2020 Census is all the more complicated because of a national controversy tied to a single question that’s been elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Tru
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Delta Airlines NOT Celebrating 55th Birthday By Providing Free Tickets To All
Did Delta Airlines celebrate its 55th birthday by giving two free tickets to everyone? No, that's not true: It is from a click bait post intended to lure you into visiting a website that is potentially loaded with bad things for you and your c
Lead Stories→ Fake News: BJJ Trained Kid Does NOT Put His Mom To Sleep When She Takes Away His Fortnite Video-Game
Did a boy trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu put his mother to sleep with a head lock when she took away his Fortnight video game? No, that's not true: A video featured in a much-shared story showing a boy wrestling with a woman does not indicate
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Driver Of Corvette Pictured Crushed Under A Tractor-trailer Did NOT Die While Texting
Did the driver of the red Corvette pictured crushed under a tractor-trailer die while texting, and was the phone was found in his hand, while his head was in the back seat? No, that's not true: The image used in the viral post was from a July
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Great Lakes Whoppers
Falsely declaring that he has “always” been a supporter of the Great Lakes, President Donald Trump announced that he would fully fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative with $300 million, telling a Michigan crowd he would finally get done somet
Snopes→ Did 250 Scientists Warn that Apple Airpods Pose a Cancer Risk?
One error in one news report can lead to many more.
Truth or Fiction?→ Were 70 Christians Massacred by Muslims in March 2019?
On March 19 2019, a Facebook user shared the status update below (archived here), claiming that 70 Nigerian Christians had been massacred by Muslims one day previously: Yesterday, muslims marched into a college in Nigeria, separated out the Christian
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Neuroscientists Did NOT Say Your Forgetfulness Is A Sign Of Extraordinary Intelligence
Did neuroscientists claim forgetfulness is a sign of extraordinary intelligence? No, that's not true: an article cribbing from an old CNN report about a scientific paper added a headline with a hyperbolic claim that does not match what the pap
Truth or Fiction?→ Asylum-Seekers Held Under a Bridge in El Paso
On March 28 2019, a Twitter user shared the following tweet, purportedly showing a large number of people being detained under an overpass in El Paso, Texas: This concentration camp full of children is in El Paso, Texas, United States. It’s 2019. p
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Grand Rapids rally after the Mueller probe
This story has been updated. In his first rally since being cleared of criminally conspiring in Russia’s 2016 election interference, President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Mich., opined on everything from the end of the special counsel probe to
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Russia Investigation Repeats
In his first extended interview since the completion of the special counsel probe, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims regarding the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The FBI investigation be
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No, the FBI did not say Michael Flynn did not lie, as Donald Trump said
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | No, the FBI did not say Michael Flynn did not lie, as Donald Trump said In his first interview since being cleared of criminally conspiring in Russia’s 2016 election interference, President Donald Trump did not
Truth or Fiction?→ Pitcher Plant or ‘Penis Flytrap’
In March 2019, the following image was shared by Thailand Secrets (archived here), Pictures in History (original, archived here), “Historical Pictures” (archived here), Reddit r/mildlypenis, and Reddit r/misleadingthumbnails: Known a
Snopes→ Man Awarded $80M in Lawsuit Claiming Roundup Causes Cancer
A U.S. jury awarded more than $80 million in damages to a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, in a case that his attorneys say could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits.
Truth or Fiction?→ Tandem Nursing Milk Differences
A March 24 2019 post on the Facebook page “Breast is Best without Fear” (archived here) featured a purported image of different milks expressed by the “same mama,” thanks to nursing children of different ages and with separate
Snopes→ FAA Defends Its Reliance on Aircraft Makers to Certify Jets
Acting FAA Administrator Daniel Elwell said said the agency would need 10,000 more employees and an additional $1.8 billion a year to do all the work now done by designated employees of the companies it regulates.
FactCheck.org→ Kentucky Governor Misguides on Chickenpox
On March 19, in the midst of a chickenpox outbreak in his state, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said in a radio interview that he had not vaccinated any of his children against the disease, choosing instead to purposely expose his kids to an infected person