Quick Take Headlines shared widely on social media misleadingly tell readers New York City will “ban” hot dogs. A city spokesman told us a plan to phase out government purchases of processed meats and reduce purchases of beef “would not impact ho
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PolitiFact→ Elizabeth Warren: Does her wealth tax pay for her child care and higher education plans?
Elizabeth Warren is unmatched among the Democratic presidential candidates for the depth and breadth of her policy proposals. She has tackled building affordable housing, boosting family farms, breaking up Big Tech, and the list goes on. Many of
Truth or Fiction?→ Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict the Notre Dame Fire?
Among the many conspiracy theories around the Notre Dame Cathedral fire of April 15 2019 was the rumor that an episode ofThe Simpsons had predicted the blaze, continuing a rather peculiar pattern of stories around predictions made by the long-runn
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Democratic Sen. Scott Dibble Did NOT Suggest Using ‘Allah’ In Place Of ‘God’ — As In ‘In Allah We Trust’
Did Minnesota Democratic State Sen. Scott Dibble suggest using "Allah" in place of "God" -- as in "In Allah We Trust" -- as a motto to be placed in schools? No, that's not true: Sen. Dibble actually proposed using "Yahweh," the Hebrew name for
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Body Of Homeless Man Found In San Diego Has NOT Been Identified As Elvis Presley
Was the body of a homeless man found in San Diego identified as Elvis Presley? No, that's not true: it is a hoax started by a known fake news site in 2015, but copied and shared many times in the years since by others on social media platforms
FactCheck.org→ What the Mueller Report Says About Russian Contacts
After the 2016 election, Vice President-elect Mike Pence was asked if there was “any contact in any way between [Donald] Trump or his associates and the Kremlin or cutouts they had.” Pence answered, “Of course not. Why would there be
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar DID NOT Praise the Destruction of Notre Dame
Did U.S. Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar praise the destruction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame? No, that's not true: It is a satirical story produced by a well-known hoax and satire publisher. The quotes from these members of congress are f
Truth or Fiction?→ Notre Dame Cathedral Arson Rumors
News of a devastating fire at Paris’s famous Notre Dame cathedral on April 15 2019 created a flashpoint of global interest, followed by immediate rumors that the blaze was an act of arson or terror. On Twitter, a since-deleted tweet published by
Climate Feedback→ Breitbart article baselessly claims a study of past climate invalidates human-caused climate change
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This Breitbart article comments on a story by ThinkProgress about a study related to past climate, mistakenly concluding that it invalidates the science that shows human activities are currently altering the climat
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump Tramples Facts at NRCC Event
This week’s fact-checking video by CNN’s Jake Tapper tackles a few of the many falsehoods that President Donald Trump made at the annual National Republican Congressional Committee spring dinner in Washington, D.C. Speaking about wind tur
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
Truth or Fiction?→ John McCain vs. Donald Trump in 1973 Meme
In March 2019, United States President Donald Trump made several comments about Sen. John McCain, who died of brain cancer the previous August. Trump’s 2019 comments continued a feud that he had had with McCain before his death: President Donald
Lead Stories→ Fake News: UN Resolution 2334 Did NOT Demand Israel "Give the Golan Heights to ISIS, including all its Christian population"
Did U.N. resolution #2334 require Israel to give the Golan Heights to ISIS? No, that's not true: a staunchly pro-Israel blog that seems to contain articles that are mostly copy pasted together from other sources embedded a video making that cl
Truth or Fiction?→ Retaliatory Attack on Christian Church in Pakistan?
On March 18 2019, just days after a right-wing extremist traveled from Australia to Christchurch, New Zealand to murder fifty people at two mosques during Friday prayers, British conservative commentator Theodora Dickinson posted a video of a burning
FactCheck.org→ Spinning Popular Support for Emergency Declaration
With the Senate set to vote on whether to oppose his border emergency declaration, President Donald Trump has called on Republicans to close ranks on what he says is an “80 percent positive issue.” That’s spin. A recent poll asked if
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Picture Does NOT Show Muslim Women in Michigan With `Down With USA´ Written On Their Hands
Was a picture showing Muslim women with "Down With USA" written on their hands really takein in Michigan? No, the image is from Iran. The caption on the image is incorrect, it reads: This is not the Middle-East where America is hated and musl
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy Theory
Quick Take A viral meme has revived an old, baseless conspiracy theory claiming that Hillary Clinton is linked to the Oklahoma City bombing. Full Story An old conspiracy theory from the 1990s has gotten a 21st Century update — it’s now spr
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Luke Perry Die After a Pneumonia Vaccine?
Actor Luke Perry died following a stroke on March 4 2019. That same day, a screenshot (archived here) suggesting Perry had received a pneumonia vaccine just before his stroke appeared and quickly began circulating: The post, captioned “In cas
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘All the Technology in the World Won’t Let Us Build a Wall in the Mountains’?
On February 22 2019, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) shared the following meme (archived here), purporting to quote Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the feasibility of building walls across mountains in an apparent reference to the United States border: Kin
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Did NOT Fake Being Deaf and Dumb for 62 Years to Avoid Listening to Wife
Did 84-year old Barry Dawson from Waterbury, Connecticut fake being deaf and dumb for 62 years to avoid having to listen to his wife? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a living by publish
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Michael Cohen Hillary Clinton’s ‘Personal Lawyer’?
On February 28 2019, the Facebook page “I am not a dictator” shared the following meme (archived here), alleging that President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was once the personal lawyer of Hillary Clinton and/or the Clinton Fo
Lead Stories→ Fake News: RNC Office That Held Clinton Evidence NOT Burned To The Ground
Did an office building used by the Republican National Committee which contained evicence against Hillary Clinton burn down? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporte
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Border Signs Admit the United States Has Lost Control of Border Territory?
On January 13 2019, Facebook user Steve Raabe shared a photograph purportedly showing a sign at the U.S.-Mexico border, along with the following status update: I live on the border with Mexico. As a matter of fact, I live right on the edge. I was rais
Snopes→ Grand Canyon Looking into Possible Radiation Exposure
Officials are investigating whether anyone was exposed to radiation at unsafe levels while samples of uranium ore sat in plastic buckets in a park research building.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s National Emergency Remarks
In declaring a national emergency at the Southwest border, President Donald Trump strung together a long list of false, misleading and unsupported claims on illegal immigration, drug smuggling, human trafficking, trade deficits and other issues. We br
PolitiFact→ Trump rests national emergency declaration on border ‘invasion.’ Here are the facts
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to move forward with his campaign promise of building a border wall with Mexico. Trump didn’t lay out specifics about the declaration during a news conference at the White House. He sa
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on the ‘Green New Deal’
On Feb. 7, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced her Green New Deal in the House and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts introduced a companion resolution in the Senate. The text of the legislation, which is a nonbinding resolution, lays out
Snopes→ Senate OKs Border Deal; Trump Will Sign, Declare Emergency
The Senate resoundingly approved a border security compromise that ignores most of President Donald Trump's demands for building a wall with Mexico but would prevent a new government shutdown.
Snopes→ Amazon Ditches New York Headquarters
Amazon says it will not be building a new headquarters in New York, a stunning reversal after a yearlong search.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Pins False Claim On Lou Dobbs
Quick Take Despite claims made in a viral meme, Lou Dobbs of Fox Business Network has not reported that “Mexican drug cartels are paying Pelosi and Schumer millions to keep border open.” Full Story The political debate over building a wal
Snopes→ Polar Bears Invade Russian Town; Locals Delighted But Wary
Regional authorities in Russia declared a state of emergency over the weekend after the bears peered into homes, entered buildings and gorged at a garbage dump outside the town.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is This a 2019 Photograph of Tennessee Residents Queueing in the Cold for Medical Assistance?
On February 10 2019, NBC managing editor Dafna Linzer shared the following image and caption (subsequently transcribed) on Twitter: The tweet stated that the “stark photo taken this week in Knoxville tells a very different story about the econo
Truth or Fiction?→ 1921 Tulsa Race Riot
In February 2019, a meme about the 1921 Tulsa race riot was shared to Facebook, racking up tens of thousands of shares in 24 hours: Above what looked to be an archival photograph of Ku Klux Klan members lining a dirt road, and caption (“History
FactCheck.org→ ‘Green New Deal’ Doesn’t Call for ‘End’ to Air Travel
Quick Take A resolution before Congress outlining actions to address climate change prompted the misleading claim that the deal aims to “end” air travel and “build trains over the oceans.” Full Story The rollout of Rep. Alexan
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Australia Fire Its Entire Legislature After a 1975 Government Shutdown?
In early February 2019, a Facebook user shared the meme below, which claims that after Australia went through a government shutdown in 1975 its citizens kicked out the entire legislature and started over: Text overlaid on a photograph of what looked l
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No, border barrier did not drive down crime in El Paso, Texas
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | No, border barrier did not drive down crime in El Paso, Texas As he promotes his border wall, President Donald Trump holds up El Paso, Texas, as a successful test case. "The border city of El Paso, Texas, used t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rock Icon Mick Jagger NOT Dead, Did NOT Leave Billions For Border Wall
Did Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger die and did he leave billions of dollars for building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a satirical website that publishes ironic death hoaxes about v
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the State of the Union
Summary President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address included many claims that were familiar to fact-checkers. He has repeated most of these assertions before: Trump wrongly claimed El Paso transformed from one of the most dangerous citie
Snopes→ Worst Paris Fire in 14 Years is Suspected Arson Attack
A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested on the street in the hours after the 1 a.m. blaze.
Truth or Fiction?→ Video of Bernie Sanders Shirtless, Singing ‘This Land Is Your Land’ in Russia in 1988?
On January 28 2019, a video of what appeared to be video of a shirtless Bernie Sanders at a dinner party in Russia in 1988 surfaced on Twitter: BREAKING: @SenSanders like you’ve never seen him!! Bernie and Jane on their honeymoon in Russia singing