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FactCheck.org→ Bogus Voter Fraud Claims
With votes continuing to be counted in very close elections in Florida, Georgia and Arizona, President Donald Trump and some other Republicans have been crying foul, making false and misleading claims of supposed election fraud perpetrated by Democrats
Truth or Fiction?→ Did United States President Donald Trump Threaten to Withhold Disaster Funding from California?
Sizable wildfires burning up and down California have killed at least 25 people and destroyed at least one entire Northern California town, Paradise. The exact toll and cost as of November 11, 2018 is still unknown, because at least two enormously dest
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Florida Officials Did NOT Admit Nearly 200k Voters May Not Be Citizens In 2018
Did Florida officials admit almost 200,000 voters in the Florida midterm election may not have been citizens? No, that's not true: a hyperpartisan website took an old report about the 2012 midterms and presented it as if it was breaking news
FactCheck.org→ Clearing Up the Facts Behind Trump’s ‘Clean Coal’ Catchphrase
In his rallies, President Donald Trump repeatedly talks about “clean coal,” using the phrase more than a dozen times over the past three months. He also has said in other appearances that clean coal can be exported or “loaded up” on railway ca
Truth or Fiction?→ Hundreds of Wrapped Voting Machines Discovered in a Georgia Warehouse?
The American midterm elections on November 6, 2018 transformed what is normally a relatively sleepy affair that receives little coverage into a bitter, heavily-tracked series of races around the country punctuated by scandals, violence, and unexpected
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Woman Did NOT Sue Ex-roommate For $1.2m For Training Her Parrot to Sexually Harass Her
Did a 26-year old woman named Sarah Johnson from Louisville in Kentucky sue her ex-roommate for training a parrot to sexually harrass her? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian website that makes up entertaining but false s
Truth or Fiction?→ Was the Thousand Oaks Shooter Identified as a Man of Middle Eastern Descent?
Mere hours after a gunman entered a nightclub in Thousand Oaks, California, murdering at least twelve people before shooting himself, the social media disinformation machine and its usual array of bots and paid trolls began to peddle unverified informa
Snopes→ 13 Dead Including Gunman in Shooting at California Bar
The dead included 11 people inside the bar, the gunman and a sheriff's sergeant who was the first officer inside the door, Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California A post circulating on Facebook falsely claims that more than a million votes tallied in California were cast by unregistered voters,
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | False Facebook post claims millions of fraudulent votes cast in California A post circulating on Facebook falsely claims that more than a million votes tallied in California were cast by unregistered voters,
PolitiFact→ Mike Bost – In Illinois, Mike Bost attacks Brendan Kelly's record as prosecutor
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | In Illinois, Mike Bost attacks Brendan Kelly's record as prosecutor How do you define "soft on crime?" Mike Bost, a Republican congressman from southern Illinois, says his Democratic challenger, Bren
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Elderly Man NOT Accused of Bribing Police Officer for Giving a Biscuit to a Police Dog
Was 92-year-old Walter Dryden arrested for bribing a police officer because he gave a K-9 unite a biscuit? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian website that invents tales of bizarre crimes and weird sex acts for entertainme
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Did NOT Beat Little Brother After He Found Him Masturbating During "No Nut November"
Did 21-year-old Sergio Lopez from Albuquerque get arrested for beating up his little brother after he found him masturbating while taking part in the "No Nut November" internet challenge? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a notori
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Black Men DID Commit Some Of This Year’s 154 Mass Shootings
Were none of the 154 mass shootings in the United States this year commited by black men or illegal aliens? No, that's not true: the claim made in a viral Facebook post published by David Brown this summer which has been shared over half a mil
FactCheck.org→ Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship by Executive Order?
Trump has long been a critic of birthright citizenship, and now he says he can and will end it via executive order. But can he? Most constitutional scholars say he can’t. Or if he does, that his order will be overturned by the courts. But there a
FactCheck.org→ Trump Stump Speeches: Immigration
Editor’s Note: For weeks, President Donald Trump has been campaigning in states that are key to the Republican Party’s chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate. We have reviewed seven speeches he gave from Oct. 10 to Oct. 22.
Snopes→ Did Officials in Georgia Stop a Bus Filled with Black Seniors Going to Vote?
Activists have accused Jefferson County officials of racially-motivated voter suppression, but officials claim they were enforcing a ban on "political activities" at a Louisville senior center.
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Ads from the DCCC
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is airing ads across the country to boost Democrats’ chances of taking control of the House. But we found several ads that ran afoul of the facts. An ad in Iowa misleadingly says that “50 per
FactCheck.org→ Viral Story About Michigan ‘Vigilante’ is False
Q: Were three pedophiles killed in one week in Macomb County, Michigan? A: No. The county sheriff’s office said that viral story is false. FULL ANSWER Equipped with grim details, a false story about a supposed “vigilante” who killed
FactCheck.org→ Rape Wasn’t Part of Roe Decision
Q: Was the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade made because Jane Roe said she was raped? A: No. “Jane Roe” falsely claimed she was gang raped, but that accusation was not a factor in the court ruling. FULL ANSWER A viral video is cir
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Ads from Leading GOP PAC
Congressional Leadership Fund, the highest-spending super PAC seeking to sway House races in the upcoming midterms, has been flooding TV airwaves around the country with ads attacking Democrats running in close races. But we found that some of those ad
Snopes→ Deputies Use Doritos To Lure Wayward Pig Back Home
The pig was running around a neighborhood when the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office received the call.
Is Arkansas Law Enforcement Photographing Inmates in ‘Nike’ Gear?
The Union County, Arkansas sheriff’s department has responded to widespread outrage in October 2018 about its policy of photographing inmates in shirts bearing the Nike slogan: The Sheriff in Union County, Arkansas is putting Nike t-shirts on people they arrest and making them wear them during mugshots. Source says it is to mock Nike and […]
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Snopes→ Did a Virginia School Leave a Transgender Student Unprotected During a Shooting Drill?
An activist group's account of the incident at Stafford County Middle School spread rapidly online.
FactCheck.org→ Health Care Spin in Tennessee
A Democratic TV ad in the Tennessee Senate race spins the facts on votes that Rep. Marsha Blackburn cast on health care: The ad claims she voted in 2012 “to give members of Congress health care for life.” In fact, lawmakers already had receiv
‘Bovine Tuberculosis’ Appearing in Michigan?
In October 2018, a warning appeared and made its way around the usual internet circles to warn against eating meat from deer afflicted with “bovine tuberculosis.” The warning was accompanied by a rather unappetizing photograph of a lesion-studded hunk of meat that showed what people should avoid: This warning (and the accompanying photograph) is legitimate, […]
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