Did Tim Tebow take a knee in 2012 during the playing of the national anthem? No, he did not: There is no record of the former NFL quarterback kneeling on the sideline as the national anthem was playing before a game in 2012 or any other season
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Is NOT Expected To Use Emergency Powers To Remove Pelosi From Congress
Is President Trump expected to use emergency powers to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from office? No, that's not true: This story was made up by a known network of satire websites. Articles from the site go viral when they are re-posted on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Trackers NOT Installed On Phones Without Public’s Knowledge During Phone Disruptions
Did Apple and Google use the time that some cell phone networks were experiencing disruptions to sneak COVID-19 trackers onto iOS and Android devices? No, that's not true: The two companies are in a partnership to deploy contact-tracing tech t
AFP Fact Check→ The Obama Foundation did not publish George Floyd photo before his death
Articles and social media posts in multiple languages claim that the Obama Foundation posted a tweet on May 17, 2020 with a photo of George Floyd, eight days before his death in police custody. This is false; the foundation said the tweet’s preview i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Say ‘If Food Runs Scarce, It’s Okay To Eat Pets’
Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets?" No, that's not true. This claim about the liberal New York congresswoman is in a satirical article published by a known network of satire writers who see
AFP Fact Check→ Biker gangs did not unite to drive Antifa out of Seattle
Social media posts claim the Hells Angels and another motorcycle gang joined forces to remove anti-fascist movement Antifa from Seattle, where protesters established a police-free autonomous zone after protests prompted by the death of George Floyd. T
AFP Fact Check→ Old photos show Cyril Ramaphosa at events long before coronavirus pandemic
A meme posted on Facebook claims South Africa’s president and ruling party politicians recently celebrated a high-profile birthday and flouted lockdown rules in the process. However, the images were taken in previous years. A secondary claim that COV
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Barack Obama’s Half Brother Did NOT Prove The Former President Was Born In Kenya
Did Barack Obama's half brother tweet the former president's Kenyan birth certificate, proving that he was born Kenya? No, that's not true: The purported birth certificate names the Republic of Kenya, which did not exist until 1964, which is t
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Absentee vs. Mail-In Ballot Spin
President Donald Trump continues to draw false distinctions between mail-in and absentee ballots, claiming the former are rife with voter fraud while the latter — which he has used as president — require a voter to go through “a very
The Dispatch→ President Trump Tweets a Video Decrying ‘Fake News.’ The Video Itself Was Manipulated.
President Trump tweeted a video on Thursday night bearing the CNN logo purporting to show CNN’s misleading coverage of a viral video of two toddlers of different races happily playing together:Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrumpJune 19th 2020120,976
FactCheck.org→ Trump Campaign Didn’t Advertise for ‘MINORITY Actors’ in Tulsa
Quick Take Posts on social media cite an anonymous Craigslist ad to support the false claim that President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is seeking “MINORITY Actors” to hold signs at his June 20 rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Trum
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Call Candace Owens : ‘Aunt Tom’
Was conservative commentator Candace Owens called "Aunt Tom" by Michelle Obama during a CNN interview? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing
AFP Fact Check→ This photo from a 2016 anti-racism protest in the US has been doctored
An image that purports to show a protester holding a poster that bears text about Arabs has been shared in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in June 2020 alongside claims that the sign was displayed during ongoing protests in the US against racism
AllSides→ Did Alexandria Ocasio-cortez Say, ‘children Should Be Raised by the State’?
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/18/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-children-raised-state-government/
FactCheck.org→ Gifting a Folded Flag Isn’t ‘Only For Fallen Veterans’
Quick Take Headlines on social media misleadingly suggest that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi violated a military tradition when she gave a folded flag to the brother of George Floyd. A folded flag is not “Reserved Only For Fallen Veterans,” as one
FactCheck.org→ Azar, Trump Mislead on FDA’s Hydroxychloroquine Decision
In a meeting at the White House, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar left the misleading impression that the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revoke its emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for COVID-1
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Fool Actually Tattooed Will Smith on His Face’
On May 15 2020, Facebook user Ed Lawson shared the following image, which purportedly depicted a man who had had Will Smith’s face tattooed over his own face: The post was extremely popular, but not every commenter was convinced that t
Climate Feedback→ Article in The Guardian misleads readers about sensitivity of climate models by narrowly focusing on single study
SUMMARY The article in The Guardian misleadingly claims that the latest generation of climate models are more sensitive to carbon emissions than scientists previously thought. Instead, reviewers of this article state that the best estimate of climat
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Original ‘Aunt Jemima’ Nancy Green Being ‘Erased’ by Political Correctness?
PepsiCo’s June 17 2020 announcement it was retiring the Aunt Jemima brand due to the character’s original “Mammy” connotations led to immediate and extensive complaining on social media, such as a copypasta post accusing bra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Denver’s Airport Does NOT Embrace Nazi Symbols With Swastika-shaped Runways
Does Denver International Airport embrace Nazi symbols with runways and terminals in the design of a swastika? No, that's not true: An aeriel view of the huge airport does not replicate a swastika. A spokeswoman for the airport said it is an o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg ‘Maybe It’s Time For Me’ To Leave The U.S. Quote Predates 2016 Trump Election
Did Whoopi Goldberg say "Maybe it's time for me" to leave the U.S. in June 2020? No, that's misleading: Goldberg did say something similar to this, but that was over four years ago, on January 20, 2016, months before the 2016 election. Newly p
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Trump Campaign Post a Symbol Used by Nazis to Mark Political Prisoners?
In June 2020, United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign was criticized for invoking Nazi imagery in a new series of Facebook ads that the campaign later tried to claim featured an anti-fascist symbol. According to Media Matters
FactCheck.org→ America First Policies/America First Action
Political leanings: Republican/ Pro-President Trump 2018 total spending: $36.4 million America First Policies is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit devoted to promoting the agenda of President Donald Trump. According to its website, the group’s main goals are r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Lighten The Photo Of The Man Who Drove Into The Protester In Seattle
Did CNN lighten the photo of the man who drove into a protester in Seattle and claim he was white? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that CNN used any form of an image showing the attacker's face lightened in their reporting. The CNN l
The Dispatch→ Did ‘Radical Dems’ Sue to Stop Trump’s Rally This Weekend?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cracker Jack Did NOT Change Name To More Politically Correct Caucasian Jack
Did "Cracker Jack" change their name to "Caucasian Jack" because that would be more politically correct? No, that's not true: the story was published by Christian-themed satire website The Babylon Bee to mock the recent real announcement about
FactCheck.org→ Trump Wrong on Obama-Biden Actions on Policing
In signing an executive order on policing issues, President Donald Trump falsely claimed former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period.” In fact, the Obama administra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo of ‘Antifa Against Bikers’ Banner is NOT Real; Antifa Did NOT Warn Hells Angels To ‘Watch Out We Are Coming To Sturgis’
Did Antifa issue a warning to the Hells Angels biker gang to "watch out we are coming to Sturgis"? No, that's not true: A screenshot of an Antifa Facebook page featuring a banner reading "ANTIFA AGAINST BIKERS" was digitally altered. The Faceb
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Repeats Flawed Claim on Wuhan Lab Funding
Quick Take A Facebook post is spreading the false claim that former President Barack Obama gave $3.8 million to a lab in Wuhan, China. The money referenced was actually provided to a U.S. research group. Only $600,000 went to the lab as part of a U.S.-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT A Photo Of An Antifa Activist Posing With A Hammer-And-Sickle Cake
Did an Antifa activist pose with a cake that had a hammer and sickle symbol on top? No, that's not true: The viral image was digitally altered. Lead Stories spoke with the person in the picture, who provided the original photograph, which was
FactCheck.org→ Pence’s False Claims About Trump’s Handling of Coronavirus
During a visit to Iowa, Vice President Mike Pence made several false claims about President Donald Trump’s handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In remarks to employees of Winnebago Industries in Forest City, Iowa, June 16, Pence said Trump
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASCAR Did NOT Prohibit MAGA Hats or ‘Political’ Clothing
Did NASCAR prohibit MAGA hats and "political" clothing? No, that's not true. The story originated on a liberal satire website and the story was posted in a category titled "Fox News Satire That's More Belivable Than Fox News." The site is part
FactCheck.org→ Biden on Economic Growth and Trump’s Tax Cuts
Former Vice President Joe Biden wrongly says “most of the conservative think tanks,” including the Heritage Foundation, agree that the tax cuts championed by President Donald Trump “generated virtually no growth at all.” There a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Lives Matter ‘Defund The Police’ Donations Do NOT Go to ‘Act Blue’, The ‘Biden For President’ Campaign’s Top Source of Donations
Does the Black Lives Matter website for 'Defund The Police' donations go to ActBlue, the 'Biden For President' campaign's top source of donations? No, that's misleading: ActBlue is a non-profit tech platform that facilitates online fundraising
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Matt Damon NOT Planning To Leave US For Australia To Get Away From Trump
Is actor Matt Damon planning to leave the United States for Australia to get away from Donald Trump? No, he's not: That's a two-year-old rumor that has been debunked but still keeps circulating. His spokesman denied Damon was moving in 2018.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Spreads Wrong Photo, Details in Floyd Criminal Case
Quick Take A meme misrepresents a 2007 criminal case in Houston involving George Floyd. The meme distorts the details of Floyd’s case and includes a photo of a woman who was badly injured in an unrelated attack in Spain in 2018. Full Story A popular
FactCheck.org→ Conspiracy Theory on Floyd’s Death Disproved by Footage
Quick Take A conspiracy theory on Facebook is falsely claiming that the killing of George Floyd was “filmed before covid19” because “[n]ot a single person is wearing a mask” in the videos. Some of the officers and officials in t
AllSides→ Ahead of Trump Rally, Republicans Spin COVID-19 Metrics
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/ahead-of-trump-rally-republicans-spin-covid-19-metrics/ In the days l
Truth or Fiction?→ Did ’61 out of 63 Females’ Become Infertile After Receiving a Vaccine Against COVID-19?
A graphic spreading online in June 2020 acted as a nesting doll for a spate of disinformation linking conspiracy theories about both COVID-19 and tech mogul Bill Gates. The graphic claims that “61 out of 63 females GlaxoSmithKline tested became
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Derek Chauvin Is NOT A Crisis Actor, NOT Involved In ‘False Flag’ Boston Marathon Bombing And Sandy Hook Massacre
Is Derek Chauvin a crisis actor who has been involved in other "false flag" incidents, including the Boston marathon bombing and Sandy Hook massacre? No, that's not true. A meme and a video have gone viral claiming the fired Minneapolis police