Did Joe Arpaio, nicknamed "America's Toughest Sheriff", pass away? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly ma
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sheryl Crow Did NOT Say, ‘I Forbid My Kids To Watch TV When Trump Is On, I Prefer Classy People Like Hillary Clinton.’
Did Sheryl Crow say on television that she won't let her kids watch TV when President Trump is on, and that she prefers "classy people like Hillary Clinton"? No, that's not true: This clickbait headline has been circulating since 2017. And whi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Win $500 Million Libel Lawsuit Against CNN
Did President Trump win a $500 million libel lawsuit against CNN? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly mar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton NOT Ranked World’s 18th Richest Woman
Was Chelsea Clinton ranked the world's 18th richest woman? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as
Climate Feedback→ Video from PragerU makes several incorrect and misleading claims about climate change
SUMMARY This video discussing climate change was first published on PragerU’s website in April 2016 and recently posted on Facebook in May 2020. The video has received more than 356,000 views on Facebook over the past week. Scientists that evaluat
Truth or Fiction?→ Do You Need to Disable COVID-19 Contact Tracing on Your Phone?
In mid-May 2020, the following status update screenshot circulated on Facebook, urging people with iPhones (and possibly Android devices) to “turn off … exposure COVID notifications” via a series of directions in settings: It’
Health Feedback→ Mortality in the U.S. noticeably increased during the first months of 2020 compared to previous years
SUMMARY A post shared on Facebook on 13 May 2020 compared the number of deaths in the U.S. during the first 17 weeks of 2019 (30 December 2018 to 27 April 2019) to those during the same period in 2020 (29 December 2019 to 25 April 2020)@. The post sta
FactCheck.org→ Dueling Ads in the Kentucky Senate Race
The Kentucky Senate race — likely pitting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell against Democratic challenger, and former Marine fighter pilot, Amy McGrath — is playing out on the airwaves. But the recent TV ads don’t always square w
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Posts Distort Facts on Trump Actions
Quick Take Facebook posts credit President Donald Trump with accomplishing a list of things that haven’t happened — claiming, for example, that he “cancelled” a proposed House bill on contact tracing and “expelled WHO.R
The Dispatch→ Is Trump Implementing COVID Relief Efforts With ‘No Oversight’?
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AllSides→ Trump Misleads on Hydroxychloroquine, Again
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/trump-misleads-on-hydroxychloroquine-again/ In announcing that he has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Put A Black Guy’s Head On A Lily White Dude
Did CNN alter a photo to change the apparent race of a person being arrested in order to push an agenda? No, that's not true: These images came from a video made by a bystander in Manchester, England, who then posted the video on Twitter. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Re-Sign A Law ‘Making Muslamic Law Illegal, Again’
Did President Donald Trump re-sign a 1952 McCarthy-era law making any kind of "Muslamic law" illegal in the United States? No, that's not true: This is a piece of satire from a publisher notorious for trolling Trump supporters and conservative
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on Hydroxychloroquine, Again
Summary In announcing that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19, President Donald Trump made a series of inaccurate, unsubstantiated or misleading statements related to the drug, which remains an unproven treatment against the coro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Survival Rate From COVID-19 Is NOT 99.983 Percent
Is the U.S. survival rate for COVID-19 cases 99.983 percent? No, that's not true. The math does not add up. There are at least 95,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 and 1,610,000 confirmed cases in the United States as of May 21, 2020. If onl
FactCheck.org→ Fauci Didn’t Invent, Won’t Profit from Remdesivir
Quick Take A viral social media post falsely claims Dr. Anthony Fauci is “pushing” remdesivir as a potential COVID-19 treatment drug, because he “invented” it with Bill Gates and they stand to profit from it. Remdesivir was inve
The Dispatch→ Did Nancy Pelosi Try to Overturn Trump’s Ban on Travel From China?
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FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Tweet About Michigan Absentee Ballot Applications
President Donald Trump erroneously tweeted that Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state was “illegally” sending “absentee ballots to 7.7 million people” for this year’s primary and general elections. The state said it will send abs
FactCheck.org→ Trump Twists Record on Inspectors General
Defending his decision to fire a fourth inspector general this year, President Donald Trump has misleadingly compared his record to past presidents, claiming, “I think every president has gotten rid of probably more than I have.” According
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Michigan Send Absentee Ballots to 7.7 Million People?
On May 20 2020, United States President Donald Trump attempted to smear the Michigan secretary of state’s office in a tweet regurgitating one of his most thoroughly debunked claims. “Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ah
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Is NOT Retiring And IS Seeking Re-election
Is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi retiring and bowing out of the November election? No, that's not true. This is satire by a publisher who is notorious for trolling Trump supporters and Republican readers with sensational claims, mostly about Demo
Health Feedback→ Claim that the Amish are healthier because they opt out of all vaccines is incorrect
REVIEW An article, published on 11 November 2017 by Mark Sloan on EndAllDisease, claims that “the unvaccinated Amish rarely get cancer, autism or heart disease”, attributing the occurrence of these diseases to vaccination. The article recently wen
Truth or Fiction?→ Was there a Garbage Pail Kids ‘Corona Mona’ Card?
In April and May 2020, memes circulated of a specific trading card from 1980s American pop culture touchstone the Garbage Pail Kids called “Corona Mona,” showing one of the product’s signature unseemly figures covered in mucus: In t
Snopes→ Is Kroger Requiring Employees to Repay Coronavirus Emergency Pay?
An image showing a letter purportedly sent from the grocery chain to employees sparked outrage on social media.
AllSides→ Blog post wrong on what Bill Gates said about COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/20/facebook-posts/no-specific-covid-19-vaccine-experimental-or-other/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Did NOT Tell Seniors: ‘You Are Not Entitled To Social Security! It’s Gone!’
Did Nancy Pelosi tell seniors: 'You Are Not Entitled To Social Security! It's Gone!'? No, that's not true. The quote was made up by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories th
AllSides→ Study shows vulnerable populations with less education more likely to believe, share misinformation
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-vulnerable-populations-misinformation.html As the COVID-19 pandemic threa
FactCheck.org→ Flu Shot Doesn’t Cause False Positive Results for COVID-19
Quick Take A viral claim on Facebook erroneously tells users that “you will test positive” for COVID-19 if “you’ve gotten flu shots during the past ten years.” Vaccine and disease experts told us that’s false, and th
FactCheck.org→ Biden Exaggerates CDC Cuts in China
Former Vice President Joe Biden overstated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s staffing cuts in China during the Trump administration. He said the CDC reduced its staff to four, but it was actually 14. The presumptive Democratic pres
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Kroger Demanding that Employees Return Emergency Pay?
The Kroger grocery store chain backed off of a policy that brought about criticism and increased scrutiny, calling it an “error” that only affected a small number of workers. The photograph, first posted to Twitter on May 18 2020, showed
FactCheck.org→ Outdated Fauci Video on Face Masks Shared Out of Context
Quick Take An outdated video clip of Dr. Anthony Fauci is circulating on social media — giving the false impression he is currently advising the public not to wear face masks. Fauci, like other health officials, recommends wearing a cloth face co
FactCheck.org→ Trump Baselessly Claims Coronavirus Will ‘Go Away’ Without Vaccine
At a White House meeting with fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump said, without evidence, that the coronavirus “is going to go away without a vaccine.” While it’s impossible to predict the future, experts say it’s unlikely that the virus
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Sneak Provision Into $3 Trillion ‘Bailout Bill’ To Recess Until July 21
Did House Democrats sneak into their $3 trillion stimulus bill tied to coronavirus relief a recess that would keep them out of having to work -- but with fully pay -- until July 21? No, that is not true. HR 6800, which passed the House on May
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Birx Did NOT Slip And Admit She Works For Bill Gates And WHO
Did Dr. Deborah Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator for the White House, have "a Freudian slip" and acknowledge that she actually works for billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and the World Health Organization? No, that is not true: B
The Dispatch→ Will Coronavirus ‘Magically All of a Sudden Go Away’ After The Election?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Clinton Foundation Investigator Named Kenneth McCormick Found Dead
Was a "Clinton Foundation Investigator" named Kenneth McCormick found dead? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Issue "Executive Order 66" Deeming Church An Essential Business
Did President Trump issue an order deeming church services an essential business? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Italian Government Did NOT Call For Arrest Of Bill Gates On Charges Of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
Did the Italian government call for the arrest of Bill Gates for "crimes against humanity"? No, this is not true. While one lone member of the Italian Parliament did attack Gates in a speech, the word "arrest" was never spoken and the Italian
FactCheck.org→ False Perception of COVID-19’s Impact on the Homeless
Quick Take Viral posts suggest that COVID-19 can’t be a serious disease if it hasn’t “wiped out the homeless.” But recent reports published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found high rates of homeless resi
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Muzzles are for Dogs and Slaves’ COVID-19 Protest Sign
On May 18 2020, a photograph purportedly from a COVID-19 anti-lockdown protest began circulating, which showed a white woman holding a sign reading “muzzles are for dogs and slaves” alongside an illustration of a black woman wearing a mask