A white woman caught on video threatening to use a man’s ethnicity against him by calling New York City police to report “an African-American man threatening my life” has offered a public apology after her identity was swiftly expose
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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
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Volkswagen Pull an Ad Because it Included a Racist Slur?
Auto makers Volkswagen scuttled an online ad in May 2020 campaign after social media users detected a prejudiced subtext and outright racist text within the short video. A tweet by journalist Felix Edeha criticizing the video was highlighted (or ̶
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Say There Are ‘Many Per Capitas’ During a COVID-19 Discussion?
On May 20 2020, a number of people on social media referenced remarks by United States President Donald Trump about the meaning of the phrase “per capita”: Trump: "And, when you say per capita, there’s many per capitas. It’s li
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→ 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
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
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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Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook Fact-Checking Platform Dangerously Labels Mask Meme ‘False,’ Discourages Use of Masks Against Expert Guidelines
In May 2020 — in the middle of a global COVID-19 pandemic — a screenshot of a dangerously misapplied Facebook fact-checking flag began circulating which falsely and dangerously contradicts best practices around the use of masks in public p
FactCheck.org→ America’s Promise PAC
Political leanings: Democratic 2018 total spending: N/A After Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his 2020 presidential bid in early April, former senior aides of his 2016 and 2020 campaigns joined to form a super PAC to support former Vice President Joe B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Will NOT Personally Profit From A COVID-19 Vaccine And He Does NOT Own A Company That Will Put A Tracking Microchip In You
Will Bill Gates personally profit from a COVID-19 vaccine and does he own a company that plans to implant microchips in everyone to track them? No, that's not true: Gates has spent more than $300 million of his own fortune to encourage develop
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Card Does NOT Exempt Anyone From Wearing A Mask In Public
Is a card claiming to exempt the holder from wearing a face mask in public the real deal, sanctioned by the government? No, that's not true: the anti-mask meme circulating on social media is full of mistakes. It claims to have the backing of t
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Elon Musk Use Buca di Beppo’s Photograph of a Sundae?
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk drew another round of criticism online after reposting a restaurant chain’s promotional photograph without attribution. Musk posted the photo — an “ice cream sundae in a martini glass,” as he describe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctors Are NOT ‘Encouraged’ By Hospitals And AMA To Overcount COVID-19 Deaths
Are U.S. doctors encouraged by hospitals and the American Medical Association to list COVID-19 on a death certificate when the novel coronavirus was not the cause of death? No, that's not true: While hospitals may get additional Medicare or Me
FactCheck.org→ Trump Falsely Suggests Pennsylvania Is Making ‘No Effort’ to Reopen
At a May 11 press conference, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that Pennsylvania was making “no effort” to reopen its economy, which was largely shut down by the novel coronavirus pandemic. In fact, the state is in the midst of a ph
Snopes→ Trump Abruptly Ends Briefing After Contentious Exchanges
President Donald Trump abruptly ended his White House news conference following combative exchanges with reporters Weijia Jiang of CBS News and Kaitlan Collins of CNN.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Ad on Coronavirus Testing
A new Trump campaign ad claims that President Donald Trump took “fast action” in regard to testing for the novel coronavirus. While “fast action” is subjective, pandemic experts say the U.S. did not move quickly to set up an adequate sy
FactCheck.org→ How Many COVID-19 Tests Are ‘Needed’ to Reopen?
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that there are enough COVID-19 tests for states to begin reopening their economies. While that may be true for select locations, experts say more tests are needed, even if they don’t agree on a particul
FactCheck.org→ False Claim Targets Gates Using Epstein Connection
Quick Take There’s no evidence that Bill Gates ever visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean, contrary to a viral Facebook post claiming he went there numerous times. The “flight records” cited do not show that.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Flawed China Travel Conspiracy
President Donald Trump has twice now advanced the flawed theory that China nefariously continued to allow flights out of Wuhan, the city where the COVID-19 outbreak originated, to Western cities while blocking flights into other cities in China. “
FactCheck.org→ Kudlow’s Claim About COVID-19 Spread
Despite early warnings about how damaging COVID-19 could be for Americans, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow defended his late February statement that the U.S. had “contained” the virus, saying on May 3 that the novel coronavirus
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Fauci Has NOT Been ‘MIA’ And He Did NOT Illegally Send NIH Money To The Wuhan Virology Lab
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci disappear for days at the end of April because he had illegally sent $3.7 million to a virology lab in Wuhan, China? No that's not true. His schedule is a matter of public record, he never went MIA, and he didn't sign the
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Mysterious Claim of an Apology ‘Letter’ from Biden
President Donald Trump has claimed Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, wrote him a “letter of apology” regarding the administration’s travel restrictions on China. But there’s no evidence of such a letter
FactCheck.org→ Trump Wrong About Ventilators
President Donald Trump falsely claimed that his administration was not initially able to meet the increasing demand for ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients because “we weren’t left ventilators by a previous administration.” We can’t say
FactCheck.org→ White House Press Secretary Repeats Russia Talking Point
In her first press briefing, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeated a false talking point about the Russia investigation. McEnany claimed the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election ended in ̶
FactCheck.org→ Large Retail Employees Have Been Victims of COVID-19
Quick Take A viral post falsely claims Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Target and Costco — while staying open during the COVID-19 pandemic — “have not had any reported cases” of employees contracting the coronavirus. There have been ne
FactCheck.org→ An April Filled with Repeats
Throughout April, the White House’s coronavirus task force briefings, at times, sparked feelings of fact-checking deja vu: President Donald Trump made many of the same inaccurate statements repeatedly. The president – as is the case with many polit
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misquotes Fauci on Coronavirus Threat
Defending his early response to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that in late February, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was saying, “This is no problem. This is
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Four Networks ‘Set to Announce They Will No Longer Televise Trump’s Announcements’?
Those perhaps seeking relief from live coverage of United States President Donald Trump’s daily briefings on COVID-19 shared a Texas man’s unverified claim that some major news outlets would stop carrying them in late April 2020. “CN
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof Ultraviolet Radiation Eliminates Coronavirus From The Body
Does exposure of blood to ultraviolet light rid the body of coronavirus? No, there is no evidence that it does. The fact that ultraviolet light has been shown to kill the virus on surfaces does not mean that it does the same thing in people. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Funeral For North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Does a video show the funeral procession of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un? No, that's not true. The video posted to a newly created Facebook page uses news footage taken during the funeral of Kim's father, former North Korean dictator Kim
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence That Flu Shot Increases Risk of COVID-19
Quick Take A claim being pushed on social media and by an organization skeptical of vaccines is using a military study to falsely suggest that the flu vaccine increases someone’s risk of contracting COVID-19. The study does not say that, and the
FactCheck.org→ The White House Spins Trump’s Disinfectant Remarks
At an April 23 press briefing, President Donald Trump mused about the possibility of using “very powerful light” and injecting disinfectant into the body to kill COVID-19 – a suggestion that, in the case of disinfectant, was roundly criti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: VP Mike Pence Did NOT Pose With GOP House Members Waving A Confederate Flag
Did Republican Vice President Mike Pence recently stand with GOP Congressional members waving a Confederate flag, proving he is racist? No, that's not true. A simple reverse image check reveals the then-vice president-elect stood before a larg
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Misleading Ad About Sending Experts to China
An ad for Joe Biden’s campaign hammers President Donald Trump for failing to send U.S. health experts to China to investigate the novel coronavirus. But the ad fails to mention that the administration tried several times soon after the outbreak, alth
Truth or Fiction?→ Misspelled ‘We the Peaple, Re-Open Pennslvania’ Sign
An April 21 2020 post on the Facebook page “CALL TO ACTIVISM” purportedly showed a COVID-19 protester in Pennsylvania, whose sign in part urged the re-opening of “Pennslvania,” as well as “we the peaple”: In just