Quick Take Viral Facebook posts say that former President Barack Obama “shut down the government to force Obamacare.” That’s misleading. Full Story The current partial government shutdown that began Dec. 22 arose as a result of an im
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Truth or Fiction?→ Do You Have the Right as a Juror to Refuse to Enforce ‘Bad Law’?
On January 5, 2018, the Facebook page “Think Liberty” posted this photograph of a woman holding a sign: The sign and caption said: As a juror, you have the right to refuse to enforce any bad law in the case brought before you. #TheMoreYouK
FactCheck.org→ Video: FactChecking Trump’s Immigration Address
In this video, we review four statements that President Donald Trump made during his national address on illegal immigration. In his Jan. 8 speech, the president called on Congress to appropriate $5.7 billion for a wall along the Southwest border to ad
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Immigration Address
In a national address, President Donald Trump called on Congress to provide $5.7 billion for a border wall to address what he called a “crisis” on the border. The president made some false and misleading claims, and provided some facts with
Washington Post→ Fact-checking President Trump’s Oval Office address on immigration
Over the course of his nine-minute speech, Trump painted a misleading and bleak picture of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lead Stories→ Very Old News: Sharifa Alkhateeb Talking About Using Public Schools to Convert America to Islam… In 1989
Did Sharifa Alkhateeb talk about converting America to Islam in a video? Yes, she did, back in 1989, several years before she died in 2004. For some reason a video clip of a speech she made at a conference thirty years ago in August 1989 went
Truth or Fiction?→ Did President Barack Obama Shut Down the Government to ‘Force Obamacare’ in 2013?
On December 29, 2018, a Facebook user posted a status update claiming that a federal shutdown over border wall funding was similar to one in 2013 — and it was purportedly initiated by President Barack Obama: This was nearly identical to a December 2
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of Immigrant Children Deaths Under Obama
Q: Is it accurate that “18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol” during the Obama administration? A: No. Prior to two children’s deaths in December, it had been more than a decade since a child died while in the custody of U.S.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Teddy Roosevelt Stand Up for the First Black Female Postmaster?
In January 2019, the Facebook page History Hustle shared a meme about President Teddy Roosevelt and a woman named Minnie Cox, the first black female postmaster in the United States: The original post (which did not include any visible citations) said:
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Angela Merkel Did NOT Say Nation States Must Give Up Sovereignty To New World Order
Did Angela Merkel say states must give up sovereignty to the "New World Order"? No, that's not true: while Merkel did call on states to surrender some sovereignty she did not mention a "New World Order" and she stressed the importance of parli
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kotex Did NOT Introduce Confetti Popper Tampons For Ringing In The New Year
Did Kotex introduce a confetti-filled tampon that could be used to launch a festive cloud of absorbent material into the user's body? No, that's not true: the story was launched by one of America's oldest satire websites, it is not real. The
Truth or Fiction?→ Did President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Call Same-Sex Marriage ‘Evil’?
On December 27, 2018, a brief video appeared to show Trump administration Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussing homosexuality and referring to the Rapture, which according to certain sects of evangelical Christianity is the end of the world in whic
FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2018
Summary For the fourth year in a row, Donald Trump dominates our list of the whoppers of the year. Before he entered politics as a presidential candidate in 2015, we had never singled out one person as the most egregious teller-of-falsehoods in these y
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump says tariffs will make America rich again. Economists disagree
For years before he became president, Donald Trump has been intrigued by the idea of tariffs. In his 2011 book, Time to Get Tough, for instance, he proposed a 20 percent tax on imported goods. In his presidential announcement speech, Trump proposed 35
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump says tariffs will make America rich again. Economists disagree
For years before he became president, Donald Trump has been intrigued by the idea of tariffs. In his 2011 book, Time to Get Tough, for instance, he proposed a 20 percent tax on imported goods. In his presidential announcement speech, Trump proposed 35
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Taco Bell Did NOT Warn Employees Against Directly Exposing Skin To Food
Did Taco Bell warn its employees against directly touching the food because that would be dangerous? No, that's not true: the story originally came from The Onion, a satirical website. It is not true. Note that you should probably avoid exp
FactCheck.org→ Is Mexico Paying for the Wall Through USMCA?
President Donald Trump declared via Twitter that he is keeping perhaps his most famous campaign promise, claiming that “MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!” through a recent trade agreement negotiated with Mexico. Economic and trade experts we i
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Justin Trudeau Did NOT Transfer Canadian Border Control To United Nations
Did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau transfer Canadian border control to the United Nations by siging the "UN Global Compact On Migration"? No, that's not true: a summary of an article on the website of a tiny Canadian political party op
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Trump-Pelosi-Schumer Scuffle
In a contentious Oval Office meeting, President Donald Trump and the Democratic congressional leaders — Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer — disagreed over funding for a border wall, mangling some facts in the process. The president claimed th
Snopes→ Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say We Need to ‘Invent Technology That’s Never Been Invented’?
Representative-elect Ocasio-Cortez made the comment during a speech about environmentally sound new jobs.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Angela Merkel Did NOT Say Trump Has Almost Destroyed The New World Order
Did German chancellor Angela Merkel say that U.S. President Donald Trump has almost destroyed "The New World Order"? No, that's not true: a notoriously unreliable website misquoted Merkel based on a year-old news article. She never said it.
Snopes→ Man Yells ‘There’s No Santa’ at Florida Holiday Event
Cape Coral police said that officers were at the event but couldn't do anything because the man was exercising his freedom of speech.
FactCheck.org→ Our Annual Fundraising Appeal
This week we celebrated our 15th year of holding politicians accountable. We have been able to keep the fact-checks coming in part because of your support. We hope that you will be as generous this year as you have been in the past. In 2018, we have b
FactCheck.org→ Several Administrations Used Tear Gas at the Border
Q: During the Obama administration, did Border Patrol agents use tear gas to control crowds of migrants during incidents at the U.S.-Mexico border? A: Yes, and the gas was also used by administrations prior to his, news reports say. FULL QUESTION To w
FactCheck.org→ The Fake Clinton Quote That Won’t Go Away
Quick Take An old, bogus quote claiming that Hillary Clinton suggested in 2013 that Donald Trump should run for public office is circulating again on Facebook. It’s still not true. Full Story Even after it has been thoroughly debunked, misinform
FactCheck.org→ Hate Crimes Hotline Headline Is Wrong
Quick Take A popular website that spreads misinformation and conspiracy theories has twisted old news about a hate crimes hotline to create a bogus, anti-Muslim headline. Full Story In June 2017, Minneapolis opened a new hotline for reporting hate cri
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Minneapolis Did NOT Install Sharia Hotline to Report Americans Who Criticize Islam
Did Minneapolis set up a "Sharia Hotline" to report Americans criticizing Islam? No, that's not true: a website that makes a living by copy pasting real bits of news and then adding a fake headline to attract clicks has claimed that a new hotl
FactCheck.org→ Bloody Border Patrol Photo is Five Years Old
Quick Take No border patrol officers were seriously injured in an encounter with migrants on Nov. 25, but a 2013 photo circulating online falsely claims to show a recently injured officer. Full Story On Nov. 26, President Donald Trump incorrectly said
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Border Claims
After a group of migrants tried to breach the U.S. border at Tijuana, with some throwing rocks and border agents responding with tear gas, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said there were no “reported serious injuries o
Lead Stories→ Not Fake News: Ann Coulter Is Really On Gab
Is conservative writer and commentator Ann Coulter really on the Gab social network? Yes, it appears the @AnnCoulter account is indeed her own, as announced by the service's founder Andrew Torba on Gab and Twitter (where the announcement was
Snopes→ In Defeat, Abrams Emerges as Leading Voting Rights Advocate
"So let's be clear," Stacey Abrams concluded, "this is not a speech of concession."
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook Spread Fake News, Hired ‘Trackers’ to Smear Critics
In mid-November 2018, the New York Times published a bombshell report about Facebook that convulsed both traditional and social media. The beleaguered site has been at the center of scandal after fake news scandal from the mass displacement and genocid
Truth or Fiction?→ White Supremacist Arrested After Calling a Domestic Terror Attack ‘a Dry Run’
A man with ties to some of the most violent hate groups in the United States has been arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearms just weeks after his younger brother — also reportedly a known white supremacist — committed suicide. A
FactCheck.org→ California Shooting Prompts ‘Crisis Actor’ Conspiracy
Q: Was Susan Orfanos, the mother of a shooting victim in Thousand Oaks, California, also interviewed by news outlets after other mass shootings in 2016 and 2017? A: No. A Facebook post misidentifies two other women as Orfanos. FULL ANSWER Followi
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
FactCheck.org→ Ford Did Not Recant Accusations Against Kavanaugh
Q: Did Christine Blasey Ford recant her accusations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh? A: No. Comments by President Trump may have left that impression. But he was referring to a little-known case that had nothing to do with Ford. FULL QUESTION
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Bernie Sanders Did NOT Fill In For Factory Worker Unable To Take Time Off To Vote
Did Vermont senator Bernie Sanders fill in for a factory worker who was otherwise unable to take time off to go vote? No, that story originated on a famous satire website as a joke and was later retweeted by Sanders as a funny way to make a p
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2018 President Trump Rally in Macon, Georgia : CSPAN : November 5, 2018 12:52am-2:07am EST
President Trump delivered remarks at a rally in Macon, Georgia in support of Brian Kemp, the Republican gubernatorial candidate. The president focused much of his speech on immigration and border security, telling the crowd they should vote for Republi
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s ‘Form of Telling the Truth’
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at President Donald Trump’s claim that social media is “my form of telling the truth.” As Tapper points out, “social media is where President Trump tells some of his biggest whoppe
Connecticut GOP Sends Mailer Showing Jewish Candidate Grinning at Fistful of Money
In late October 2018, just days after a gunman — reportedly encouraged by racist political rhetoric — slaughtered eleven people during a service at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, Connecticut’s Republican candidate for a state senate seat sent out a flyer that showed his Democratic opponent Rep. Matthew Lesser (who is Jewish) grinning over a fistful […]
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