Trump's letter to the House Speaker was replete with falsehoods and exaggerations we've heard many times before.
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Hoax-Slayer→ The Microsoft Refund Phone Scam – How It Works and What To Do About It
People all around the world are receiving calls from scammers claiming that they are owed a refund by tech giant Microsoft. The post The Microsoft Refund Phone Scam – How It Works and What To Do About It appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Truth or Fiction?→ What Do You See in This Image of a Vehicle on Fire?
On December 10 2019, a Facebook user shared the following photographs of a vehicle on fire — one of which includes an apparent image of a figure in the flames: Alongside the two photographs, the user wrote: Caught a picture of this vehicle
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Call Melania’s Decorations: ‘Fairly Racist’
Did Whoopi Goldberg call First Lady Melania Trump's White House Christmas decorations "fairly racist"? No, that's not true: The co-host of the morning talk show, "The View," did not make such a statement. The claim was first published by a lib
Truth or Fiction?→ Ahoy, Matey: Book Excerpt Fuels Surge of Interest in Same-Sex Pirate Partnerships
In December 2019, a graphic circulated online that questioned the dominant narrative on (and perhaps had some readers rethinking their views about) the pirate culture of the 17th century. A photograph, taken from the 2019 book The Queeriodic Table:
PolitiFact→ Trump repeats many falsehoods in letter to Pelosi about impeachment
On the eve of the House’s expected vote on impeachment, President Donald Trump wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which he called the accusations against him "disingenuous, meritless, and baseless invention of your imagination.&
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Say: ‘If Impeachment Fails, I Will Resign Immediately’
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say, "If impeachment fails, I will resign immediately"? No, that's not true: Pelosi never made such a statement. The story was originally published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporte
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NAACP Does NOT Officially Endorse Trump For 2020 Election
Did the NAACP officially endorse Donald Trump for the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The NAACP never issued such a statement. It was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters into sharing ma
FactCheck.org→ Meme Politicizes Progressive Insurance
Quick Take An outdated meme circulating on Facebook claims that Progressive, the insurance company, “is owned by Peter Lewis who donates millions” to the Democratic Party and left-leaning organizations. But Lewis died in 2013. Full Story A
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Spend $106K Of Your Money To Get Drunk With Hollywood Elitists
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spend $106,000 of your money to get drunk with Hollywood elitists? No, that's not true: The story making the claim was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters into sharing mad
Snopes→ Is This a Photo of a Zunzuncito, the World’s Smallest Bird?
The world's smallest bird weighs less than a dime.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Impeachment Begins – Pelosi Did NOT Order President Confined To White House
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi order President Trump to be confined to the White House? No, that's not true: Pelosi never made such a statement, which was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republi
FactCheck.org→ Pelosi’s Bipartisanship Boast
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others have been pushing back at Republican complaints of a “do-nothing Congress” by claiming the Democratic-controlled House has passed “more than 275 bipartisan bills” that are being blocked in t
FactCheck.org→ Dubious Quote Attributed to Trump’s Mother
Quick Take There’s no evidence for a meme that quotes President Donald Trump’s late mother as once making a disparaging remark about her son and predicting he would not do well in politics. Full Story A meme posted repeatedly on Facebook in rec
Snopes→ 141-Year-Old Fruitcake Is a Michigan Family’s Heirloom
Some families pass down jewelry, watches or even recipes. But a Michigan family has its own heirloom: a 141-year-old fruitcake.
Washington Post→ Pelosi’s bogus talking point on gun deaths of children
She said 47 percent of those killed were children or teenagers. Pelosi's staff originally told us she misspoke. It turns out she had been misspeaking all year.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the U.S. Department of Defense Display an Image of a Nazi on the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge?
On December 16 2019, social media accounts affiliated with the United States military put up the following image with a post attached to it commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge: The photograph showed a Nazi war criminal, SS-S
Snopes→ Was a Blind Girl in the UK Banned from Using Her Cane at School?
The story went viral and resulted in internet outrage when it was posted.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Impeachment NOT Backfiring: Second Democrat Did NOT Leave The Party In 24 Hours
Is the defection of a second Democrat from the party evidence that the impeachment of President Trump is backfiring? No, that's not true: Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey did reveal on Saturday, December 14, 2019, that he would leave his party
FactCheck.org→ Trump Renews Unfounded Claim on Debate Mic
President Donald Trump wrongly claimed the Commission on Presidential Debates was “forced to publicly apologize for modulating” his microphone in the first 2016 general election debate. The bipartisan commission did not apologize for any wi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Whose Fart Does NOT Kill Mosquitoes Has NOT Been Hired To Produce Belly Gas For Repellent
Was a man whose fart is known to kill mosquitoes hired to produce belly gas for a repellent? No, that's not true: The man was a fictional creation of a satire website, but many publishers failed to pick up on the joke and republished the claim
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Supreme Court Can Extend Trump’s Term By Up To 3 Years If He’s Acquitted In The Senate’ Facebook Share
A December 12 2019 article with the headline, “Supreme Court Can Extend Trump’s Term By Up To 3 Years If He’s Acquitted In The Senate” spread widely on social media — particularly Facebook — in the days after it appeared. It cla
Snopes→ AP: Thousands of Ohio Absentee Applications Denied
Thousands of Ohio voters were held up or stymied in their efforts to get absentee ballots for last year’s general election because of missing or mismatched signatures on their ballot applications, an Associated Press review has found.
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact's 2019 Lie of the Year coverage
Lie of the Year: Donald Trump's incessant claim that whistleblower got his Ukraine call 'almost completely' wrong A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009-2018 The Silence of the Year: Hunter Biden and Burisma 10 of Donald Trump's false&nbs
PolitiFact→ 2019 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results
Three Pants-on-Fire claims from President Donald Trump have taken first, second and third place in the readers' poll for most significant falsehood of 2019. Trump’s Pants on Fire claim, "There has never been, ever before, an adminis
PolitiFact→ 10 things Donald Trump got wrong about impeachment in 2019, fact-checked
President Donald Trump has deployed an array of claims to undercut the substance, process and key figures of the Democratic-driven impeachment investigation. Many were wrong. PolitiFact named one our 2019 Lie of the Year. Here are 10 other significant
PolitiFact→ A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2018
PolitiFact awards the Lie of the Year to the most significant falsehood or exaggeration of the past 12 months. Here’s a look back at the past 10 years of "winners." 2018: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students Af
PolitiFact→ The silence of the year: What did Hunter Biden do for Burisma?
Much of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense is based on exaggerations, falsehoods or oft-debunked conspiracy theories. But then there is this basic question: What was Hunter Biden doing on the board of a Ukrainian energy company? Biden h
Truth or Fiction?→ Was an ‘Anti-Semitic’ Bernie Sanders Shirt Sold at the DNC in 2016?
On December 13 2019, in the wake of a column accusing Sen. Bernie Sanders (who is Jewish) of having an “anti-Semitism problem,” several people came forward to claim that a T-shirt with an anti-Semitic caricature of Sanders was sold at the
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Supreme Court Could NOT Overturn ‘Obstruction Of Justice’ Charges Against Trump
Could the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the "obstruction of justice" impeachment resolution against President Trump? No, that's not true: The U.S. constitution specifies that the House of Representatives has "the sole power of impeachment" and t
Hoax-Slayer→ Viral Video – Time Traveller in Charlie Chaplin Film?
Footage from a 1928 Charlie Chaplin film appears to show a woman using a mobile (cell) phone decades before they were invented. The post Viral Video – Time Traveller in Charlie Chaplin Film? appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Supreme Court Can NOT Extend Trump’s Term By Up To 3 Years If He’s Acquitted In The Senate
Can the U.S. Supreme Court extend President Donald Trump's term by up to three years if he is acquitted by the Senate? No, that's not true: The U.S constitution makes no provisions for a presidential term to be extended by the high court if th
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NOT Sad News, Robin Roberts Does NOT Painfully Reveal Her Breast Cancer Has Return.
Did Robin Robins recently reveal her breast cancer has returned? No, that's not true: The host of ABC's "Good Morning, America" beat breast cancer in 2007 and it has not returned. She also fought and won another cancer battle with a bone marro
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Attack Of 14-Year-Old White Kid On School Bus Is NOT Part Of An American Civil War
Was a violent attack on a 14-year-old White boy on a school bus triggered by his wearing a MAGA hat and is it part of a civil war in the United States? No, that's not true: Law enforcement and school officials said there is no indcation the fi
Snopes→ Remains of 3 People Found During Renovations at the Alamo
The remains of three people were found at the Alamo amid an archaeological exploration ahead of planned renovations at the site of one of the most famous battles in American history.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Mike Bloomberg Campaign Did Not Make #MovesLikeBloomberg Dance Video
Did a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign intern record and release a video of staffers and supporters doing a #MovesLikeBloomberg dance at a rally in Beverly Hills? No, that's not true: The viral video of an awkward group dance was produced
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Colorado Public School Does NOT Force Girls To Follow Islamic Dress Code On A School Field Trip To A Mosque
Did a Colorado public school force girls to follow an Islamic dress code on a school field trip to a mosque? No, that's not true: This claim dates back to January 2015 when female middle school students who signed up for a voluntary field trip
Snopes→ Justices to Take Up Dispute over Subpoenas for Trump Records
The Supreme Court said it will hear President Donald Trump's pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Michael Bloomberg Supporters Invent Their Own ‘Dance’?
On December 12, 2019, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign got viral attention online — though probably not in a way they anticipated, thanks to comedians Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans. “Look out #TeamPete becaus
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Teenager Does NOT Die Of Stomach Cancer After Eating Instant Noodles Every Day
Did a Taiwanese teenager die of stomach cancer after eating instant noodles every day? No, that's not true: There is no medical research drawing a direct link between daily consumption of instant ramen noodles and cancer. The story making they