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Snopes→ Autopsy of Epstein Performed, But Details Yet to Be Released
Epstein’s abrupt death cut short a criminal prosecution that could have pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of a high-flying financier with connections to celebrities and presidents, though prosecutors have vowed to continue investigating.
Snopes→ Federal New York Lockup Draws New Scrutiny in Epstein Death
Epstein's death is the latest black eye for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, the jail's parent agency that already was under fire for the October death of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, who was fatally beaten at a federal prison in West Virginia sho
Snopes→ Epstein’s Guards Worked Extreme OT Shifts Morning of Death
Guards on Jeffrey Epstein’s unit were working extreme overtime shifts to make up for staffing shortages the morning of his apparent suicide.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Bill Barr Did NOT Allegedly Make Secret Visit To Jail Before Epstein’s Death
Did U.S. Attorney General William Barr allegedly make a secret visit to the Manhattan jail where Jeffrey Epstein was being held just two weeks before the accused sex trafficker was found dead in his cell? No, that's not true: There is no actua
Snopes→ Universal Cancels Controversial ‘Hunt’ in Wake of Shootings
Universal said it had decided to take the further step of canceling the film’s Sept. 27 release, saying “We understand that now is not the right time to release this film.”
Snopes→ Epstein Suicide Sparks Fresh Round of Conspiracy Theories
Online theorists quickly offered unsubstantiated speculation — including some retweeted by President Donald Trump — that Epstein’s death wasn’t a suicide, or it was faked.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Report: ‘Camera Malfunction’ In Epstein’s Prison Cell Prevented Recording Of His Alleged Suicide
Is there a report that a "camera malfunction" in Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell prevented recording of his alleged suicide? No, that's not true: There were no media reports that a camera monitoring Epstein's cell area malfunctioned in the hours
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Judge in Epstein Case NOT Found Dead of Apparent Suicide
Was a judge named Harry P. Schuter who was overseeing the Epstein case found dead of an apparent suicide too? No, that's not true. The story was published several weeks ago (even before Epstein's own first failed suicide attempt on July 25, 20
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Netflix Really Cancel ‘The OA’?
News that Netflix had cancelled its popular supernatural show The OA after airing only two of its five planned seasons aired broke on August 5 2019, causing #SaveTheOA and #RenewTheOA to trend on Twitter. Not long after, fans of the show on Reddit
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims about the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton
In the days since the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, we’ve seen a flood of theories, facts and figures to explain the attacks and why they happen in the United States so frequently. If you’ve been reading our site this wee
FactCheck.org→ The Response to the Congressional Baseball Shooting
Quick Take A viral Facebook post claims that “not one Democrat called for gun control” after a 2017 shooting involving Republicans in Congress. While demands for legislative action were quieter, there were some. Full Story In the afterm
FactCheck.org→ Photos Don’t Tell the Whole Story on Border Trash
Quick Take Old pictures of trash strewn in the Arizona desert are circulating on Facebook with the suggestion that they were taken recently and that the media failed to cover it. Neither of those things is true. Full Story Photos of trash near Arizon
PolitiFact→ Pete Buttigieg – Fact-checking whether Trump cut money to combat white nationalism
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Fact-checking whether Trump cut money to combat white nationalism Democrats after the El Paso shooting renewed their criticism that the Trump administration hasn’t done enough about the threat of white nati
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Tommy Lee Write a Lengthy Anti-Trump Screed on Twitter?
On August 7 2019, musician Tommy Lee shared a screenshot of a longer post to Twitter, commentary in which he purportedly began “You Trumpsters better pray that liberals never gain control of the WH again”: pic.twitter.com/XLT4DQJo5b &mda
Snopes→ Trump Gets Letter from North Korea, Says More Talks Likely
Trump says he expects there will be more talks aimed at resolving the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump says Democrats distorted his visit at Dayton hospital. Here's what they actually said
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump says Democrats distorted his visit at Dayton hospital. Here's what they actually said When guns and politics meet, nothing escapes scrutiny. After President Donald Trump went to the Miami Valley Ho
Snopes→ Armed Man Arrested at Missouri Walmart; No Shots Fired
Police in Springfield, Missouri, said they arrested a man who showed up at a Walmart store carrying a rifle and wearing body armor, terrifying shoppers who fled from the store.
FactCheck.org→ Biden Takes Trump Quote Out of Context
In a speech that assailed President Donald Trump for a lack of “moral leadership,” Joe Biden falsely claimed that Trump “asserted that immigrants would, quote, ‘carve you up with a knife.’” Trump said that about MS-13 gang membe
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Mixed Record on Gun Control
When asked what he was going to do about the “gun problem,” President Donald Trump responded that “we have done much more than most administrations.” Trump has taken some action to strengthen federal gun control, but his administration
FactCheck.org→ President Trump’s Rhetoric
Prior to departing for visits to El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 7, President Donald Trump rejected the premise that his rhetoric has divided the country, as his critics have claimed. He said “my rhetoric … brings people together.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: ICE Raids Pick Up 680 Workers In Mississippi Food Plants… 3 Buses NOT Filled With Koch Bros. Workers
Did ICE raids that detained 680 workers at Mississippi food plants fill three buses with workers from a Koch Brothers' plant? No, that's not true: The Koch Foods plant that was raided in Morton, Mississippi, is not owned or affiliated with the
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump says he's done more than other presidents to solve the gun problem. Has he?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Donald Trump says he's done more than other presidents to solve the gun problem. Has he? As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump accepted the endorsement of the National Rifle Association and released a Faceboo
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘First Day of School’ Picture After Mississippi ICE Raid
On August 8 2019, Facebook user Lora Kay Morrow shared the following photograph (archived here), purportedly showing a distressed young girl whose parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on her first day of school in Mississ
Snopes→ Does an Upcoming Movie Show ‘Liberals’ Hunting Trump Supporters?
Right-leaning websites seized upon unconfirmed details supposedly taken from the script of "The Hunt."
Truth or Fiction?→ 2019 ‘Reported Cases of Flesh Eating Bacteria’ Map on Facebook
On July 17 2019, a Facebook user shared a post (archived here), claiming an image of a map plotted the locations of “reported cases of flesh eating bacteria” that summer. In the status update, the user wrote: I will no longer be going to
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Mitch McConnell Campaign Did NOT Say ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Disturbing Groping Pic
Did Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign say "boys will be boys" in its reply to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's criticism of a tweeted photo of teen volunteers groping a life-size cardboard cut-out of her? No, that's not true: "B
PolitiFact→ Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time?
The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, weren’t coordinated by a shadowy, leftist branch of the government. The media haven’t "changed the identity" of the shooters, and the Ohio gunman did not actually die in 2014
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Last Year Guns Killed’ Protest Sign
A November 2018 Facebook post about purported gun deaths “last year” (in this case, 2017) circulated in the aftermath of two back-to-back deadly mass shootings in early August 2019 (post archived here): A sign held up at an unnamed eve
Snopes→ Did President Trump Say the Dayton, Ohio, Mass Shooting Was in Toledo?
Nine people were killed by a gunman in Dayton, Ohio, in early August 2019.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: New DNA Does NOT Prove 98% Of African Americans Are In Fact Indigenous Aborigines Of America
Does new DNA prove that African Americans are indigenous aborigines of America? No, that's not true: The claim that 98 percent of Black Americans are actually "Native Indians" is made in a series of articles and videos that lack documentation
FactCheck.org→ What Republicans Did on Mental Health, Guns
Quick Take A social media post misleadingly claims that Republicans “voted to allow people with pre-existing mental illness to buy firearms.” The measure blocked the Social Security Administration from reporting to the U.S. background chec
Washington Post→ Are cosmetologists training longer than emergency medical technicians?
Politicians such as President Trump have made a flawed apples-and-oranges comparison.
Snopes→ Does a Portion of Each Bang Energy Sale Go Toward Trump’s Campaign?
We know that the CEO of Bang Energy is a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump.
FactCheck.org→ Politics of Gun Violence
In the aftermath of two deadly mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, U.S. political leaders made a series of statements on gun violence that were unsubstantiated, lacked context or were seemingly contradictory. Here we look at some of those statements and
FactCheck.org→ Mass Killings Across America
At least 144 people have died in 31 mass killings in the United States since the beginning of the year. Most of them, 141, died of gunshot wounds. The ages of victims ranged from 1 to 83. We mapped the 31 incidents so far this year, using the definitio
Lead Stories→ Fake News: FBI & Police Did NOT Admit Their Role In The Assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Did the FBI and Memphis police admit having a role in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? No, that's not true: James Earl Ray, a civilian not connected to law enforcement, pleaded guilty to being the lone assassin of the civil rig
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Police in Texas Attach a ‘Leash’ to a Black Man’s Handcuffs?
On August 5 2019 the Facebook page “Adrienne Bell for Congress” shared the following image without a description, which appeared to show a black man handcuffed and attached to a leash held by a white police officer who was leading him do
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO International Politicians Lost Two Daughters to Texas Walmart Shooting in El Paso
Did British Prime Minister Boris Johnson or President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka (or any other well known figure) lose two daughters in the recent shooting an El Paso Walmart? No, that's not true: quasi-identical stories to that effect
Snopes→ Authorities Seek Leads in Mass Shootings That Left 31 Dead
Authorities in two U.S. cities scoured leads in a pair of weekend mass shootings that killed 31, trying to piece together the motives that led two young men to unleash violence on innocent people in crowded public places.