Summary Speakers in the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention engaged in political spin, particularly in making claims about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s policy positions: Several speakers at the convention mislea
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Logically→ Unemployment among African-Americans reached a record low, and their participation in the workforce reached a record-high under Trump.
While it is true that Black workers saw record-low unemployment before the pandemic, it is false that they had record-high participation.
Truth or Fiction?→ Are 85 Percent of White People Killed by Other White People, Even Though We Never Hear About ‘White on White Crime’?
On August 23 2020, amid global Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the following meme appeared on Facebook with the claim that 85 percent of white people are killed by other white people — and yet, no one ever talks about “white on white c
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Talking Points
As the Republican National Convention begins today, we present here a rundown of President Donald Trump’s repeated false and misleading claims during the 2020 campaign. If Trump’s recent speeches are a guide, he may well repeat some of thes
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Ben Shapiro Tweet That He and His Wife Know There Are More Important Things in Marriage Than ‘Sexual Satisfaction’?
On August 21 2020, a tweet attributed to right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro appeared: The purported tweet, which spread in screenshot form, said: You know how much this endless parade of jokes about me and my wife bothers me? Not one bit. My wife and I b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Steve Bannon Was NOT Scheduled To Speak At The Republican National Convention After His Arrest
Was Steve Bannon slated to speak at the Republican National Convention -- and is he still on the schedule for Tuesday night? No, that's not true. The claim that Bannon would be one of the speakers at the GOP convention came in a Facebook
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates online that drinking coffee with lime can relieve migraines
Multiple posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook claim that drinking black coffee mixed with lime juice can “reduce migraines”. The claim is misleading; health experts told AFP that while coffee may temporarily alleviate pain, combining it with
Snopes→ Video Shows Muslim Man’s Faith Mocked during Fatal Arrest
An advocacy group released what they say is previously unseen body camera footage showing Phoenix police mocking the religion of a Black Muslim man who later died in their custody.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dems Strike ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2020 DNC?
On August 19 2020, a screenshot of a Fox News chyron asserting that Democrats had removed “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance began circulating on social media: We encountered the Fox News chyron in image-only form; it read: DEMS ST
Climate Feedback→ Article by CNN exaggerates study’s implications for future Greenland ice loss with “point of no return” claim
SUMMARY The article in CNN discusses findings from a study published August, 2020 that analyzes trends of ice discharge from the Greenland Ice Sheet over the past three decades[1]. Reports on this study were also published by Reuters and Phys.org, r
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Snow, Rain, Heat, Night, Fascism … Absolutely Baller Content from the American Postal Workers Union’
Amid the United States Postal Service’s slowdowns on August 13 2020, Twitter user Charlie Bonner shared the following “baller content” attributed to the American Postal Workers Union: absolutely baller content from the postal worke
Poynter→ Fact-checking night three of the 2020 DNC with Barack Obama and Kamala Harris
Sen. Kamala Harris of California became the first Black and Asian American woman to accept the vice presidential nomination of a major political party during the third night of the 2020 virtual Democratic National Convention. And — fact-check us —
Poynter→ Fact-checking night three of the 2020 DNC with Barack Obama and Kamala Harris
Sen. Kamala Harris of California became the first Black and Asian American woman to accept the vice presidential nomination of a major political party during the third night of the 2020 virtual Democratic National Convention. And — fact-check us —
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Ignore’ Joe Biden During Her DNC Appearance?
NBC News attracted criticism for its coverage of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on August 18 2020, after the network posted a tweet that misrepresented Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance on the event. The New York congresswoman
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Images Show Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announcing Their Ticket at an Event — Without Masks?
On August 15 2020, four days after Joe Biden announced that former California attorney general Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the upcoming presidential election, the following images began circulating — purportedly showing Biden and
Truth or Fiction?→ Is This a Photo of Seattle — Brought to You By ‘The Environmental Left’?
On August 10 2020, a Facebook user shared the following picture, purportedly taken in Seattle the previous month and showing detritus left behind by the “environmental left”: Alongside a blurry image of a trash-filled street, the
The Dispatch→ Is a ‘Shadow Government’ Seeking a Coup Against President Trump?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands of Seattle Democrats Did NOT Unsafely Gather To Demand Protection From COVID-19 Risks of In-Person Voting
Does a photo posted on social media show thousands of Seattle Democrats crowded onto downtown streets to demand mail-in voting as a safe alternative to in-person voting during a pandemic?No, that's not true: The photo was taken at Black L
Truth or Fiction?→ Is ‘Maskne’ a Sign of a Lung Infection?
As far-right disinformation purveyors continued flailing for relevancy in August 2020, one graphic regurgitated the conspiracy theory that blemishes caused by accumulations of facial moisture under face masks (worn in order to protect others from pote
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Have You Ever Seen a LOCKED Mailbox at the USPS? Now You Have’
As criticism of the treatment of the United States Postal Service (USPS) continued to mount in August 2020, various photographs shared online prompted fears that U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration were locking mailboxes as part of effo
FactCheck.org→ Tweet, Shared by Trump, Misrepresents Photo as ‘Mail-in Voting’ Protest
Quick Take A photo taken at a Black Lives Matter protest in June is now being shared on social media, including by President Donald Trump, with the false claim that it shows a recent rally in Seattle to “demand mail-in voting.” Full Story
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Thousands of Seattle Democrats Gather to Demand Mail-In Voting Because Voting in Person Is Too Dangerous?
On August 18 2020, a photograph purportedly showing “thousands of Seattle Democrats” (at least, according to random people online) circulated on Twitter: This is a photo of thousands of Seattle Democrats gathering to demand mail in votin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof That Government Contractors Played A Role In Carrying Out A ‘Coup Against President Trump’
Did government contractors play a role in carrying out a "coup against President Trump" as claimed in the "ShadowGate" video? No, that's not true: There's zero evidence to support the claim, a variation on the oft-debunked myth that Trump
Full Fact→ It’s not true that migrants get a free TV licence
A Facebook post that has been shared 28,000 times claims that pensioners have to pay for a TV licence while migrants get a licence for free. This is not correct. The post says: “Funny that those who fought on the beaches of Northern France
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Was NOT Born In Pakistan
Was President Donald Trump actually born in Pakistan as Dawood Ibrahim Khan and then adopted by the Trump family nine years later? No, that's not true: Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, and an image of his birth certific
AFP Fact Check→ George Floyd did not die of a drug overdose
Social media posts shared tens of thousands of times claim that George Floyd died of an overdose, criticizing the amount of attention given to his death. This is false; the 46-year-old black man died while in police custody when a white officer knelt o
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a New Strain of Coronavirus Known as D614G and ‘Ten Times More Infectious’ Emerge in Malaysia in August 2020?
On August 16 2020, a number of anxiety-provoking tweets discussed the purported discovery of a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 (D614G), described as “ten times more infectious” after mutating: The highly infectious Covid-19 mutation, known as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say She Would Sign An Executive Order To Send Police To Take Your Guns
Did Kamala Harris vow to sign an executive order that would send police to your door to get your guns if you do not surrender them? No, that's not true. Sen. Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee, said when
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Greatest Hits
As the Democratic National Convention kicks off today, we thought it would be helpful to highlight some of the claims we have fact-checked from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden over the course of the campaign so far. For more on each statement,
The Dispatch→ Is Kamala Harris Described as ‘Caucasian’ on Her Birth Certificate?
A series of viral social media posts and articles claim that presumptive Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris’ race was listed as “Caucasian” on her birth certificate. Harris is biracial, with an Indian mother and
Health Feedback→ Sweden’s COVID-19 mortality is higher than in most European countries; no evidence whether or how the absence of lockdown impacted this outcome
REVIEW An article published in Newsweek on 3 August 2020 reported on the evolution of the COVID-19 epidemic in Sweden. Based on information gathered from multiple databases, including John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center and the World
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say Charlottesville White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis Were "Very Fine People" In 2017
Did President Donald Trump say during a news conference on August 15, 2017 that neo-Nazis and white nationalists at a protest in Charlottesville were "very fine people"? No, that's not true: while the President did indeed use the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Murder Of 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant Is NOT Being Ignored By Media
Is the media ignoring the tragic death of a 5-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a neighbor in Wilson, North Carolina, on August 9, 2020? No, that's not true: The heartbreaking story about the killing of Cannon Hinnant, who was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Refuse To Be Sworn In Using The Bible
Did Kamala Harris refuse to be sworn into office using a Bible? No, that's not true: A video of Harris being sworn into office as a U.S. senator on January 3, 2017, clearly shows a Bible was used. There is no evidence that any of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris’ Birth Certificate Does NOT Identify Her As ‘Caucasian’
Does Kamala Harris' birth certificate identify her as "caucasian?" No, that's not true. Her birth certificate from Alameda County, California does not list a race for her. Harris' mother's race is listed as "caucasian," although
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Leaked’ Jeffrey Epstein Flight Log Is Fake – 40 Celebrities Including Beyonce, Chrissy Teigen & Barack Obama Were Never On ‘Lolita Express’
Does a "leaked" Jeffrey Esptein flight log show a list of celebrities, including Beyonce, Chrissy Teigen and Barack Obama, having flown on his plane nicknamed "Lolita Express?" No, that's not true. A list of 125 people circulatin
FactCheck.org→ Harris Hasn’t Called Biden a ‘Racist’ or a ‘Rapist’
Quick Take Contrary to claims in viral internet posts, Sen. Kamala Harris did not call former Vice President Joe Biden a “racist” or a “rapist.” Rather, she has been critical of Biden’s position on busing to integrate scho
FactCheck.org→ Mailbag: COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution
This week, a reader sent us a comment about our article on COVID-19 vaccines. The article reviewed the Trump administration’s vaccination distribution plans, which is headed by Army Gen. Gustave Perna. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Call Joe Biden ‘A Racist And A Rapist’
Did Kamala Harris call Joe Biden a racist and a rapist? No, that's not true: There's no record nor any other evidence that she's used either word to describe the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The claim appeared as
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Makes Baseless Claim About Bill Gates’ Family Ties
Quick Take A Facebook post makes the baseless claim that Bill Gates’ mother was related to Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The post also shows an image of a young man who is misidentified as Gates. Full St