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Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that ‘no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days’
“No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days.” — President Trump, remarks in Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday The first 100 days of a presidency is a rather artificial milestone, but one by which all presidents have
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that Korea ‘actually used to be a part of China’
“He then went into the history of China and Korea. Not North Korea, Korea. And you know, you’re talking about thousands of years … and many wars. And Korea actually used to be a part of China. And after listening for 10 minutes, I rea
Truth or Fiction?→ Maryland, Michigan and Arizona Allow Muslims Students to Pray in School-Truth! & Fiction!
Maryland, Michigan and Arizona Allow Muslims Students to Pray in Schools-Truth! & Misleading! Summary of eRumor: Maryland, Michigan and Arizona allow Muslims students to pray during school — but not Christian students. The Truth: Muslim students
Truth or Fiction?→ Green Moon Can Be Seen in April 2017-Fiction!
Green Moon Can Be Seen in April 2017-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Sky-gazers will be able to see a Green Moon in the night sky on April 20, 2017, an astronomical event that occurs once every 420 years. The Truth: An old (false) rumor about a rare opp
FactCheck.org→ Carson Didn’t Find HUD Errors
Q: Did Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson find over $500 billion in accounting errors while auditing HUD’s financial statements? A: No. The errors were discovered and published by HUD’s independent inspector general bef
Washington Post→ Are President Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago similar to Obama’s travels?
Question: “President Obama, when he was in office, he spent $33,000 a day for his expenses. . . . Our president now, at this time, his average is $3 million a day.” Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.): “It’s costing him $60,000 a day when he com
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts Ossoff’s Record
On the morning of the special House election in Georgia, President Donald Trump fired off two tweets that were critical of Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff. Trump claimed Ossoff “will raise your taxes,” but we could find no evidence of Ossoff propos
Truth or Fiction?→ President Trump Executive Order Bans Saturday Night Live-Fiction!
President Trump Executive Order Bans Saturday Night Live-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Trump signed an executive order banning Saturday Night Live after the show repeatedly targeted him with satire and parody. The Truth: A fake news website i
Truth or Fiction?→ First Full Supreme Court Ruling Has Obama Furious-Fiction!
First Full Supreme Court Ruling Has Obama Furious-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The first full U.S. Supreme Court ruling with newly confirmed Justice Neal Gorsuch has President Obama furious that the only Islam that will be taught in public schools is th
Washington Post→ Is the ‘real number’ for the national debt $70 trillion?
“The share of publicly held debt we have now relative to GDP has only happened once before in U.S. history. What our debt levels are — we often talk about this number, $19 trillion of debt. That’s not the real number because all of yo
Hoax-Slayer→ Great News! — ‘Svetlana’ Wants To Change My Life Forever
Yesterday, I received an email with the rather jarring greeting “Hello foreigner”. The email claims to be from Svetlana, an “elegant and… The post Great News! — ‘Svetlana’ Wants To Change My Life Forever appear
FactCheck.org→ Sanders Wrong on Voter Turnout
Sen. Bernie Sanders wrongly claimed that voter turnout in 2016 was “the lowest … in 20 years.” In fact, turnout was higher than it was in 2012. The overall turnout was 60.2 percent in 2016, up from 58.6 percent four years earlier. In
Truth or Fiction?→ In 1998, Kodak Had 170,000 Employees, Sold 85% of Photo Paper World Wide-Fiction!
In 1998, Kodak Had 170,000 Employees, Sold 85% of Photo Paper –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A commentary on the power of innovation and digital disruption of long-standing markets tells the story of Kodak’s decline from having 170,000 employ
Truth or Fiction?→ Dunkin Donuts Giving Away Coupon for a Dozen Donuts-Fiction!
Dunkin Donuts Giving Away Free Box of Donuts-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Dunkin Donuts is giving away coupons for free boxes of a donuts to celebrate the franchise’s anniversary. The Truth: Dunkin Donuts is not giving away donuts to celebrate
PolitiFact→ Who plays more golf: Donald Trump or Barack Obama?
For years, President Donald Trump criticized his predecessor Barack Obama for playing golf while on the job. "Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf," he twe
Washington Post→ Do members of Congress pay for 100 percent of their health insurance?
Question: “Who pays your salary?” Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.): “I am self-employed, I’ve been self-employed, and I pay more taxes inside my own company personally than I’ll ever receive from being in Congress. I pay my own, an
Hoax-Slayer→ Veronica John Garang ‘Mutual Investment Request’ Scam Email
According to this email, the wife of the late Sudanese politician and leader John Garang needs your help to transfer and process the… The post Veronica John Garang ‘Mutual Investment Request’ Scam Email appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Hoax-Slayer→ Mobile Phone Misinformation – XALAN and #90 Hoax
This report was first published in November 2005. A would-be warning, which has been circulating since at least 2005, claims that scammers… The post Mobile Phone Misinformation – XALAN and #90 Hoax appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
FactCheck.org→ Beer, a Cure for Gin Addiction?
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said William Wilberforce, a late 18th century British politician, “pushed the sale of beer” to successfully combat “drunkenness related to gin” in England. But Wilberforce wasn’t even born un
PolitiFact→ ‘Mother of all bombs’ dropped on ISIS target: What we know so far
The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs" on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on April 13. Discussion of the non-nuclear bomb’s sheer size has drowned out what actually happened, though we don’t have a lot of detai
Washington Post→ President Trump, king of flip-flops (continued)
At The Fact Checker, we recognize that politicians sometimes make a sincere evolution on a policy stance, especially as new facts emerge or as the constituency that elected them to office forms a new opinion on an issue. That’s why we res
FactCheck.org→ Trump Takes More Undue Credit
President Donald Trump wrongly boasted that Toyota’s plan to invest over $1 billion in its largest manufacturing plant in Kentucky would “not have been made if we didn’t win the election.” A Toyota spokesman told us the car comp
Washington Post→ President Trump’s bushel of false claims in his Fox Business interview
In an interview with Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business News, President Trump made a number of factually inaccurate and dubious claims. Here’s a round-up of the low-lights. “It’s been very much misreported that we failed
FactCheck.org→ Hitler and Chemical Weapons
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has apologized profusely for his much-criticized comparison of Syria’s Bashar Assad to Adolf Hitler, but his clarification that he meant Hitler did not drop chemical bombs from airplanes requires some histo
Snopes→ Did the Daily Mail Delete a Story Reporting the U.S. Planned to Blame Assad for ‘False Flag’ Chemical Attacks?
The British tabloid did delete the 2013 story, but only because they were forced to admit it was not true.
Truth or Fiction?→ Comparing Trump Travel Expenses to Obama Travel Expenses-Disputed!
Comparing Trump Travel Expenses to Obama Travel Expenses-Disputed! Summary of eRumor: President Trump’s frequent weekend visits to his Mar-a-Lago in Florida cost taxpayers $3 million a pop, and President Trump outspent two years of President Obam
Washington Post→ Now, Democrats attack Republicans for failing to protect Obamacare
“Issa wouldn’t protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance.” — new “Save My Care” ad attacking Rep. Darryl Issa (R-Calif.) Seven vulnerable Republican lawmakers are being tar
Truth or Fiction?→ 98 Million Americans Were Given Cancer Through Polio Shots-Fiction!
98 Million Americans Were Given Cancer Through Polio Shots-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted that 98 million Americans were given cancer through polio shots contaminated with SV40, a cancer-ca
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Organization Wins Contract to Rebuild Syrian Airport Destroyed by U.S.-Fiction!
Trump Organization Wins Contract to Rebuild Syrian Airport Destroyed by U.S.-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The Trump Organization will cash in on President Trump’s bombing of a Syrian airport because the Syrian government has awarded the Trump Orga
Truth or Fiction?→ Joanna Gaines Leaving “Fixer Upper” HGTV Show-Fiction!
Joanna Gaines Leaving “Fixer Upper” HGTV Show-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Joanna Gaines is leaving “Fixer Upper,” the hit HGTV show that she costars on with her husband, Chip Gaines. The Truth: False reports that Joana Gaines is
Washington Post→ Dear readers, help us fact-check your congressional district town halls
The Washington Post Fact Checker wants to fact-check your Senate and House district town hall — and we need your help. We want to know what members of Congress are telling their constituents during the April recess. Will you be a
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Washington Post→ President Trump’s claim that illegal immigration is down 64 percent because of his administration
“Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border.” — President Trump, weekly address, April 7, 2017 “My administration is — just a matter of weeks, literally, a short period of time
FactCheck.org→ Trump Didn’t Increase Social Security
Q: Did President Trump increase monthly payments to Social Security beneficiaries? A: No. Trump had nothing to do with the automatic cost-of-living increases for 2017, which were announced by the Social Security Administration last October. F
Truth or Fiction?→ Hillary Clinton Supplied Chemical Weapons to Syria-Fiction!
Hillary Clinton Supplied Chemical Weapons to Syria-Reported as Fiction! The Truth: Hillary Clinton supplied chemical weapons to Syria during her time as secretary of state, and those chemical weapons were either used by Syrian President Bashar al-Ass
Washington Post→ Susan Rice’s claim that Obama got Syria to ‘verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile’
“We were able to find a solution that didn’t necessitate the use of force that actually removed the chemical weapons that were known from Syria, in a way that the use of force would never have accomplished. Our aim in contemplating
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Line on Syria
In this video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of President Barack Obama’s response in 2013 to a chemical weapons attack in Syria. In an April 5 press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah, Trump wa
Washington Post→ Ryan and McConnell flip-flop on use of force in Syria to deter chemical weapons
“This was a strike that was well-planned, well- executed, went right to the heart of the matter, which is using chemical weapons.” — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, April 6, 2017 “I’ve concluded that being credib
Snopes→ Do Wireless Signals Stunt Plant Growth?
A 2013 school science project that purports to show that wifi wilts cress plants periodically reappears, but its claims remain unproven.