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FactCheck.org→ The President’s Tax Returns

2018-11-09 After Democrats gained control of the House in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump repeated his long-running statement that he wouldn’t release his tax returns because they were under audit, making false claims in the process: Trump s Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Did a CNN Reporter Assault a White House Employee?

2018-11-07 The morning after a hotly-contested midterm election resulted in Republicans resoundingly losing control of the House, United States President Donald Trump held a rambling, bizarre press conference in which he alternately took credit for Republicans ma Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Democratic Closing Ads: Health Care and Taxes

2018-11-02 In the past week, many Democratic ads across the country have focused on health care and taxes, campaign-long themes for the party’s candidates. Some of the ads have used familiar, and misleading, talking points. On health care: An ad from the De Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Twitter ‘Truth’

2018-10-31 President Donald Trump says social media is “my form of telling the truth.” In fact, there are many well documented examples of Trump — as a candidate and as president — spreading false information on Twitter. Trump made his rem Go to site post…»

Special Counsel’s Office Asks FBI to Investigate Smear Scheme

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has referred a possible scam to the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a number of reporters were contacted by someone apparently shopping a story about him sexually assaulting unidentified women: 13 days ago I received this tip alleging an attempt to pay off women to make up accusations of sexual misconduct […]

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Suspect in Attempted Bomb Attacks Had History of Crime, Conspiracy Theories

An unsettling week of threats and bombs sent to various high-profile political figures and pundits culminated in the arrest of a suspect in south Florida, a reckoning online, and a whole slew of conspiracy theories around the bombs and the culprit. Cesar Sayoc, Jr. already had a long list of convictions by the time he […]

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Truth or Fiction?→ Suspect in Attempted Bomb Attacks Had History of Crime, Conspiracy Theories

2018-10-27 An unsettling week of threats and bombs sent to various high-profile political figures and pundits culminated in the arrest of a suspect in south Florida, a reckoning online, and a whole slew of conspiracy theories around the bombs and the culprit. Ces Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump Stump Speeches: Health Care

2018-10-26 Editor’s Note: For weeks, President Donald Trump has been campaigning in states that are key to the Republican Party’s chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate. We have reviewed seven speeches he gave from Oct. 10 to Oct. 22. This is Go to site post…»

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FactCheck.org→ Trump Stump Speeches: Immigration

2018-10-25 Editor’s Note: For weeks, President Donald Trump has been campaigning in states that are key to the Republican Party’s chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate. We have reviewed seven speeches he gave from Oct. 10 to Oct. 22. Go to site post…»

Did Vladimir Putin Say the United States’ Influence in the World Is ‘Waning’?

Russian president Vladimir Putin criticized the United States in his annual address to the nation in October 2018, saying that American influence in the world has irrevocably waned. Left-leaning political news site AmericanIndependent.com reported on his comments in a story that was later picked up by Shareblue.com: Speaking about the position of the U.S. on […]

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Truth or Fiction?→ Did Vladimir Putin Say the United States’ Influence in the World Is ‘Waning’?

2018-10-22 Russian president Vladimir Putin criticized the United States in his annual address to the nation in October 2018, saying that American influence in the world has irrevocably waned. Left-leaning political news site AmericanIndependent.com reported on h Go to site post…»

Foreign Influence Operations Infiltrated, Polarized Online Communities

The ongoing scandals over data privacy, in which social media giants were found to be (among other things) flooding selected readers with hypertargeted and corrosive political advertising, is still unfolding — and it will continue to evolve for some time as new pieces of evidence and data are unearthed and put together to get a […]

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Truth or Fiction?→ Foreign Influence Operations Infiltrated, Polarized Online Communities

2018-10-17 The ongoing scandals over data privacy, in which social media giants were found to be (among other things) flooding selected readers with hypertargeted and corrosive political advertising, is still unfolding — and it will continue to evolve for some Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview

2018-10-16 In a wide-ranging interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims, while putting a new twist on some of them: Trump falsely claimed Russia “wouldn’t be able to help me Go to site post…»

Snopes→ 2020 Democrats Building Ties to Power Brokers in Key States

2018-10-16 Many of the Democratic Party’s most ambitious have begun building relationships in the states most responsible for picking the party’s next presidential nominee. Go to site post…»

Voting Rights and Provisional Ballots

The United States’ 2018 midterm elections approached with far more fanfare than is normal for what is usually a relatively sleepy electoral affair, including an unusual focus on voter disenfranchisement. Stories of people discovering that they were suddenly not eligible to vote and and other voter suppression tactics appeared over and over again: In Georgia, a coalition of […]

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Truth or Fiction?→ Voting Rights and Provisional Ballots

2018-10-15 The United States’ 2018 midterm elections approached with far more fanfare than is normal for what is usually a relatively sleepy electoral affair, including an unusual focus on voter disenfranchisement. Stories of people discovering that they we Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers October 2018 Update

2018-10-12 Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: The jobless rate dropped to the lowest in nearly half a century, and the number of unfilled job openings hit a record high. Economic growth spurted to a 4.2 percent annual rate in the most Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Medicare Op-Ed

2018-10-10 In an op-ed for USA Today, President Donald Trump made a series of false and misleading statements about Medicare and health insurance in general: The president claimed that the Medicare for All Act, one of several Democratic-sponsored health insuranc Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Bogus Booker Quote Lifted from Satirical Story

2018-10-10 Q: Did Sen. Cory Booker say he’s “sick and tired of the Constitution … manipulating everything we do”? A: No. That viral quote was lifted from a satirical story. FULL ANSWER The satirical Christian website the Babylon Bee poke Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Lindsey Graham Say Republicans Would Get ‘Destroyed’ If They Nominated Donald Trump?

2018-10-10 Senator Lindsey Graham may have been one of President Trump's biggest supporters in 2018, but that wasn't the case during the 2016 presidential election. Go to site post…»

Identifying Fake News Series: Contact Us Pages

Fake news can vary widely in quality and believably from source to source, but quite often identifying it is as easy as taking a moment to learn who is behind a that particular website or social media account. Frequently the creators of fake news put quantity ahead of quality and they are counting on the […]

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Brazil Holds Election Amid Disinformation, Propaganda Crisis

Imagine, if you will: A presidential election in which even the most basic facts are riddled with confusing disinformation, a far-right candidate appealing to authoritarians and repulsing many women with misogynistic comments, and connections to political aspirants such as Marine Le Pen and Steve Bannon. This is Brazil in 2018, and the person who was […]

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Do Mobile Phones and Other 4G Devices Contain an ‘E911 Chip’?

Testing for a new cellular phone alert system (the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, also known as IPAWS) began on October 3rd, 2018, with a tone and a message sent across mobile networks. The grumbling began almost immediately, as startled or irritated Americans reacted to the unsolicited (but anticipated) test, but the griping turned […]

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Were the Obamas Forced to Surrender Their Law Licenses?

In early October 2018, many people in the United States and abroad were closely watching the twists and turns around a Supreme Court nomination as multiple women accused the nominee of committing or abetting sexual assault. Almost immediately, bots, trolls, and useful idiots picked up on the controversy, muddying the waters with rumors, gossip, and […]

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FactCheck.org→ Meme Repeats False Schumer Quote

2018-10-02 Q: Did Sen. Chuck Schumer say “it’s racist to only allow citizens to vote”? A: No. A Facebook meme and viral stories continue to incorrectly quote the Senate Democratic leader. FULL ANSWER In an August 2017 column on the website Me Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Melania Trump Has Tea with Ghana’s 1st Lady, Exchanges Gifts

2018-10-02 The first ladies are meeting privately at Ghana's presidential palace, Jubilee House. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Is This a Photograph of Donald Trump’s Mother?

2018-10-01 Although some claim that Donald Trump wears a wig, an image of his mother Mary suggests that the presidential pompadour runs in the family. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Boast on Premiums

2018-09-28 President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Obamacare is “dead,” but recently he has been making a misleading boast about low insurance premium growth for 2019 marketplace plans. Trump claimed that “the rates are far lower than t Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump Wrong on Mexico’s VAT

2018-09-28 President Donald Trump wrongly said that “nobody from this country knew” about Mexico’s value-added tax until after NAFTA was signed. A deputy U.S. trade representative at the time NAFTA was put in place said: “US policymakers, Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Claim of Chinese Election Interference

2018-09-26 At a United Nations meeting, President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. “found that China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election.” But the president offered no evidence of covert actions, such as the kind that Russia e Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s press conference on eve of Kavanaugh, Ford hearings

2018-09-26 In a freewheeling press conference on the eve of a highly-anticipated hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump defended his nominee and his own presidential performance, answering questions about the court, Iran, North K Go to site post…»

Was CRC Public Relations Registered as a Foreign Agent?

The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court was already a topic of controversy well before multiple women came forward with credible claims that he had sexually harassed and victimized them during the summer of 2018. Before Kavanaugh himself had even had a chance to respond to the charges publicly, others swooped […]

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FactCheck.org→ Facts on Trade

2018-09-24 At a rally on Sept. 20, President Donald Trump returned to a regular applause-line, promising the crowd in Las Vegas, “We’re renegotiating the worst trade deals ever made by any country at any time.” The idea that the U.S. has long be Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Efforts to Stop Election Interference

2018-09-21 In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper discusses Hillary Clinton’s misleading claim that President Donald Trump has shown a “complete unwillingness to stop” Russian interference in U.S. elections. As Tapper expla Go to site post…»

Washington Post→ The strange tale about why Bill Clinton said NAFTA would create 1 million jobs

2018-09-21 It's the 25th anniversary of one of the dumbest presidential job predictions ever. We explain why Clinton touted a jobs number that even many trade advocates thought was extreme. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ False Claims About Kavanaugh’s Mom and Foreclosure

2018-09-20 Q: Is Christine Blasey Ford accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault as retribution for her parents’ foreclosure case in the 1990s? A: There is no evidence to support that claim, and her parents still live in that house. FULL ANSWER After P Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Clinton Goes Too Far in Criticizing Trump

2018-09-20 In an op-ed, Hillary Clinton went too far with her criticism that President Donald Trump has shown a “complete unwillingness to stop” Russian interference in U.S. elections. The Trump administration has taken a number of steps to combat for Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ The Fake Podesta Email That’s Still Circulating

2018-09-17 Q: Did WikiLeaks release an email showing that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign bribed prominent Republicans to oppose Donald Trump during the 2016 election? A: No. That email was fabricated by a self-described satirical website. It was Go to site post…»

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