Quick Take Facebook posts claim that Sen. Kamala Harris said, “I like taking the guns early.” She didn’t say that, but President Donald Trump did. Full Story Dozens of conservative Facebook pages have been sharing a picture of Sen. Ka
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake State Driver Licenses Seized By Feds In Chicago Are NOT Implicated In A Voting Fraud Scheme
Did almost 20,000 fake IDs seized by Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago turn out to be for fake names registered to vote Democrat? No, that is not true: While customs investigators seized 19,888 fake ID cards in the first h
Snopes→ Ruth Bader Ginsburg Helped Shape the Modern Era of Women’s Rights
When he nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, President Bill Clinton compared her legal work on behalf of women to the epochal work of Thurgood Marshall on behalf of African-Americans.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden answered questions from the public in a CNN town hall, but he got some facts wrong and misled on others: Biden made the far-fetched claim that data show President Donald Trump could have prevented “all&
FactCheck.org→ Trump Again Overstates Speed of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Contradicting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and other government officials, President Donald Trump incorrectly said in a press briefing that a coronavirus vaccine would be “immediately” available to the general public afte
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Biden’s Role in Social Security Taxes
Quick Take Posts on Facebook and Twitter suggest that former Vice President Joe Biden is responsible for taxes on Social Security, but those posts ignore the political history and mislead on the details. The posts also twist Biden’s proposals on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Demand Kayleigh McEnany Resign As White House Press Secretary
Did CNN demand that Kayleigh McEnany resign as White House press secretary for "perpetuating the lies" of President Trump to the media over COVID-19 health risks? No, that is not true. CNN did not author a piece demanding she step down; i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Article Accusing China Of Loosing COVID From A Lab Is NOT Tested Science
Did a scientific study prove the Chinese government cooked up the novel coronavirus and loosed it on the world? No, that's not true: The claim is made in a self-published article produced by doctors who identify themselves as part of a po
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Life Insurance Company’s Attempt to Curb Suicide on a South Korea Bridge Precede an Increase in Deaths?
On September 17 2020, the following post was shared to r/therewasanattempt, which described a purported initiative to curb suicides on South Korea’s Mapo Bridge: to stop suicide from therewasanattempt An image showed two
FactCheck.org→ Report Resurrects Baseless Claim that Coronavirus Was Bioengineered
Quick Take A paper that has not been peer-reviewed reaches faulty conclusions to advance the unsubstantiated claim that the novel coronavirus was bioengineered in a Chinese lab, according to immunology and microbiology experts. The paper’s claims
Full Fact→ There’s no connection between new biometrics legislation and Covid-19 tests
Multiple posts on social media have claimed that new government legislation has enabled DNA to be “harvested and retained” from Covid-19 test kits. This is not true. The legislation, ‘The Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints a
FactCheck.org→ DSCC Falsely Attacks Daines on Social Security
In a TV ad, a Democratic committee falsely claims Sen. Steve Daines of Montana is “pushing a plan” that could “end Social Security benefits by 2023.” He’s not. The ad is confusing Daines’ support for eliminating the Soci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The NFL Is NOT Tax-Exempt
Is the National Football League (NFL) tax-exempt? No, that's not true: A search of the IRS database for nonprofits shows the NFL is not included in that listing. The league was tax-exempt until 2015 when it voluntarily relinquished its 50
Full Fact→ £1.5bn GDP boost from UK-Japan trade deal is not on top of existing EU-Japan deal benefits
Last week the government announced that the UK and Japan had secured a free trade agreement (FTA), the first major trade deal made by the UK since it left the EU. The Department of International Trade (DIT) said: “Government analysis shows
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove Obama And Clooney Acted Inappropriately — Girl Is The President’s Niece And NOT The Girl Who Was Murdered
Do photos of former President Barack Obama and George Clooney with a young girl show them acting inappropriately? No, that's not true: The girl in Obama's lap is the former president's niece and the photo was taken by the White House phot
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False Attacks on Trump’s Social Security ‘Plan’
A Biden campaign TV ad falsely claims that a government analysis of President Donald Trump’s “planned cuts to Social Security” shows that “if Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Did NFL Fans Boo During a ‘Moment of Unity’?
The opening game of the National Football League’s 2020 campaign drew attention online beyond the boxscore on September 10 2020, as footage spread of fans booing during what the league had hoped would be soothe tensions between players and fans.
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False Statement About the Trade Deficit
In a campaign speech in Warren, Michigan, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden falsely claimed that the United States’ trade deficit had “hit an all-time high” under President Donald Trump. It is true that the trade deficit for g
Truth or Fiction?→ Are People Trying to Make the Legal Age of Consent 4 Years Old?
A viral September 3 2020 Facebook post claiming that “there are people trying to make the age of consent four years old” racked up a six-figure share count (archived here) in one week: It read: We can’t buy alcohol or ciga
FactCheck.org→ Mnuchin Spins Pre-COVID Path to Debt Reduction
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in January forecast rising debt for the rest of President Donald Trump’s presidency and beyond. Yet, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed that before COVID-19 hit, the U.S. was experiencing “
Health Feedback→ Adequate immunization and improved sanitation together protect against infection from both wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus
REVIEW Articles like this one, published on 4 September 2020 on 21st Century Wire, report an outbreak of 13 cases of vaccine-derived polio that began in Sudan in March 2020 and was announced by the Sudan Federal Ministry of Health just one week afte
FactCheck.org→ Inaccurate Story About Trump Supporter Spreads Again
Quick Take A viral meme falsely claims to show President Donald Trump touching the face of a “veteran wounded so badly that he had no arms.” The man shown in the meme was born without arms and is not a veteran. Trump himself amplified the i
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Single Gender Reveal in California Cause More Property Damage Than All of 2020’s Black Lives Matter Protests Combined?
On September 7 2020, a Facebook user shared a post asserting that a single gender reveal party in 2020 caused more property damage than all of the Black Lives Matter protests throughout the year: White text against a red and orange background read:
The Dispatch→ Did Someone From Nike Say the Company Can Afford to Lose ‘MAGA Customers’?
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FactCheck.org→ Politicians Have Died of COVID-19
Quick Take A meme circulating on Facebook falsely claims, “Not one politician has died from the virus.” Actually, at least five current or former politicians across the country have died due to COVID-19. Full Story More than 189,000 people
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘You Do Know that Eliminating the Payroll Tax Defunds Social Security, Don’t You?’
As a payroll tax deferral ordered by United States President Donald Trump took effect, a Facebook user’s warning went viral: The post states, “Hey folks. ‘You Do Know that Eliminating the Payroll Tax Defunds Social Security, Don’t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Bombshell Allegation Puts George Clooney ‘Smack Dab In The Middle’ Of Epstein’s ‘Unlawful Sex Cabal’
Does a "bombshell" allegation put actor George Clooney in the middle of the Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking "sex cabal"? No, that's not true: This claim is a clickbait headline unsupported by the article below it. Epstein's former gir
Truth or Fiction?→ Was the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally a Super-Spreader Event?
September 8 2020 marked approximately one month from the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, and it heralded purported news that the widely-attended gathering served as a “super-spreader event” during an ongoing COVID-19 pand
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A ‘Savage’ Who Was ‘Violently Burning Down’ A Neighborhood Or ‘Looting’
Does a photo of a fist-raised protester show someone who is violently burning down a neighborhood and looting? No, that's not true: The man shown in the photo was taking part in a 2014 protest in Oakland, California, in which no looting o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The World Bank Did NOT Document Existence Of COVID-19 Test Kits Since 2017
Does a World Bank website prove COVID-19 test kits were sold worldwide as early as 2017? No, that's not true: On a web page, the World Bank put the "COVID-19" label on existing virus test kit components to help disease fighters find equip
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Tweet Kenosha Has Fewer Black People ‘Which Means Less Looting’
Did Joe Biden tweet that Kenosha, Wisconsin, has fewer Black people "which means less looting"? No, that's not true. The did not come from Biden's verified Twitter account. Kenosha, Wisconsin, is where Jacob Blake was shot by the police o
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 test kits were not purchased in 2017 and 2018; claim is based on mislabeled data
REVIEW Claims that the coronavirus pandemic was planned has been fanned by online posts showing data tables from the World Integrated Trade Solutions (WITS) website, developed by the World Bank and other organizations, which “allows users to acces
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci, Gates, Soros And Epstein Are NOT All Connected Through The Company Moderna
Are Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffery Epstein all connected through an association with the company Moderna? No, that's not true: Dr. Fauci was not the first CEO of Moderna, he and Bill Gates did not attend the same
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President George W. Bush Has NOT Said He Supports The Biden/Harris Ticket
Has former U.S. President George W. Bush said he supports the Democratic presidential ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: While Bush has said he would not support Donald Trump's reelection campaign, he has not endo
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Coronavirus Vaccines
In the more than eight months since the novel coronavirus emerged and then spread around the world, scientists across the globe have made rapid progress on developing a COVID-19 vaccine. As of Sept. 3, at least 176 vaccines are in the works, with nearl
Logically→ Donald Trump passed the largest tax cut and reform in U.S. history.
In inflation-adjusted dollars, Trump's tax bill is the fourth-largest since 1940. And as a percentage of GDP, it ranks eighth.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did California Gov. Newsom Change All Voters’ Preference to Vote by Mail — So All In-Person Voters Will Be Turned Away?
On September 1 2020, a Facebook user shared the following screenshot, along with a post claiming that California’s governor, Gavin Newsom (D), had quietly changed all of California voters’ preference to vote by mail, so that anyone plannin
Truth or Fiction?→ Did California Gov. Newsom Change All Voters’ Preference to Vote by Mail — So All In-Person Voters Will Be Turned Away?
On September 1 2020, a Facebook user shared the following screenshot, along with a post claiming that California’s governor, Gavin Newsom (D), had quietly changed all of California voters’ preference to vote by mail, so that anyone plannin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The State Of Hawaii Did NOT Buy 30 Assisted Suicide ‘Pods’
Did the state of Hawaii buy 30 "passing assistance pods" to aid in assisted suicides? No, that's not true: This is a false claim made by a bogus Facebook page claiming to be an official state of Hawaii page. One of the co-creators of the
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Fox News Interview
In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that aired over two days, President Donald Trump made several false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims: Trump falsely took credit for getting the National Guard to Kenosha to help quell violent p