5:39 PM 11/25/2020Trevor Schakohl | Fact Check Reporter A post shared on Facebook claims Facebook changed President-elect Joe Bidenâs page title from âPresident-electâ to âPolitician.â Verdict: False Archived versions of Bidenâs page show that Facebook has not changed his title designation. Page administrators choose such designations. Fact Check: The Nov. 22 post portrays the claim…
FACT CHECK: Did Facebook Remove The Title âPresident-Electâ From Joe Bidenâs Page?
November 26, 2020 by
FACT CHECK: Did Tom Hanks Wear This Political T-Shirt?
November 23, 2020 by
An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows actor Tom Hanks wearing a t-shirt that expresses support for Black Lives Matter (BLM), LGBTQ rights and womenâs rights, among other movements. Verdict: False The image has been digitally altered. In the original photo, Hanks wears a soccer jersey. Fact Check: The Facebook post that includes the altered image…
FACT CHECK: Did Trump Blame Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer For Contracting COVID-19?
November 23, 2020 by
An image shared on Facebook claims President Donald Trump blamed contracting COVID-19 on Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer. Verdict: False There is no evidence that Trump blamed Lizer for exposing him to COVID-19. The claim originates from a satirical article. Fact Check: Trump announced on Twitter early Friday morning that he and the first…
FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show A âMega Rallyâ For Donald Trump In DC?
November 22, 2020 by
An image shared on Facebook claims to show a Washington, D.C. rally for President Donald Trump. Verdict: False The image actually shows people gathered for the 2009 inauguration ceremony of former President Barack Obama. Fact Check: The internet has become replete with allegations of voter fraud taking place during the 2020 election. Supporters of Trump…
FACT CHECK: Have Multiple Allegations Against Kavanaugh Been Corroborated?
September 28, 2018 by
Senators and other people on Twitter said that multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, namely those from Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, have been corroborated. There are now multiple, corroborated allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, made under the penalty of perjury, all of which deserve a thorough investigation. — Chuck […]
Fact Check: Trump is Right About Puerto Rico, Critics Manipulating Hurricane Maria Death âEstimatesâ
September 13, 2018 by
Democrats and the media have been pounding President Donald Trump over the past few days, as Hurricane Florence nears the Carolinas, over his alleged insensitivity to deaths in Puerto Rico last year from Hurricane Maria. On Thursday morning, President Trump pushed back on Twitter, alleging that Democrats had inflated the death toll âin order to make […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gets Epic FACT CHECK From The Washington Post.
August 12, 2018 by
Self-described âDemocratic socialistâ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been making the rounds on liberal media ever since her surprising win over top Democratic incumbent Joseph Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district. Her statements have been repeatedly fact checked by right-leaning news outlets, but now the left-leaning Washington Post is following Politifact to debunk many of her […]
FACT CHECK: Did Obama Congratulate Putin On His Election Victory?
March 25, 2018 by
After controversially calling Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his recent election victory, President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that former President Barack Obama had also given Putin a congratulatory call. I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory (in past, Obama called him also). The Fake News Media […]
BOMBSHELL: Obama’s DOJ Forced Deletion Of 500,000 Fugitives From Gun Background Check System.
March 16, 2018 by
On Wednesday, acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that former President Barack Obama’s Department of Justice forced the FBI to delete over 500,000 fugitives, who had outstanding arrest warrants, from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). “It’s my understanding that under federal law fugitives cannot legally […]
Obama DOJ Forced FBI To Delete 500,000 Fugitives From Background Check Database.
March 15, 2018 by
WASHINGTON â The Justice Department under Barack Obama directed the FBI to drop more than 500,000 names of fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich testified Wednesday. Fugitives from justice are barred from buying a firearm under federal law. But what is a […]
America First: Check Out How 11 Of The Countryâs Biggest Companies Are Helping Workers After Trumpâs Tax Cuts.
February 5, 2018 by
When Donald Trump took office, he promised he would âmake America great again.â One of the ways he said he would achieve this was to bring companies back to the United States by implementing a competitive corporate tax rate. He made good on his promise when he signed his new tax plan, which dropped the […]
CHECK THIS OUT=> Yesterdayâs GDP Reported by US BEA More Than One Point Below Predictions at 2.6% âŚIs BEA Deep State Too?
January 27, 2018 by
As we noted in December Barack Obama was arguably the worst economic President since 1949 and probably ever. Barack Obama was the only President to have not had even one year of 3% GDP growth. Here is the complete list of average annual real GDP growth by postwar president (in descending order): Johnson (1964-68), 5.3% […]
FACT CHECK: Do Drug Overdoses Kill More Americans Than âGun Homicides And Motor Vehiclesâ?
October 27, 2017 by
President Donald Trump claimed that âmore people are dying from overdoses today than from gun homicides and motor vehicles, combinedâ during a Thursday speech on the opioid epidemic. Verdict: True Deaths in the U.S. from drug overdose surpassed deaths from âgun homicides and motor vehicles, combinedâ in 2015. Although finalized overdose death data has not […]
Washington Post Fact Check Confirms: US 1 of Just 7 Countries to Allow Elective Abortion After 20 Weeks
October 10, 2017 by
The Washington Post Fact Checker tackled a claim Monday related to the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks, finding the fact that the U.S. is just one of seven countries that permit elective abortion after 20 weeks âa bit surprising.â The verdict? Turns out itâs true. The claim […]
FACT CHECK: Did Trump Roll Back Birth Control Coverage For â62.4 MILLION Womenâ?
October 7, 2017 by
Pro-choice activist group NARAL claimed that the Trump Administration âjust issued a rule rolling back birth control coverage for 62.4 MILLION womenâ in a Friday tweet. âNow your employer can refuse to cover it [birth control] for any reason they see fit,â an image attached to the tweet also claimed. Verdict: False NARALâs claim that […]
Just How Leftist Are This Year’s Super Bowl Ads? Check These Out.
February 5, 2017 by
As Daily Wire’s John Nolte put it, “Super Bowl 51 completes the left’s hyper-politicization of absolutely everything.” Despite struggling to keep viewers amid changing viewing habits and the insufferable anti-American/anti-police National Anthem protests, the wizards of smart at the NFL decided to go all in on the politics this year. So the NFLÂ invited outspoken leftist […]
Fact Check: Five Things to Know About Alicia Machado
October 1, 2016 by
In the late 1990s, as President Bill Clinton was about to face the biggest sex scandal of his political career over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, a beauty queen named Alicia Machado caused a major scandal by gaining a large amount of weight after winning the Miss Universe crown. Donald Trump had just taken over […]
Fact Check: Were Obama and Hillary Founders of ISIS? You Bet – AUDIO
August 12, 2016 by
Even the left-stream media is now acknowledging that Donald Trump âhas a pointâ when he blasts Hilary and Obama for creating ISIS. âHillary Clinton is vulnerable. ISIS did gain strength during her time as Secretary of State,â said ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz. Conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt tried to give Mr. Trump an […]
Millennial Journalist Goes Off on Her Generation in Stinging Video Message. Check Out Why Itâs Gone Mega-Viral.
April 26, 2016 by
Millennial journalist Alexis Boomer sat in her car, flipped on a camera and recorded a video message to her generation thatâs absolutely scorched the Internet â itâs been viewed in excess of 33 million since its Friday Facebook posting and is still climbing fast. In the two-minute clip, Boomer gave her two cents on why […]
The Timesâ Biased Fact Check of GOP Critique of Obamacare
March 7, 2016 by
Once again The New York Times is peddling its own false narrative about Obamacareâs success, this time aimed at the Republican candidates. But while Margot Sanger-Katz claims to fact check Donald Trump, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), it is her own reporting that needs an additional check. After all, why didnât […]
AP Fact Check: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and the Facts at Democratic Debate
February 12, 2016 by
WASHINGTON (AP) â In their latest debate, Hillary Clinton glossed over the big-money donors juicing her White House ambitions while Bernie Sanders offered disputed numbers behind his plan for a government-financed health system. A look at some of the claims in the Democratic presidential debate and how they compare with the facts: Clinton âIâm very […]
Check Out Bernie Sandersâ #SocialismChecklist
February 3, 2016 by
Bernie Sanders, the self-avowed socialist, who is running for the Democratic partyâs nomination has earth-shattering plans for America if elected, and Twitter is helping him flesh out those ideas. (RELATED: Sanders: âNoâ Iâm Not A Capitalist, âIâm a Democratic Socialistâ [VIDEO]) His original costly plans include spending trillions of dollars on government health care and free […]
AP Fact Check: Democratic Debaters and the Facts
January 19, 2016 by
WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) â Bernie Sanders airbrushed the complexities of trying to overhaul health care all over again and Hillary Clinton offered a selective reading of her rivalâs record on gun control in the Democratic presidential debate. Democratic presidential candidates, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talk over each other […]
Fact Check: Top 10 Lies in Obamaâs State of the Union
January 13, 2016 by
President Barack Obama promised his final State of the Union address would be short. Dana Bash of CNN called it âlow-energy.â One thing it was not was accurateâor honest. Here are Obamaâs top ten lies, in chronological order. 1. â[W]eâve done all this while cutting our deficits by almost three-quarters.â This is pure fiction. Obama has […]