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 […]
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 […]
Fact Checking Obamaâs Phony Legacy.
April 19, 2017 by
The Washington Postâs fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, recently gave Susan Rice four Pinocchios for a false and misleading statement regarding Syriaâs chemical weapons stockpile. But what is notable about this story is not that Rice lied. She has done that many times. Rather, the remarkable part of this story is that the Post took so long […]
Masters of the Universe Decree: We Decide Whatâs âFake Newsâ-Facebook Enlists Left-Wing âFact Checkersâ as Thought Police
December 16, 2016 by
Facebook has announced it will introduce warning labels on stories they deem to be âfake news,â with the help of partisan âfact checkingâ organisations such as Snopes and PolitiFact. Stories deemed to be false will now be âflaggedâ by Facebook, with an accompanying red label claiming the story is âdisputed by 3rd Party Fact-Checkers.â Users will […]
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 […]
Media HIDING one key fact about the Cascade Mall shooterâŠ
September 26, 2016 by
While the mainstream media tell us that Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin has no official ties to ISIS, his online footprint suggests he at least glorified the group. On one post on his Tumblr account, he posted a photo of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with the caption âMy main dude Abu bakr al big […]
Trump Doubles Down: Media Distracting From Fact That 2nd Amendment Is âUnder Siegeâ
August 13, 2016 by
On August 10 â one day after being savagely attacked for describing Hillary Clintonâs plan to âabolish the Second Amendmentâ â Donald Trump doubled down and pointed out that the media is simply distracting from the fact that the Second Amendment is âunder siege.â Trump was speaking to a group of miners in Abingdon, Virginia, […]
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 […]
BEYOND BELIEF: FACT OR FICTION
July 24, 2016 by
A TV show in which each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were allegedly based on actual events. At the end, it was revealed whether it was fact of fiction. Story # 1; President Barack Obama said at the White House Summit on Global Development Wednesday that âwe […]
BREAKING: Massive Poll Reveals Shocking Fact About Transgenders
May 20, 2016 by
Our dearest insincere apologies to President Barack Obama and his army of transgender bathroom warriors, but according to the latest poll, a plurality of Americans believe that boys, girls, men and women should be required to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological gender. âNearly half â 46 percent â said transgender people should be […]
WATCH: CNNâs Jake Tapper Brutally Fact Checks Clintonâs Email Claims â See What He Found Out
May 16, 2016 by
CNN anchor Jake Tapper teamed up with FactCheck.org to examine Democratic front-runner Hillary Clintonâs claims about her private email server â and the results werenât pretty. Tapper first checked on the validity of Clintonâs claim that she was âabsolutely permittedâ to use a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. AP âWas […]
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 […]
Fact-Checking The Washington Post Fact Checker on Mrs. Clintonâs Emails
February 27, 2016 by
The Washington Post Fact Checkers are once again coming to the aid of Hillary Clinton with a new column criticizing the popular comparison of former General David Petraeusâs mishandling of classified information to Mrs. Clintonâs abuse of classified information on her private email server. The Post politicizes the comparison from the beginning by using quotes […]
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 […]
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 […]
Media Smears Trump, Ignores Fact That Hillary Clinton Started Birther Movement
September 19, 2015 by
While our corrupt media frenzies over the fact that Republican frontrunner Donald Trump did not defend Barack Obama at a campaign event last night, there is one teensy-weensy detail the media is choosing to hide from everyone: It was Hillary Clinton who started the Obama-Is-A-Muslim rumors. The reason this is pertinent is due to the […]
Key Differences Between U.S., Iranian âFrameworkâ Fact Sheets
April 10, 2015 by
On Sanctions The Language U.S.: âU.S. and E.U. nuclear-related sanctions will be suspended after the IAEA has verified that Iran has taken all of its key nuclear-related stepsâŠ. All past UN Security Council resolutions on the Iran nuclear issue will be lifted simultaneous with the completion, by Iran, of nuclear-related actions addressing all key concerns.â […]