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Were attacks on Kamala Harris’ record on target?
Sen. Kamala Harris’ record as a prosecutor in California came under sharp criticism at last night’s Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, one month after Harris leveled attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden’s past decisions, helping her rise to a top-tier candidate in the race. Harri...
Cummings Didn't Have Obama's Records 'Sealed' - FactCheck.org
A meme on Facebook falsely claims that Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings "wrote a bill to keep all of Obama's record sealed." That distorts bipartisan legislation dealing with the federal records of all presidents that Cummings introduced, which became law in 2014.
Full Fact has been fact-checking Facebook posts for six months...
By LAURA HAZARD OWEN @laurahazardowen - Nieman Lab In December 2016, Facebook enlisted a handful of U.S.-based news organizations (ABC News, Snopes, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, and the AP) to help stem the flow of false information on the platform. Over time, it’s expanded these third-party...
Fact Checking the 2019 State of the Union Address
President Trump appeared in front of a joint session of Congress for the annual address. Here’s how his remarks stacked up against the facts.
People who claim that Snopes, Politifact, and Media Bias/Fact Check are biased are basically as****es. I see this accusation levied constantly in each’s comment feed. Some of these sites are better and more detailed than others, but they all publish clear mission statements and are generally rigorous about adhering to them, and getting to the truth. Not to say that one or all don’t infrequently get something wrong, but they are valuable, professionally run resources, and are quick to review and correct when they misfire.
PolitiFact
Vice President Mike Pence said, "The caliphate has crumbled, and ISIS has been defeated." On the same day, ISIS claimed responsibility for a su***de blast in Manbij, Syria, that killed four Americans.
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Covington Catholic’s students have a history of donning black body paint during their “black out” basketball games.
Meme displays fake Elizabeth Warren quote on r**e, Muslims
There are some bizarre stuff that gets posted on the internet, but one meme involving Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes it to another level. An image of the Massachusetts senator recently appeared on Facebook, and attributes her to the following quote:
Donald Trump's top 10 falsehoods of 2018
President Donald Trump has twice garnered PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year
He lived up to this campaign promise, but I’d prefer that he actually took the $400k than wash every single personal expense and then some through White House operations
"If I'm elected president, I'm accepting no salary."
Misrepresentation, misstatement, obfus**tion, baseless claim, gross exaggeration, out of context manipulation, etc. They all basically describe lies, just with a little more descriptive flavor.
68 percent of regular fact-checkers disagreed that they should say someone lied.
Good grief.
A popular website that spreads misinformation and conspiracy theories has twisted old news about a hate crimes hotline to create a bogus, anti-Muslim headline.
Trump claims 9th Circuit is the most overturned court in the land. It isn't.
The 9th circuit ranks third in reversal rate.
FACT CHECK: Is Facebook Deleting an Image of a Cross Carved to Honor Fallen Firefighters?
Clickbait social media posts claim Facebook has an anti-religion bias.
FACT CHECK: Does Trump Donate All of His Presidential Salary, While Obama Donated None?
An Internet meme made misleading comparisons between presidential donations and the sizes of the first ladies' staffs, calling the Trumps "givers" and the Obamas "takers."
PolitiFact
We fact-checked the distorted video Sarah Sanders used to bar CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta https://bit.ly/2yYGHiS
You may have seen on Facebook that "Gun-carrying civilian groups and border vigilantes have heard a call to arms in President Trump’s warnings about threats to American security posed by caravans of Central American migrants moving through Mexico." This is reporting from The Washington Post.
Days after false claims that Beto O’Rourke was illegally using campaign funds to help the migrant caravan, the Patriot Journal published a
PolitiFact
In a rally in Ohio, Donald J. Trump made a slew of misleading claims about illegal immigration the migrant caravan including that Democrats want to give them the right to vote. That's wrong. https://bit.ly/2D1Cq1a
Trump Lies: No 'New Fox Poll' Shows '40% Approval Rating By African Americans'
President Donald Trump on Sunday invented a Fox News poll that he said showed 40 percent support among African Americans....
PolitiFact
New video: In an attack on Andrew Gillum, @Donald J. Trump singled out the city of Tallahassee for corruption. That's somewhat misleading since the FBI probe hasn't led to any charges. Florida has a long history of corruption convictions in some cities and counties including Miami and Broward. https://bit.ly/2P1md2V
Trump’s Falsehood-Laden Speech on Immigration
At the White House, and in the lead-up to the midterm elections, President Trump issued a warning to the migrant caravan headed toward the United States. His speech was filled with inaccurate claims.
The man at the center of President Trump's controversial new midterms ad who killed two police officers in 2014 was readmitted to the United States during President George W. Bush's tenure, not under the Democrats, as the ad incorrectly states.
The ad shows clips of Bracamontes spewing profanities and threats while at trial, followed by the message, "Democrats let him stay."
Good God. It wasn’t even that long ago that he lost the majority of the popular vote by 3MM
Trump won due to the electoral college system, where he won 304 votes compared to 227 votes for Clinton.
He tweeted her quote about "collateral damage."
She was talking about economic policies.
Political reporters and observers are up in arms after Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) tweeted portions of a quote from...
Trump supporters (along with Trump himself) make meals of demonizing CNN, but let's not forget where this started.
During his 2015-2016 campaign, CNN gave Trump endless free airtime during his many call-ins, and even employed one of his confederates (Corey Lewandowski) as a member of senior on-air staff. Trump had no shortage of allies at CNN at that point.
However, as soon as he was elected, Trump was all anti-CNN (among other outlets) all the time. So, CNN did what any organization would do: it defended itself. Even if it meant that refuting his spurious accusations would be generally construed as an anti-Trump bias.
I am personally neither a regular CNN viewer nor a fan, but it seems pretty clear who was, and who continues to be, the aggressor in this shameful dynamic.
So, this happened yesterday as well. Trump claimed that the NYSE was open for business the day after 9/11 to justify this. The market didn’t open until the following Monday, Sept 17: six days later.
Justifying his decision to attend a political rally and address the Future Farmers of America convention on Saturday — both...
PolitiFact
Just before the FBI arrested a suspect, we wrote this fact-check: Conspiracy website spread false report of Democratic and CNN ties to the pipe bombs.
http://bit.ly/2PY8czB
Magabomber hoaxes.
Almost as soon as the news broke, hoaxes and misleading information started spreading on social media.
PolitiFact
Fact-checking Donald Trump in his latest MAGA rally speech.
https://bit.ly/2Sgo8if
No evidence ‘deep state’ behind explosive packages
No known arrests have been made in connection with a wave of explosive devices mailed in recent days to prominent Democrats and critics of the Trump administration, and federal law enforcement agencies have not disclosed a motive. But that didn’t stop conspiracy-minded pundits like Alex Jones of I...
PolitiFact
A Facebook post that's been shared more than 85,000 times falsely claims the photos are of the current migrant caravan — and that they're coming on trains and buses. The photos are from 2013 and from April.
I still can’t tell if this was actually intended to be bad satire, or crazy batsh*t desinformazia, but I can guarantee you the first ten imbeciles who saw it thought it was real.
Caught red-handed.
Trump supporters fall for hoax about the Mayo Clinic intentionally aborting their babies
A new internet hoax claims that the Mayo Clinic is intentionally misdiagnosing pregnant Trump supporters so it can force them to get abortions — and some of the president’s fans are actually falling for it. WUSA 9 reports that the hoax began with a tweet from a woman claiming to be a Mayo Clinic...
No Evidence Ginsburg Vowed to Resign Over Kavanaugh - FactCheck.org
Q: Did Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg say she would “resign” if Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court? A: No. There is no evidence to support that claim made in a viral meme. FULL ANSWER Speaking at a New York City event in August, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader G...
PolitiFact
In full campaign mode, Donald J. Trump paints a frightening picture of a Democratic future. "Raid Medicare to pay for their socialist agenda." "The party of crime," and more. We fact-checked. http://bit.ly/2NvtkLw
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