‘Roseanne,’ Fox and a Satire Story
By Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Q: Is Fox picking up the ‘Roseanne’ TV series? A: No. The story making that claim was intended as satire. FULL QUESTION Is…
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FactChecking Trump’s Nashville Rally
By Eugene Kiely and D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org At a campaign rally in Nashville, President Donald Trump repeated a bushelful of false and misleading claims, and added a few…
Who’s to Blame for Higher Gas Prices?
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org With gasoline prices rising, Sen. Chuck Schumer placed the blame on President Donald Trump, and specifically his decision to pull out…
False Story Ties Clintons to Doctor’s Death
By Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Q: Did the late surgeon Dean Lorich expose “Clinton Foundation corruption in Haiti”? A: No. Lorich co-authored an article criticizing the…
Facts on Food Stamp Work Requirements
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org The rhetoric has been heated on both sides of the aisle as House Republicans pursue a bill that would expand the…
Schumer’s CHIP Spin
By Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org The White House has proposed rescinding $7 billion in unspent funds from a children’s health program, a move Sen. Chuck Schumer…
Trump Spins Rise in Job Openings
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org The number of job openings has been rising since mid-2009, contrary to President Donald Trump’s boast that under his stewardship “all…
Trump’s Misleading Attack on Mueller Team
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org President Donald Trump made several misleading comments when questioning the impartiality of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his investigative…
Pelosi Misrepresents Childhood ‘Hunger’ Data
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org In talking about the importance of the 2018 midterm congressional elections, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi misrepresented government data to claim…
Trump Wrong on Comey ‘Leak,’ McCabe Funds
By Eugene Kiely and D’Angelo Gore – FactCheck.org President Donald Trump claimed a memo that former FBI Director James Comey gave to a friend “in order to get a…
Did the Polio Vaccine Cause Cancer?
By Vanessa Schipani – Factcheck.org Q: Did people develop cancer because of the polio vaccine? A: There are no known cases, and it’s very unlikely. In the…
Trump’s Numbers (First Quarterly Update)
By Brooks Jackson – Factcheck.org Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: Job growth slowed, but unemployment still sank to the…
(Fact Check) Has the Border Wall Begun?
By Robert Farley – FactCheck.org Q: Has President Donald Trump started building the wall between United States and Mexico? A: Congress approved $1.6 billion to replace existing…
Fact Checking Trump’s Pennsylvania Rally
By Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley and Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org In a campaign speech supporting the Republican candidate in a special House election in Pennsylvania’s 18th District, President Donald…
The Facts on Media Violence
By Vanessa Schipani – Factcheck.org In the wake of the Florida school shooting, politicians have raised concern over the influence of violent video games and films…
Meme Falsely Claims FactCheck.org ‘Exposed’ Snopes.com
By D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org Q: Did FactCheck.org expose Snopes.com as an “extremely liberal propaganda site”? A: No. That false claim was made in a meme circulating online….
Fact Check: More Armed Citizens Equals Less Mass Shootings?
Media Bias Fact Check Launched in November 2015. One of our first fact checks was in December 2015 when we did a fact check looking…
(Fact Check) Trump’s Misleading Gun Rhetoric
By Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson and Robert Farley – Factcheck.org In a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress, President Donald Trump made false and misleading claims about his predecessors’…
(Fact Check) School Shooting Spawns Conspiracy Theories
By Saranac Hale Spencer – Factcheck.org The internet has been rife with rumors about the school shooting that left 17 dead in Florida on Feb. 14. We’ve debunked…
(Fact Check) Sanders Uses Old Gun Sales Stat
By D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org Results of a national survey published in 2017 show that 13 percent of U.S. gun owners who purchased a firearm in…