By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer, Chelsey Zhu and Katherine Hartzell – FactCheck.org Summary We spotted several false claims and factual flubs: South Bend Mayor…
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By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald, Angelo Fichera and Chelsey Zhu – Factcheck.org Summary We found several false and misleading claims in the October Democratic presidential debate:…
By Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore, Brooks Jackson, Jessica McDonald and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Summary Another debate, and another crop of false and misleading claims. Sen. Kamala Harris of California…
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald and Saranac Hale Spencer – Factcheck.org Summary We flagged false and misleading claims from several candidates: Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke…
By Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore and Jessica McDonald – Factcheck.org While former special counsel Robert S. Mueller reiterated in congressional testimony what he said in his voluminous report on…
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer and Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Summary The second group of 10 Democratic presidential candidates made false and misleading claims…
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore and Jessica McDonald – Factcheck.org Summary President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address included many claims that were familiar to fact-checkers….
Snopes confirmed that its contract with Facebook ended in December 2018 and it has not been renewed. Snopes had a long-standing partnership with Facebook to decrease…
By Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Brooks Jackson and D’Angelo Gore – FactCheck.org In a national address, President Donald Trump called on Congress to provide $5.7 billion for a border…
On December 7, 2018 Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on the Senate floor to discuss climate change and the effect it is…
The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking….
Claim by Meme: Before the 1973 HMO act was signed into law by Richard Nixon, it was illegal to profit from healthcare. Snopes.com rating: False FACT CHECK:…
By Jessica McDonald – Factcheck.org In response to a question about climate change, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the United States was “the cleanest we’ve…
By Saranac Hale Spencer – Factcheck.org Q: Is the American Red Cross “not helping California wildfire victims” but helping members of the “caravan”? A: No. The American Red…
By Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Q: Did the FBI issue a report that “confirms” that “none” of Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers’ stories were true? A: No. Contrary to…
By Angelo Fichera – Factcheck.org Q: Is there a bogus viral meme circulating online that purports to show Holocaust survivor George Soros as a Nazi soldier?…
Congressman Matt Gaetz tweeted a video showing two men giving cash to people and claimed it shows people in Honduras being given cash to “storm…
By Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley and Lori Robertson – Factcheck.org In a wide-ranging interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims, while putting a new…
By Brooks Jackson – Factcheck.org Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: The jobless rate dropped to the lowest in nearly half…
By Robert Farley, Lori Robertson and D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org In an op-ed for USA Today, President Donald Trump made a series of false and misleading statements about Medicare and health…
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