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…
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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…
StopFake.org — Ukrainian site fights fake news on the front line
Olga Yurkova has spent years fighting fake news on the front line. The Ukrainian journalist and colleagues weighed into the battle with a StopFake.org website…
Will Trump’s Wall Pay for Itself?
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org President Donald Trump cited a contested report from an organization that advocates low immigration to claim that a wall along the…
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…
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) 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…
GM Korea Didn’t Announce Move to Detroit
By D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org General Motors will close one of its four assembly plants in South Korea in May. It did not say it was…
(Fact Check) Trump’s Claim that Electricity Prices are Falling
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org At a meeting on international trade, President Donald Trump falsely claimed his policies have reduced the cost of electricity for U.S….