Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

No, Biden didn’t promote ‘mandatory’ COVID-19 vaccines in primetime address

By Bill McCarthy

March 12, 2021

Says President Joe Biden promoted "mandatory vaccines for everybody" in his March 11 address.

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Border apprehensions then and now: Fact-checking McEnany’s comparison to 2014

By Bill McCarthy

March 11, 2021

Current immigration "apprehension numbers are worse than the 'crisis' Biden/Obama/Pelosi acknowledged in 2014!"

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No, HR 1 would not allow the Boston Marathon bomber to vote from prison

By Bill McCarthy

March 5, 2021

H.R. 1 “would allow the Boston bomber to have a right to vote.”

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What Trump said to encourage COVID-19 vaccine use

By Bill McCarthy

March 4, 2021

"While he was president, President Trump never encouraged Americans to get vaccinated."

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Facebook posts blaming Biden for insulin prices miss the mark

By Bill McCarthy

February 25, 2021

Insulin prices rose “with the swipe of (Joe Biden’s) pen.”

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Fox Nation host’s unsupported claim that helicopters sprayed oil on frozen Texas wind turbines

By Bill McCarthy

February 24, 2021

"The reality" in Texas is that "you’re flying helicopters, using fossil fuels, to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them.”

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Tucker Carlson’s false claim downplaying role of white supremacists at Capitol riot

By Bill McCarthy

February 23, 2021

"There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.”

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Yes, California requires signature verification for mail-in ballots and Newsom recall petitions

By Bill McCarthy , Chris Nichols

February 16, 2021

“So California is requiring signature verification for Gavin Newsom’s recall, but didn’t require it for the mail in ballots.”

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Fact-checking Laura Ingraham’s claim about immigrants staying in hotels

By Bill McCarthy

February 15, 2021

“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”

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Newsmax host falsely claims ‘only one person died’ at Capitol Jan. 6

By Bill McCarthy

February 9, 2021

“Only one person died on that day” during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

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Jumbled ‘teach a man to fish’ quote attributed to Joe Biden is fake

By Bill McCarthy

February 9, 2021

Says Joe Biden said, “Buy a man eat fish, he day, teach fish man, to a lifetime."

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Did The Weeknd flash the word ‘Satan’ during his Super Bowl halftime show?

By Bill McCarthy

February 8, 2021

"Satan flashed in the halftime Super Bowl satanic ritual."

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