Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld falsely claims concealed carry permit holders never committed mass shooting

By Bill McCarthy

June 28, 2022

No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting."

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No, gas in Canada isn’t $9 per gallon

By Bill McCarthy

June 22, 2022

“Gas in Canada is $9.00 a gallon.”

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Viral meme shared by Benny Johnson features old, out-of-context photos in attack on Joe Biden

By Bill McCarthy

June 21, 2022

A compilation of images shows what Joe Biden has “done to our country.”

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Image of anti-Biden restaurant sign about gas prices was digitally altered

By Bill McCarthy

June 16, 2022

A Big Boy restaurant sign said Donald Trump "was right" when he "predicted if Biden was elected, you'd see $5, $6 and $7 gas."

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Fake mugshot showing badly bruised Paul Pelosi circulates online

By Bill McCarthy , Grace Abels

June 14, 2022

Image shows Paul Pelosi, bruised, in a booking mugshot.

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No evidence Pelosi ‘rejected’ Trump’s authorization for ‘20,000 National Guard’ before Jan. 6 attack

By Bill McCarthy

June 13, 2022

“Donald Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guard troops to protect the Capitol" before Jan. 6, 2021, but was "rejected" by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck…

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Local TV error leads spurs Buffalo shooting ‘crisis actor’ conspiracy theory

By Bill McCarthy

May 17, 2022

A reporter who covered the Buffalo supermarket shooting was a "crisis actor."

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Dennis Prager baselessly claims Black students commit ‘overwhelming’ share of campus hate crimes

By Bill McCarthy

May 6, 2022

When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming…

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Sean Hannity falsely credits conservative Twitter follower gains to lifting of ‘shadow ban’

By Bill McCarthy

May 2, 2022

Conservatives gained Twitter followers after the company announced its deal with Elon Musk because "Twitter lifted a broad anti-conservative, anti-Trump shadow ban.”

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No, Bill Gates wasn’t suspended from Twitter following Elon Musk deal

By Bill McCarthy

April 27, 2022

Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter.

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Viral videos falsely claiming Ukraine’s Zelenskyy uses cocaine are altered

By Bill McCarthy

April 26, 2022

Videos show that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses cocaine.

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Video shows Norwegian military practice shot, not Russian warship exploding

By Bill McCarthy

April 25, 2022

A video shows the Russian warship Moskva exploding.

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