Latest Fact Checks By Claire Cranford

No, ‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict Pope Francis would die in 2025

By Claire Cranford

April 22, 2025

“The Simpsons” predicted Pope Francis’ 2025 death.

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Fact-checking Gov. Tim Walz on Americans’ savings

By Claire Cranford

April 16, 2025

“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”

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Sen. Ruben Gallego is mostly right: American men trail women in higher education at historic levels

By Claire Cranford

April 9, 2025

Men “have the lowest college attainment rate ever.”

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Don’t trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint

By Claire Cranford

March 27, 2025

People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan…

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No, Elon Musk didn’t say Tesla is ‘doomed’

By Claire Cranford

March 26, 2025

Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”

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Nancy Pelosi didn’t get $14 million in USAID funding for “experimental farming” at her vineyard

By Claire Cranford

March 7, 2025

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”

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No, Elon Musk didn’t say billionaires are tired of ‘subsidizing everyone else’s’ public services

By Claire Cranford

March 4, 2025

Elon Musk posted on X that billionaires are “tired of subsidizing” public services.

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No, Zelenskyy did not ban Truth Social in Ukraine

By Claire Cranford

February 25, 2025

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “blocked Truth Social in Ukraine.”

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Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as President Donald Trump said? No, Russia invaded

By Claire Cranford , Louis Jacobson

February 19, 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.

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No, Michael Jordan didn’t say kneeling athletes should have their medals revoked

By Claire Cranford

February 19, 2025

Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”

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No, Donald Trump did not post that Chiefs lost Super Bowl because of ‘DEI nonsense’

By Claire Cranford

February 11, 2025

President Donald Trump posted that “the Chiefs’ Super Bowl performance was a disaster” and “too focused on DEI nonsense.”

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Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.

By Amy Sherman , Claire Cranford , Louis Jacobson

February 7, 2025

On support for U.S. Agency for International Development

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