Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

No, John Elway didn’t threaten to fire players who kneeled during anthem

By Samantha Putterman

July 2, 2020

Says John Elway told NFL players “Kneel on my field and you’re fired on the spot.”

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Painting of people around the world wearing masks is from 2020, not 1994

By Samantha Putterman

July 1, 2020

A Denver International Airport mural of people wearing masks was painted in 1994.

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Image of toddler in KKK garb isn’t of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. It was taken before he was born

By Samantha Putterman

June 30, 2020

Old photo shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his mother wearing KKK garb.

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No, this Craigslist ad for paid ‘anti-Trump’ protesters is phony

By Samantha Putterman

June 25, 2020

A Craigslist ad was soliciting “anti-Trump” protesters in Phoenix.

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No, NASCAR didn’t say noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage was an automotive belt

By Samantha Putterman

June 22, 2020

Says NASCAR announced that driver Bubba Wallace mistook a serpentine automotive belt for a noose in his garage stall.

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Trump shares manipulated toddler video targeting CNN

By Samantha Putterman

June 19, 2020

CNN aired a video of a toddler running away from another toddler with the headlines “Terrified toddler runs from racist baby” and “Racist baby probably…

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Bogus conspiracy about Obama, others wearing house arrest monitors spreads online

By Samantha Putterman

June 18, 2020

Says these “elite” figures are on house arrest with ankle monitors “due to child trafficking crimes.”

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Photo shows NASCAR drivers ‘kissing the bricks,’ not participating in a Muslim prayer

By Samantha Putterman

June 18, 2020

Says NASCAR “bans the confederate flag but FORCES all their drivers to do Muslim prayer.”

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Maryland July 4th safety guidelines poster is fake

By Samantha Putterman

June 17, 2020

Says the state of Maryland issued these Independence Day 2020 safety guidelines.

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No, this photo doesn’t show a woman George Floyd assaulted

By Samantha Putterman

June 16, 2020

Says photo of beaten woman is Aracely Henriquez, a pregnant woman who George Floyd assaulted during an armed robbery.

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No, Joe Biden didn’t single out antifa as ‘courageous’

By Samantha Putterman

June 16, 2020

Says Joe Biden called ANTIFA “courageous Americans.”

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Fact-checking claims about Robert E. Lee’s position on slavery, secession

By Samantha Putterman

June 12, 2020

Says Robert E. Lee opposed slavery and secession and has come to symbolize both slavery and secession.

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