Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

Viral posts about a Facebook ‘witch checker’ are just a bunch of hocus pocus

By Samantha Putterman

October 11, 2019

Says Facebook now has a "witch checker."  

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No, the Obamas have nothing to do with the ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal

By Samantha Putterman

October 11, 2019

Says the Obamas are connected to the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.

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Viral rumor about a Pelosi Ukrainian ‘legislative aide’ twists facts, exaggerates connection

By Samantha Putterman

October 9, 2019

Says Nancy Pelosi’s "legislative aide … is from the Ukraine and is connected to the Ukrainian Embassy, the Ukrainian military, the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian…

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Monica Lewinsky didn’t tweet she would engage in oral sex with Trump to convince GOP to impeach

By Samantha Putterman

October 4, 2019

Says Monica Lewinsky tweeted that she's "willing to take one for the team" by engaging in oral sex with President Donald Trump because, "Apparently that's…

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Jefferson didn’t say ‘freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed, uninvolved people’

By Samantha Putterman

October 4, 2019

 Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed and uninvolved people."  

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No, Freddy Krueger wasn’t based on a real serial killer, despite social media rumor

By Samantha Putterman

October 4, 2019

Says the character Freddy Krueger was based on a real serial killer.

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No, El Chapo didn’t testify that Comey laundered $150 million for Pelosi

By Samantha Putterman

October 1, 2019

Says El Chapo "stated in court" that James Comey helped launder $150 million "cartel money for Pelosi."  

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No, that badly bruised woman in photo was not former U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s girlfriend

By Samantha Putterman

September 27, 2019

 Says a photo of a woman with multiple bruises on her face is Democrat Keith Ellison’s girlfriend and he is responsible for her injuries.  

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No, police aren’t warning shoppers to use wipes on carts over fentanyl overdose risk

By Samantha Putterman

September 26, 2019

Says police are warning shoppers to use wipes to clean their carts over deadly risk of fentanyl residue.

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No, the story about 11-year-old girl who shot two ‘illegal aliens’ in Montana is fake

By Samantha Putterman

September 24, 2019

 Says an 11-year-old girl shot and killed two armed "illegal aliens" after they broke into her home in Montana.  

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Churchill never equated diplomacy with telling people to ‘go to hell’

By Samantha Putterman

September 20, 2019

Quotes Winston Churchill as saying "Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions."…

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Viral image of Trump supposedly going ‘ballistic’ on Fox is photoshopped

By Samantha Putterman

September 20, 2019

Says Trump told Fox News "the Democrats can subpoena me and my administration for the next 10, 15, 20 years and we will never capitulate.…

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