Fact Check Posts – Page 49

No, congressional salaries have not gone up 231% over the last 30 years

By Samantha Putterman

August 7, 2019

Says congressional salaries have gone up 231% over the last 30 years...Now Congress is saying they need a $4,500 raise.

Facebook post mischaracterizes scientists’ cow flatulence studies

By Samantha Putterman

August 6, 2019

"Fringe leftists are now advocating for cow fart bags to capture farts as a way to help prevent ‘global warming.’"

No, the names of CNN anchors were not on the Epstein flight logs

By Samantha Putterman

July 29, 2019

Says the names of CNN anchors Chris Cuomo, Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper were on the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane.

That viral photo of migrants on a ship during World War II you’re seeing online? It’s miscaptioned

By Samantha Putterman

July 29, 2019

Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II."

AOC isn’t going after motorcycles. That quote was made up

By Samantha Putterman

July 25, 2019

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proposing a "nationwide motorcycle ban."

Facebook post on deaths of 6 people from Ferguson stretches what’s known

By Samantha Putterman

July 25, 2019

"SIX of the most prominent activists during the Ferguson riots have all been found burned to death in their cars. There are no coincidences here."

Fake Ocasio-Cortez quote about professional truck drivers originated from satire website

By Samantha Putterman

July 19, 2019

Quotes Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez as saying private truck drivers are "destroying America" and should be "government regulated and drivers should be on full-time camera until we…

Trump’s Ellis Island award was not for work ‘within the black community’

By Samantha Putterman

July 19, 2019

Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community."

No, the FDA isn’t requiring all ice cream containers be sealed in response to the Blue Bell licker

By Samantha Putterman

July 17, 2019

Says the FDA will now require sealed ice cream cartons in response to the Blue Bell ice cream licker, thus driving up the cost for…

No, country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was not dropped from Wrangler after coming out as gay

By Samantha Putterman

July 17, 2019

Says country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was "dropped from Wrangler endorsement" after coming out of the closet.

George H.W. Bush didn’t say if Americans ever found out ‘what we have done’ they would ‘lynch us’

By Samantha Putterman

July 17, 2019

Says George H.W. Bush once said "If the American People ever find out what we have done, they will chase us down the street and…

Viral meme on cancer and acidity connection gets a lot wrong

By Samantha Putterman

July 17, 2019

Says "Every single person who has cancer has a pH that is too acidic," and claims Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize for proving…

Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

No, congressional salaries have not gone up 231% over the last 30 years

Facebook post mischaracterizes scientists’ cow flatulence studies

No, the names of CNN anchors were not on the Epstein flight logs

That viral photo of migrants on a ship during World War II you’re seeing online? It’s miscaptioned

AOC isn’t going after motorcycles. That quote was made up

Facebook post on deaths of 6 people from Ferguson stretches what’s known

Fake Ocasio-Cortez quote about professional truck drivers originated from satire website

Trump’s Ellis Island award was not for work ‘within the black community’

No, the FDA isn’t requiring all ice cream containers be sealed in response to the Blue Bell licker

No, country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was not dropped from Wrangler after coming out as gay

George H.W. Bush didn’t say if Americans ever found out ‘what we have done’ they would ‘lynch us’

Viral meme on cancer and acidity connection gets a lot wrong