Fact Check Posts – Page 54

No, there was not a man ‘dressed in Muslim garb’ walking in a Notre Dame tower during the fire

By Samantha Putterman

April 16, 2019

A video clip from the Notre Dame cathedral fire shows a man walking alone in a tower of the church "dressed in Muslim garb."

No, a professor didn’t say a windmill will ‘never generate’ the energy invested in building it

By Samantha Putterman

April 12, 2019

Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."

No, the photo of Muslim women with ‘Down with the USA’ on their hands was not taken in Michigan

By Samantha Putterman

April 11, 2019

A photo of Muslim women with the words "Down with the USA" written on their hands was taken in Michigan.

No, Jay-Z did not arrange a $15 million trust fund for Nipsey Hussle’s children

By Samantha Putterman

April 11, 2019

Says Jay-Z set up a $15 million trust fund for Nipsey Hussle’s children.

No, the number of projected U.S. Muslim voters in 20 years is still not enough to elect a president

By Samantha Putterman

April 10, 2019

In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president."

No, 13,506 Marines have not volunteered for White House duty since Trump’s inauguration

By Samantha Putterman

April 8, 2019

Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned."

Obama never said, ‘The American dream is to be Donald Trump’

By Samantha Putterman

April 8, 2019

Says President Barack Obama once said, "The American dream is to be Donald Trump"

No, gun control regulation in Nazi Germany did not help advance the Holocaust

By Samantha Putterman

April 8, 2019

Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of…

No, hackers aren’t posting ‘sexual videos and pictures’ on your wall that you can’t see

By Samantha Putterman

April 3, 2019

"Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you…

Harriet Tubman never said she could have freed more slaves ‘if only they knew they were slaves’

By Samantha Putterman

April 2, 2019

Quotes Harriet Tubman as saying, "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."

No, Bernie Sanders did not say ‘Christianity is an insult to Muslims’

By Samantha Putterman

April 2, 2019

Quotes Bernie Sanders as saying, "Christianity is an insult to Muslims."

Did Hitler say the best way to control a people is to take ‘a little of their freedom at a time’?

By Samantha Putterman

April 1, 2019

Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."

Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

No, there was not a man ‘dressed in Muslim garb’ walking in a Notre Dame tower during the fire

No, a professor didn’t say a windmill will ‘never generate’ the energy invested in building it

No, the photo of Muslim women with ‘Down with the USA’ on their hands was not taken in Michigan

No, Jay-Z did not arrange a $15 million trust fund for Nipsey Hussle’s children

No, the number of projected U.S. Muslim voters in 20 years is still not enough to elect a president

No, 13,506 Marines have not volunteered for White House duty since Trump’s inauguration

Obama never said, ‘The American dream is to be Donald Trump’

No, gun control regulation in Nazi Germany did not help advance the Holocaust

No, hackers aren’t posting ‘sexual videos and pictures’ on your wall that you can’t see

Harriet Tubman never said she could have freed more slaves ‘if only they knew they were slaves’

No, Bernie Sanders did not say ‘Christianity is an insult to Muslims’

Did Hitler say the best way to control a people is to take ‘a little of their freedom at a time’?