Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

No, famed professor of Islam didn’t say Muslims will turn to ‘violent Jihad’ to colonize US, Canada

By Samantha Putterman

March 29, 2019

Says Islamic studies professor Tariq Ramadan said Muslims are here "to colonize the U.S. and Canada and spread Sharia law" and won’t "hesitate to use…

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No, Adam Schiff did not use taxpayer funds for a sexual harassment settlement

By Samantha Putterman

March 27, 2019

Says Adam Schiff used taxpayer money to "reach a sexual harassment settlement with a 19-year-old male."

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Did the Wall Street Journal run two different headlines on the same day to influence voters?

By Samantha Putterman

March 26, 2019

Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same…

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Viral photo does not show Harriet Tubman with gun she used to kill Democrats

By Samantha Putterman

March 25, 2019

Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."

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No, Albert Einstein did not say technology would create a ‘generation of idiots’

By Samantha Putterman

March 22, 2019

Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."

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No, Yosemite Sam was not banned from television for being ‘too violent’

By Samantha Putterman

March 21, 2019

Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.

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No, Florida drivers who have a phone ‘in hand’ will not be ticketed $250 or sent to driving school

By Samantha Putterman

March 18, 2019

Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school." 

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No, Prince did not invest in Nike or design the first Air Jordan sneaker

By Samantha Putterman

March 15, 2019

Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.

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Claims about Thomas Jefferson and marijuana are mostly off

By Samantha Putterman

March 13, 2019

Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth…

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No, Teddy Roosevelt never said that quote about liberals and conservatives

By Samantha Putterman

March 11, 2019

Says President Theodore Roosevelt said "To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth."

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No, Cadbury products were not contaminated with a worker’s HIV-positive blood

By Samantha Putterman

March 7, 2019

An HIV-positive Cadbury worker has been arrested after contaminating products with his blood.

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J.K. Rowling fell off Forbes billionaires list due to charitable donations, but she wasn’t the first

By Samantha Putterman

March 6, 2019

Says author J.K. Rowling was the first billionaire to fall off Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.

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