Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

No, scientist who discovered HIV did not say it was created as a ‘secret weapon’

By Samantha Putterman

February 15, 2019

Says Dr. Robert Gallo, the man who helped discover the HIV virus, confessed he was "forced" to "create the HIV virus as a secret weapon…

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Fact-checking claim that Mitch McConnell’s ‘biggest donor’ is sanctioned Russian oligarch

By Samantha Putterman

February 14, 2019

Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."

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Yes, Democrats held majority almost every time Congress approved a minimum wage increase

By Samantha Putterman

February 14, 2019

Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."

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Did Kurt Cobain predict and express approval of a Donald Trump presidency? No.

By Samantha Putterman

February 12, 2019

Quotes Kurt Cobain saying in 1993 that he wouldn’t be surprised if his generation eventually elected a "true outsider" a "business tycoon who can’t be…

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No, courts did not ‘quietly confirm’ MMR vaccine causes autism

By Samantha Putterman

February 11, 2019

Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism.

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No, George Soros was not arrested in Switzerland in February 2019

By Samantha Putterman

February 8, 2019

Says George Soros was arrested in Switzerland for a web of crimes based on information provided by Barack Obama.

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No, NASA has not discovered a new planet covered in marijuana

By Samantha Putterman

February 8, 2019

NASA has discovered a new planet covered with marijuana

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Facebook post repeats unsubstantiated claims on Red Cross CEO pay, donations

By Samantha Putterman

February 8, 2019

Says Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans makes "$651,957 plus expenses" a year and "only 9 cents of every dollar" donated to the…

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No, Donald Trump’s parents were not wearing KKK robes in old photo

By Samantha Putterman

February 4, 2019

A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes.

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Conspiracy theorists peddle fake claim about the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster

By Samantha Putterman

February 1, 2019

The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today.

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No, 15 homeless people did not freeze to death on the streets of Chicago

By Samantha Putterman

February 1, 2019

"15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago."

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No, Nancy Pelosi didn’t spend $457 million on office renovations during the shutdown

By Samantha Putterman

February 1, 2019

Says Nancy Pelosi spent "$497 Million on office renovations" during the government shutdown.

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