Latest Fact-Checks

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Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan
Chinese billionaire floats conspiracy about coronavirus victim cremation
By Daniel Funke February 26, 2020

Coronavirus patients are being "cremated alive" in China.

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Congress didn’t charge Nancy Pelosi for ripping up State of the Union copy
February 26, 2020

“Congress files charges against Nancy Pelosi.”

Fact-checking Trump’s farm bailout vs. Obama’s GM rescue
February 26, 2020

“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”

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The book ‘End of Days’ described an illness in 2020, but not ‘Wuhan-400’
February 26, 2020

Says the 2008 book “End of Days” predicted the current coronavirus outbreak.

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No, liberals are not trying to make pedophilia legal in the US
By Samantha Putterman February 26, 2020

Says liberals are trying to make pedophilia legal “in preparation of Sharia Law in America.”

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Bloomberg adviser slams Bernie Sanders’ decades-old writings about sex, cancer
By Bill McCarthy February 26, 2020

Says Bernie Sanders has said “things like women get cancer from having too many orgasms, or toddlers should run around naked and touch each others'…

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Story exaggerates 2014 drug bust on cargo ship owned by McConnell’s family
By Samantha Putterman February 26, 2020

Ninety pounds of cocaine was found on a boat owned by Mitch McConnell's family and that they are “financing his Senate campaigns with their cocaine…

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ICE says it’s not patrolling polling locations on Election Day
February 26, 2020

Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020.

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Story about accidentally cremated funeral home worker is still false
February 26, 2020

Says a Michigan funeral home employee was “cremated by mistake while taking a nap.”

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Wisconsin lawmaker’s jobs claim falls short by one word
By D.L. Davis February 26, 2020

"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."

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Bernie Sanders embraces new study that lowers ‘Medicare For All’ price tag, but skepticism abounds
By Shefali Luthra February 26, 2020

“(A recent study) said ‘Medicare for All’ will lower health care costs in this country by $450 billion a year and save the lives of…

Census in Alaska
Old South African warning repurposed as a US Census hoax
By Daniel Funke February 25, 2020

"There is a group going to homes and pretending to be officials from home affairs. They have documents with the letterhead Department of Home Affairs…

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