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No, the measles vaccine didn’t kill hundreds of infants last year
April 15, 2019

"Measles kills 11 people in 19 years (since 2000). MMR vaccine kills 445 infants in 1 year (since 2018)."

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Ilhan Omar misstates the facts about CAIR’s founding
By Angie Drobnic Holan April 15, 2019

Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.

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Emanuel blows smoke about cigarette use among Chicago teens
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller April 14, 2019

Says Chicago’s reduction in teen smoking over the last eight years is the "largest drop in the United States of America."

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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."

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GOP blames Evers’ budget for potential property tax hike
By Eric Litke April 12, 2019

"Governor Evers' budget would increase property taxes by the largest amount in a decade"

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NC doesn’t have the second-most drug overdose deaths
By Paul Specht April 11, 2019

"North Carolina last year was second in the nation in overdose deaths"

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Cory Booker makes misleading attack on Donald Trump, domestic terrorism funding
By Amy Sherman April 11, 2019

Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."

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Viral image about the Confederate flag confuses history
April 11, 2019

Says William T. Thompson, the designer of the Confederate flag, said, "As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white…

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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.

Hickenlooper expanded Medicaid, created state-run marketplace to insure nearly all Coloradans
By Julianna Rennie April 11, 2019

"We got to almost universal coverage in health care in Colorado."

Activist says F-35s bound for Burlington have a nuclear mission. They don’t.
By Colin Meyn April 11, 2019

"The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."

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