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Latest Fact-Checks By Patrick Orsagos

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Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet:
“In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
Mostly True
By Patrick Orsagos • August 19, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine.
Pants on Fire!
By Patrick Orsagos • August 13, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference:
West Virginia is the state with the oldest population.
Half-True
By Patrick Orsagos • July 29, 2020
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on July 10, 2020 in a tweet:
“Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.”
Half-True
By Patrick Orsagos • July 27, 2020
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Viral image
stated on May 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The United Nations’ “new world order” agenda will create one world government with one world military and the end of national sovereignty.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • July 24, 2020
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Viral image
stated on June 6, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I don’t want no (white) friends. It’s me and my boys.”
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos • July 9, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2016 in on social media:
Say Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn support Trump by wearing t-shirt
Pants on Fire!
By Patrick Orsagos • June 30, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
NASCAR eliminated the national anthem at races.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • June 24, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on June 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Obama Foundation posted picture of George Floyd before he died.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • June 22, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2020 in on social media:
Nancy Pelosi ordered a 220-seat Boeing 757 to fly to her home state, costing taxpayers nearly $5.8 million annually.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • June 12, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2020 in on social media:
In 1986, the founder of the Times Square Church prophesied that he saw “a plague coming on the world and the bars and church and government will shut down,” with New York City especially hard hit.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • April 24, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 in posts on the Internet:
If you ask Amazon’s Alexa about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, it says “the government planned” it.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • April 16, 2020
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Instagram posts
stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts:
“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos • April 9, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 in on social media:
Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”
Half-True
By Patrick Orsagos • March 23, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University:
"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."
Mostly True
By Kristen Uppercue, Patrick Orsagos • July 18, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."
Half-True
By Cade Moisey, Davis Versprille, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • May 17, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2019 in posts on the Internet:
"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."
Pants on Fire!
By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on November 27, 2018 in a tweet:
At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."
True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green, Kenna Richards, Patrick Orsagos • December 6, 2018
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 31, 2018 in a debate:
"Last year we had the eighth fastest-growing economy in the country in West Virginia."
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos, Zack Schwehm • November 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.:
"The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country."
True
By Patrick Orsagos • October 23, 2018
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