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Facebook posts
stated on November 22, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says white vans with external locks are “utilized for sex trafficking.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2020 a Facebook post:
Sex traffickers are using a zip-tie contraption on the door handles of vehicles “to trick females into looking down and digging for something in their purse to cut with ... Once they’re distracted, boom! They are quickly forced into another vehicle, never to be seen again by their people.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 14, 2020 a blog post:
Says Patrick Mahomes said, “I believe George Zimmerman is innocent.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says J. David Cox, "the boss" of the jail guards "who were supposed to keep" suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein alive, is also "friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 a Facebook post:
"The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 10, 2020
Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on December 9, 2019 a speech.:
U.S. and Virginia murders are "usually gangbangers killing gangbangers."   
False
By Warren Fiske • January 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 5, 2018 a Facebook post:
On Sept. 5, 1993, "Vince Foster went to Fort Marcy Park and shot himself 3 times in the back of the head to avoid testifying against Hillary Clinton."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says the Obamas are connected to the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 11, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 13, 2019:
"Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 18, 2019
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Viral image
stated on August 26, 2019 a Facebook post:
A scarecrow discovered on a Texas ranch was actually a human skeleton.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • September 11, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says the "bones of children" were found on Jeffrey Epstein’s island.   
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 4, 2019
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stated on August 13, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Susan Coleman was killed after having an affair with Bill Clinton.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says 194 people were killed in mass shootings in 2018 while undocumented immigrants killed 83,211 people.
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 26, 2019
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stated on June 23, 2019 a Facebook post:
"If you need to call 911 but are scared to because of someone in the room dial and ask for a pepperoni pizza."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 23, 2019
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on August 3, 2019 a tweet:
There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.
False
By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2019
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stated on August 3, 2019 posts on Facebook:
"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2019
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler
stated on August 2, 2019 a tweet:
"Elijah Cummings’ house was broken into after Trump publicly attacked him on Twitter."
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 1, 2019 a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio:
Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 2, 2019
Bill Stanley
Bill Stanley
stated on July 9, 2019 a radio interview.:
"How many people have with a concealed carry permit have committed a crime in Virginia? ...The answer is zero."  
False
By Warren Fiske • July 24, 2019
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stated on April 18, 2016 a Facebook post:
A retired U.S. Army sergeant faces life in prison for killing two Syrian refugees after discovering they raped his teenage daughter.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 19, 2019
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