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Latest Fact-Checks By Bill McCarthy

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Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on May 10, 2020 a TV segment
Says Attorney General William Barr didn’t cite the "rule of law” in explaining his decision in the Michael Flynn case during a CBS News interview.
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post
“So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 7, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV segment
"There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on April 27, 2020 a TV segment
“The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 3, 2020 a Fox News virtual town hall
Says Joe Biden has “written a letter of apology” for calling Trump’s travel restrictions from China “xenophobic.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Joe Biden was involved in a plot to kidnap JFK Jr. according to the just declassified FBI files, and also made several threats."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 27, 2020
Phil McGraw
Phil McGraw
stated on April 16, 2020 a Fox News appearance
There are “360,000 (deaths) a year from swimming pools. But we don’t shut the country down for that.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 17, 2020
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on April 15, 2020 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that."
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2020
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on April 13, 2020 a Facebook post
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 a Facebook post
Says video of body bags being dumped in a ditch shows the “situation in Italy” due to the coronavirus.
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 13, 2020
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on April 3, 2020 a tweet
“The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • April 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2020 a Facebook post
“This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • April 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2020 a Facebook post
“All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2020 an article
“Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • March 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 a Facebook post
Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 19, 2020
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 a TV segment
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“Coronavirus — 22. Clintons — 39.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 16, 2020
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • March 13, 2020
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