Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks On Facebook posts

Clear
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 in a post:
Says "there is no" COVID-19 virus.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • March 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 in 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 in a text post:
"George Soros owns the WuXi PHARMA LAB located in Wuhan, China where COVID-19 was developed and conveniently Broke Out."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Italy has decided not to treat their elderly for this virus.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“All US citizens are entitled to $700 USD per week to stay at home to avoid the spread of COVID-19 novel coronavirus, starting from March 17.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Oprah Winfrey’s house “has been seized and they are excavating the property and digging up the tunnels!”
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“MSNBC actually said on air ‘I hope enough people die from coronavirus that it harms Trump’s re-election.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2020 in a screenshot:
President Donald Trump “will evoke (sic) what is called the Stafford act” and “order a two week mandatory quarantine for the nation.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Coronavirus — 22. Clintons — 39.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 came to the United States in 2019.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“‘The Simpsons' predicted Tom Hanks getting coronavirus in 2007.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2018 in posts on the Internet:
A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 10, 2020 in an image:
Says Joe Biden “attacked voters this primary,” saying “damn liar,” “full of s---” and “dog-faced pony soldier.”
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2020 in an image:
If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 in an image:
"Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.
False
By Daniel Funke • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media:
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
False
By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC:
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Previous Next