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 By Louis Jacobson

Clear
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2020 in a tweet:
“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media:
"Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2020
Lincoln Project
Lincoln Project
stated on May 5, 2020 in an ad:
"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2020 in on social media:
Politicians “receive full pay retirement after serving 1 term!”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2020 in on social media:
The government must have planned the coronavirus pandemic because the coronavirus relief bill had been introduced three years earlier.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 in posts on the Internet:
“The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2020
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on April 19, 2020 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement:
Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on April 12, 2020 in social media posts:
The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2020
DeAnna Lorraine
DeAnna Lorraine
stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet that was retweeted by President Donald Trump:
Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2020 in a press briefing:
With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 in social media:
Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2020 in a press conference:
“I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don't actually need.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 23, 2020 in social media posts:
“Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 in a debate:
Because the Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates to near 0%, “the Fed will be of little consequence now. They’ve already used what leverage they have.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 in a screenshot:
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • March 17, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 12, 2020 in a post on the internet:
“The CDC can detain anyone with a fever — indefinitely. … Vaccination (is) a way people could get out of detention.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 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
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 in a mass email:
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Previous Next