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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Bling News
Bling News
stated on July 9, 2018 a headline
"In 1984, the New York Times said Trump would be our BEST president."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2018
YourNewsWire.com
YourNewsWire.com
stated on July 3, 2018 a headline
"Broward County Sheriff fired for lying about Parkland."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2018
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 10, 2018 an interview on MSNBC
Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
For Our Future PAC
For Our Future PAC
stated on July 2, 2018 a website
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on July 2, 2018 a headline
"Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on June 28, 2018 a Fox News Debate
Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • June 29, 2018
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on June 12, 2018 a tweet
Says Sherrod Brown in 1978 "voted for stricter removal standards (for voter registration) and then enforced them as Secretary of State."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 29, 2018
The Houston Post
The Houston Post
stated on June 26, 2018 a headline
"Red Hen owner just issued sick threat to Sarah Sanders"
False
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2018
Twentyeightmay
Twentyeightmay
stated on June 23, 2018 a story
Kurt Russell said that celebrities shouldn't "get political" when it comes to Donald Trump.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2018
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 21, 2018 a headline
"Migrant mother and ‘crying girl’ on Time cover never separated."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018
Brad Parscale
Brad Parscale
stated on June 20, 2018 a tweet
"Fact: Over 90,000 kids were detained under Obama. And no one cared."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 9, 2018 a headline
"Trump approval rating better than Obama and Reagan at same point in their presidencies."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 18, 2018
Newsflash
Newsflash
stated on June 10, 2018 a headline
"Breaking: Shep Smith to be canned because he can’t control his hate for Donald Trump."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2018
Red State Wave
Red State Wave
stated on June 11, 2018 a headline
"Breaking: Mike Huckabee just fired!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on June 4, 2018 an event in Springfield
On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on May 17, 2018 a tweet
"Ohio's (payday lending) laws are now the worst in the nation. Things have gotten so bad that it is legal to charge 594 percent interest on loans."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 18, 2018 a TV ad
"Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress" and "voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold key government positions and harder to investigate conflicts of interest."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2018 a tweet
"Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages."
True
By Amy Sherman • May 29, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 22, 2018 a headline
"USA: Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered in Great Lakes!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018
Conservative Stories
Conservative Stories
stated on May 21, 2018 a headline
"Just in: John Kerry facing prison."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018
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