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Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2019 posts online
ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.
False
By Julianna Rennie • March 26, 2019
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Viral image
stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2019
Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle
stated on March 19, 2019 a debate
"Nationally, they predict prison populations on the basis of third-grade achievement."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2019 a Facebook post
"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2019
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on March 19, 2019 in a panel discussion
"America came along as the first country to end (slavery) within 150 years."
False
By John Kruzel • March 21, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 18, 2019 an interview on MSNBC
"Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 21, 2019
Matthew Birmingham
Matthew Birmingham
stated on March 16, 2019 a press release
"Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts."
False
By Colin Meyn • March 20, 2019
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on February 24, 2019 a TV interview
''Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that in the city of Madison."
False
By D.L. Davis • March 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2019 a Facebook post
Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school." 
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2019
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on March 12, 2019 an email
"Democrats have forced a special election"
False
By Paul Specht • March 15, 2019
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 9, 2019 a tweet
Says HR 1 would "legalize" the kind of fraud found in North Carolina
False
By Paul Specht • March 13, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2019 a text post on Facebook
Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"
False
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on March 6, 2019 a speech
"At $93 trillion, the Green New Deal would cost more than the entire recorded spending of the U.S. since the Constitution went into effect in 1789."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2019
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stated on March 5, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2019
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stated on March 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2019 Facebook posts
Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019
Zerlina Maxwell
Zerlina Maxwell
stated on March 2, 2019 in a panel discussion
Says Bernie Sanders "did not mention race or gender until 23 minutes into this speech" announcing his 2020 presidential run.
False
By John Kruzel • March 5, 2019
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