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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 9, 2020 a headline
“Obama ordered CIA to train ISIS Jihadists”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 27, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 8, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says Bernie Sanders “collaborated with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2020
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stated on January 30, 2019 a Facebook post
Says it’s “OK to kill babies once born” in Virginia.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 24, 2020 an episode of his radio show
“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2019 a Facebook post
“If you have the Flu… get these two items… Sambucol (and) Oscillococcinum… in 48 hours you will feel better. In 72 hours you will be almost symptom-free.”
Mostly False
By Emily Venezky • February 27, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 23, 2020 an MSNBC interview
Says Bernie Sanders “opposed Obamacare, didn't like the fact we didn't push a single-payer option.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a photo of Pete Buttigieg in a military uniform was staged.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2020
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stated on February 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Says “The Simpsons” predicted the coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2020 an image
High levels of sulfur dioxide in Wuhan “may be a sign of mass cremations of victims of the coronavirus."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2020 a video
Coronavirus patients are being "cremated alive" in China.
False
By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 25, 2020 a blog post
“Congress files charges against Nancy Pelosi.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2020
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Viral image
stated on February 19, 2020 a Facebook post
Says the 2008 book “End of Days” predicted the current coronavirus outbreak.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 20, 2015 a story
Says liberals are trying to make pedophilia legal “in preparation of Sharia Law in America.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2020
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
stated on February 25, 2020 a CNN interview
Says Bernie Sanders has said “things like women get cancer from having too many orgasms, or toddlers should run around naked and touch each others' genitals to insulate themselves from porn … He's written about women's rape fantasies."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • February 26, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 9, 2016 a story
Ninety pounds of cocaine was found on a boat owned by Mitch McConnell's family and that they are “financing his Senate campaigns with their cocaine drug profits.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2020 a Facebook post
Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 25, 2020 a blog post
Says a Michigan funeral home employee was “cremated by mistake while taking a nap.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet
"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2020 in remarks during the South Carolina Democratic primary debate
“(A recent study) said ‘Medicare for All’ will lower health care costs in this country by $450 billion a year and save the lives of 68,000 people who would otherwise have died.”
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra • February 26, 2020
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