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Flash 24 Daily
Flash 24 Daily
stated on December 25, 2017 a headline:
Says Sandra Bullock said to Hillary Clinton, "If you don’t like our president you can leave and never come back again."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 4, 2018
USA Daily Portal
USA Daily Portal
stated on December 14, 2017 a headline:
"Julia Roberts claims ‘Michelle Obama isn’t fit to clean Melania’s toilet’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 28, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 9, 2017 Internet posts:
A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet:
Says Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2017
Joy Behar
Joy Behar
stated on September 6, 2017 comments on 'The View':
Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2017
Babylon Bee
Babylon Bee
stated on May 24, 2017 a web post:
"ISIS Lays Down Arms After Katy Perry’s Impassioned Plea To ‘Like, Just Co-Exist’"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2017
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on August 23, 2017 comments on Twitter:
Says the Joker's "Red Hood" origin story is "the true one."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 25, 2017
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on June 30, 2017 a tweet:
"Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2017
Kid Rock
Kid Rock
stated on July 13, 2017 a post on KidRock.com:
"I’ve got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC!"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 14, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 15, 2017 a tweet:
"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 a tweet:
"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"
False
By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2017 In a tweet:
"Jackie Evancho’s album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her inauguration performance."
True
By Mark Dent • January 5, 2017
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 27, 2016 a Facebook post of photo and caption on Miller's fan page:
Says actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wore a T-shirt stating: "We Stand for the flag, we kneel for the fallen."
False
By Fauzeya Rahman • December 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, N.C.:
"Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. It's true. I get far bigger crowds."
False
By Aaron Sharockman, Linda Qiu • November 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate:
"There was even a time when (Donald Trump) didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on May 3, 2016 a radio talk show appearance on the John Boy and Billy Big Show:
Says Bruce Springsteen "only had 8,000 tickets sold" for a Greensboro show and canceled after "they didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • May 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview on CNN:
Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 21, 2015 a public forum:
"Most Americans are now getting their news from Facebook."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2015
Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview on "CNN Tonight":
"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 2, 2015 in posts on Facebook:
The runnerup to Caitlyn Jenner for ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award was "Army veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 4, 2015
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