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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
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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