Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Fact-checking unproven claims that rapper DMX suffered heart attack after getting COVID-19 vaccine

By Bill McCarthy

April 12, 2021

"DMX received COVID vaccine days before heart attack."

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Fox Business reporter wrong about history of Sunday voting in Georgia

By Bill McCarthy

April 7, 2021

"Sunday was never used before as a voting day in Georgia.”

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Katie Pavlich falsely claims Biden administration is ‘engaging in,’ ‘enabling’ human trafficking

By Bill McCarthy

April 6, 2021

“The Biden administration is engaging in human trafficking because they are enabling this to happen” at the southern border.

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Social media posts wrongly claim vaccination can happen only during lockdowns

By Bill McCarthy

April 2, 2021

"They’re unable to administer vaccines if the lockdown ends because the emergency ends with it.”

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No, Time magazine didn’t name Rachel Levine ‘Woman of the Year’

By Bill McCarthy

March 30, 2021

Says Rachel Levine was Time magazine's "Woman of the Year."

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No, autopsy doesn’t say George Floyd died of overdose

By Bill McCarthy

March 30, 2021

“Toxicology report was made public by the MN prosecution revealing the cause of George Floyd’s death was a fentanyl overdose.”

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No evidence Ted Cruz made statement about guns, cars

By Bill McCarthy

March 29, 2021

"Ted Cruz says owning a gun should be as hassle free as owning a car, which as I recall requires a license and registration."

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No, CNN chyron did not call Boulder shooter ‘factually Arabic, but morally white’

By Bill McCarthy

March 25, 2021

A CNN chyron said the Boulder “shooter was factually Arabic, but morally white.”

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Fact-checking Joy Behar on mass shootings and the assault weapons ban

By Bill McCarthy

March 25, 2021

"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the…

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Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro wrongly claims US border is ‘open to anyone from anywhere’

By Bill McCarthy

March 23, 2021

The southern U.S. border “is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country.”

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No, Black Lives Matter wasn’t charged with fraudulently spending donation money

By Bill McCarthy

March 19, 2021

“Black Lives Matter of Atlanta Charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Allegedly Using almost 500k in Donations For Personal Use.”

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Maria Bartiromo conflates Trump’s Georgia calls in prime-time interview

By Bill McCarthy

March 17, 2021

The Washington Post was "forced to correct what (Donald Trump) told the secretary of state of Georgia.”

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