Latest Fact Checks By Miriam Valverde

Fact-checking a Facebook post on arrests of DACA applicants for murder, rape, DUI

By Miriam Valverde

January 14, 2020

 "More than 100,000 DACA applicants have been arrested—Murder, Rape, DUI."

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False image of missile strike on U.S. troops shared by Iran outlet

By Miriam Valverde

January 9, 2020

Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq.

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Fact-checking Facebook post on gun registry, immigrants here illegally

By Miriam Valverde

January 8, 2020

Says guns are required to be registered.  

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Fact-checking claim on Electoral College, Los Angeles County and 43 states

By Miriam Valverde

January 8, 2020

"Abolishing the Electoral College would make Los Angeles County stronger than 43 states."

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Mike Pence lacks evidence in claiming Soleimani helped 9/11 terrorists

By Miriam Valverde

January 7, 2020

Says Qassem Soleimani "assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in…

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Tlaib did not tweet about ‘raping and pillaging’ America after protests at U.S. embassy in Iraq

By Miriam Valverde

January 6, 2020

Says U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted and then deleted a post that said "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around…

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A Facebook post gives wrong impression of photo of black man with bloody face and two white men

By Miriam Valverde

December 20, 2019

Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face.

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Pete Buttigieg wrongly claims South Bend’s black poverty rate fell more than half

By Miriam Valverde

December 12, 2019

Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch."

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No, photo does not show 1937 opening of Golden Gate Bridge or a near collapse

By Miriam Valverde

December 4, 2019

Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed."

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No, TV station did not report school shooting ‘3 weeks in advance’

By Miriam Valverde

November 26, 2019

Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance."

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Pete Buttigieg falsely says Donald Trump illegally diverted funds for veterans

By Miriam Valverde

November 21, 2019

"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."

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Fact-checking Tucker Carlson’s false claim about the testimony of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine

By Miriam Valverde

November 15, 2019

Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact,…

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