Latest Fact Checks By Allison Graves

What’s missing from media claims linking Google Trends to Brexit vote

By Allison Graves

July 1, 2016

"Google search spike suggests many people don’t know why they voted for Brexit."    

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Did DUI arrests in Tampa plummet when Uber came to town?

By Allison Graves

June 29, 2016

"DUI arrests dropped significantly in Tampa once Uber began operating here."

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Did Google adjust its autocomplete algorithm to hide Hillary Clinton’s problems?

By Allison Graves

June 23, 2016

"Attempts to find things like, ‘crime,’ ‘criminal activity,’ ‘indictment,’ have been filtered out by Google" in favor of Hillary Clinton.

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Websites say Hillary Clinton’s State Department blocked investigation into Orlando shooter’s mosque

By Allison Graves

June 23, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton’s "State Department blocked investigation into Orlando killer’s mosque."  

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Missouri candidate says only half of murders in St. Louis get solved

By Allison Graves

June 14, 2016

"Only half of the murders in the city of St. Louis get solved."

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Hillary Clinton criticizes Fla. gun laws after Orlando mass shooting

By Allison Graves

June 13, 2016

"Florida doesn't regulate assault weapons or .50 caliber rifles or large-capacity ammunition magazines. It doesn't require a permit to purchase a gun. It doesn't require…

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Viral image stretches the truth about college costs before the Vietnam War

By Allison Graves

June 10, 2016

"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."  

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McConnell mostly right about Obama selling previous Supreme Court nominees as moderate

By Allison Graves

June 7, 2016

Says Obama "called Kagan a moderate. He called Sotomayor a moderate."

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Massive alligator spotted roaming Florida golf course. Is it real?

By Allison Graves , Neelesh Moorthy

June 1, 2016

Say video "shows massive alligator strolling across Florida golf course."

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Missouri politician wrongly claims ‘zero’ evidence of swastika incident on Missouri campus

By Allison Graves , Katherine Knott

November 22, 2015

"This incident of supposed feces depicting a swastika on the wall of a bathrooms in one of the halls ... has been supported by zero…

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Lt. Gov. Kinder right about Nixon’s veto overrides

By Allison Graves

October 28, 2015

"After today, @GovJayNixon will have been overridden more times than all previous governors in #MO history #moleg"

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Jay Nixon says 90% of I-70 toll-road funding would come from non-Missourians

By Allison Graves

September 29, 2015

"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from…

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