Latest Fact-Checks By Samantha Putterman

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“California store owner prices all items at $951 so thieves can be prosecuted.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 15, 2021
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on December 6, 2021 in a meeting with Louisiana lawmakers:
The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 10, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 7, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says Vice President Kamala Harris called the unvaccinated “dirty Trump people.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 22, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet:
"Bill Gates just admitted that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines don’t work well."
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 17, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A new Facebook/Meta rule allows the company to use people’s photos without their permission, and posting a notice on your page will stop it from doing so.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • November 17, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Italy drastically reduced the country’s official COV1D-19 death count by over 97%. This means Covid killed fewer people than an average seasonal flu.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 10, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 3, 2021 in a story:
“More fraud in New Jersey’s election uncovered – voting machines would not allow citizens to vote for Republican governor candidate.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Merriam-Webster recently changed its definition of the word “vaccine” and removed the immunity portion.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Astroworld concert was a “test run on the vaxxed” because people who are injected with graphene oxide can be controlled through magnetic frequencies, including music.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Trash bins discovered outside the Gloucester County Board of Elections containing blank ballots as well as bags of shredded ballots from Tuesday’s election!”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 5, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 1, 2021 in a documentary film:
Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 4, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 2, 2021 in a documentary film:
“DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Virginia Democrat operatives” and Terry McAuliffe campaign staffers posed as white supremacists and stood by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s bus.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Virginia voters are being turned away from polling locations because they were told they already requested absentee ballots when they haven’t.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 29, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on October 27, 2021 in a tweet:
Says Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted: “People can’t really be convicted on such flimsy circumstantial evidence as ‘having a similar gait’ or ‘owning the identical shoes’ or ‘being in DC and not having any alibi for that time’ can they?! I don’t recognize this America.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:
An image of a newspaper article says “True Bethel Baptist Church becomes the first church in NYS to receive a liquor license.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 23, 2021 in a headline:
“Barack Obama signals That Democrats Intend to Cheat in the Virginia Governor’s Election.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 18, 2021 in an Instagram post:
The FEMA health care workers replacing the noncompliant nurses and doctors are NOT required to get vaccinated via the CDC."
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2021
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