Latest Fact Checks

No, Michael Jordan didn’t say kneeling athletes should have their medals revoked

By Claire Cranford

February 19, 2025

Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”

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Fabricated video shows Elon Musk promoting a diabetes cure

February 19, 2025

Video shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.

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Candidate right that Wisconsin does not require judges to recuse because of past legal work

By Hope Karnopp

February 19, 2025

Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”

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Claims the NFL ‘canceled’ Elon Musk’s DOGE ads originated from satire account

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

February 18, 2025

“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”

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DOGE subcommittee didn’t ‘discover’ $2.7 trillion in improper federal payments

February 18, 2025

“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.

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X post exaggerates wealth of Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren

By Sara Swann

February 18, 2025

Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net…

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Social media post inflates federal workforce growth under Joe Biden

By Caleb McCullough

February 18, 2025

The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”

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What the truck? No, Musk didn’t ban LGBTQ+ people from buying Cybertrucks

By Grace Abels

February 17, 2025

“Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to anyone belonging to the ‘pride’ community.”

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Mel Gibson didn’t reject a $100 million Netflix deal to work with Robert De Niro; that’s satire

By Loreben Tuquero

February 17, 2025

“Mel Gibson passes on $100 million Netflix deal to work with Robert De Niro, declares: ‘Keep that woke clown away from me.’”

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SAVE Act would make it harder, not impossible, for married people to register to vote

By Caleb McCullough

February 17, 2025

Under the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are…

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FEMA did not give disaster relief money to New York for luxury hotels for immigrants

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

February 14, 2025

“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”

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‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict that Donald Trump would die on Feb. 14

February 14, 2025

An episode of “The Simpsons” showed a President Donald Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes.”

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