Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Ad attacking Joe Biden’s tax plan takes his comments out of context

By Bill McCarthy

August 20, 2020

Says Joe Biden told Americans, ‘If you elect me, your taxes are going to be raised, not cut.”

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Facebook post wrongly claims Biden would hike tax rates for family earning $75,000

By Bill McCarthy

August 20, 2020

“Biden’s tax rate on a family making 75,000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.”

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‘We don’t want that,’ Trump says of New Zealand after country reported nine new COVID-19 cases

By Bill McCarthy

August 18, 2020

The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that."

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Tucker Carlson misrepresents Harris’ comments on women accusing Biden of inappropriate touching

By Bill McCarthy

August 13, 2020

Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.”

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No, Joe Biden doesn’t own a private island near Jeffrey Epstein’s

By Bill McCarthy

August 11, 2020

Says Joe Biden owns a private island next to Jeffrey Epstein’s.

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QAnon conspiracy theorists seek to link Beirut explosion to Rothschilds

By Bill McCarthy

August 6, 2020

“The Beirut bombing today was directly next to the Lebanon Central Bank, which is also owned by the most evil deep state family, the Rothschilds.…

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Facebook warnings of warrants for unemployment fraud lack evidence

By Bill McCarthy

July 31, 2020

“Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”

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No, the Trump administration hasn’t fulfilled every state request for coronavirus supplies

By Bill McCarthy

July 27, 2020

The Trump administration has had “zero unfulfilled equipment and supply requests from state governors.”

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‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin right about white-on-white, Black-on-Black homicides

By Bill McCarthy

July 17, 2020

“Homicides are intraracial. When you look at white-on-white crime, it's 84%. Right? Homicides. White people kill white people.”

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Tucker Carlson claims coronavirus ‘poses virtually zero threat’ to children, most teachers

By Bill McCarthy

July 13, 2020

“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."

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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes right on economic impact of international college students

By Bill McCarthy

July 10, 2020

"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed…

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What’s the President’s Daily Brief? Not ‘like a mini novel,’ as Fox News host says

By Bill McCarthy

July 7, 2020

The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”

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