Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Sanders twists Bloomberg’s record on tax hikes and cuts to Medicare and Social Security

By Jon Greenberg

February 18, 2020

Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”

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Facebook post invents false Warren quote on immigration and Tibbetts murder

By Jon Greenberg

February 14, 2020

Says Elizabeth Warren, asked about the Mollie Tibbetts murder, said “I know this is hard for her family, but they have to remember that we…

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Earnings at the bottom rising faster than at the top? The mixed data behind Trump’s claim

By Jon Greenberg

February 3, 2020

"Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.”

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Trump lawyer Sekulow says Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid is like Obama with Egypt in 2013. He’s wrong.

By Jon Greenberg

January 28, 2020

Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ...…

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Post falsely ties Tlaib scarf to Islamic State

By Jon Greenberg

January 17, 2020

Says Rep. Rashida Tlaib "wears the symbolic scarf patterned after the Islamic terrorist state."  

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Viral story twists Biden’s words of sympathy into womanizing advice

By Jon Greenberg

January 17, 2020

Says Joe Biden "tells men to marry into families ‘with 3 or 4 sisters.’"

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Hoax news site invents attack on Santa by non-existent Cory Booker son

By Jon Greenberg

January 2, 2020

"Cory Booker’s son charged with assault after attack on Santa."

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Hoax site falsely says Pelosi to resign if impeachment fails

By Jon Greenberg

January 2, 2020

Says Nancy Pelosi said, if impeachment "doesn’t go through, I’ll resign."

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Bernie Sanders says real wages rose 1.1%. He’s right

By Jon Greenberg

December 20, 2019

Real wages "went up last year 1.1%."

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Joe Biden says he got Republicans to vote for Obamacare and the stimulus bills. Barely

By Jon Greenberg

December 18, 2019

"I (found) the Republican votes for the Recovery Act, Obamacare, help us from falling into a Great Depression."  

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Fishy stat: Elizabeth Warren goes overboard with claim on re-imported fish

By Jon Greenberg

December 13, 2019

"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."

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Pants on Fire claim that Adam Schiff under investigation for Burisma ties

By Jon Greenberg

December 9, 2019

Says Adam Schiff is "under investigation for Ukrainian Burisma oil connections."  

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