Latest Fact-Checks By Samantha Putterman

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says businesses will give you free baby formula during the coronavirus outbreak.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 23, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post:
Says the New York Times exposed the “real reason behind coronavirus hype: Crash the market to harm Trump’s re-election chances.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 19, 2020
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on November 25, 2019 in a story:
Says “Joe Biden wants to ban 9mm pistols.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 12, 2020 in a story:
Says Nancy Pelosi was “caught trying to include abortion funding in bill to combat coronavirus.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet:
“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 7, 2020 in a blog post:
Says Jimmy Carter has endorsed Bernie Sanders.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 11, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on March 10, 2020 in in a tweet:
Says Daniel Radcliffe has the coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 11, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 6, 2020 in a story:
Says Nancy Pelosi delayed coronavirus funding so “Dems could campaign on it.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2020 in a story:
Says “Joe Biden mistakes Idaho for Iowa in visit to Boise fundraiser.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says an image of a Vermont mansion is one of Bernie Sanders homes.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Starting in March if you travel outside of the United States you won’t be allowed back in the country “due to high risk of the coronavirus.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 3, 2020 in a story:
Says the Vatican reports that Pope Francis tested negative for the coronavirus before a second test came back positive.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Sen. Lindsey Graham as saying President Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on February 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says President Donald Trump spawned the “Wuhan super virus outbreak under code name ‘zyphr.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 3, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on February 29, 2020 in a YouTube video:
Says the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis and two aides tested positive for coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the coronavirus can be slowed or stopped with the “immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says an image of a pile of needles is from Nancy Pelosi’s congressional district in San Francisco.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
PepsiCo announced Mountain Dew will be discontinued over health concerns.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says former congressman Keith Ellison “beats his girlfriend and Democrats make him the deputy chair of the DNC.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi posing and smiling in front of a Trump 2020 sign.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
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