Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Ukrainian boxing star auctioned Olympic gold medal in 2012, long before Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Bill McCarthy

March 16, 2022

“Wladimir Klitschko has auctioned off his 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medal to raise money for the children of Ukraine.”

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No, Zelensky’s hospital visit video doesn’t feature combat medic who died weeks earlier

By Bill McCarthy

March 14, 2022

A Ukrainian combat medic who died in February was seen in a video Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted of his visit to see wounded soldiers.

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CNN clip on Russia’s ‘military moves in America’s backyard’ ran in 2018, not during Ukraine invasion

By Bill McCarthy

March 3, 2022

A 2022 CNN report said, “Russia deploys two nuke bombers in US backyard, Venezuela.”

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Photo of injured child is from Syria in 2018, not Russia-Ukraine conflict

By Bill McCarthy

March 1, 2022

A photo of a wounded young child was captured in Ukraine in 2022.

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Photo of children sending off Ukrainian troops is from 2016, not 2022

By Bill McCarthy

February 28, 2022

A photo showing young children saluting troops was captured in Ukraine in 2022.

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Fact-checking claims that NATO, US broke agreement against alliance expanding eastward

By Bill McCarthy

February 28, 2022

“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene falsely claims Ukraine was ‘No. 1 donor’ to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign

By Bill McCarthy

February 22, 2022

"Ukraine was the No. 1 donor to Hillary Clinton when she was running for president.”

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No, Greenpeace USA didn’t place a derogatory sign on Trump’s Las Vegas hotel

By Bill McCarthy

February 22, 2022

Greenpeace USA had a banner on Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas making fun of Donald Trump’s genitalia.

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In Durham filing, Scott exaggerates proof of Clinton campaign spying on Trump

By Bill McCarthy , Jon Greenberg

February 21, 2022

"The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”

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Jesse Watters spins facts beyond recognition with claims Hillary Clinton paid to hack, frame Trump

By Bill McCarthy

February 17, 2022

“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”

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No, OnlyFans isn’t recruiting for adult film stars on college campuses. Man in viral video is acting

By Bill McCarthy

February 14, 2022

A video shows that “OnlyFans has guys on campus encouraging your daughters to do porn for ‘financial freedom.’”

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In graphic labeled ‘top ten most unhealthy U.S. cities,’ Dan Bongino actually showed the healthiest

By Bill McCarthy

February 8, 2022

The “top ten most unhealthy U.S. cities” are San Francisco; Seattle; Portland, Oregon; San Diego; Honolulu; Washington; Austin, Texas; Irving, Texas; Portland, Maine; and Denver.

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