Latest Fact Checks By Joshua Gillin

Story that Obama supporter was behind wheel of car in Charlottesville is fake news

By Joshua Gillin , Tyler Adkisson

August 21, 2017

"White supremacist who killed protester is a Democrat and visited (President Barack) Obama in Oval Office."

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Death rates for white men up 20 percent, GOP strategist says

By Joshua Gillin

August 20, 2017

"(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent."

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Blog posts wrongly say there’s proof Democrats hired actors to play white nationalists

By Joshua Gillin

August 18, 2017

Says there is proof Democrats hired actors to plan violence in Charlottesville.

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Tucker Carlson wrongly says United States ‘ended slavery around the world’

By Joshua Gillin

August 17, 2017

"The United States ended slavery around the world, and maybe we should get some credit for that, too."

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Fake news wrongly says Whoopi Goldberg arrested for running puppy mill

By Joshua Gillin

August 16, 2017

"Whoopi Goldberg humiliated, handcuffed and dragged out of the TV studio."

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Charlottesville hit-and-run driver was anti-fascist activist, Internet post claims

By Joshua Gillin

August 14, 2017

"Charlottesville car attacker is anti-Trump Antifa supporter."  

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Post wrongly says Charlottesville police arrested wrong person in hit and run

By Joshua Gillin

August 14, 2017

"Virginia police arrest wrong person to cover for Antifa member who ran over protesters."

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Viral image wrongly blames Bill Clinton for giving North Korea the means to make nuclear weapons

By Joshua Gillin

August 9, 2017

"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."

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Bloggers push fake story that Vladimir Putin said Pope Francis is ‘not a man of God’

By Joshua Gillin

August 8, 2017

Says Russian President Vladimir Putin said Pope Francis "is not a man of God."

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Posts wrongly blame John McCain for deadly 1967 fire aboard USS Forrestal

By Joshua Gillin

August 7, 2017

U.S. Sen. John McCain "was singlehandedly responsible for starting a fire on (the) USS Forrestal aircraft carrier."

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Fake news site posts that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is dead for second time in a month

By Joshua Gillin

August 4, 2017

"Kim Jong Un killed in (President Donald) Trump’s overnight black op attack on North Korea."

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Hillary Clinton not dead from heart attack, as fake news site claims

By Joshua Gillin

August 3, 2017

"Hillary Clinton has third heart attack — docs says she ‘won’t survive’."

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