Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

No, viral photo of woman in costume is not law professor Pamela Karlan

By Samantha Putterman

December 13, 2019

Says a photo of a woman wearing a costume holding the sign "vagina lady" is Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan.  

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No, Andy Borowitz didn’t make disparaging statement about Clinton voters

By Samantha Putterman

December 13, 2019

Quotes Andy Borowitz as saying "stopping Hillary is a short-term solution. The long-term solution — and it will be more difficult — is fixing the…

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Viral Meme makes up new Constitutional amendment

By Samantha Putterman

December 11, 2019

Says that the "28th Amendment" prohibits Congress from creating laws that apply to U.S. citizens but not to them, and vice-versa. 

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No evidence old Christmas tradition had women ‘begging’ for husbands’ forgiveness

By Samantha Putterman

December 11, 2019

Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg…

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Celebrity death hoax about Will Smith and his son spreads online

By Samantha Putterman

December 10, 2019

Says Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith died in a car crash.  

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No, Harry Reid doesn’t have a horse thief ancestor named Remus Reid

By Samantha Putterman

December 9, 2019

Says former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has an outlaw horse thief ancestor and Reid’s office offered a spin-job biography about the man.

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No, Facebook did not take down a close-up photo of Melania Trump

By Samantha Putterman

December 6, 2019

Says First Lady Melania Trump posted a photo of herself "yesterday" and Facebook took it down.  

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Facebook doesn’t donate money based on the number of shares a post gets

By Samantha Putterman

December 5, 2019

Says for every "share" that a photograph of a sick boy gets, Facebook will donate one dollar.

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Post about sending cards to recovering service members is wrong

By Samantha Putterman

December 4, 2019

Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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Trump, Obama story on ‘vacation scam’ was fabricated by satire website

By Samantha Putterman

November 25, 2019

Says President Obama used government funds to pay for his personal vacations for the next 20 years and Trump sent him a bill.

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Post about Nike factory workers uses outdated numbers for pay, hours

By Samantha Putterman

November 22, 2019

Says Nike pays factory workers, 80% of whom are women, "20 cents an hour" and has them work "70 to 80 hours a week."  

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No, Rep. Stefanik didn’t flip off camera at impeachment hearing. It’s photoshopped

By Samantha Putterman

November 22, 2019

An image shows Rep. Elise Stefanik flipping off the camera at the impeachment proceedings

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