Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

Fake Pelosi quote about ‘stupid’ Americans came from satire site

By Samantha Putterman

November 21, 2019

Says Nancy Pelosi said "Americans are the stupidest people on earth."  

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No, Pelosi didn’t say it’s ‘dangerous to let the voters decide Trump’s fate’

By Samantha Putterman

November 21, 2019

Says Nancy Pelosi said, "It is dangerous to let the voters decide Trump’s fate."  

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No, gruesome photo of tortured man isn’t Benghazi victim Chris Stevens

By Samantha Putterman

November 20, 2019

Says a photo of a tortured man is U.S. diplomat Chris Stevens, who was killed in the 2012 Benghazi attack.  

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Facebook posts on viral wolf pack image are wrong about the animals’ behavior

By Samantha Putterman

November 20, 2019

Says a photo shows a pack of wolves walking in a single line in the snow being led by the sick.  

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No, Nike and Steph Curry didn’t split over Bible verses

By Samantha Putterman

November 18, 2019

Says Steph Curry decided to split with Nike because the company wouldn’t allow him to write Bible scriptures in his shoes.  

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No, sex traffickers aren’t using zip ties to mark victims or abduct women

By Samantha Putterman

November 15, 2019

Says a zip tie attached a car is a sex trafficking tactic to mark women as a target and abduct them.  

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Trump didn’t donate salary to ‘rebuild military cemeteries,’ but he continues to donate his pay

By Samantha Putterman

November 14, 2019

Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating…

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No, TV host Steve Harvey didn’t write a viral pro-Trump raccoon analogy

By Samantha Putterman

November 14, 2019

Says television host Steve Harvey authored a pro-Trump rant about raccoons and exterminators.  

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Claim about root canals causing serious illness not based on scientific evidence

By Samantha Putterman

November 13, 2019

"Did you know? Dentists are the only physicians that believe you can get away with leaving dead tissue in the body. One root canal tooth…

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No, that Craigslist ad offering to pay for Trump support is phony

By Samantha Putterman

November 11, 2019

Says a Craigslist ad offered to pay actors to be Trump supporters for a rally.   

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Post on Facebook spreads myths about the platform’s birthday fundraiser feature

By Samantha Putterman

November 11, 2019

Says people shouldn’t make birthday donations on Facebook because the organization can claim the donation as a tax write-off, and only has to deliver 15%…

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No evidence Jefferson said ‘government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars’

By Samantha Putterman

November 8, 2019

Says Thomas Jefferson said "the government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars and the people will flock to the one who tells…

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