Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

No, Trump did not say that suicide bombers deserve the death penalty

By Samantha Putterman

May 30, 2019

Says Donald Trump said he believes suicide bombers deserve the death penalty.

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Viral Wisconsin welcome sign image warning visitors of its gun-carrying residents is photoshopped

By Samantha Putterman

May 30, 2019

Says a Wisconsin welcome sign includes a message warning "criminals and terrorists" that over "170,000 Wisconsin residents have a legal permit to carry a handgun."

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No, Mark Twain never said to fear the media, but he wasn’t a fan of the press

By Samantha Putterman

May 24, 2019

Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them…

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Viral photo of two armed men guarding a high school was taken for a yearbook, not a school shooting

By Samantha Putterman

May 23, 2019

Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat.

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No, North Carolina did not ban Sharia law or make practicing it a criminal offense

By Samantha Putterman

May 23, 2019

Says North Carolina banned and criminalized "Islamic Sharia Law"

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No, NASA did not spend over $165 million on a space pen while Russians used pencils

By Samantha Putterman

May 21, 2019

Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures…

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Photo blaming environmentalists for trashing a park on Earth Day is really from a football tailgate

By Samantha Putterman

May 21, 2019

Says a photo of a park covered in trash was left behind by "environmentalists" after an Earth Day celebration in California.

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Tumors on deer in viral photo were not caused by Monsanto’s Roundup

By Samantha Putterman

May 17, 2019

Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup."

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No, that story about a Nebraska man being arrested after killing 30 pedophiles is fake

By Samantha Putterman

May 16, 2019

Says a "Local Hero" was "arrested after killing 30 pedophiles in murder spree"  

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Social media post sharing newspaper story of Trump having a 73 IQ is fake

By Samantha Putterman

May 14, 2019

Says Donald Trump scored a 73 on an IQ test administered to him while in high school at New York Military Academy.

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Joe Biden did not say quote about Americans not caring about constitutional rights

By Samantha Putterman

May 10, 2019

Quotes Joe Biden as saying "no ordinary American cares about constitutional rights."

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No, an American Indian group did not jokingly give Donald Trump a disparaging Indian name

By Samantha Putterman

May 8, 2019

Says chiefs from the American Indian Nation gave Donald Trump a plaque of his new Indian name, "Walking Eagle," which actually depicts "a bird so…

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