Latest Fact Checks By Yacob Reyes

Joe Biden recycles false claim that the Second Amendment limited gun ownership

By Yacob Reyes

April 12, 2022

“You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed."

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NYC’s ‘gay’ ad campaign to Floridians used donations, not tax money

By Yacob Reyes

April 11, 2022

New York City is “wasting taxpayer money on” billboards in Florida.

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A Florida court didn’t set April 1 as an ‘atheist holy day’

By Yacob Reyes

March 30, 2022

“A Florida court sets atheist holy day” on April 1.

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No, Chris Rock didn’t write that he ‘crossed a line’ with Oscars joke

By Yacob Reyes

March 29, 2022

Says Chris Rock apologized after 94th Academy Awards, saying, “Last night I crossed a line that I shouldn’t have and paid the enormous price of…

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No, the Simpsons did not predict Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Yacob Reyes

March 25, 2022

“The Simpsons” predicted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Lars Larson leaves out context on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s article on sex offender registries

By Yacob Reyes

March 25, 2022

“Judge Jackson doesn’t think perverts should have to register (as sex offenders). She says it ‘stigmatizes’ THEM.”

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Facebook post uses edited images of Ukrainian farmers towing Russian weaponry

By Yacob Reyes

March 21, 2022

Photos show “Ukrainian farmers are slowly starting to build their own army.”

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Facebook post rehashes false claim that Hillary Clinton was found guilty of spying on Trump

By Yacob Reyes

March 18, 2022

“Just a reminder that right before Ukraine was invaded, Hillary was found to be guilty of spying on a sitting U.S. president.”

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Fact-checking Nikki Fried’s claim about Florida’s Medicaid funding

By Yacob Reyes

March 14, 2022

Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.

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Fact-checking Biden’s claim that there are 9,000 unused oil drilling permits (updated)

By Amy Sherman , Yacob Reyes

March 9, 2022

The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mischaracterizes the efficacy of face masks

By Yacob Reyes

March 4, 2022

Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”

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The U.S. did not double oil imports from Russia in the last year

By Yacob Reyes

February 28, 2022

“We have doubled our (oil) imports from Russia in the last year.”

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