Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

No, DC Officer Michael Fanone isn’t man who stormed Capitol with Confederate flag

By Bill McCarthy

July 30, 2021

Says D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is the same person who was arrested after carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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No evidence for viral claim that ‘22 million illegal aliens’ are ‘voting illegally’

By Bill McCarthy

July 27, 2021

There are “22 million illegal aliens living in America and ... voting illegally.”

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Spotify’s Joe Rogan repeats inaccurate claim that ‘they are monitoring SMS texts’

By Bill McCarthy

July 26, 2021

The government is “monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines.”

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Tucker Carlson spins web of misleading claims as he alleges ‘meaningful voter fraud’ in Georgia

By Bill McCarthy

July 20, 2021

“It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.”

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Fact-checking Kayleigh McEnany’s claim that ‘all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery’

By Bill McCarthy

July 9, 2021

“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”

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Fauci’s ‘two Americas’ comment on COVID-19 vaccination rates taken out of context

By Bill McCarthy

July 6, 2021

“Fauci says there will be 'two Americas': One for vaccinated, one for unvaccinated.”

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No, American flag house wasn’t painted by flag-waving Marine in spat with neighbors

By Bill McCarthy

July 2, 2021

A Marine painted his house red, white and blue after he "was told by his neighbors that he could not fly the American flag in…

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Instagram post about man who played BTS song during Muslim call to prayer is satire

By Bill McCarthy

July 1, 2021

“Muslim BTS fan accidentally plays the song 'Dynamite' instead of Azaan on loudspeakers at 4am; gets arrested.”

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Sherri Tenpenny makes false COVID-19 vaccine magnetism claim to Ohio lawmakers

By Bill McCarthy

June 9, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccines make people "magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them,…

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Instagram post misleads on vaccine efficacy by conflating two different measures

By Bill McCarthy

May 28, 2021

"The Lancet peer-reviewed study confirms vaccine efficacy, not as 95% stated by the vaccine companies, but as: AstraZeneca 1.3%; Moderna 1.2%; J&J 1.2%; Pfizer 0.84%."

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Fowl play? Social media users falsely claim Arizona ballots were destroyed in chicken farm fire

By Bill McCarthy

May 25, 2021

Arizona ballots were shredded and burned in a chicken farm fire.

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Were Democratic lawmakers ‘caught’ maskless at White House? This needs context

By Bill McCarthy

May 24, 2021

A video shows “Dems caught not wearing masks” at the White House.

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