Latest Fact-Checks By Samantha Putterman

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Dogs in Los Angeles, good enough true, 7-11-2017

Good Enough to Be True: Man’s 100th birthday dog parade draws 200 canine friends

July 6, 2023

More than “200 dogs showed up and lined up around the block” for a man’s 100th birthday celebration.

Mike Pence speaks at Faith Freedom Conference June 2023

Are US abortion laws really more like China and North Korea than Europe? No

July 5, 2023

“The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”

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No, una iglesia en Massachusetts no se incendió durante matrimonio gay

June 20, 2023

Una iglesia fue “quemada por un rayo en Boston, EE. UU. durante una ceremonia de boda gay. Este 5 de mayo de 2023, sin sobrevivientes…

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Massachusetts church wasn’t hosting same-sex wedding when it burned down after lightning strike

June 16, 2023

A Boston church burned during “a homosexual marriage” and there were no survivors.

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Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge in the documents case, wasn’t pictured in a Team Trump hat

June 12, 2023

Photo of woman in Team Trump attire is Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case.

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‘Utopia’ TV thriller didn’t predict the COVID-19 pandemic or prove it was planned

June 7, 2023

Amazon’s “Utopia” TV series predicted the COVID-19 pandemic and an intentional effort to sterilize humans, showing the pandemic was planned.

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No, Arizona isn’t banning electronic voting machines in 2024

May 31, 2023

“Arizona BANS Electronic Voting Machines.”

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No evidence of exponential increase in ‘AIDS-associated diseases and cancers’ after COVID-19 vaccine

May 24, 2023

“AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338x since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to the CDC and foreign government bodies."

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CNN didn’t decide to remove live audiences from future town halls after Donald Trump event

May 19, 2023

“CNN announces today there will be no more live audiences at town halls.”

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Despite renewed claims, Hillary Clinton still doesn’t have Parkinson’s disease

May 12, 2023

“Hillary Clinton has Parkinson’s disease.”

Brownsville, Texas, memorial after fatal SUV incident, 5-8-2023

False claims spread online about suspects in the recent mass killings in Texas

May 10, 2023

“Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.”

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Image showing thousands of bridge-crossing migrants was from 2018, not 2023

May 8, 2023

Photo shows migrants heading to U.S. border in May 2023.

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