Latest Fact-Checks

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Contaminated water
TRUE: ‘More than a million Californians’ don’t have clean drinking water … It could be higher
By Chris Nichols February 14, 2019

"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."

Trump speech to sheriffs
Donald Trump exaggerates when describing drop in violent crime
By Louis Jacobson February 14, 2019

"Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while."

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No, a tornabow isn’t a real thing
February 14, 2019

The intersection of a rainbow and tornado is called a "tornabow."

McConnell walking into Senate Chamber
Fact-checking claim that Mitch McConnell’s ‘biggest donor’ is sanctioned Russian oligarch
By Samantha Putterman February 14, 2019

Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."

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No, Eric Trump didn’t say only the president should have an election
February 14, 2019

Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only…

Gun in gun store
Does U.S. have more gun deaths in 1 day than other countries in 1 year?
By Yanqi Xu February 14, 2019

"In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in…

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Studies mostly support NC governor’s claim about uninsured veterans
By Paul Specht February 14, 2019

Says "30,000 veterans in North Carolina have no health insurance."

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No, Robert Mueller didn’t say we need a one-world government
February 14, 2019

Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader."  

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No, Beto O’Rourke did not dismiss veterans and the elderly
February 14, 2019

Quotes Beto O’Rourke as saying, "If I could throw two kinds of people in the garbage it would be the elderly and wounded veterans. When…

Mostly True
Yes, Democrats held majority almost every time Congress approved a minimum wage increase
By Samantha Putterman February 14, 2019

Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."

Warren farm fields
Warren: U.S. rubber-stamped deal; Bayer-Monsanto now controls 25% market share
By Jon Greenberg February 14, 2019

"By rubber-stamping the Bayer-Monsanto merger, the Justice Department is handing control over one quarter of the world's seeds and pesticides market to one ginormous agribusiness."…

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Would Medicaid expansion bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina, as state House Democrat says?
By Bill McCarthy February 13, 2019

"Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."

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