Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Satirical headline about Pete Buttigieg and the Key Bridge taken out of context
A recent Facebook post shared a headline from a satire website but not everyone got the joke. “Buttigieg praises cargo ship for helping dismantle racism… Read More
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Social Media Posts Inflate Net Worth of N.Y. Attorney General
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take New York Attorney General Letitia James, who won a civil fraud case against… Read More
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Fact Check: Do Jesse Watters’ claims about the federal budget, LGBTQ+ and DEI funding add up?
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion dollar spending package, narrowly avoiding a partial government shutdown. Before the bill was signed into law in the… Read More
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Fact Check: El buque que chocó contra el puente de Baltimore no era un ‘barco chino’
Desde que el puente Francis Scott Key de Baltimore se derrumbó el 24 de marzo, los verificadores de hechos han investigado afirmaciones falsas que achacaban… Read More
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Fact Check: Former Wisconsin governor’s statement on layoffs is correct, but it’s lacking context
Jobs continue to be a major talking point during this election cycle, and there are many ways to measure the current state of joblessness in… Read More
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Fact Check: Did the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin really come down to a few votes per ward?
At a rally in suburban Waukesha earlier this month, first lady Jill Biden and other Democratic officials laid out what’s at stake in the 2024… Read More
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Fact Check: El papa Francisco no dijo ‘come lo que quieras en Semana Santa’
Una publicación en Facebook dice que el papa Francisco dijo que se puede comer lo que sea en Semana Santa, pero eso no pasó. “ESTA… Read More
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Fact Check: Choque de carguero contra puente de Baltimore bajo investigación, no hay evidencia de ciberataque
Las especulaciones en redes sociales se dispararon después de que un carguero con bandera de Singapur chocó contra un puente de Maryland y lo derrumbó.… Read More
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Fact Check: Biden exaggerates Trump’s pandemic comments about disinfectants, UV light
During a speech in North Carolina this week, President Joe Biden misrepresented comments by former President Donald Trump about potential treatments for COVID-19. Biden and… Read More
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Fact Check: Ship that struck Baltimore bridge was not a ‘Chinese vessel’
Since Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse March 24, fact-checkers have looked into false claims blaming the incident on everything from cyberattacks to Ukraine to… Read More