Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: The Republican Party wants more poll watchers. Here’s what they can, and can’t, do.
Former President Donald Trump frequently says that the 2024 election needs to be “too big to rig” — a kind of get-out-the-vote message that builds… Read More
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Fact Check: No proof Dr. Sebi’s cousin was ‘sent to life in prison’
Alfredo “Dr. Sebi” Bowman, who died in 2016 after a bout of pneumonia, is a regular subject of unfounded claims that he was killed for… Read More
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Fact Check: Misspelled ‘free Palastine’ spray-painted at Canadian school, not Columbia University
An image of the misspelled phrase “Free Palastine” painted on steps leading up to a six-column building is being wielded in criticism against Columbia University,… Read More
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Fact Check: A Donald Trump-Marco Rubio ticket? Here are the obstacles
Could former President Donald Trump choose Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his 2024 running mate? Rubio’s getting a lot of attention, along with other possible… Read More
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Fact Check: Altered video appears to show Dr. Mehmet Oz hawking diet pills. That’s not what actually happened
Sitting outside in a checkered shirt, celebrity heart surgeon and onetime U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz appears to promote diet pills to combat obesity… Read More
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Pro-Trump Super PAC Edits Biden’s Past Comment About Deportations
While talking about illegal immigration at a town hall in 2020, Joe Biden, then a Democratic presidential candidate, said that if he were elected, “nobody… Read More
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Fact Check: Is this woman encouraging her son to use a litter box? No, it’s satire.
A video of a mother saying her son uses a litter box at school because he “identifies as a cat” has gone viral online. A… Read More
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Fact Check: What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests
Police, city and university officials have blamed “outside agitators” for anti-war protests on U.S. campuses. Experts say this type of narrative is frequently used to… Read More
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Fact Check: A gag order does not prevent Donald Trump from testifying in court
Former President Donald Trump said that a gag order in his New York trial prevents him from testifying. “Well, I’m not allowed to testify, I’m… Read More
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Fact Check: Trump told Time that states should decide abortion laws. He didn’t say they ‘should’ punish women.
Democrats wasted no time blasting former President Donald Trump over his comments about abortion in interviews with Time magazine. Within 24 hours of Time’s April… Read More