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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anthony-kennedy-resignation-trump/
Did Anthony Kennedy Resign from the Supreme Court to Protect His Son?
David Mikkelson
07/01/2018
[ "The 81-year-old justice's resignation announcement triggered a spate of conspiracy posts focused on his son's connections to Donald Trump and Deutsche Bank." ]
Any occasion on which a member of the U.S. Supreme Court leaves the bench through retirement (or death) is a significant political event, providing the incumbent president with the opportunity to nominate a successor who is ideologically congruent with the party in power and (in most cases) will remain on the bench for...
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https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/apr/09/genevieve-wood/what-pay-gap-young-women-out-earn-men-cities-gop-p/
Young women today in metropolitan areaswho are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
Aaron Sharockman
04/09/2014
[]
Why is it that women make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns? You likely heard the statistic, which was slapped all over the cable news networks Tuesday to mark Equal Pay Day. To many Democrats, it symbolizes an unfairness in the pay structures of jobs all across America. But conservatives say the situation is more ...
[ "Income", "Jobs", "Women", "PunditFact" ]
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christian-crowdfunding-rittenhouse/
Did Christian Crowdfunding Campaign Raise Money for Kyle Rittenhouse?
Jessica Lee
09/01/2020
[ "Rittenhouse, 17, is accused of killing two people at a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020." ]
After Illinois teen Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with fatally shooting two people and wounding another during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020, Snopes received numerous inquiries from readers wondering if a self-described Christian crowdfunding website was hosting a fundraiser to supposedly help pay Ri...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/naacp-wants-stone-mountain-sandblasted/
Does the NAACP Want to Sandblast Confederate Figures Off Stone Mountain?
Kim LaCapria
08/10/2015
[ "One of many rumors that arose during a national debate on the appropriateness of Confederate monuments and memorials." ]
In mid-2015, thehistoric Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Carving Stone Mountain In June 2015, rumors claimed that a petition was being circulated that aimed to destroy the Stone Mountain carving permanently, but those rumors referenced a long-inactive petition that antedated the Charleston massacre. Then a "like a...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-last-letter/
A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney from a Dying Veteran
David Mikkelson
03/20/2013
[ "Letter from a disabled veteran criticizes George Bush and Dick Cheney over the Iraq War." ]
Claim: Letter from a disabled veteran criticizes George Bush and Dick Cheney over the Iraq War. CORRECTLY ATTRIBUTED Example: [Collected via e-mail, March 2013] Was this letter really written by a dying veteran? DYING VET'S 'F*CK YOU' LETTER TO GEORGE BUSH & DICK CHENEY NEEDS TO BE READ BY EVERY AMERICAN A Message ...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-medal-of-freedom-weinstein-clinton-cosby-weiner/
Did Obama Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Weinstein, Weiner, Clinton, and Cosby?
Dan Evon
10/17/2017
[ "So many awards, so few genuine recipients." ]
After numerous women came forward to accuse powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, assault, and rape in October 2017, social media users circulated photographs of Weinstein with various politicians in an apparent attempt to smear their characters. One meme went even further, purportedly show...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/omicron-movie-made-in-1960s/
Was an 'Omicron' Movie Made in the '60s?
Dan Evon
12/01/2021
[ "The only thing the internet loves more than a good prediction is pretending that a good prediction exists." ]
The only thing the internet loves more than a good prediction is pretending that a good prediction exists. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen some far-reaching attempts to claim that this contagious and deadly disease had been predicted by episodes of "The Simpsons," George Orwell's book "1984," the a...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/incredible-edibles/
Incredible Edibles
David Mikkelson
07/31/2014
[ "Does Edible Arrangements fund the terrorist organization Hamas?" ]
Claim: Edible Arrangements funds the terrorist organization Hamas. UNDETERMINED Example: [Collected via Facebook, July 2014] A friend posted an "article" about Edible Arrangements supporting Hamas: "After you see what Edible Arrangments did for Hamas, you'll never buy from them AGAIN." Being suspicious, I did a sea...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-pledge-of-allegiance/
Red Skelton Pledge of Allegiance
David Mikkelson
06/28/2002
[ "Red Skelton laments in 1969 that the Pledge of Allegiance might someday be considered a 'prayer' and eliminated from public schools?" ]
Claim: In 1969, comic Red Skelton lamented on his weekly television show that the Pledge of Allegiance might someday be considered a "prayer" and eliminated from public schools. . Example: [Skelton, 1969] The Pledge of Allegiance: I: Me, an individual, a committee of one. PLEDGE: Dedicate all of my worldly goods ...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/infinity-tower/
Infinity Tower Flooding Accident
David Mikkelson
01/12/2010
[ "Photographs show a high-rise construction site flooded by waters from a nearby marina." ]
Claim: Photographs show a high-rise construction site flooded by waters from a nearby marina. Status: True. Example: [Collected via e-mail, May 2007] Nearly 100 workers at the site of the Infinity Tower escaped as excavation work on the 80-floor building was nearing completion. The incident happened as the workers w...
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false
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/consumer-rebate-program/
$42.4 Billion Consumer Rebate Program
David Mikkelson
09/18/2016
[ "Misleading ads touting a \"new law\" that provides consumers with a \"cash rebate on every single purchase\" actually reference an old tax break that benefits only a small minority of taxpayers." ]
For over a year, unscrupulous financial sites (primarily the Oxford Club) have been trying to peddle costly memberships and newsletter subscriptions to consumers by deceptively touting that Congress recently passed a $42.4 billion "consumer rebate program" entitling taxpaying Americans to a "cash rebate on every single...
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[ { "hrefs": [ null ], "sentence": "To make things a little more equitable, for ten years running Congress voted in an exception every year that allowed taxpayers to choose to deduct either state and local income taxes or state and local sales taxes on their federal returns. Finally, at the end of ...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shark-accounted/
Etymology of 'Card Shark' and 'Card Sharp'
Barbara Mikkelson
05/25/2008
[ "Is someone who cheats at cards properly styled a 'card shark,' not a 'card sharp'?" ]
Claim: Someone who cheats at cards is properly styled a card shark, not a card sharp. Status: Multiple see below. Origins: Long has the debate raged over whether a card cheat is properly termed a card sharp or a card shark. Sharks, after all, are known for dispassionately rending the flesh of their prey, which woul...
[ "loan" ]
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[ { "hrefs": [ "/sources/language/oxford.htm" ], "sentence": " Sources: The Compact Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. ISBN 0-19-861258-3." } ]
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/warning-shot/
Lockheed Martin Layoffs
David Mikkelson
10/27/2012
[ "Is Lockheed Martin going to lay off 123,000 workers due to military downsizing?" ]
Claim: Lockheed Martin is going to lay off 123,000 workers due to military downsizing but is not sending out layoff notices at the behest of the Obama administration. OF AND INFORMATION Example: [Collected via e-mail, October 2012] My son-in-law works at Lockheed Martin and we just found out that Lockheed is going ...
[ "budget" ]
[]
[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-warn.htm" ], "sentence": "with the 2013 budget. Since those cuts, if they take place, may include large reductions in Pentagon spending, some defense contractors are anticipating that they may have to engage in significant layoffs of personne...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/couple-divorce-beanie-babies/
Does a Picture Show a Divorcing Couple Dividing Up Beanie Babies?
Dan MacGuill
04/20/2022
[ "The strangely moving photograph was shared on social media in April 2022. " ]
In April 2022, internet users shared an unusual old photograph along with a caption that read "A divorcing couple divide up their Beanie Baby collection in the court room, 1990s" (or words to that effect). The picture was authentic and unedited, and such descriptions were entirely accurate. Our rating is shared For ex...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://archive.ph/QRZ2Z" ], "sentence": "In April 2022, internet users shared an unusual old photograph along with a caption that read \"A divorcing couple divide up their Beanie Baby collection in the court room, 1990s\" (or words to that effect). The picture was authentic and uned...
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https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/west-virginia-republican-party/unemployment-women-lowest-point-almost-70-years/
Womens unemployment has been lower under President Trump than its been in nearly 70 years.
Caroline Cassedy
09/26/2019
[]
The West Virginia Republican Party recentlytweetedpraise for President Donald Trumps handling of the economy, particularly as it relates to women. On Aug. 27, the state party tweeted, Womens unemployment has been lower under President Trump than its been in nearly 70 years. #WVGOP #WomenforTrump #WV4Trump. Women's unem...
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true
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-doocy-stupid-bitch/
Yes, Biden referred to Fox's White House Correspondent as a 'foolish child of a female dog.'
Jordan Liles
01/24/2022
[ "The remark was uttered as Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy and other members of the press were being ushered out of the room." ]
On Jan. 24, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden responded to a question shouted out by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy as members of the press were being ushered out of the room, calling him a "stupid son of a bitch." Joe Biden Fox News It happened at a meeting of the White House Competition Council. According to White House ...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.snopes.com/tag/joe-biden/", "https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/07/19/bill-burr-cnn-fox-rant/" ], "sentence": "On Jan. 24, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden responded to a question shouted out by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy as members of the press were being ushered ou...
true
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https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/15/antonio-villaraigosa/villaraigosa-claims-california-oregon-washington-p/
California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world. If you add the GDPs of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy in the world.
Chris Nichols
12/15/2016
[]
Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles and 2018 Democratic candidate for California governor, recently called for the state to unite with like-minded cities and states on the West Coast to oppose dangerous policies advanced by a Trump administration. Californias large economy, Villaraigosa said in aDec. ...
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true
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walt-disney-born/
Was Walt Disney Born in Robinson, Illinois?
David Mikkelson
07/24/2004
[ "It's a charming story, but the details don't quite add up." ]
We can't all be famous, but many people who aren't have tried the next best thing: associating themselves with someone famous. Others, denied the opportunity even to hobnob with anyone of renown, have taken the process a step further and manufactured such associations themselves. A particularly prevalent genre of "br...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.toonopedia.com/oswald.htm", "https://www.toonopedia.com/disney.htm" ], "sentence": " The statement that Walt Disney was \"coming into great popularity\" in 1925-26 (a claim made to explain why the narrator clearly remembered a story she'd been told over fifty years ...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-physics-degree/
Is Elon Musk in possession of a Bachelor's degree in Physics?
Alex Kasprak
12/21/2022
[ "The truthfulness of Musk's claim that he received a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania has been challenged by critics." ]
A thread authored by the Twitter account "Capitol Hunters" went viral in December 2022 when it alleged that billionaire Elon Musk lied about his educational background, specifically regarding a bachelor of arts degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as his claim of attending, briefly, a Ph.D. pr...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1593307541932474368", "https://www.snopes.com/tag/elon-musk/" ], "sentence": "A thread authored by the Twitter account \"Capitol Hunters\" went viral in December 2022 when it alleged that billionaire Elon Musk lied about his educational...
true
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https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/jan/27/rick-perry/us-sen-kay-bailey-hutchison-us-sen-kay-bailey-hutc/
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling.
W. Gardner Selby
01/27/2010
[]
Gov. Rick Perry casts his leading Republican challenger, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, as a fiscally irresponsible lawmaker whod bring a free-spending approach to state government.Amplifying that theme, Perrys campaign said Nov. 30: Hutchison has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling.We wondere...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/outsource-of-confusion/
What a Great Idea - U.S. Presidency Outsourced to India
David Mikkelson
07/23/2009
[ "Is the job of President of the United States being outsourced to India?" ]
Claim: The job of President of the United States is being outsourced to India. Example: [Collected via e-mail, June 2009] Is this true? What a GREAT IDEA!!! Washington, DC June 11, 2009 Congress today announced, that the office of President of the United States of America will be outsourced to India, as of Septem...
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neutral
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/detroit-slums/
Detroit's impoverished urban areas
David Mikkelson
10/18/2009
[ "Photograph shows Detroit slums with downtown skyscrapers in the background?" ]
Claim: Photograph shows Detroit slums with downtown skyscrapers in the background. REAL PHOTOGRAPH; INACCURATE DESCRIPTION Example: [Collected via e-mail, August 2009] Several website list this photograph as Detroit. The skyline looks likely, but the slum in front looks more like a composite of the edge of a Brazilia...
[ "income" ]
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kavanaugh-fatal-shooting-verdict/
Did a Jury Find That a Cop Had Lied About a Fatal Shooting, But Brett Kavanaugh Threw Out the Verdict?
Alex Kasprak
10/01/2018
[ "Judge Brett Kavanaugh once ruled against a police shooting victims family, blocking financial damages a jury awarded to them. But another part of that ruling was in the familys favor." ]
At 1:30 am on the morning of 23 March 2002, a 41-year-old dental surgery student was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer while pulling his car from a parking lot in front of a D.C.-area apartment complex: killed In the middle of a night in March 2002, Brian Hundley and a woman were in a car parked outside an ...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/FFAD8403BAED6190852574400045553E/$file/05-7152a.pdf" ], "sentence": "At 1:30 am on the morning of 23 March 2002, a 41-year-old dental surgery student was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer while pulling his car from a par...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronaldo-snub-cost-coke-billions/
Did Ronaldo's Coca-Cola Snub Cost the Company Billions?
Dan Evon
06/18/2021
[ "Correlation isn't causation, but it is a coincidence." ]
On June 14, 2021, Portugal soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo sat down for a news conference to discuss his team's upcoming match against Hungary in the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. Before Ronaldo took questions, he took the two Coca-Cola bottles that were left out for him, moved them out of frame to the side o...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/category/cokelore/" ], "sentence": "On June 14, 2021, Portugal soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo sat down for a news conference to discuss his team's upcoming match against Hungary in the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. Before Ronaldo took ques...
neutral
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mr-burns-based-on-jacob-rothschild/
Is the character Mr. Burns from 'The Simpsons' inspired by banker Jacob Rothschild?
Alex Kasprak
09/06/2023
[ "The Rothschild family is a common source of conspiracy theory fodder. " ]
For nearly a decade, claims have circulated online that "The Simpsons" television character Mr. Burns, Homer Simpson's boss at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, was based on Jacob Rothschild, a billionaire financier and member of the BritishRothschild banking family commonly at the heart of illuminati-based conspira...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-credit/
Does Representative Ocasio-Cortez possess a low credit rating, previously closed checking accounts, and a record of being evicted?
Dan Evon
01/21/2019
[ "You can claim anything you want if your audience is unconcerned with matters such as evidence." ]
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) became a favorite target of conservative trolls after winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018. The freshman lawmaker was subjected to a number of false rumors, most of which focused on her inexperience (at age 29 she was the youngest woman eve...
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false
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pgeatmos-phishing-scam/
PG&E/Atmos Phishing Scam
David Mikkelson
01/09/2014
[ "A phishing scam is being spread via PG&E and Atmos billing statements." ]
Phishing bait: Billing statements from PG&E and Atmos Energy. SCAM Example: [Collected via e-mail, January 2014] Comment: I received 2 emails like this. I don't have an account with PGE,nor do I use gas. I didn't click, just in case that's how they get theirinfo. Any insight will be appreciated. PG&E ENERGY STAT...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-doubt/
What is the destination of the donations raised through the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge?
David Mikkelson
08/29/2014
[ "Does the ALS not use a huge portion of Ice Bucket Challenge donations for providing services to ALS sufferers?" ]
Claim: Most of the $100 million raised from ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge' donations won't go to ALS-related research and services. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, August 2014] Origins: The email quoted above and other versions of it began to circulate on 28 August 2014, with widespread social media concern over the f...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-change-donated/
Did a Walmart Customer's Change Get Donated Without Consent?
Dan MacGuill
08/25/2020
[ "The nationwide coin shortage in 2020 caused retailers to implement policies on change that occasionally confused cashiers and customers." ]
In the summer of 2020, readers asked Snopes to examine the authenticity and accuracy of a widely shared Facebook post whose author claimed that the cashier at their local Walmart had donated their change without asking their permission in advance, or offering alternative ways of paying or receiving their change. On Ju...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://archive.is/wNeCr" ], "sentence": "In the accompanying post, Jacob claimed that the cashier asked her for $2 (rather than the $1.37 total price of the items), and that she only realized afterwards that her 63 cents in change had been donated without her consent. According to J...
true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-flip-flop-on-flag-burning/
Did Donald Trump approve of flag burning?
Kim LaCapria
11/28/2016
[ "In response to a controversial 2016 remark made by Donald Trump opposing flag burning, someone faked a 2011 tweet from him expressing the opposite view." ]
On 29 November 2016, President-elect Donald Trump issued a controversial tweet about imposing strict consequences for flag burning: flag burning Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) ...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.snopes.com/trumps-first-order-flag-burning/" ], "sentence": "On 29 November 2016, President-elect Donald Trump issued a controversial tweet about imposing strict consequences for flag burning:" }, { "hrefs": [ "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/8035...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/native-americans-airplane-arrows/
Did Native Americans Shoot Down an Airplane with Arrows?
Dan Evon
05/04/2017
[ "Social media posts claim this plane was shot down by \"natives\" protesting an oil pipeline in North Dakota." ]
A photograph purportedly showing an airplane with dozens of wooden arrows stuck into its underside is frequently shared online, accompanied by one of a number of fabricated backstories: LinkedIn Someone sent me this as the natives are protesting all the pipelines being built. Greenpeace supplied all the arrows since ...
[ "economy" ]
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1912-article-global-warming/
Did a 1912 Newspaper Article Predict Global Warming?
Alex Kasprak
10/18/2016
[ "A newspaper clipping from 1912 that anticipates the global warming potential of burning coal is authentic and consistent with the history of climate science." ]
On 11 October 2016, the Facebook page Sustainable Business Network NZ posted a photograph of a clipping from the 14 August 1912 edition of the Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette that included a brief item headlined Coal Consumption Affecting Climate: photograph item The furnaces of the world are n...
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-fall-of-the-athenian-republic/
The Fall of the Athenian Republic
David Mikkelson
01/28/2004
[ "Law professor's analysis demonstrates that the results of the last presidential election correspond to a prediction about the downfall of democracy." ]
The item below began circulating on the Internet since shortly after the 2000 U.S. presidential election, reappeared briefly after the 2004 presidential election, saw a strong resurgence in a modified form which replaced the names "Bush" and "Gore" with "McCain and "Obama" after the 2008 presidential election, and was ...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brett-kavanaugh-gofundme-page/
Was a GoFundMe Page Established for Brett Kavanaugh?
David Emery
10/05/2018
[ "Several GoFundMe accounts were opened in the Supreme Court nominee's name during his Senate confirmation hearings, raising more than $600,000 in donations." ]
The fate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hung in the balance in early October 2018 as the Senate Judiciary Committee awaited the results of an FBI investigation into allegations that he had committed a sexual assault some 30 years before -- allegations that Kavanaugh angrily denied in his Senate testimony. The...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/more-americans-believe-ford-than-kavanaugh-according-to-new-poll" ], "sentence": "Public opinion was divided as well, with 45 percent of Americans saying they believed Kavanaugh's accuser (Professor Christine Blasey Ford) and 33 percent saying they...
true
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/oct/29/wendy-davis/wendy-davis-said/
Greg Abbott has benefitted from payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees.
Dylan Baddour
10/29/2014
[]
Wendy Davis, asked if shes unethically profited while in public office, suggested her opponent has committed infractions including one that resulted from hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations. Responding to a reporter at the Sept. 30, 2014,gubernatorial debatein Dallas, the Democratic gubernatorial nom...
[ "Campaign Finance", "Financial Regulation", "Texas" ]
[]
[ { "hrefs": [ "http://www.c-span.org/video/?321738-1/texas-governors-debate" ], "sentence": "Responding to a reporter at the Sept. 30, 2014,gubernatorial debatein Dallas, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Fort Worth state senator accused Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, her Republicanfoe,...
true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/f-15-crash/
F-15 Crash
David Mikkelson
05/05/2008
[ "Photographs show an F-15 fighter jet breaking up in mid-air." ]
Claim: Photographs show an F-15 fighter jet breaking up in mid-air. . Example: [Collected via e-mail, March 2008] What a ride !!!! Just flying along, enjoying the ride ... Oh my, this is so much fun ... it's so great being a pilot. Hmmm, something feels different ...Hey, why am I looking up? Oops, m...
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false
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jul/04/bill-weimer/fireworks-executive-says-theyve-never-been-safer-a/
Fireworks have never been safer, and their use continues to increase each year.
Tom Feran
07/04/2012
[]
Picking a favorite holiday is almost like picking a favorite child, but PolitiFact Ohio admits to particular fondness for the Fourth of July.We enjoy the invocations of history, especially when they're factually accurate. We like the annual cookout with old friends. And we love fireworks.So we were especially intereste...
[ "Ohio", "Economy", "Financial Regulation", "Patriotism", "Regulation" ]
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gun-toting-children-photographed-united-states-border/
Were Gun-Toting Children Photographed on the United States Border?
Dan Evon
06/18/2018
[ "The Drudge Report used a years-old photograph of children in Syria holding toy guns without credit, a description, or attribution to illustrate a story about immigration to the United States." ]
On 18 June 2018, the front page of the Drudge Report news aggregator blog put up a link to a story accompanied by a photograph of a group of children, two of which appeared to be holding guns, and the headline "Border Battle: USA Taking in 250 Kids Per Day": Drudge Report Even though the Drudge Report linked to a 201...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://archive.li/zHwNB" ], "sentence": "On 18 June 2018, the front page of the Drudge Report news aggregator blog put up a link to a story accompanied by a photograph of a group of children, two of which appeared to be holding guns, and the headline \"Border Battle: USA Taking in 2...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-lennon-anticipate-donald-trump/
Did John Lennon Anticipate the Election of Donald Trump?
David Mikkelson
02/06/2017
[ "A dubious quote played on the unlikely idea of rock stars foretelling the political rise of Donald Trump." ]
One prominent class of rumor associated with the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign was the notion that various prominent people had foretold the unlikely political ascendancy of Donald Trump decades in advance, everyone from President Ronald Reagan to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Ronald Reagan Kurt Cobain In early 201...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.snopes.com/reagan-trump-handshake/", "https://www.snopes.com/kurt-cobain-predicted-donald-trump-presidency-in-1993/" ], "sentence": "One prominent class of rumor associated with the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign was the notion that various prominent people had for...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-washington-firearms/
Did George Washington Say 'Firearms Stand Next in Importance to the Constitution Itself'?
Bethania Palma
04/26/2019
[ "Always good to do some research before attributing quotes to famous historical figures." ]
On 20 April 2019, the verified Facebook page belonging to the non-profit organization Turning Point USA posted a meme containing a statement falsely attributed to George Washington. Facebook page Turning Point USA meme The statement attributed to the first U.S. president reads, "Firearms stand next in importance to the...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-soros-controls-smartmatic-voting-machines-in-16-states/
Are 16 states utilizing voting machines manufactured by a company reportedly under the control of George Soros?
David Mikkelson
10/20/2016
[ "The Daily Caller lied and falsely reported that 16 states would be using voting machines controlled by a company with \"deep links to George Soros.\"" ]
With the advent of electronic voting systems and public unease with casting ballots that are not tangible physical objects every election cycle brings rumors that some individual or group with a heavy investment in the outcome of the election owns or controls the machines that record and count votes and those partie...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.snopes.com/politics/romney/votingmachines.asp", "https://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/scytl.asp" ], "sentence": "With the advent of electronic voting systems and public unease with casting ballots that are not tangible physical objects every election cycle bring...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/progressive-donations-lewis/
Has the owner of Progressive Insurance contributed millions of dollars to the ACLU?
David Mikkelson
09/08/2010
[ "Progressive's former CEO, Peter Lewis, personally donated to liberal political causes; but he's been dead for years." ]
In 2009, Forbes magazine ranked Peter Lewis at #366 on its list of the richest Americans, pegging his net worth at just over $1 billion. Lewis acquired his wealth primarily through his stewardship of Cleveland-based Progressive Insurance, a company co-founded by his father in 1937. Forbes Progressive Insurance When he ...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/54/rich-list-09_Peter-Lewis_TSN6.html", "https://www.progressive.com/progressive-insurance/history.aspx" ], "sentence": "In 2009, Forbes magazine ranked Peter Lewis at #366 on its list of the richest Americans, pegging his net worth at just ove...
neutral
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/bernie-sanders/sanders-correct-nafta-china-trade-cost-thousands-j/
Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan.
Jon Greenberg
03/10/2020
[ "Competition from China cost thousands of manufacturing jobs in the Midwest and the South., Exact numbers are hard to estimate, but independent researchers overall find significant job losses in Michigan linked to trade with Mexico and China., The Midwest fared worse, while the West and East coasts did better." ]
Having lost his early lead in the delegate count to Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has a lot riding on his appeal to blue-collar workers. Speaking days ahead of the Michigan primary on NBCs Meet the Press, Sanders said his opposition to major trade deals marked a sharp difference between him and Biden, the form...
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/won-both-ohio-florida-lost/
Has No Presidential Candidate 'Won Both Ohio and Florida and Lost'?
Dan Evon
12/09/2020
[ "There's no law that requires a candidate to win both Ohio and Florida in order to become president of the United States. " ]
Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking. Never stop fact-checking. Follow our post-election coverage here. here In December 2020, as states certified their election results and confirmed that Democratic candidate Joe Biden had won the U.S. presidential election, President D...
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null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/apr/27/alan-grayson/alan-grayson-says-he-no-1-house-small-donations/
Im the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less than $200.
Amy Sherman
04/27/2015
[]
A day after a Florida man landed a gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol to demand campaign finance reform, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson talked up his own efforts to focus on small donations and his potential U.S. Senate bid. Grayson, an Orlando Democrat, told a reporter forDemocracy Nowon April 16 that he will probably...
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[]
[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.politifact.com/personalities/alan-grayson/" ], "sentence": "Grayson, an Orlando Democrat, told a reporter forDemocracy Nowon April 16 that he will probably run in a primary againstU.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter, for Marco Rubios Senate seat in 2016. As Democratic Par...
true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dog-and-human-years/
Dog Years vs. Human Years
David Mikkelson
05/07/2002
[ "Conventional wisdom holds that one year of human time is the equivalent of seven years in a dog's age." ]
When we human folk exchange information about each other, age is one of the most important pieces of data we pass along. Knowing someone's age immediately allows us to infer a great deal of information about that person with a reasonable degree of certainty: Age not only tells us whether someone is a child, an adult, ...
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neutral
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/why-obama-will-lose-in-a-landslide/
Wayne Allyn Root -- Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide
David Mikkelson
10/04/2012
[ "Wayne Allyn Root opined that President Obama will lose his re-election bid in 2012 by a landslide." ]
Claim: Wayne Allyn Root opined that President Obama will lose his re-election bid in 2012 by a landslide. CORRECTLY ATTRIBUTED Example: [Root, May 2012] Most political predictions are made by biased pollsters, pundits, or prognosticators who are either rooting for Republicans or Democrats. I am neither. I am a former...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-increase-social-security/
Did 'Biden's Leadership' Play Role in Social Security Increase for 2023?
Alex Kasprak
11/02/2022
[ "A significant increase in Social Security benefits was announced for 2023. Did Biden play any role in the change?" ]
On Nov. 1, 2022, the official White House Twitter account suggested that an increase in the amount of money provided to seniors via Social Security benefits occurred "through President Biden's leadership." Several users on Twitter, including Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, Ky., took issue with the suggestion that s...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://archive.ph/HyT1q" ], "sentence": "On Nov. 1, 2022, the official White House Twitter account suggested that an increase in the amount of money provided to seniors via Social Security benefits occurred \"through President Biden's leadership.\" Several users on Twitter, includin...
false
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/11/mark-warner/mark-warner-says-donald-trump-has-bankrupt-four-se/
Says Donald Trump has bankrupt four separate businesses.
Sean Gorman
07/11/2016
[]
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner says presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a lot of ammunition to fire at Donald Trumps business record. To think that Mr. Trump is trying to lay out this proposition that hes a successful business guy. Hes failed miserably, bankrupt four separate businesses, Warner, D-Va...
[ "Bankruptcy", "Candidate Biography", "Gambling", "Virginia" ]
[]
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prisoners-of-wore/
Tomaselli Letter
David Mikkelson
02/26/2002
[ "Texas doctor pens opinion piece about the treatment of prisoners captured in Afghanistan." ]
Item: Texas doctor pens opinion piece about the treatment of prisoners captured in Afghanistan. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002] I was just reading Yahoo news and the San Antonio Express newspaper. You know what upsets me? People with absolutely nothing to do with their lives, so they complain on how the U...
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-recuse/
Robert McCulloch Sold Fundraising T-Shirts for Darren Wilson?
David Mikkelson
11/26/2014
[ "Did St. Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch sell t-shirts to raise money for the defense of Officer Darren Wilson?" ]
Claim: St. Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch runs a charity called Backstoppers that sold "I support Ofc. Darren Wilson" shirts to raise money for the policeman's defense fund. : : St. Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch was the president of Backstoppers, an organization aimed at supporting the families of first respon...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chase-and-wells-fargo-among-banks-financing-dakota-pipeline/
Are Chase and Wells Fargo among the banks funding the Dakota Pipeline?
Bethania Palma
11/30/2016
[ "JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo are just two of a number of major banks acting as lenders for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project." ]
As the protests against an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation escalated in November 2016, environmentalist activists began targeting financial institutions backing the Dakota Access Pipeline and urging supporters to boycott them with various memes shared around social media, or petitions calling on t...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/betsy-devos-yacht-cayman/
Has Education Secretary Betsy DeVos officially listed her yacht in the Cayman Islands?
Dan MacGuill
08/17/2018
[ "Several viral memes made unfounded assumptions based on the complicated inner workings of the DeVos family's business interests." ]
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been the subject of intense scrutiny since even before her appointment, both about her qualifications and positions on education policy and also about her (and her family's) financial connections, investments, and donations. qualifications connections donations That scrutiny continue...
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https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/21/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-gets-it-mostly-right-americas-rapid-/
Student loan debt has risen by 170 percent since 2006 and currently surpasses $1.5 trillion, positioning it as the second highest debt category after mortgages and exceeding credit card debt.
Chris Nichols
03/21/2019
[]
In her book, The Truths We Hold, California Sen. Kamala Harris asks How can you dream when you are drowning in student loan debt? in a section on the rising cost of living in America. On thecampaign trail, the Democratic presidential hopeful has called student loan debt one of the biggest challenges facing our country ...
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null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/al-baghdadi-wapo-headline/
Did WaPo Headline Call IS Leader al-Baghdadi an 'Austere Religious Scholar'?
Dan Evon
10/28/2019
[ "The Washington Post was criticized for an online obituary headline about al-Baghdadi. " ]
On Oct. 27, 2019, U.S. President Trump announced the death of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. As news outlets quickly fielded reports about the terrorist leader's death, the Washington Post published an obituary that labeled al-Baghdadi an "austere religious scholar." Screenshots of this obituary headli...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gop-debt-ceiling-trump-presidency/
Did GOP Vote To Raise Debt Ceiling 3 Times with No Preconditions During Trump Era?
Damakant Jayshi
05/03/2023
[ "Democrats cried foul when House Republicans passed a bill in 2023 mandating trillions of dollars in spending cuts along with raising the debt ceiling." ]
On April 26, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Republicans, narrowly passed budget legislation raising the federal government's legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion on the condition that deep spending cuts would also be undertaken. Democrats balked at the spending-cuts requirement, demanding instead the pa...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unicef-kids-porn-report/
No, UNICEF Didn't Say Blocking Kids From Porn Violates Their Rights
Bethania Palma
06/08/2021
[ "Misleading headlines distorted a discussion paper about digital tools and human rights." ]
On June 3, 2021, Nigerian website Pulse.ng published the headline, "UNICEF report says blocking children from watching pornography violates their human rights." Citing a May 13, 2021, story from right-leaning, U.S.-based, non-profit Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), the Pulse story opened with a blurb in bold...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/expired-food/
Gwyneth Paltrow Tried to Survive a Week on Food Stamps and She Died
David Mikkelson
06/08/2015
[ "Rumor: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow starved to death trying to live off of food stamps for a week." ]
Claim: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow starved to death trying to live off of food stamps for a week. Example: [Collected via Twitter, June 2015] Origins: On 8 June 2015, the satirical web site Clickhole published an article reporting that actress Gwyneth Paltrow had starved to death after trying to live off of food stam...
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false
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/03/citizens-sanity/ad-comparing-spending-ukraine-us-children-ridiculo/
President Joe Biden and Democrats send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children.
Louis Jacobson
11/03/2022
[]
An ad in the Georgia U.S. Senate race doesnt mention either incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock or his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker. But the ad, by the conservative nonprofitCitizens for Sanity, pulls no punches, and levels a charge that Democratic policies are abandoning children. In an election that f...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.politifact.com/personalities/citizens-sanity/" ], "sentence": "An ad in the Georgia U.S. Senate race doesnt mention either incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock or his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker. But the ad, by the conservative nonprofitCitizens for Sanity...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-antifa-planning-a-civil-war/
Is 'Antifa' Planning a Civil War?
Kim LaCapria
10/10/2017
[ "Despite what random people might say in homemade YouTube videos, they offer no proof that any anti-fascist groups are planning even a skirmish." ]
In August 2017, rumors began to spread on social media that anti-fascists (a name often shortened to "antifa", which has become shorthand for a subset of protestors, usually clad in black and accessorized with bandannas and who are evidently unnerving bloggers and vloggers enough to be the pet topic of many an angry on...
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false
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/aug/27/joseph-kyrillos/us-senate-hopeful-joe-kyrillos-claims-united-state/
We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world.
Bill Wichert
08/27/2012
[]
When it comes to taxing businesses, the United States is leading the world, according to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Kyrillos.As he looks to unseat Democratic incumbent Robert Menendez this November, Kyrillos has refused to sign an anti-tax pledge, but maintained in an Aug. 20 interview on WOR-AM that hes look...
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/costco-closing-stores/
Are Costco shutting down stores throughout the country?
Jordan Liles
02/10/2021
[ "A misleading online advertisement purported to break big business news about Costco Wholesale." ]
On Feb. 10, 2021, an online advertisement appeared to announce big news about Costco Wholesale. The ad was displayed on various websites via the Outbrain advertising network. It featured a picture of a Costco store and read: "[Pics] Say Goodbye: Stores Closing In 2020 Across The Nation." Costco Wholesale The outdated...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/truth-costco-kirkland-meat/" ], "sentence": "On Feb. 10, 2021, an online advertisement appeared to announce big news about Costco Wholesale. The ad was displayed on various websites via the Outbrain advertising network. It featured a picture of a Cos...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shapiro-redpill-tweet/
Did Ben Shapiro Say His 'Red Pill Moment' Was Sharing Cupcakes With Poor Kids?
Snopes Staff
03/30/2021
[ "The viral screenshot came from a subreddit called ToiletPaperUSA that satirizes the right-wing group Turning Point USA. " ]
On March 29, 2021, a screenshot of a tweet purporting to have been sent by conservative media personality Ben Shapiro was shared widely on Twitter: on Twitter "My #redpill moment came about when I turned 7 years old. My mom sent me to school with cupcakes for my birthday and the teacher made me share them with my cla...
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false
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/feb/13/maggie-hassan/maggie-hassan-says-nh-had-highest-median-income-us/
Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.
Casey McDermott
02/13/2015
[]
For all its troubles, New Hampshire is actually pretty lucky or so report, after report, after report, would say. Just ask Gov. Maggie Hassan. In her second inaugural speech in January and in herbudget addressThursday, Feb. 12, Hassan, a Democrat, made a point of drawing attention to New Hampshires rosy reputation. Ou...
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[]
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fukushima-radiation-causes-100-infant-mortality-among-orca-whales/
Fukushima Radiation Causes 100% Infant Mortality Among Orca Whales
Dan Evon
09/26/2016
[ "A fear-mongering article based on speculation and out-of-context quotes falsely claimed that radiation from the Fukushima disaster had caused 100% infant mortality among orca whales." ]
Fear-mongering articles reporting that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (triggered by the tsunami that followed the Thoku earthquake of 11 March 2011) had caused a 100% infant mortality among orca whales born since then have been circulated online for several years. The web site Humans Are Free ren...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://humansarefree.com/2016/09/radiation-from-fukushima-now-causes-100.html" ], "sentence": "Fear-mongering articles reporting that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (triggered by the tsunami that followed the Thoku earthquake of 11 March 2011) had caused a 100...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fukushima-radiation-causes-100-infant-mortality-among-orca-whales/
Radiation from Fukushima leads to a 100% death rate of infant Orca whales.
Dan Evon
09/26/2016
[ "A fear-mongering article based on speculation and out-of-context quotes falsely claimed that radiation from the Fukushima disaster had caused 100% infant mortality among orca whales." ]
Fear-mongering articles reporting that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (triggered by the tsunami that followed the Thoku earthquake of 11 March 2011) had caused a 100% infant mortality among orca whales born since then have been circulated online for several years. The web site Humans Are Free ren...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://humansarefree.com/2016/09/radiation-from-fukushima-now-causes-100.html" ], "sentence": "Fear-mongering articles reporting that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (triggered by the tsunami that followed the Thoku earthquake of 11 March 2011) had caused a 100...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fukushima-radiation-causes-100-infant-mortality-among-orca-whales/
Fukushima radiation results in the death of all Orca whale offspring.
Dan Evon
09/26/2016
[ "A fear-mongering article based on speculation and out-of-context quotes falsely claimed that radiation from the Fukushima disaster had caused 100% infant mortality among orca whales." ]
Fear-mongering articles reporting that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (triggered by the tsunami that followed the Thoku earthquake of 11 March 2011) had caused a 100% infant mortality among orca whales born since then have been circulated online for several years. The web site Humans Are Free ren...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://humansarefree.com/2016/09/radiation-from-fukushima-now-causes-100.html" ], "sentence": "Fear-mongering articles reporting that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (triggered by the tsunami that followed the Thoku earthquake of 11 March 2011) had caused a 100...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-robert-kraft/
Were the Trumps Pictured With the Owner of a Massage Parlor Where Robert Kraft Was Arrested?
Bethania Palma
03/12/2019
[ "Be skeptical of memes because they are often inaccurate." ]
In early-to-mid-March 2019, photographs of President Donald Trump and members of his family posing with Li Yang, a political donor and spa entrepreneur, circulated on social media. The images were used to link the Trumps with a sting operation in Florida. link Yang, who posted a widely seen selfie taken at Trump's 2019...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cheryl-mills-leaked-email/
Cheryl Mills Called Benghazi Dead 'Idiot Soldiers' in Leaked E-Mail
Kim LaCapria
10/24/2016
[ "There is no leaked e-mail in which longtime Clinton aide Cheryl Mills called the Benghazi dead \"idiot soldiers\" and expressed that she was glad they were tortured." ]
In October 2016, the above-reproduced e-mail screenshot began circulating on social media, purportedly capturing a message from longtime Clinton aide Cheryl Mills to Hillary Clinton in which Mills expressed a need to "hide" that requests for help made by the four U.S. personnel who died in the attack on the U.S. diplom...
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false
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/oct/05/barack-obama/obama-says-romney-would-spend-2-trilllion-military/
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasnt asked for.
Jon Greenberg
10/24/2012
[]
Republican nominee Mitt Romney has said he plans to increase defense spending by about $2 trillion over the next 10 years if hes elected president. In the final debate of the campaign, moderator Bob Scheiffer asked Romney, Where are you going to get the money?Romney said he would take it from other parts of the budget ...
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[]
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true
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/28/bob-gibbs/rep-bob-gibbs-touts-water-transportation-efficienc/
Water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo.
Peter Krouse
05/28/2012
[]
Rep. Bob Gibbs is a big proponent of water transportation.As chair of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment (part of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure) he recently held a hearing on the soundness of the countrys inland waterway system, which includes the Ohio River.Gibbs, a Republic...
[ "Ohio", "Economy", "Transportation" ]
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[]
true
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/feb/28/bill-oreilly/bill-oreilly-says-unemployment-lower-right-work-st/
The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than the union states do.
Louis Jacobson
02/28/2011
[]
On the Feb. 24, 2011, edition of Fox NewsThe OReilly Factor, host Bill OReilly said that the jobs picture is better inright to work states-- that is, states in which workers can refuse to pay dues or fees to the union that represents them in bargaining.The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than...
[ "National", "Economy", "Labor", "Pundits", "Workers" ]
[]
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grants-boon/
Government Grant Scam
Barbara Mikkelson
12/10/2004
[ "Are telephone solicitors looking to hook you up with a variety of government grants?" ]
Scam: Telephone solicitors call out of the blue looking to hook you up with thousands of dollars worth of government grants (aka free money) they say you're eligible for. REAL FRAUD WHICH COSTS ITS VICTIMS AROUND $250 Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004] There is a telephone scam that is targeting people across...
[ "loan" ]
[]
[ { "hrefs": [ "/crime/fraud/lottery.asp", "/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp" ], "sentence": "\"Prepayment\" frauds are far from brand-spanking new many successful flim-flams hold out the carrot of big money (which never materializes no matter how hard it is chased after) to seduce the gullible into ...
neutral
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grants-boon/
Fraudulent Scheme Involving Government Grants
Barbara Mikkelson
12/10/2004
[ "Are telephone solicitors looking to hook you up with a variety of government grants?" ]
Scam: Telephone solicitors call out of the blue looking to hook you up with thousands of dollars worth of government grants (aka free money) they say you're eligible for. REAL FRAUD WHICH COSTS ITS VICTIMS AROUND $250 Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004] There is a telephone scam that is targeting people across...
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neutral
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/irs-refund-notification-2/
IRS Refund Notification
David Mikkelson
03/17/2006
[ "Is the IRS sending out e-mail notices about tax refunds?" ]
Phishing bait: Notice from the IRS indicating the recipient is eligible for a tax refund. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 2006] IRS Notification - Please Read This . After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $163.80. Please s...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fdic-you/
FDIC Insurance Pays Out Over 99 Years?
David Mikkelson
09/24/2008
[ "After a bank failure, does the FDIC have 99 years to pay back insured deposits?" ]
Claim: After a bank failure, the FDIC has 99 years to pay back insured deposits. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, July 2008] I heard an "expert" on KFI AM 640 in LA say the FDIC has up to 99 years to repay you in the event of a bank failure. Sounds like a misrepresentation but when asked by the host, she said "it's...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fdic-you/
FDIC insurance provides coverage for more than 99 years.
David Mikkelson
09/24/2008
[ "After a bank failure, does the FDIC have 99 years to pay back insured deposits?" ]
Claim: After a bank failure, the FDIC has 99 years to pay back insured deposits. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, July 2008] I heard an "expert" on KFI AM 640 in LA say the FDIC has up to 99 years to repay you in the event of a bank failure. Sounds like a misrepresentation but when asked by the host, she said "it's...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fdic-you/
FDIC insurance provides payouts for a span exceeding 99 years.
David Mikkelson
09/24/2008
[ "After a bank failure, does the FDIC have 99 years to pay back insured deposits?" ]
Claim: After a bank failure, the FDIC has 99 years to pay back insured deposits. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, July 2008] I heard an "expert" on KFI AM 640 in LA say the FDIC has up to 99 years to repay you in the event of a bank failure. Sounds like a misrepresentation but when asked by the host, she said "it's...
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[]
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-donations-clinton-foundation/
Hillary Clinton Cut Her Tax Bill by 'Donating' $1 Million to Herself via the Clinton Foundation?
David Emery
10/01/2016
[ "Accusations that Hillary Clinton padded her own pockets by deducting charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation appear to be baseless." ]
An Internet meme circulating during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign purported to reveal financial trickery on the part of Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, who allegedly deducted $1 million from her 2015 income tax return after donating it "to herself" via contributions to the Clinton Foundation. ...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-donations-clinton-foundation/
Hillary Clinton reduced her tax payment by giving $1 million to herself through the Clinton Foundation.
David Emery
10/01/2016
[ "Accusations that Hillary Clinton padded her own pockets by deducting charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation appear to be baseless." ]
An Internet meme circulating during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign purported to reveal financial trickery on the part of Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, who allegedly deducted $1 million from her 2015 income tax return after donating it "to herself" via contributions to the Clinton Foundation. ...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://m.hrc.onl/secretary/10-documents/01-health-financial-records/Clinton_2015_Form_1040_with_Signature_Page.pdf#page=29" ], "sentence": "On the assumption that this information came from the candidate's 2015 tax filing (released to the public earlier this year), that's where we w...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-donations-clinton-foundation/
Hillary Clinton reduced her tax expenses by "contributing" $1 million to herself through the Clinton Foundation.
David Emery
10/01/2016
[ "Accusations that Hillary Clinton padded her own pockets by deducting charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation appear to be baseless." ]
An Internet meme circulating during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign purported to reveal financial trickery on the part of Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, who allegedly deducted $1 million from her 2015 income tax return after donating it "to herself" via contributions to the Clinton Foundation. ...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-donations-clinton-foundation/
Hillary Clinton reduced her tax bill by giving $1 million to herself through the Clinton Foundation.
David Emery
10/01/2016
[ "Accusations that Hillary Clinton padded her own pockets by deducting charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation appear to be baseless." ]
An Internet meme circulating during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign purported to reveal financial trickery on the part of Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, who allegedly deducted $1 million from her 2015 income tax return after donating it "to herself" via contributions to the Clinton Foundation. ...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://m.hrc.onl/secretary/10-documents/01-health-financial-records/Clinton_2015_Form_1040_with_Signature_Page.pdf#page=29" ], "sentence": "On the assumption that this information came from the candidate's 2015 tax filing (released to the public earlier this year), that's where we w...
false
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/may/29/tim-sheehy/would-paying-half-cost-new-milwaukee-bucks-arena-b/
A 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena would be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country.
Tom Kertscher
05/29/2015
[]
Newsbrokeon May 27, 2015 that an agreement was close on how to pay for a new $500 million arena for the Milwaukee Bucks, the basketball team that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once led to glory. Some details of the proposed arrangement between the Bucks and state and local government officials were new. But the overallcost shari...
[ "Economy", "Recreation", "Sports", "State Budget", "Taxes", "Wisconsin" ]
[]
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tampered-conditioner-hair-loss/
Did Tampered-With Conditioner Cause a Wisconsin Woman to Lose Her Hair?
Dan MacGuill
08/02/2019
[ "A mother and daughter sounded the alarm over a Pantene product sold at a Walmart store. We checked out their claims. " ]
In late summer 2019, multiple news accounts reported that a Wisconsin woman had endured a frightening encounter with a supermarket product tamperer who, the articles said, had added hair remover to a bottle of conditioner, causing the woman's hair to fall out. On Aug. 1, the website Distractify published an article und...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://archive.is/6j8bG" ], "sentence": "On Aug. 1, the website Distractify published an article under the headline \"Woman Loses Hair After Buying Tampered-With Conditioner That Was Mixed With Nair,\" reporting that:" }, { "hrefs": [ "https://archive.is/L9Z3F", ...
neutral
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/sherrod-brown/are-koch-backed-groups-spending-most-ohio-senate-r/
The Koch network (is) spending more money (in a Senate race) in Ohio than anywhere else in the country.
Nadia Pflaum
07/28/2016
[]
Voters in Ohio are enduring a deluge of fundraising emails from political groups ahead of the November election, like one from Friends of Sherrod Brown. The senator, in the middle of his second term, is hoping to garner support for fellow Democrat Ted Strickland. Outside special interests like to spend money in Ohio, B...
[ "Ohio", "Campaign Finance", "Elections" ]
[]
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marilyn-monroe-quote/
Did Marilyn Monroe Really Say This?
Bethania Palma
09/20/2022
[ "\"If you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell dont deserve me at my best,\" Monroe supposedly said." ]
In September 2022, some social media users shared a quote erroneously attributed to actress Marilyn Monroe: "If you cant handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell dont deserve me at my best." The quote has also been attributed to the "Some Like It Hot" star in a longer form: "I'm selfish, impatient, and a little in...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rebel-wilson-acv-keto/
Rebel Wilson Did Not Endorse ACV Keto Weight Loss Gummies
Jordan Liles
07/20/2022
[ "Unfortunately, fake celebrity endorsements for these kinds of products are nothing new." ]
In July 2022, scammers used actor Rebel Wilson's image and likeness without her authorization, adding her to their fraudulent roster of celebrities who supposedly endorsed CBD gummies, apple cider vinegar (ACV) keto gummies, and weight loss diet pills. One specific product that Wilson supposedly gave her blessing to wa...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whole-foods-secret-shopper/
'Whole Foods Market Research' Secret Shopper Email Is a Scam
Jordan Liles
10/21/2022
[ "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission first warned about this scam in 2020." ]
In October 2022, we received reader mail about a "Whole Foods Market Research" scam. The scam arrives in the form of an email, text, or mailed letter, and claims that the recipient has been chosen to be a secret shopper for Whole Foods Market. The goal of the scammer is to get the recipient to deposit a check into the ...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whole-foods-secret-shopper/
The email claiming to be a secret shopper opportunity for Whole Foods Market Research is a fraudulent hoax.
Jordan Liles
10/21/2022
[ "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission first warned about this scam in 2020." ]
In October 2022, we received reader mail about a "Whole Foods Market Research" scam. The scam arrives in the form of an email, text, or mailed letter, and claims that the recipient has been chosen to be a secret shopper for Whole Foods Market. The goal of the scammer is to get the recipient to deposit a check into the ...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whole-foods-secret-shopper/
Fraudulent Email Impersonating Whole Foods Market Research Secret Shopper Program
Jordan Liles
10/21/2022
[ "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission first warned about this scam in 2020." ]
In October 2022, we received reader mail about a "Whole Foods Market Research" scam. The scam arrives in the form of an email, text, or mailed letter, and claims that the recipient has been chosen to be a secret shopper for Whole Foods Market. The goal of the scammer is to get the recipient to deposit a check into the ...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.scampulse.com/imposter-h-son-limited-reviews" ], "sentence": "We reviewed one example of this scam that arrived as an email. It came from wholefoodsmarketresearchllc@gmail.com, which was not an official Whole Foods email address. It claimed to come from a person named Jer...
false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/highway-sign-consider-canada/
Highway Sign Urged Drivers to 'Consider Canada' Due to Inauguration Traffic?
Dan Evon
01/20/2017
[ "A photograph purportedly showing a Maryland highway sign exhorting motorists to avoid Inauguration Day traffic and \"Consider Canada\" was fabricated." ]
On 20 January 2017, a photograph purportedly showing a highway sign in Maryland urging drivers to "consider Canada" in avoiding Inauguration Day traffic was widely circulated on social media: This image was just a prank, however, a digitally manipulated version of a more mundane image. The Maryland State Highway Admin...
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false
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/net-worths-of-presidents/
How Have the Net Worths of Presidents Changed?
David Mikkelson
12/28/2017
[ "An image comparing changes in the financial status of former and current United States presidents is not particularly revealing." ]
An image comparing changes in the financial status of former and current United States presidents was widely shared on social media at the end of 2017, with minimal text suggesting that the data it presented was particularly revealing of something (without providing any detail about what that "something") might be: <!...
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neutral
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/net-worths-of-presidents/
How have the financial assets of Presidents evolved over time?
David Mikkelson
12/28/2017
[ "An image comparing changes in the financial status of former and current United States presidents is not particularly revealing." ]
An image comparing changes in the financial status of former and current United States presidents was widely shared on social media at the end of 2017, with minimal text suggesting that the data it presented was particularly revealing of something (without providing any detail about what that "something") might be: <!...
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neutral
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/net-worths-of-presidents/
What alterations have occurred in the net worths of presidents?
David Mikkelson
12/28/2017
[ "An image comparing changes in the financial status of former and current United States presidents is not particularly revealing." ]
An image comparing changes in the financial status of former and current United States presidents was widely shared on social media at the end of 2017, with minimal text suggesting that the data it presented was particularly revealing of something (without providing any detail about what that "something") might be: <!...
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neutral
null
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/aug/30/david-cicilline/us-rep-david-cicilline-says-united-states-has-been/
When President Obama took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. Now we've had job growth, I think, for 24 consecutive months.
C. Eugene Emery Jr.
08/30/2012
[]
In the contest for the hearts and minds of voters, Democrats have been claiming that the economy is really improving and the Republicans have been saying they can make the anemic recovery even more robust.During theonline-onlyportion of the Aug. 28 Providence Journal-WPRI debate among Democrats David Cicilline and Anth...
[ "Rhode Island", "Economy", "Jobs" ]
[]
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true
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-billboard/
Is This Elon Musk 'Defend Billionaires' Billboard Real?
Bethania Palma
06/11/2021
[ "We found no sign of it." ]
In early June 2021, social media users shared a photograph that purportedly showed a billboard displaying a black-and-white image of billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk along with the message, "Defend billionaires. We're just like you." We were unable to find any evidence that this billboard exists in the real world. The...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/investing/elon-musk-bitcoin-breakup/index.html" ], "sentence": "We were unable to find any evidence that this billboard exists in the real world. There are no news reports about it, which would be surprising given that single tweets penned by Musk often...
neutral
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-billboard/
Is this billboard about Elon Musk defending billionaires genuine?
Bethania Palma
06/11/2021
[ "We found no sign of it." ]
In early June 2021, social media users shared a photograph that purportedly showed a billboard displaying a black-and-white image of billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk along with the message, "Defend billionaires. We're just like you." We were unable to find any evidence that this billboard exists in the real world. The...
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[ { "hrefs": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/investing/elon-musk-bitcoin-breakup/index.html" ], "sentence": "We were unable to find any evidence that this billboard exists in the real world. There are no news reports about it, which would be surprising given that single tweets penned by Musk often...
neutral
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-billboard/
Is this billboard claiming Elon Musk is defending billionaires authentic?
Bethania Palma
06/11/2021
[ "We found no sign of it." ]
In early June 2021, social media users shared a photograph that purportedly showed a billboard displaying a black-and-white image of billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk along with the message, "Defend billionaires. We're just like you." We were unable to find any evidence that this billboard exists in the real world. The...
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neutral
null
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-george-floyd-mlk/
Did Biden Say George Floyd's Death Had Greater 'Worldwide Impact' Than MLK's?
Dan MacGuill
04/07/2021
[ "Remarks attributed to U.S. President Joe Biden saw a resurgence in social media sharing in April 2021." ]
In April 2021, an old quote attributed to U.S. President Joe Biden saw a resurgence in shares on social media, overwhelmingly from users who disapproved of his purported claim that the death of George Floyd in May 2020 had had a greater "worldwide impact" than the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The remark...
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-kkk-taliban-endorse-trump/
Did the Taliban Endorse Trump While Scientific Community Endorsed Biden?
Madison Dapcevich
10/14/2020
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Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking. Never stop fact-checking. Follow our post-election coverage here. here As the 2020 U.S. presidential election inched closer, the internet was flooded with misleading memes about both candidates, including the allegation that extremis...
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