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checkyourfact_1013_ret_bn_g19 | checkyourfact_1013 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-schwab-ai-democratic-elections/ | purports WEF founder Klaus Schwab openly called for AI technology to replace democratic elections | Video | 2023-08-05 | https://www.the-independent.com/independentpremium/long-reads/bilderberg-group-white-diversity-mellody-hobson-steering-commitee-a9630586.html | World Economic Forum founder and chairman Klaus Schwab is also a former steering committee member at Bilderberg (AFP/Getty) | 2020-07-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1013_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_1013 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-schwab-ai-democratic-elections/ | purports WEF founder Klaus Schwab openly called for AI technology to replace democratic elections | Video | 2023-08-05 | https://www.international.gc.ca/transparency-transparence/briefing-documents-information/briefing-books-cahiers-breffage/2019-11-fa-ae.aspx?lang=eng | The Forum is chaired by its founder and executive chairman, Professor Klaus Schwab. The organization’s mission and values are guided by a Board of Trustees made up of leaders drawn from business, politics, academia and civil society. Canadians Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are currently members of the Board of Trus... | 2020-03-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1014 | checkyourfact_1014 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/09/fact-check-illegal-wear-mask-concealed-carry-permit-pennsylvania/ | it is illegal for people with concealed carry permits to wear face masks in Pennsylvania | Viral Post | 2020-05-27 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/09/fact-check-illegal-wear-mask-concealed-carry-permit-pennsylvania/ | The cited Pennsylvania statute does not appear to exist. A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that there is no prohibition on individuals with concealed carry permits wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic. | 2020-05-27 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1014_ret_b14_gn | checkyourfact_1014 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/09/fact-check-illegal-wear-mask-concealed-carry-permit-pennsylvania/ | it is illegal for people with concealed carry permits to wear face masks in Pennsylvania | Viral Post | 2020-05-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/viral-image/no-wearing-mask-doesnt-void-concealed-carry-permit/ | No, wearing a mask doesn’t void concealed-carry permit [...] No national law prohibits licensed concealed-carry holders from carrying a weapon and wearing a mask. [...] "Know what else wearing a mask does??? Anyone?? REMOVES YOUR CONCEAL CARRY ability. That’s right!! Its in the rules. CCW licensees are NOT allowed to w... | 2020-06-23 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1014_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_1014 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/09/fact-check-illegal-wear-mask-concealed-carry-permit-pennsylvania/ | it is illegal for people with concealed carry permits to wear face masks in Pennsylvania | Viral Post | 2020-05-27 | https://news.sportsmans.com/article/can-i-legally-wear-a-mask-while-carrying-a-firearm | This post has been marked as "False Information" by Facebook and has also been deemed False by Politifact & Factcheck.org. Showing their level of analysis, Politifact cited a few sheriffs they interviewed and a tweet by the state of Utah to conclude "No, wearing a mask doesn’t void concealed-carry permit." [...] Pennsy... | 2011-12-14 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1014_ret_bn_g9 | checkyourfact_1014 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/09/fact-check-illegal-wear-mask-concealed-carry-permit-pennsylvania/ | it is illegal for people with concealed carry permits to wear face masks in Pennsylvania | Viral Post | 2020-05-27 | https://blog.princelaw.com/2020/07/02/it-is-not-illegal-in-pennsylvania-to-wear-a-mask-while-carrying-a-firearm/ | As I explained to Reporter Elias Atienza, "while each state’s laws are different, in Pennsylvania, there is no law criminalizing the wearing of a mask, while lawfully carrying a firearm." I further explained that the citation is not to a real law in PA. In Pennsylvania, our Crimes Code is found in Title 18; thus, citat... | 2020-07-02 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1016_ret_b13_gn | checkyourfact_1016 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/09/fact-check-whoopi-goldberg-sued-jason-aldean/ | Whoopi Goldberg “lost everything” in a lawsuit to Jason Aldean | Viral Video | 2023-08-04 | https://countrymusicalley.com/2023/07/30/is-jason-aldean-suing-the-view-including-whoopi-goldberg/ | Rumors are flying that country superstar Jason Aldean is suing The View and its hosts including Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin. The news erupts after Goldberg and the other two hosts slammed Aldean and his controversial song "Try That In A Small Town." Is there any truth to the rumors circulating that he f... | 2023-07-30 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1016_ret_b4_gn | checkyourfact_1016 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/09/fact-check-whoopi-goldberg-sued-jason-aldean/ | Whoopi Goldberg “lost everything” in a lawsuit to Jason Aldean | Viral Video | 2023-08-04 | https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fact-check-whoopi-goldberg-panics-182200481.html | In recent days, we reported on two other videos about Goldberg that came from these same kinds of highly-misleading celebrity news YouTube channels. One of the videos claimed that Goldberg was being sued by country singer Jason Aldean. Another video said film actor Tom Selleck had chided Goldberg for her remarks about ... | 2023-08-15 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1016_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_1016 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/09/fact-check-whoopi-goldberg-sued-jason-aldean/ | Whoopi Goldberg “lost everything” in a lawsuit to Jason Aldean | Viral Video | 2023-08-04 | https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fact-check-jason-aldean-left-233800051.html | Websites including lajmesot.info, xnews7.com, lifestory25.com, keepupdatednews.com, faithhopel.info, newsc87.com and others all reported the headline, "'She’s Toxic': Jason Aldean Leaves ‘The View’ After 10 Minutes Encounter With Whoopi Goldberg." These links were located with a simple search of Facebook. [...] For fur... | 2023-10-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1016_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_1016 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/09/fact-check-whoopi-goldberg-sued-jason-aldean/ | Whoopi Goldberg “lost everything” in a lawsuit to Jason Aldean | Viral Video | 2023-08-04 | https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-jason-aldean-defamation-lawsuit-whoopi-view-926802832781 | CLAIM: Country music star Jason Aldean has sued Whoopi Goldberg and ABC’s "The View" for defamation in relation to his song, "Try That In A Small Town." [...] "Jason Aldean SUES Whoopi Goldberg For Defaming ‘Small Town’ Song, The View Enters PANIC MODE," reads the title of a YouTube video that garnered more than 1.5 mi... | 2023-07-31 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1262 | checkyourfact_1262 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/20/fact-check-george-washington-government-reason-eloquence-force-dangerous-servant-fearful-master/ | Claims that President George Washington once said, "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-12 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/20/fact-check-george-washington-government-reason-eloquence-force-dangerous-servant-fearful-master/ | There is no record of Washington ever making this statement. | 2019-04-12 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1262_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1262 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/20/fact-check-george-washington-government-reason-eloquence-force-dangerous-servant-fearful-master/ | Claims that President George Washington once said, "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-12 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/20/fact-check-george-washington-government-reason-eloquence-force-dangerous-servant-fearful-master/ | FACT CHECK: Did George Washington Call Government ‘A Dangerous Servant And A Fearful Master’? An image shared on Facebook claims that President George Washington once said, "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. [...] According to the website Quote Investigator, the depiction of government as "a d... | 2019-06-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1262_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_1262 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/20/fact-check-george-washington-government-reason-eloquence-force-dangerous-servant-fearful-master/ | Claims that President George Washington once said, "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-12 | https://reason.com/volokh/2017/04/17/fake-olds-government-is-not-re/ | Fake olds: 'Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force' is probably not a real George Washington quote [...] Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. [...] Given this, it would have been odd for someone to say "Like fire it is... | 2017-04-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1264 | checkyourfact_1264 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fact-check-department-of-defense-abortions/ | purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions | Post | 2023-07-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fact-check-department-of-defense-abortions/ | An October 2022 memo from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicates the DOD can pay for troops and their dependents to receive abortions the DOD cannot perform. | 2023-07-18 | True | true | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1264_ret_b13_gn | checkyourfact_1264 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fact-check-department-of-defense-abortions/ | purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions | Post | 2023-07-18 | https://www.govexec.com/defense/2022/10/us-military-will-pay-troops-travel-abortions/378736/ | U.S. Military Will Pay for Troops to Travel for Abortions [...] The Pentagon will begin paying for troops and their family members to travel for abortions, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a memo outlining several policy changes and directives designed to ensure the military community retains access to repro... | 2022-10-21 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1264_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1264 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fact-check-department-of-defense-abortions/ | purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions | Post | 2023-07-18 | https://19thnews.org/2023/07/house-votes-to-eliminate-abortion-provisions-in-2024-defense-bill/ | After the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization landed last year, ending the federal right to an abortion, the Biden administration issued new rules to assist service members and military dependents who had to travel across state lines for abortion services. However, House members vot... | 2023-07-14 | True | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1264_ret_b6_gn | checkyourfact_1264 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fact-check-department-of-defense-abortions/ | purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions | Post | 2023-07-18 | https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130316976/pentagon-abortion-travel | The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortions The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortion care, a move that comes as many states have rolled back access to the procedure since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In a memo dated Thursday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed th... | 2022-10-20 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1268_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-trump-child-wedlock/ | The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. | The New Republic | 2023-04-04 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-trump-child-wedlock/ | The Manhattan DA’s office determined that a Trump doorman was paid $30,000 for exclusive rights about the claim in a "catch and kill" scheme. However, there is no evidence that Trump fathered a child, and the woman allegedly involved denied the allegations. [...] The New Republic article is headlined, "Trump Tower Door... | 2023-04-06 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1268_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_1268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-trump-child-wedlock/ | The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. | The New Republic | 2023-04-04 | https://time.com/6267428/donald-trump-indictment-latest-updates/ | The charges relate to hush money payments Trump made to reimburse intermediaries for silencing three people who claimed to have dirt on the businessman in the runup to the 2016 election: The first two are believed to be former porn star Stormy Daniels, and former Playboy model Karen McDougal—both of whom claimed to hav... | 2023-03-30 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1268_ret_b12_gn | checkyourfact_1268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-trump-child-wedlock/ | The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. | The New Republic | 2023-04-04 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65017515 | Alvin Bragg: The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump [...] His office has been investigating an alleged hush money settlement between Donald Trump and an adult film star. [...] The Republican ex-president vehemently denies wrongdoing. He took to his own social media platform to say that he does not e... | 2023-03-31 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1268_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-trump-child-wedlock/ | The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. | The New Republic | 2023-04-04 | https://newrepublic.com/post/171616/trump-tower-doorman-paid-30000-out-of-wedlock-child-manhattan-da | A Trump Tower Doorman Who Said Trump Had a Child Out of Wedlock Was Paid $30,000 in Hush Money [...] "In one instance, American Media Inc. (‘AMI’), paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman, who claimed to have a story about a child TRUMP had out of wedlock," the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced Tuesda... | 2023-04-11 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1269 | checkyourfact_1269 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/29/fact-check-harvard-professor-charles-lieber-not-arrested-creating-coronavirus-china/ | Harvard professor Charles Lieber was arrested for manufacturing and selling the new coronavirus to China | Viral Claim | 2020-04-05 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/29/fact-check-harvard-professor-charles-lieber-not-arrested-creating-coronavirus-china/ | Professor Charles Lieber was arrested for making false statements to federal authorities and concealing his connections to China, not for creating the coronavirus. The new coronavirus is not man-made or a biological weapon. | 2020-04-05 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1269_ret_bn_g13 | checkyourfact_1269 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/29/fact-check-harvard-professor-charles-lieber-not-arrested-creating-coronavirus-china/ | Harvard professor Charles Lieber was arrested for manufacturing and selling the new coronavirus to China | Viral Claim | 2020-04-05 | https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/harvards-chemistry-head-charged-with-fraud-for-hiding-ties-to-chinese-institute/4011100.article | The chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department has been arrested for concealing his affiliation with the Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China – worth millions of dollars – from his university and the US government agencies that funded his work. On 28 January, the US Department of Justice charged Charle... | 2020-01-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1269_ret_bn_g17 | checkyourfact_1269 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/29/fact-check-harvard-professor-charles-lieber-not-arrested-creating-coronavirus-china/ | Harvard professor Charles Lieber was arrested for manufacturing and selling the new coronavirus to China | Viral Claim | 2020-04-05 | https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/nanowires-crossed-in-claim-linking-patent-to-5g-and-covid-19/ | A conspiracy-centric Facebook chat show claims US chemist Charles Lieber listed a patent for a device in 2015 that could vibrate coronavirus particles with 5G radiation. [...] The Harvard professor was arrested and charged in 2020, following a US Department of Justice investigation into his links with Chinese researche... | 2024-10-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1269_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_1269 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/29/fact-check-harvard-professor-charles-lieber-not-arrested-creating-coronavirus-china/ | Harvard professor Charles Lieber was arrested for manufacturing and selling the new coronavirus to China | Viral Claim | 2020-04-05 | https://www.npr.org/2020/01/28/800442646/acclaimed-harvard-scientist-is-arrested-accused-of-lying-about-ties-to-china | Charles Lieber, the chair of Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been arrested and criminally charged with making "false, fictitious and fraudulent statements" to the U.S. Defense Department about his ties to a Chinese government program to recruit foreign scientists and researchers. ... | 2020-01-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1269_ret_bn_g7 | checkyourfact_1269 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/29/fact-check-harvard-professor-charles-lieber-not-arrested-creating-coronavirus-china/ | Harvard professor Charles Lieber was arrested for manufacturing and selling the new coronavirus to China | Viral Claim | 2020-04-05 | https://www.deccanherald.com/world/fact-check-did-us-researcher-make-and-sell-covid-19-to-china-872046.html | Lieber was arrested on January 28 for "making false statements to the agency of the United States Government," or lying to federal authorities about his ties to China, as per the fact-check report. The channel added that prosecutors have never alleged that Lieber was involved in manufacturing and/or selling a virus to ... | 2020-08-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1272 | checkyourfact_1272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/29/fact-check-arrest-fema-deputy-administrator/ | The military arrested the FEMA deputy administrator | Viral Video | 2023-08-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/29/fact-check-arrest-fema-deputy-administrator/ | The claim stems from a satirical website. Hoofs has not been arrested, a Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact. | 2023-08-23 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1272_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_1272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/29/fact-check-arrest-fema-deputy-administrator/ | The military arrested the FEMA deputy administrator | Viral Video | 2023-08-23 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/30/tiktok-posts/claim-that-fema-is-burying-maui-wildfire-victims-i/ | The person in the TikTok video points to an article, headlined "Military Arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator Eric Hooks," as evidence. But the article is from Real Raw News, a website that regularly publishes fabricated stories and includes a disclaimer that it "contains humor, parody and satire." PolitiFact previously d... | 2023-08-23 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1272_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_1272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/29/fact-check-arrest-fema-deputy-administrator/ | The military arrested the FEMA deputy administrator | Viral Video | 2023-08-23 | https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/fema-official-arrested-for-fraud-over-hurricane-maria-recovery-effort-in-puerto-rico.html | A former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was arrested Tuesday for taking bribes from the president of a company that landed $1.8 billion in federal contracts to repair Puerto Rico's electrical grid after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017. Federal authorities arrested Ahsha... | 2019-09-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1272_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_1272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/29/fact-check-arrest-fema-deputy-administrator/ | The military arrested the FEMA deputy administrator | Viral Video | 2023-08-23 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fema-erik-hooks/ | On Aug. 22, 2023, Real Raw News published an article claiming that U.S. Marine Corps arrested Erik Hooks, the deputy administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in connection with the agency's response to wildfires that ravaged parts of Maui the previous week. Military Arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator... | 2023-08-23 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1272_ret_bn_g7 | checkyourfact_1272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/29/fact-check-arrest-fema-deputy-administrator/ | The military arrested the FEMA deputy administrator | Viral Video | 2023-08-23 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-top-fema-officials-arrested-on-fraud-charges-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-recovery-2019-09-10/ | A top FEMA official sent to Puerto Rico to oversee power restoration arrested in corruption probe Former top FEMA officials who worked in Puerto Rico during the island's recovery from Hurricane Maria were arrested on Tuesday in a federal corruption investigation. The investigation centers around alleged bribes that sec... | 2019-09-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1277 | checkyourfact_1277 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-nfl-kaepernick-hair-products/ | NFL refused Kaepernick’s request play and told him to sell hair products instead | Viral post | 2023-09-09 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-nfl-kaepernick-hair-products/ | The claim is inaccurate. The claim stems from a satirical website. | 2023-09-09 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1277_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1277 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-nfl-kaepernick-hair-products/ | NFL refused Kaepernick’s request play and told him to sell hair products instead | Viral post | 2023-09-09 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/colin-kaepernick-denied-active-status/ | NFL Refuses Kaepernick's Request for Active Status: "He Should Sell Hair Products" [...] "Active status means he can try out, apply for coaching positions, pursue endorsements, and other league-related things," said Deputy Commissioner Joe Barron, "We denied his petition for the 7th year in a row. He should go sell hai... | 2023-09-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_1277_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1277 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-nfl-kaepernick-hair-products/ | NFL refused Kaepernick’s request play and told him to sell hair products instead | Viral post | 2023-09-09 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/09/fact-check-nfl-does-not-refuse-kaepernick-request-for-active-status-does-not-suggest-he-should-sell-hair-products.html | Did the NFL's ethics committee deny Colin Kaepernick's request to return to "active status" and suggest "he should go sell hair products"? No, that's not true: This claim comes from a satirical website that has a history of fabricating content surrounding popular topics, and that features a disclaimer stating, "Everyth... | 2023-09-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1277_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_1277 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-nfl-kaepernick-hair-products/ | NFL refused Kaepernick’s request play and told him to sell hair products instead | Viral post | 2023-09-09 | https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28139355/why-colin-kaepernick-nfl-were-never-going-work-out | Kaepernick's camp maintained that he had been out of work for three full seasons for reasons nothing to do with football and everything to do with his politics regarding social justice and his on-field protests. Still, the NFL's strategy in approaching Kaepernick was to concentrate narrowly on football. To sources both... | 2019-11-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1277_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_1277 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-nfl-kaepernick-hair-products/ | NFL refused Kaepernick’s request play and told him to sell hair products instead | Viral post | 2023-09-09 | https://lithub.com/howard-bryant-on-colin-kaepernick-and-the-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-nfl/ | Corporate activism is every bit the oxymoron that corporate courage is, and at its core, the selling of Kaepernick as an inspirational figure without the accompanying action of denouncing the NFL and the reckless conduct of police or of taking a tangible business risk is to profit off dead black people. At the hands of... | 2020-01-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1280 | checkyourfact_1280 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/27/fact-check-warren-buffett-suffer-emotional-reaction-true-power-allow-pass-words/ | Claims that Warren Buffett once said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-26 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/27/fact-check-warren-buffett-suffer-emotional-reaction-true-power-allow-pass-words/ | The Daily Caller found no evidence that Buffett said this quote, though it has been linked to him since a parody account tweeted it in 2018. | 2019-08-26 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1280_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1280 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/27/fact-check-warren-buffett-suffer-emotional-reaction-true-power-allow-pass-words/ | Claims that Warren Buffett once said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-26 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/27/fact-check-warren-buffett-suffer-emotional-reaction-true-power-allow-pass-words/ | An image shared on Facebook claims billionaire investor Warren Buffett said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you." [...] The Daily Caller found no evidence that Buffett said this quote, though it has been linked to him since a parody account tweeted it in 201... | 2019-08-27 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1280_ret_b8_gn | checkyourfact_1280 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/27/fact-check-warren-buffett-suffer-emotional-reaction-true-power-allow-pass-words/ | Claims that Warren Buffett once said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-26 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/26/ | Bruce Lee? Cindy Flores? Sylvester McNutt III? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: A paragraph of advice about maintaining equanimity is popular on social media. Here is the first sentence: You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. These words have been attributed ... | 2019-07-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1280_ret_bn_g12 | checkyourfact_1280 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/27/fact-check-warren-buffett-suffer-emotional-reaction-true-power-allow-pass-words/ | Claims that Warren Buffett once said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-26 | https://www.hellenictherapy.com/single-post/2020/02/18/taking-what-others-say-personally | A recent quote of his states "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass". [...] It t... | 2020-02-18 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1280_ret_bn_g9 | checkyourfact_1280 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/27/fact-check-warren-buffett-suffer-emotional-reaction-true-power-allow-pass-words/ | Claims that Warren Buffett once said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-26 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/26/allow/ | You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you, true power is observing everything w logicTwitter handle: @cfloorrrr link [...] You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you.Twitter handle: @Khalidbintory link [...] Times... | 2019-07-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_1284 | checkyourfact_1284 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/23/fact-check-aristotle-place-talent-world-needs-god-job-bach-schweitzer/ | Claims ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said, "The place where your talent meets the world’s needs is the job God has in mind for you." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-02 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/23/fact-check-aristotle-place-talent-world-needs-god-job-bach-schweitzer/ | There is no evidence that Aristotle authored this statement. It may actually be a line from a 1954 high school graduation speaker. | 2019-04-02 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1284_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_1284 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/23/fact-check-aristotle-place-talent-world-needs-god-job-bach-schweitzer/ | Claims ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said, "The place where your talent meets the world’s needs is the job God has in mind for you." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-02 | https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-ethics/ | Aristotle explains what he has in mind by comparing akrasia to the condition of other people who might be described as knowing in a way, but not in an unqualified way. His examples are people who are asleep, mad, or drunk; he also compares the akratic to a student who has just begun to learn a subject, or an actor on t... | 2001-05-01 | False | false | false | not_applicable |
checkyourfact_1290 | checkyourfact_1290 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/05/fact-check-darwin-quote-struggle-survival/ | Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-14 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/05/fact-check-darwin-quote-struggle-survival/ | There is no evidence that the quotation comes from Darwin. | 2019-04-14 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1290_ret_b0_g0 | checkyourfact_1290 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/05/fact-check-darwin-quote-struggle-survival/ | Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-14 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/12/19/fittest/ | Here is an example of a Darwin ascription in "The Guardian" newspaper in 2006. Please note that instances on the QI website are meant to be illustrative and not meant to be harshly critical of writers and journalists who may have slipped:[4]2006 December 11, News source: The Guardian, Article title: The Weekends TV: Po... | 2014-12-19 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1290_ret_b14_gn | checkyourfact_1290 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/05/fact-check-darwin-quote-struggle-survival/ | Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-14 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/category/charles-darwin/ | Category Archives: Charles Darwin [...] History Textbook? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: While reading a newspaper article I saw the following statement attributed to the famous scientist Charles Darwin: In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapti... | 2020-12-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1290_ret_bn_g12 | checkyourfact_1290 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/05/fact-check-darwin-quote-struggle-survival/ | Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." | Viral Quote | 2019-04-14 | https://www.amberoon.com/agile-analytics-blog/bid/211677/proctor-gamble-business-sphere-and-decision-cockpits | Proctor & Gamble – Business Sphere and Decision Cockpits "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." With this quote, Charles Darwin clearly defined today’s business analytics imperative. In this posting we ill... | 2012-07-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1294 | checkyourfact_1294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/28/fact-check-jonathan-swift-love-esteem-capricious-volatile-languid-cold/ | claims Jonathan Swift said, "A love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-15 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/28/fact-check-jonathan-swift-love-esteem-capricious-volatile-languid-cold/ | The statement does not appear in any of Swift’s written works. It actually comes from an anonymous essay published in 1753 that was likely written by John Hawkesworth. | 2019-11-15 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1294_ret_b15_g5 | checkyourfact_1294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/28/fact-check-jonathan-swift-love-esteem-capricious-volatile-languid-cold/ | claims Jonathan Swift said, "A love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-15 | https://www.azquotes.com/author/14369-Jonathan_Swift?p=4 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift (1768). "Letters Written By The Late Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; And Several Of His Friends: From The Year 1703 To 1740", p.174 Jonathan Swift (1768). "The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: With the author's life and character; notes, historical, cri... | 1998-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1294_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/28/fact-check-jonathan-swift-love-esteem-capricious-volatile-languid-cold/ | claims Jonathan Swift said, "A love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-15 | https://quotes.guide/jonathan-swift/quote/as-love-without-esteem-is-capricious-and-volatile-esteem-without-love-is-languid-and-cold/ | What did Jonathan Swift mean by: As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland Copy + Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Leadership, Teacher, 0 - Jonathan ... | 2024-01-12 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1294_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_1294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/28/fact-check-jonathan-swift-love-esteem-capricious-volatile-languid-cold/ | claims Jonathan Swift said, "A love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-15 | https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/jonathan-swift-quote-about-love/ | Quote of the Day: "As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold." – Jonathan Swift | 2024-01-02 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1296_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_1296 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/27/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-right-wrong-mental-attitude-achieving-goal/ | claims Thomas Jefferson said, "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-18 | https://www.heroic.us/quotes/thomas-jefferson/nothing-can-stop-the-man-with-right-ment | Nothing can stop the man with right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.Thomas JeffersonThe Author of this QuoteAuthorThomas JeffersonThird president of the US, historian, and philosopher. | 2024-01-01 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1296_ret_bn_g10 | checkyourfact_1296 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/27/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-right-wrong-mental-attitude-achieving-goal/ | claims Thomas Jefferson said, "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-18 | https://medium.com/introskeptic/how-to-stop-breaking-your-own-rules-6ec673a5353f | How to Stop Breaking Your Own Rules "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." — Thomas Jefferson We often set goals for ourselves and unless we get the results we are looking for, we stop seeing the point. We can ... | 2021-12-16 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1296_ret_bn_g4 | checkyourfact_1296 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/27/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-right-wrong-mental-attitude-achieving-goal/ | claims Thomas Jefferson said, "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-18 | https://philosiblog.com/2012/07/16/nothing-can-stop-the-man-with-the-right-mental-attitude-from-achieving-his-goal/ | A more complete version of this quote is "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." [...] There is a story about a guy who had the right mental attitude. He worked for Apple, but the program he was working on was c... | 2012-07-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1296_ret_bn_g9 | checkyourfact_1296 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/27/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-right-wrong-mental-attitude-achieving-goal/ | claims Thomas Jefferson said, "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." | Viral Quote | 2019-11-18 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/01/20/mental/ | Quote Investigator: Researcher Anna Berkes of Monticello.org states that the quotation has not been found in any of the writings of Thomas Jefferson, and the ascription is deemed spurious.[1]Website: Thomas Jefferson: Monticello, Article title: Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude… (Spurious Quotatio... | 2019-01-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1297 | checkyourfact_1297 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/11/fact-check-oliver-cromwell-strike-iron-hot-benjamin-franklin/ | Claims that Oliver Cromwell said, "Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-25 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/11/fact-check-oliver-cromwell-strike-iron-hot-benjamin-franklin/ | The Daily Caller found no record of the quote in Cromwell’s speeches or letters. | 2019-06-25 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1297_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1297 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/11/fact-check-oliver-cromwell-strike-iron-hot-benjamin-franklin/ | Claims that Oliver Cromwell said, "Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-25 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/11/fact-check-oliver-cromwell-strike-iron-hot-benjamin-franklin/ | FACT CHECK: Did Oliver Cromwell Say, ‘Not Only Strike While The Iron Is Hot, But Make It Hot By Striking’? An image shared on Facebook claims that British military leader Oliver Cromwell said, "Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." [...] Quote Investigator traced the earliest close match ... | 2019-09-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1297_ret_b1_g1 | checkyourfact_1297 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/11/fact-check-oliver-cromwell-strike-iron-hot-benjamin-franklin/ | Claims that Oliver Cromwell said, "Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-25 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/05/31/iron-hot/ | We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, but strike it till "it is made hot." [...] "Strike while the iron is hot," is a common saying, and a very good one. It indicates the danger of delay and the importance of prompt action; but Cromwell said, "Make the iron hot by striking,"—thus enforcing another thought, ... | 2017-05-31 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1297_ret_bn_g4 | checkyourfact_1297 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/11/fact-check-oliver-cromwell-strike-iron-hot-benjamin-franklin/ | Claims that Oliver Cromwell said, "Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-25 | https://www.creatosaurus.io/apps/quotes/topics/cormoran-strike-quotes | Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil"Don't say you won't strike now. "Not now" is what brings forth "never done". Strike it early, strike it now... But remember to strike it hard! Go and make the strike!" [...] Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes"Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striki... | 2024-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1298 | checkyourfact_1298 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/14/fact-check-trump-nevada/ | former President Donald Trump claimed he won the state of Nevada in the 2016 and 2020 elections | Article | 2023-07-10 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/14/fact-check-trump-nevada/ | According to the state’s official election results, Trump lost Nevada in both 2016 and 2020. | 2023-07-10 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1298_ret_bn_g12 | checkyourfact_1298 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/14/fact-check-trump-nevada/ | former President Donald Trump claimed he won the state of Nevada in the 2016 and 2020 elections | Article | 2023-07-10 | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-holds-rally-in-las-vegas-after-week-of-record-high-temperatures-in-region | A woman holds an umbrella as she waits for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump to attend a campaign event in Las Vegas, June 9, 2024. Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters Trump’s Nevada rally, his third in the state this year, came on the tail end of a Western swing that included several hi... | 2024-06-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1298_ret_bn_g18 | checkyourfact_1298 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/14/fact-check-trump-nevada/ | former President Donald Trump claimed he won the state of Nevada in the 2016 and 2020 elections | Article | 2023-07-10 | https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-cases-against-fake-electors-and-where-they-stand/ | As part of Donald Trump and his allies’ nationwide effort to undermine the 2020 presidential election, 84 total fake electors across seven states signed false electoral certificates claiming that Trump won the election in their states. As of July 2024, fake electors from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have been ... | 2024-08-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1315 | checkyourfact_1315 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/27/fact-check-haley-american-families-utility-bill/ | Nikki Haley claims 1 in 6 American families can't afford their utility bill | Video | 2023-12-06 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/27/fact-check-haley-american-families-utility-bill/ | Data from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) and multiple experts indicate Haley’s claim is correct. | 2023-12-06 | True | true | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1315_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1315 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/27/fact-check-haley-american-families-utility-bill/ | Nikki Haley claims 1 in 6 American families can't afford their utility bill | Video | 2023-12-06 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/27/fact-check-haley-american-families-utility-bill/ | FACT CHECK: Nikki Haley Claims 1 In 6 American Families Can’t Afford Their Utility Bill In a recent interview with Trinity Broadcasting Network, 2024 presidential hopeful and former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley claimed one in six American families can’t afford their utility bill. [...] During her conversa... | 2023-12-27 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1315_ret_b10_gn | checkyourfact_1315 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/27/fact-check-haley-american-families-utility-bill/ | Nikki Haley claims 1 in 6 American families can't afford their utility bill | Video | 2023-12-06 | https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/haley-campaign-press-release-nikki-haleys-victory-lap | Haley on CBS This Morning – American Families Need Relief "They can't afford groceries, they can't afford gas, one in six American families can't pay their utility bill. Half of American families can't afford diapers. The inflation issue is real. Americans want someone who can understand they need more cash in their po... | 2023-08-24 | True | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1315_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_1315 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/27/fact-check-haley-american-families-utility-bill/ | Nikki Haley claims 1 in 6 American families can't afford their utility bill | Video | 2023-12-06 | https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/nikki-haley-holds-a-campaign-town-hall-in-derry-new-hampshire-transcript | And did Republicans try and make it right? No. They opened up pet projects and earmarks for the first time in 10 years, pushing through 7,000 of them last December. Want to know how they spent your money? $30 million on an honor’s college in Vermont. 10 million to tear down a hotel in Alaska. Seven and a half million o... | 2023-11-29 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1320 | checkyourfact_1320 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/11/fact-check-daily-beast-deported-salvadorans-killed-harmed-percentage/ | claims a "huge percentage" of deported Salvadorans were murdered or harmed upon being deported back to El Salvador | Daily Beast | 2020-02-05 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/11/fact-check-daily-beast-deported-salvadorans-killed-harmed-percentage/ | The Human Rights Watch report does not establish or attempt to establish a percentage of total deportees who were harmed or killed upon return to El Salvador. Researchers and writers of the report confirmed that there is no way to use its findings to calculate such a percentage. | 2020-02-05 | False | true | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1320_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_1320 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/11/fact-check-daily-beast-deported-salvadorans-killed-harmed-percentage/ | claims a "huge percentage" of deported Salvadorans were murdered or harmed upon being deported back to El Salvador | Daily Beast | 2020-02-05 | https://newamericanstoryproject.org/context/brief-history-of-el-salvador/ | Those 4000 deportees, and we’ll move quickly now in our timeline, have now become 60,000 gang members. They are now present in all 14 states of El Salvador. After years of disregarding the problem, and hard line measures taken since 2003 to address it (when repression was thought to be the avenue to a solution, though ... | 2014-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1320_ret_bn_g18 | checkyourfact_1320 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/11/fact-check-daily-beast-deported-salvadorans-killed-harmed-percentage/ | claims a "huge percentage" of deported Salvadorans were murdered or harmed upon being deported back to El Salvador | Daily Beast | 2020-02-05 | https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/10/05/445382231/how-el-salvador-fell-into-a-web-of-gang-violence | In the '90s, as the gang phenomenon in Los Angeles got more complicated, the U.S. started deporting gang members. Deportations brought airplanes full of gang members who had committed crimes and murders in the U.S. back to El Salvador. [...] The deportation of gang members back to El Salvador coincided with a very comp... | 2015-10-05 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1337 | checkyourfact_1337 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-john-adams-one-useless-man-shame-two-law-firm-three-congress/ | Claims that founding father John Adams once said, "In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-21 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-john-adams-one-useless-man-shame-two-law-firm-three-congress/ | There is no evidence that Adams ever made this statement. It was said, however, by the fictional Adams in the 1969 musical “1776.” | 2019-06-21 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1337_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1337 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-john-adams-one-useless-man-shame-two-law-firm-three-congress/ | Claims that founding father John Adams once said, "In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-21 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-john-adams-one-useless-man-shame-two-law-firm-three-congress/ | FACT CHECK: Did John Adams Say, ‘One Useless Man Is A Shame, Two Is A Law Firm And Three Or More Is A Congress’? [...] The saying attributed to Adams is one such misquotation. The Daily Caller News Foundation found no evidence that he ever said or wrote these words. A search of the digital edition of The Adams Papers r... | 2019-06-25 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1337_ret_bn_g4 | checkyourfact_1337 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-john-adams-one-useless-man-shame-two-law-firm-three-congress/ | Claims that founding father John Adams once said, "In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-21 | https://timpanogos.blog/2012/11/15/quote-of-the-moment-what-john-adams-did-not-say-about-congress/ | I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm; and that three or more become a Congress! [...] What John Adams did not say about Congress, Peter Stone wrote. Such wit deserves proper attribution. Mention of "law firms" gives away the origin’s being much later th... | 2012-11-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1350_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_1350 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/01/fact-check-elon-musk-earth-flat-rogan/ | Elon Musk claims the earth is flat | Viral Video | 2023-04-22 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/16/fact-check-elon-musk-earth-flat/ | FACT CHECK: Did Elon Musk Tweet That The Earth Is Flat? A post on shared on social media purportedly shows a screenshot of a tweet from SpaceX and Twitter CEO Elon Musk saying that the earth is flat. [...] "The world is flat and I can’t get past the firmament!" the alleged tweet reads. "Anyone want to buy SpaceX" | 2023-03-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1350_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_1350 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/01/fact-check-elon-musk-earth-flat-rogan/ | Elon Musk claims the earth is flat | Viral Video | 2023-04-22 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/03/16/fact-check-no-elon-musk-did-not-tweet-earth-flat/11484407002/ | The claim: Image shows Elon Musk tweeting that the Earth is flat [...] - Elon Musk, accessed March 16, Search of Elon Musk's tweets containing "the world is flat" - PolitiTweet, accessed March 16, Elon Musk - Business Insider, Dec. 27, 2022, SpaceX history: 13 of the biggest moments for Elon Musk's 20-year-old company ... | 2023-03-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1351 | checkyourfact_1351 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/27/fact-check-barbara-walters-jane-fonda-statement-vietnam-war/ | Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam | Viral Quote | 2019-08-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/27/fact-check-barbara-walters-jane-fonda-statement-vietnam-war/ | The Daily Caller found no record of Walters ever making the statement. | 2019-08-13 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1351_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1351 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/27/fact-check-barbara-walters-jane-fonda-statement-vietnam-war/ | Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam | Viral Quote | 2019-08-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/27/fact-check-barbara-walters-jane-fonda-statement-vietnam-war/ | FACT CHECK: Did Barbara Walters Author This Statement Criticizing Jane Fonda For Visiting North Vietnam? A post shared on Facebook more than 14,000 times credits retired ABC News anchor Barbara Walters with authoring a statement criticizing actress Jane Fonda for her 1972 visit to North Vietnam. [...] Walters did sit d... | 2019-12-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1351_ret_b1_g0 | checkyourfact_1351 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/27/fact-check-barbara-walters-jane-fonda-statement-vietnam-war/ | Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam | Viral Quote | 2019-08-13 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/22/fact-check-barbara-walters-did-not-write-post-jane-fonda-vietnam/5446508002/ | The claim: Barbara Walters wrote viral commentary accusing Jane Fonda of treason during the Vietnam War [...] We rate the claim that Barbara Walters wrote an inaccurate commentary condemning actress Jane Fonda as FALSE because it is not supported by our research. Misinformation about Fonda’s actions in Vietnam has been... | 2020-07-22 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1357 | checkyourfact_1357 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/05/fact-check-government-5000-loans-citizens/ | Emergency Loans for U.S. Citizens get up to $5,000 | Viral Post | 2023-04-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/05/fact-check-government-5000-loans-citizens/ | The caption is inaccurate. A spokesperson for the Department of Treasury confirmed the claim is false. | 2023-04-18 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1357_ret_b12_gn | checkyourfact_1357 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/05/fact-check-government-5000-loans-citizens/ | Emergency Loans for U.S. Citizens get up to $5,000 | Viral Post | 2023-04-18 | https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/personal-finance/articles/stimulus-update-5000-in-stimulus-money-can-soon-be-claimed-by-these-americans/ | Stimulus Update: $5,000 in Stimulus Money Can Soon Be Claimed by These Americans [...] - Up to $5,000 in funds could be available. [...] But, there is one group of Americans who is guaranteed a $5,000 payment this year -- if they file their taxes in order to get their money. Here's who is owed $5,000 along with some ad... | 2022-01-11 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1357_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1357 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/05/fact-check-government-5000-loans-citizens/ | Emergency Loans for U.S. Citizens get up to $5,000 | Viral Post | 2023-04-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/05/fact-check-government-5000-loans-citizens/ | A post shared on social media purports the Federal Government made $5,000 of emergency loans available for U.S. citizens. [...] The Facebook post purports $5,000 loans are available to American citizens. The post shares a photo of Biden and members of congress applauding. "Emergency loans program is finally open!" The ... | 2023-05-05 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1357_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1357 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/05/fact-check-government-5000-loans-citizens/ | Emergency Loans for U.S. Citizens get up to $5,000 | Viral Post | 2023-04-18 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/facebook-posts/online-offers-for-up-to-5000-in-stimulus-loans-are/ | Recent Facebook posts about a supposed new stimulus program enabling Americans with poor credit to take up to $5,000 is a false and recycled promise. "American people needed this stimulus again!," read one April 18 post. Emergency loans are finally available to U.S. Citizens up to $5,000 even with poor credit. The proc... | 2023-04-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1361_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1361 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/13/fact-check-elon-musk-permanently-ban-aoc-twitter/ | Elon Musk has permanently banned AOC from Twitter | Viral post | 2023-03-06 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/13/fact-check-elon-musk-permanently-ban-aoc-twitter/ | FACT CHECK: Did Elon Musk Permanently Ban AOC From Twitter? A post shared on social media purports Twitter CEO Elon Musk has permanently banned New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez from the platform. [...] "Elon Musk permanently bans AOC from Twitter," the article reads. (RELATED: No, This Is Not A Real Head... | 2023-03-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1361_ret_b13_gn | checkyourfact_1361 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/13/fact-check-elon-musk-permanently-ban-aoc-twitter/ | Elon Musk has permanently banned AOC from Twitter | Viral post | 2023-03-06 | https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-elon-musk-twitter-spat-lay-off-proto-fascism-2022-12 | - Elon Musk and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into another tiff on Twitter on Thursday night. [...] Elon Musk and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are in another Twitter spat. [...] Musk and Ocasio-Cortez have had several tense exchanges on Twitter. In April, Ocasio-Cortez called Musk a "billionaire with an ego proble... | 2022-12-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1361_ret_b9_gn | checkyourfact_1361 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/13/fact-check-elon-musk-permanently-ban-aoc-twitter/ | Elon Musk has permanently banned AOC from Twitter | Viral post | 2023-03-06 | https://www.businessinsider.com/musk-jokes-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-account-was-naked-abuse-power-2022-11 | - Elon Musk joked that when AOC's Twitter account stopped working it was "a naked abuse of power." [...] Elon Musk joked that when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter account stopped working on Wednesday it was due to "a naked abuse of power" by the platform's new owner. [...] It's not the first time Musk and Ocasi... | 2022-11-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1361_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_1361 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/13/fact-check-elon-musk-permanently-ban-aoc-twitter/ | Elon Musk has permanently banned AOC from Twitter | Viral post | 2023-03-06 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/facebook-posts/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-still-tweeting-despite-ba/ | If Your Time is short - Elon Musk didn’t ban U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., from Twitter. Her accounts are active. Twitter CEO Elon Musk didn’t ban U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., from the social media platform despite recent claims circulating online. [...] Twitter, Elon Musk starts banning cr... | 2023-03-06 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1362 | checkyourfact_1362 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/28/fact-check-lee-majors-leave-trump-campaign-six-million-will/ | Lee Majors bequeathed $6 million to President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign | Viral Article | 2020-03-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/28/fact-check-lee-majors-leave-trump-campaign-six-million-will/ | Majors has not died. The article originated on a satirical news website. | 2020-03-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1362_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1362 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/28/fact-check-lee-majors-leave-trump-campaign-six-million-will/ | Lee Majors bequeathed $6 million to President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign | Viral Article | 2020-03-08 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lee-majors-death-hoax/ | On Dec. 22, 2019, the website Conservative Tears published an article positing that Lee Majors, the actor who portrayed Steve Austin in the 1970s television show "The Six Million Dollar Man," died and left a symbolic $6 million to the reelection campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump. ‘Bionic Man’ Lee Majors Dead At 8... | 2019-12-26 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1362_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1362 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/28/fact-check-lee-majors-leave-trump-campaign-six-million-will/ | Lee Majors bequeathed $6 million to President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign | Viral Article | 2020-03-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/02/blog-posting/lee-majors-death-hoax-goes-viral-facebook/ | The Dec. 25 article, which was published by AJUAnews.com, claims Majors died from complications during a Penuma surgical procedure. (Penuma is a kind of penile implant.) It also claims the actor, who has starred in movies like "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "Scrooged," left $6 million for President Donald Trump’s re-... | 2019-12-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1363 | checkyourfact_1363 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/17/fact-check-house-republicans-retirement-social-security/ | purports 156 House Republicans voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security to 70 | Post | 2023-03-01 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/17/fact-check-house-republicans-retirement-social-security/ | While the Republican Study Committee proposed raising the retirement age to “reflect longevity” in its Fiscal Year 2023 budget plan, the plan was never brought to the House floor for a vote. | 2023-03-01 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1363_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1363 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/17/fact-check-house-republicans-retirement-social-security/ | purports 156 House Republicans voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security to 70 | Post | 2023-03-01 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/03/14/fact-check-misleading-claim-republican-retirement-age-proposal/11436726002/ | "If you only retweet ONE thing today, let it be this list of 156 House Republicans who voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security to age 70," reads the tweet. "Don't let them get away with it. Make sure EVERYONE knows." [...] The post’s claim came after Social Security Works, an organization that fights to e... | 2023-03-14 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1363_ret_b15_gn | checkyourfact_1363 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/17/fact-check-house-republicans-retirement-social-security/ | purports 156 House Republicans voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security to 70 | Post | 2023-03-01 | https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/09/fact-sheet-congressional-republicans-many-proposals-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare-and-increase-prescription-drug-prices-and-health-care-premiums/ | President Biden has taken action to strengthen Medicare and protect Social Security – bedrock programs that Americans have paid into and that tens of millions of seniors depend on to support their livelihoods. Congressional Republicans, however, have a different record. For years, Republican Members of Congress have re... | 2023-02-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1363_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1363 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/17/fact-check-house-republicans-retirement-social-security/ | purports 156 House Republicans voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security to 70 | Post | 2023-03-01 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/17/fact-check-house-republicans-retirement-social-security/ | A post shared on Facebook purports 156 House Republicans voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security to 70. [...] The claim is misleading. The remarks stems from a Feb. 13 tweet from Social Security Works, who shared the same list as the Facebook post. "It’s not just Rick Scott. 156 House Republicans released... | 2023-03-17 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1372 | checkyourfact_1372 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/26/fact-check-samaritans-purse-central-park-hospital-housing-thousands-abused-children-underground-captivity/ | a tent hospital set up in New York City’s Central Park housed thousands of abused children saved from underground captivity. | Viral post | 2020-05-03 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/26/fact-check-samaritans-purse-central-park-hospital-housing-thousands-abused-children-underground-captivity/ | There is no evidence to support the claims made by the Facebook post. The field hospital only helped treat New York City coronavirus patients. | 2020-05-03 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1372_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1372 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/26/fact-check-samaritans-purse-central-park-hospital-housing-thousands-abused-children-underground-captivity/ | a tent hospital set up in New York City’s Central Park housed thousands of abused children saved from underground captivity. | Viral post | 2020-05-03 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/26/fact-check-samaritans-purse-central-park-hospital-housing-thousands-abused-children-underground-captivity/ | FACT CHECK: Was A Central Park Tent Hospital Housing Thousands Of Abused Children Rescued From Underground Captivity? [...] The long text post credits President Donald Trump with the alleged rescue of the abused children from underground captivity, where they had purportedly been "kept as sex slaves" since birth. [...]... | 2020-05-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1372_ret_b15_gn | checkyourfact_1372 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/26/fact-check-samaritans-purse-central-park-hospital-housing-thousands-abused-children-underground-captivity/ | a tent hospital set up in New York City’s Central Park housed thousands of abused children saved from underground captivity. | Viral post | 2020-05-03 | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/coronavirus-tents-central-park | Mount Sinai Hospital in New York is working with a humanitarian aid organization to set up a field hospital in Central Park to help house the continuing influx of patients during the coronavirus pandemic. The tents in Central Park are expected to have 70 regular beds and 10 ICU beds and will be open on Tuesday, a spoke... | 2020-03-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1372_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_1372 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/26/fact-check-samaritans-purse-central-park-hospital-housing-thousands-abused-children-underground-captivity/ | a tent hospital set up in New York City’s Central Park housed thousands of abused children saved from underground captivity. | Viral post | 2020-05-03 | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/it-s-surreal-nurse-practitioner-says-field-hospital-set-central-n1172376 | "It's kind of surreal to see a field hospital sitting in the middle of Central Park," Kelly said. "I just don't think this is the way it was supposed to be my first time, but it's a pleasure for me to be here." [...] "Just getting the permits to put up a field hospital in Central Park should've taken years," Kelly said... | 2020-03-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1374 | checkyourfact_1374 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-tv-cartel-rocket-launchers-ukraine/ | A post shared on Twitter claims Mexican television reported that cartels have dozens of AT4s sourced from Ukraine. | Viral Video | 2023-06-01 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-tv-cartel-rocket-launchers-ukraine/ | The original report does not claim that cartels are purchasing AT-4s that are originally routed to Ukraine. There is no evidence that Ukrainian AT-4s have been illegally sold or transferred to Mexican cartel members. | 2023-06-01 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1374_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1374 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-tv-cartel-rocket-launchers-ukraine/ | A post shared on Twitter claims Mexican television reported that cartels have dozens of AT4s sourced from Ukraine. | Viral Video | 2023-06-01 | https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-mexico-cartel-weapons-ukraine-us-668968778777 | AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A video shows a news anchor claiming in Spanish that a cartel member had been filmed with a Javelin, but she only noted that such weapons have also been used in Ukraine, not that it originated there. Additionally, the anchor misidentified the weapon, which is an AT4, another anti-tank weapon. Wh... | 2023-08-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1374_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_1374 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-tv-cartel-rocket-launchers-ukraine/ | A post shared on Twitter claims Mexican television reported that cartels have dozens of AT4s sourced from Ukraine. | Viral Video | 2023-06-01 | https://ipisresearch.be/fr/weekly-briefing/arms-trade-bulletin-march-april-2022/ | According to a picture released on the Twitter account of Hans Tino Hansen, Denmark has delivered an undisclosed number of AT4CS man-portable anti-structure tandem rocket weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces. [...] Ukraine receives AT4 anti-tank weapons from Sweden | 7 March 2022 | ArmyRecognition According to informa... | 2022-05-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1374_ret_bn_g6 | checkyourfact_1374 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-tv-cartel-rocket-launchers-ukraine/ | A post shared on Twitter claims Mexican television reported that cartels have dozens of AT4s sourced from Ukraine. | Viral Video | 2023-06-01 | https://dokumen.pub/liber-exitii-latter-days-of-the-western-civilization-vol-iii-3-1nbsped.html | Ukrainian MoD data on Russian losses: ~208 910 KIAs, 3 819 MBTs, 7 490 AIVs, 6 267 wheeled transports, 465 specialized vehicles, 3 501 artillery guns, 575 MLRS, 335 AA systems, 313 aircraft, 298 helicopters, 3 137 UAVs, 1 117 1 "Good goyim, you did your job"; words fail me, when I try to express my hatred of the kikes,... | 2023-01-31 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
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