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checkyourfact_1375 | checkyourfact_1375 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-traffic-light-texas-heat/ | purports to show a traffic light that melted in Texas due to extreme heat | Image | 2023-07-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-traffic-light-texas-heat/ | The image shows a traffic light that melted as a result of a July 2022 fire in Milan, Italy, according to the Italian website Open. | 2023-07-18 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1375_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1375 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-traffic-light-texas-heat/ | purports to show a traffic light that melted in Texas due to extreme heat | Image | 2023-07-18 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/extreme-hot-weather-melt/ | For several years, it seems, every extreme heat wave in the U.S. has prompted the circulation of photographs purportedly demonstrating the effects of intense hot weather, images picturing melted objects such as automobiles, tires, trash receptacles, ceiling fans, and street signs: [...] Another much-traveled image show... | 2021-06-27 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1375_ret_b4_g3 | checkyourfact_1375 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-traffic-light-texas-heat/ | purports to show a traffic light that melted in Texas due to extreme heat | Image | 2023-07-18 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/24/fact-check-heat-waves-did-not-melt-traffic-lights-recycling-bins/7770375002/ | Fact check: Melted traffic lights, recycling bins, street signs were not caused by heat waves [...] One photo shows a traffic light whose hooded covers have melted over its red, yellow and green bulbs. After the same claim circulated on Twitter in June 2019, PesaCheck, Africa’s largest indigenous fact-check network, re... | 2021-06-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1375_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_1375 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-traffic-light-texas-heat/ | purports to show a traffic light that melted in Texas due to extreme heat | Image | 2023-07-18 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/07/traffic-light-melted-in-italy-not-texas-fact-check/70530769007/ | Photo shows melted traffic light in Italy, not extreme heat damage in Texas | Fact check The claim: Image shows traffic light melted by Texas's extreme heat [...] - USA TODAY, June 21, 'Oppressive' and 'unbearable' heat wave scorches Texas, with no end in sight - Texas Tribune, July 24, As Texas’ heat wave continues, t... | 2023-08-07 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1378 | checkyourfact_1378 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/25/fact-check-pride-themed-ford-commercial-stems-from-2022-not-2023/ | Ford made this pride commercial in 2023 | Viral | 2023-05-17 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/25/fact-check-pride-themed-ford-commercial-stems-from-2022-not-2023/ | The post is miscaptioned. The commercial was actually created in 2022, predating Bud Light’s partnership with Mulvaney. | 2023-05-17 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1378_ret_b14_gn | checkyourfact_1378 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/25/fact-check-pride-themed-ford-commercial-stems-from-2022-not-2023/ | Ford made this pride commercial in 2023 | Viral | 2023-05-17 | https://www.winterwatch.net/2023/05/fords-redefining-tough-commercial-features-lgbt-colored-truck/ | Pride knows no bounds @Ford pic.twitter.com/f3EZA9mgZJ — Caroline (@carolinecwilder) May 17, 2023 | 2023-05-18 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1378_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1378 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/25/fact-check-pride-themed-ford-commercial-stems-from-2022-not-2023/ | Ford made this pride commercial in 2023 | Viral | 2023-05-17 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/25/fact-check-pride-themed-ford-commercial-stems-from-2022-not-2023/ | FACT CHECK: Pride-Themed Ford Commercial Stems From 2022, Not 2023 A video shared on Facebook allegedly shows a recent Ford advertisement depicting a truck with pride flag colors that was created after Bud Light’s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. The post is miscaptioned. The commercial was actuall... | 2023-05-25 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1378_ret_b8_gn | checkyourfact_1378 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/25/fact-check-pride-themed-ford-commercial-stems-from-2022-not-2023/ | Ford made this pride commercial in 2023 | Viral | 2023-05-17 | https://brandthechange.com/creativity/whats-built-ford-proud-campaign-all-about/ | Ford’s latest campaign, Built Ford Proud, celebrates the greater community of drivers who have broken the mold, driven, innovation, and defied stereotypes for nearly 120 years. It showcases actor Sydney Sweeney, stunt driver Dee Bryant, and professional surfer Kai Lenny. Erica Martin, Ford Marketing Communications Mana... | 2023-03-31 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1378_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1378 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/25/fact-check-pride-themed-ford-commercial-stems-from-2022-not-2023/ | Ford made this pride commercial in 2023 | Viral | 2023-05-17 | https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/03/22/new-ford-_built-ford-proud-campaign-celebrates-the-next-generati.html | Dearborn, Mich., March 22, 2023 – An actor restoring a Bronco. A professional stunt driver defying stereotypes. A big wave surfer with a passion for trucks. These are drivers that will be featured the next chapter of Ford Motor Company’s "Built Ford Proud" campaign, showcasing how Sydney Sweeney, Dee Bryant, and Kai Le... | 2023-03-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1381 | checkyourfact_1381 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-beauty-second-amendment-needed-try-take-it/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try and take it." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-16 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-beauty-second-amendment-needed-try-take-it/ | There is no evidence that Thomas Jefferson wrote or said this expression. | 2019-10-16 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1381_ret_b13_gn | checkyourfact_1381 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-beauty-second-amendment-needed-try-take-it/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try and take it." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-16 | https://www.snopes.com/tag/thomas-jefferson/ | Jefferson Said 'Beauty of 2nd Amendment' Is It's Not Needed 'Until They Try To Take It'? The quote purportedly from the Founding Father reads, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is tha ... [...] Thomas Jefferson on Gun Rights | 2024-09-15 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_1381_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_1381 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-beauty-second-amendment-needed-try-take-it/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try and take it." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-16 | https://www.thetrace.org/2016/05/thomas-jefferson-founding-fathers-campus-carry/ | In October of 1824, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison attended a board meeting of the University of Virginia, which would open the following spring. Jefferson and Madison had spent not a little time thinking about individual liberties. But minutes from the meeting show that their new school would not extend the right ... | 2020-09-23 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1381_ret_bn_g11 | checkyourfact_1381 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-beauty-second-amendment-needed-try-take-it/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try and take it." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-16 | https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/opinion/2013/02/25/column-they-didn-t-say/45308956007/ | "It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." — George Washington "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." — Thomas Jefferson "As a result of the war, corporations have become enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow. ... | 2013-02-25 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1381_ret_bn_g9 | checkyourfact_1381 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-beauty-second-amendment-needed-try-take-it/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try and take it." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-16 | https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/when-jefferson-and-madison-banned-guns-on-campus/481461/ | In October of 1824, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison attended a board meeting of the University of Virginia, which would open the following spring. Jefferson and Madison had spent not a little time thinking about individual liberties. But minutes from the meeting show that their new school would not extend the right ... | 2016-05-06 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1385 | checkyourfact_1385 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/17/fact-check-new-york-post-pizza-gate-journalist/ | New York Post headline reports that journalist who debunked pizzagate plead guilty in child porn case | Viral post | 2023-08-09 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/17/fact-check-new-york-post-pizza-gate-journalist/ | The claim is inaccurate. The New York Post did report on the journalist’s guilty plea, just with a different headline and the journalist did not debunk ‘Pizzagate.’ | 2023-08-09 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1385_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_1385 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/17/fact-check-new-york-post-pizza-gate-journalist/ | New York Post headline reports that journalist who debunked pizzagate plead guilty in child porn case | Viral post | 2023-08-09 | https://apnews.com/hub/not-real-news | Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A reporter who was jailed for possessing child sexual abuse images was not the person who debunked the "pizzagate" conspiracy theory. | 2022-04-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1385_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_1385 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/17/fact-check-new-york-post-pizza-gate-journalist/ | New York Post headline reports that journalist who debunked pizzagate plead guilty in child porn case | Viral post | 2023-08-09 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/12/04/image-of-headline-on-disgraced-abc-reporter-james-gordon-meek-is-fabricated-fact-check/71781109007/ | Fabricated headline falsely links journalist child porn conviction to pizzagate | Fact check [...] "Award winning ABC journalist who ‘debunked’ Pizzagate, pleads guilty in horrific child porn case," reads the headline. [...] - Iva Benson, Dec. 5, Email exchange with USA TODAY - New York Post, accessed Dec. 1, website s... | 2023-12-04 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1385_ret_bn_g15 | checkyourfact_1385 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/17/fact-check-new-york-post-pizza-gate-journalist/ | New York Post headline reports that journalist who debunked pizzagate plead guilty in child porn case | Viral post | 2023-08-09 | https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-journalist-pleads-guilty-transportation-and-possession-child-sexual-abuse-material | Former Journalist Pleads Guilty to Transportation and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material [...] A former journalist pleaded guilty today to transportation and possession of child sexual abuse material. | 2023-07-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1385_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_1385 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/17/fact-check-new-york-post-pizza-gate-journalist/ | New York Post headline reports that journalist who debunked pizzagate plead guilty in child porn case | Viral post | 2023-08-09 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/30/facebook-posts/journalist-who-pleaded-guilty-to-possession-of-chi/ | Journalist who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse images did not debunk Pizzagate [...] The claim that Meek debunked Pizzagate seems to have originated from what appears to be a fake New York Post headline that read, "Award winning ABC journalist who ‘debunked’ Pizzagate, pleads guilty in horrific child... | 2023-11-28 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1386 | checkyourfact_1386 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/25/fact-check-george-soros-banned-countries/ | George Soros is banned from several countries | Viral Post | 2023-04-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/25/fact-check-george-soros-banned-countries/ | There is no evidence for the claim. A Soros spokesperson told PolitiFact that Soros is not banned from the countries. | 2023-04-19 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1386_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1386 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/25/fact-check-george-soros-banned-countries/ | George Soros is banned from several countries | Viral Post | 2023-04-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/02/fact-check-george-soros-banned-six-countries/ | A viral Facebook post shared over 16,000 times claims billionaire George Soros "has been banned from 6 countries including his country of birth." [...] In recent weeks, social media users have been sharing posts claiming the philanthropist has been "banned from six countries, including his country of birth." The claim ... | 2020-10-02 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1386_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1386 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/25/fact-check-george-soros-banned-countries/ | George Soros is banned from several countries | Viral Post | 2023-04-19 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/21/facebook-posts/george-soros-is-not-banned-in-six-countries/ | Is billionaire and liberal philanthropist George Soros banned in six countries? A social media post made this claim and compared it with his status in the United States. Soros "is banned in Russia, Pakistan, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, Philippines," an April 19 Instagram post read, using his image and an expletive in plac... | 2023-04-19 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1386_ret_bn_g12 | checkyourfact_1386 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/25/fact-check-george-soros-banned-countries/ | George Soros is banned from several countries | Viral Post | 2023-04-19 | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27360313/ | Ep. 176 Why GEORGE SOROS Is Getting BANNED from MORE COUNTRIES!!! | 2020-10-15 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1386_ret_bn_g16 | checkyourfact_1386 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/25/fact-check-george-soros-banned-countries/ | George Soros is banned from several countries | Viral Post | 2023-04-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/25/fact-check-george-soros-banned-countries/ | FACT CHECK: Has George Soros Been Banned From Several Countries? A post shared on Instagram claims billionaire philanthropist George Soros has been banned from Russia, Pakistan, Turkey, Hungary, Poland and the Philippines. [...] The claim is baseless, however. Although two branches of Soros’ charity network have been b... | 2023-04-25 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1388 | checkyourfact_1388 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-mom-dads-swinger-party/ | There's a children's book titled 'Mom And Dad’s Swinger Party' | Viral Video | 2023-06-02 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-mom-dads-swinger-party/ | The tweet is miscaptioned. The book was written by an author who writes “dark humor” books intended for adults. The author of the book confirmed it is intended for an adult audience in an email to Check Your Fact. | 2023-06-02 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1388_ret_b6_gn | checkyourfact_1388 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-mom-dads-swinger-party/ | There's a children's book titled 'Mom And Dad’s Swinger Party' | Viral Video | 2023-06-02 | https://www.goodreads.com/uk/book/show/123050821-mom-and-dad-s-swinger-party | It's time to get the party started with Swinger Party, the book that explores what it means when parents throw a grown-up bash! Written in a fun and engaging children's style, you'll learn all about what goes on when Mom and Dad invite their friends over for an evening of adult fun. | 2023-01-09 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1388_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_1388 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-mom-dads-swinger-party/ | There's a children's book titled 'Mom And Dad’s Swinger Party' | Viral Video | 2023-06-02 | https://www.liberia.ubuy.com/product/8S0K3YYTU-mom-and-dad-x27-s-swinger-party-rejected-children-x27-s-books?st=es | Mom and Dad's Swinger Party Rejected Children's Books Paperback – January 9, 2023 | 2024-01-01 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1390 | checkyourfact_1390 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/30/fact-check-james-madison-cursed-learning-contrary-cross-christ/ | Claims that James Madison said, "Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-16 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/30/fact-check-james-madison-cursed-learning-contrary-cross-christ/ | Madison did not author this quote. It may be a paraphrase of a statement by Presbyterian minister John Witherspoon. | 2019-06-16 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1390_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1390 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/30/fact-check-james-madison-cursed-learning-contrary-cross-christ/ | Claims that James Madison said, "Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-16 | https://recursed.blogspot.com/2011/01/yet-another-christian-fake-quote.html | Yet Another Christian Fake Quote "Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ." [...] "Home-schooled as a child, Madison attended Princeton University under the direction of Reverend John Witherspoon, one of the nation's premier theologians and legal scholars. The University's first president, J... | 2011-01-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1390_ret_bn_g10 | checkyourfact_1390 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/30/fact-check-james-madison-cursed-learning-contrary-cross-christ/ | Claims that James Madison said, "Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-16 | https://www.northeastsrt.com/the-northeast-project | Princeton University - Reverend Jonathan Dickson, Princeton’s first president once said, "Cursed be all learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ." Established during the First Great Awakening, the college was a direct result of spiritual revival and a recommitment of the early colonies to further a degree of ex... | 2024-01-01 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1397 | checkyourfact_1397 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/24/fact-check-fbi-raid-virginia-reveal-muslim-brotherhood-plot-destroy-america/ | an FBI raid in Annandale, Virginia, uncovered a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to "destroy America." | Viral story | 2020-03-07 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/24/fact-check-fbi-raid-virginia-reveal-muslim-brotherhood-plot-destroy-america/ | The Annandale home of a suspected Hamas operative was searched by federal agents in 2004. While materials and documents were taken from the home, the search did not uncover a Muslim Brotherhood plot to “destory America.” | 2020-03-07 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1397_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1397 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/24/fact-check-fbi-raid-virginia-reveal-muslim-brotherhood-plot-destroy-america/ | an FBI raid in Annandale, Virginia, uncovered a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to "destroy America." | Viral story | 2020-03-07 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/24/fact-check-fbi-raid-virginia-reveal-muslim-brotherhood-plot-destroy-america/ | FACT CHECK: Did An FBI Raid In Virginia Reveal A Muslim Brotherhood Plot To ‘Destroy America’? An article shared on Facebook claims an FBI raid in Annandale, Virginia, uncovered a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to "destroy America." [...] The article, titled "FBI Raid Reveals Muslim Brotherhood Plot to Destroy America,... | 2020-07-24 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1397_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1397 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/24/fact-check-fbi-raid-virginia-reveal-muslim-brotherhood-plot-destroy-america/ | an FBI raid in Annandale, Virginia, uncovered a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to "destroy America." | Viral story | 2020-03-07 | https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/radical-islamist-officials-find-home-in-white-house/ | Homeland Insecurity: The radical Muslim Brotherhood is often dismissed in the media as a distant threat. In fact, this sworn U.S. enemy isn't just overseas. It's inside the gates of the White House. [...] As we list the worst of these subversives, bear in mind that the FBI in 2004 uncovered the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood'... | 2013-12-05 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1397_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1397 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/24/fact-check-fbi-raid-virginia-reveal-muslim-brotherhood-plot-destroy-america/ | an FBI raid in Annandale, Virginia, uncovered a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to "destroy America." | Viral story | 2020-03-07 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslim-brotherhood-takeover-fbi/ | In early June 2017, conspiracy-oriented web sites began posting stories accompanied by a YouTube video claiming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had raided a house in Annandale, Virginia, and foiled a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to take over the United States: The Muslim Brotherhood’s strategic 30-year... | 2017-06-08 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1397_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_1397 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/24/fact-check-fbi-raid-virginia-reveal-muslim-brotherhood-plot-destroy-america/ | an FBI raid in Annandale, Virginia, uncovered a plot by the Muslim Brotherhood to "destroy America." | Viral story | 2020-03-07 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg31367/html/CHRG-115hhrg31367.htm | The Muslim Brotherhood is a militant Islamist organization with affiliates in over 70 countries, including groups designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. [...] Between the radicalism of it hateful ideology, the danger of its theocratic rule, as seen in Egypt, its networks, including Hamas and HASM, and its po... | 2018-07-11 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1398_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1398 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-mark-twain-20-years-disappointed-bowlines-sail-safe-harbor-trade-winds/ | Claims that author Mark Twain once said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-22 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-mark-twain-20-years-disappointed-bowlines-sail-safe-harbor-trade-winds/ | An image shared on Facebook claims that author Mark Twain once said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do." [...] Although Brown credited his mother with the saying, it was only a matter of years before others erroneously attributed the quote ... | 2019-06-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1398_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_1398 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-mark-twain-20-years-disappointed-bowlines-sail-safe-harbor-trade-winds/ | Claims that author Mark Twain once said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-22 | https://quotationcelebration.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/twenty-years-from-now-you-will-be-more-disappointed-by-the-things-you-didnt-do-than-by-the-ones-you-did-do-so-throw-off-the-bowlines-sail-away-from-the-safe-harbor-h-jackson-brown/ | Some things we try end up disappointing. We may fail a few times along the way. Though we may learn important lessons through our failures. And we may derive some benefit from the effort, even if not all the benefit we sought. Whether twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by... | 2016-06-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1398_ret_bn_g19 | checkyourfact_1398 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-mark-twain-20-years-disappointed-bowlines-sail-safe-harbor-trade-winds/ | Claims that author Mark Twain once said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-22 | https://duremagazine.com/editorial/jack-groves-the-23-year-old-circumnavigating-the-world-by-motorbike | Interview: Tom Warburton "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do." The words famously uttered by American writer Mark Twain. For many those words have been a way of life, none more so than the vivacious 23-year-old explorer Jack Groves. [...] Ultimate... | 2021-01-19 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1398_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_1398 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-mark-twain-20-years-disappointed-bowlines-sail-safe-harbor-trade-winds/ | Claims that author Mark Twain once said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-22 | https://venturephotography.com.au/2017/07/sail-away-from-the-safe-harbour-catch-the-trade-winds-in-your-sails/ | The Internet loves quotes and memes — they’re the motivational posters for those who live and thrive in the digital era. It’s no wonder that so many of us latch onto wise words that make their way through the news feeds of our social media accounts. More recently, I saw this familiar phrase pop up and it got me thinkin... | 2017-07-05 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1400 | checkyourfact_1400 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/13/fact-check-michelle-obama-country-music-intellectually-devoid/ | Michelle Obama called country music "intellectually devoid" and "music for morons." | Viral Post | 2020-04-16 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/13/fact-check-michelle-obama-country-music-intellectually-devoid/ | There is no record of Michelle Obama making the comments. The claim originated on a satire website. | 2020-04-16 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1400_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1400 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/13/fact-check-michelle-obama-country-music-intellectually-devoid/ | Michelle Obama called country music "intellectually devoid" and "music for morons." | Viral Post | 2020-04-16 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/05/fact-check-michelle-obama-did-not-slam-country-music-says-its-music-for-morons.html | Did former First Lady Michelle Obama really slam the country music industry, saying the the the genre was "for morons?" No, this is not true. She never made such a statement, and the story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made-up stories that ... | 2021-04-28 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1400_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_1400 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/13/fact-check-michelle-obama-country-music-intellectually-devoid/ | Michelle Obama called country music "intellectually devoid" and "music for morons." | Viral Post | 2020-04-16 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/23/david-clarke-jr/david-clarke-says-michelle-obama-said-she-was-prou/ | In Milwaukee, Michelle Obama said: [...] Asked the day after the Wisconsin primary, which her husband won, if she wanted to clarify her remarks, Obama said: [...] Fox News, "Michelle Obama Takes Heat for Saying She’s Proud of My Country for the First Time," Feb. 19, 2008 | 2017-02-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1400_ret_b4_gn | checkyourfact_1400 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/13/fact-check-michelle-obama-country-music-intellectually-devoid/ | Michelle Obama called country music "intellectually devoid" and "music for morons." | Viral Post | 2020-04-16 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obama-salutes-country-music/ | President Obama salutes country music (CBS/AP) President Obama turned the White House into a country music hall on Monday, filling the East Room with Dierks Bentley, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson, Darius Rucker, James Taylor, The Band Perry, Lauren Alaina and Micky. [...] The president told guests that... | 2011-11-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1401 | checkyourfact_1401 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/13/fact-check-venezuelans-throw-money-streets-protest-health-care-coronavirus/ | Claims Venezuelan people threw money in the streets to protest health conditions. | Santosh Agrawal | 2020-03-30 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/13/fact-check-venezuelans-throw-money-streets-protest-health-care-coronavirus/ | The picture was taken in March 2019 after a bank robbery in Venezuela. It is unrelated to the current coronavirus pandemic. | 2020-03-30 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1401_ret_b17_gn | checkyourfact_1401 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/13/fact-check-venezuelans-throw-money-streets-protest-health-care-coronavirus/ | Claims Venezuelan people threw money in the streets to protest health conditions. | Santosh Agrawal | 2020-03-30 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/facebook-posts/photos-show-money-streets-venezuela-2019-not-italy/ | Photos show money on the streets of Venezuela in 2019, not Italy in 2020 [...] "In Italy, they have thrown their money on the streets," a description of the two photos says. "A clear message to the whole world that money is not enough when health is in danger." [...] Maduradas, TERRIBLE! Hooded men looted Bicentennial ... | 2020-04-05 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_1401_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_1401 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/13/fact-check-venezuelans-throw-money-streets-protest-health-care-coronavirus/ | Claims Venezuelan people threw money in the streets to protest health conditions. | Santosh Agrawal | 2020-03-30 | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-29/protests-erupt-across-caracas-after-maduro-claims-reelection | Protests Erupt Across Caracas After Maduro Claims Reelection - Hundreds took to the streets in Venezuela’s capital city - Demonstrations followed government claim of Machado plot Hundreds of Venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest what they say is a fraudulent win by President Nicolás Maduro, the longtime soci... | 2024-07-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1401_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_1401 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/13/fact-check-venezuelans-throw-money-streets-protest-health-care-coronavirus/ | Claims Venezuelan people threw money in the streets to protest health conditions. | Santosh Agrawal | 2020-03-30 | https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/10/24/venezuelas-humanitarian-crisis/severe-medical-and-food-shortages-inadequate-and | This narrative of sabotage and "economic war" has provided a public rationale for the government’s use of authoritarian tactics to intimidate and punish its critics. Doctors and nurses at public hospitals have been threatened with dismissal from their jobs in response to public statements regarding the shortages. Local... | 2016-10-24 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1401_ret_bn_g7 | checkyourfact_1401 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/04/13/fact-check-venezuelans-throw-money-streets-protest-health-care-coronavirus/ | Claims Venezuelan people threw money in the streets to protest health conditions. | Santosh Agrawal | 2020-03-30 | https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/08/opinions/suffering-in-venezuela-opinion-chang/index.html | This scenario is one of the millions of equally tragic scenes unfolding right now in Venezuela. People are dying from lack of basic needs or being killed for speaking out against their poor living conditions. There are no operational medical facilities. For many, there is no medicine, there are no doctors, with scarce ... | 2017-07-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1406 | checkyourfact_1406 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/14/fact-check-navy-jag-sentence-adams/ | purports the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps allegedly sentenced former Surgeon General Jerome Adams to death | Post | 2023-02-12 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/14/fact-check-navy-jag-sentence-adams/ | The claim stems from a satirical website. A Navy JAG spokesperson denied the claim. | 2023-02-12 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1406_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1406 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/14/fact-check-navy-jag-sentence-adams/ | purports the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps allegedly sentenced former Surgeon General Jerome Adams to death | Post | 2023-02-12 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/14/fact-check-navy-jag-sentence-adams/ | A post shared on Facebook purports the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps allegedly sentenced former Surgeon General Jerome Adams to death. [...] The Facebook post purports the U.S. Navy JAG Corps allegedly sentenced Adams to death after being found guilty of treason. The former Surgeon General reportedly e... | 2023-02-14 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1406_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1406 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/14/fact-check-navy-jag-sentence-adams/ | purports the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps allegedly sentenced former Surgeon General Jerome Adams to death | Post | 2023-02-12 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/09/fact-check-navy-surgeon-general-jerome-adams/ | A post shared on Facebook purports the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps allegedly arrested former Surgeon General Jerome Adams on charges of treason. [...] The Facebook post purports the U.S. Navy JAG Corps allegedly arrested Adams for treason. The post further claims Adams was in a secret romantic relati... | 2023-01-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1407 | checkyourfact_1407 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-write-drunk-edit-sober-ernest-hemingway-writing-advice-quote/ | Claims American writer Ernest Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-04 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-write-drunk-edit-sober-ernest-hemingway-writing-advice-quote/ | There is no evidence that this quote originated with Hemingway. It may actually come from a novel written by editor and novelist Peter De Vries. | 2019-08-04 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1407_ret_b10_gn | checkyourfact_1407 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-write-drunk-edit-sober-ernest-hemingway-writing-advice-quote/ | Claims American writer Ernest Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-04 | https://www.writerswrite.co.za/the-science-behind-writing-drunk-and-editing-sober/ | Should you write drunk and edit sober? This infographic looks at the science behind the famous saying. Ernest Hemingway is famously misquoted as having said ‘write drunk, edit sober’. It may sound as if it is something he could have said, but as Jeff Goins explains, even if he had said it, he certainly did not practise... | 2019-11-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1407_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_1407 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-write-drunk-edit-sober-ernest-hemingway-writing-advice-quote/ | Claims American writer Ernest Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-04 | https://www.creativelive.com/blog/really-write-drunk-edit-sober/ | First, let’s get one thing straight: Though he’s often credited as the source of this quote, Ernest Hemingway probably did not give the advice of "write drunk, edit sober." Not only was it totally out of character with his daily habits (Hemingway loved to write in the morning), it also can’t be sourced. [...] "Write dr... | 2014-09-05 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_1407_ret_b18_gn | checkyourfact_1407 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-write-drunk-edit-sober-ernest-hemingway-writing-advice-quote/ | Claims American writer Ernest Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-04 | https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/write-drunk-edit-sober-6a42d97a1147 | Write Drunk, Edit Sober — but without the alcohol This quote (‘write drunk, edit sober’) is usually misattributed to Ernest Hemingway and it’s good advice, as long as you don’t take it literally. [...] When you write while drunk (I have tried it!), every idea and every sentence appear to be amazingly good, original and... | 2022-10-20 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1407_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_1407 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-write-drunk-edit-sober-ernest-hemingway-writing-advice-quote/ | Claims American writer Ernest Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-04 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/henrydevries/2018/12/11/ernest-hemingways-write-drunk-edit-sober-great-marketing-advice/ | The quote "write drunk, edit sober" is often misattributed to Ernest Hemingway who, as it turns out, never wrote drunk. While Hemingway was definitely a boozer, he wrote in the morning and didn’t start drinking until the afternoon. Or so I’m told. [...] Michelle Stansbury, PR expert and founder of Little Penguin PR in ... | 2018-12-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1408 | checkyourfact_1408 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/30/fact-check-andrew-tate-14-years-in-prison/ | purports Andrew Tate has allegedly been found guilty of a crime and sentenced to 14 years in prison | Video | 2023-01-22 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/30/fact-check-andrew-tate-14-years-in-prison/ | The video’s caption is inaccurate. Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, have been sentenced to an additional 30 days in a Romanian prison, according to a Jan. 20 article from the New York Daily News. | 2023-01-22 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1408_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_1408 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/30/fact-check-andrew-tate-14-years-in-prison/ | purports Andrew Tate has allegedly been found guilty of a crime and sentenced to 14 years in prison | Video | 2023-01-22 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64122628?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--SIiutKXrbyr_-GDpTxRBnetMeDXCVX-ixq63qsR3XWjm2vWjjTgHSpdclfK0hK88jTVhi | Andrew Tate detained in Romania over rape and human trafficking case Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. [...] Later, a tweet was sent from Andrew Tate's Twitter account alluding to the 1999 movie The Matrix, a film he regularly... | 2022-12-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1408_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_1408 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/30/fact-check-andrew-tate-14-years-in-prison/ | purports Andrew Tate has allegedly been found guilty of a crime and sentenced to 14 years in prison | Video | 2023-01-22 | https://leadstories.com/mp/hoax-alert/2023/01/fact-check-andrew-tate-has-not-been-found-guilty-and-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison.html | Fact Check: Andrew Tate Has NOT Been Found Guilty And Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison As Of January 24, 2023 Was Andrew Tate found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison as of January 24, 2023? No, that's not true: The former kickboxing champion and internet influencer remained in detention as of January 24, 2023, ... | 2023-01-01 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1408_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_1408 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/30/fact-check-andrew-tate-14-years-in-prison/ | purports Andrew Tate has allegedly been found guilty of a crime and sentenced to 14 years in prison | Video | 2023-01-22 | https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nj/Press/news2012.html | Bloods gang member sentenced to 14 years in prison for racketeering conspiracyHaleek State, a member of the Paterson, N.J., Fruit Town and Brick City Brims set of the Bloods street gang was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for conspiring to murder and kidnap a rival gang member and to distribute narcotics as par... | 2010-08-10 | False | false | false | not_applicable |
checkyourfact_1409 | checkyourfact_1409 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/20/fact-check-groucho-marx-politics-trouble-remedies/ | claims that comedian Groucho Marx once stated, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-17 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/20/fact-check-groucho-marx-politics-trouble-remedies/ | The Daily Caller News Foundation found no evidence that Marx made this statement. | 2019-09-17 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1409_ret_b12_gn | checkyourfact_1409 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/20/fact-check-groucho-marx-politics-trouble-remedies/ | claims that comedian Groucho Marx once stated, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-17 | https://www.bookey.app/quote-author/groucho-marx | Groucho Marx's quote brilliantly captures the essence of politics with his trademark wit. His astute observation that politics is the art of looking for trouble is certainly relatable. Politicians often seem to actively search for problems, even where they may not exist. Moreover, the subsequent steps of finding troubl... | 2023-08-21 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1409_ret_bn_g18 | checkyourfact_1409 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/20/fact-check-groucho-marx-politics-trouble-remedies/ | claims that comedian Groucho Marx once stated, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-17 | https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20170729/tony-deyal-full-marx-you-people | Groucho Marx, the humorist, once declined membership in a club by responding, "Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member." I tend to be the same, so that when for the first time in my life one of my Facebook "friends" referred to me as "YOU PEOPLE", I was concerned... | 2017-07-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1409_ret_bn_g9 | checkyourfact_1409 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/20/fact-check-groucho-marx-politics-trouble-remedies/ | claims that comedian Groucho Marx once stated, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-17 | https://www.conovercompany.com/applying-information/ | Many of the failures of our society are reflected in this quote by Groucho. Groucho Marx was a very popular comedian in his day. Many of his comments could be taken two ways, as a joke or as a true reflection of our society. What do you think he meant with the above comment? | 2017-04-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1411 | checkyourfact_1411 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-benjamin-franklin-failing-prepare/ | claims Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-07 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-benjamin-franklin-failing-prepare/ | The Daily Caller found no evidence that Franklin originated the saying. | 2019-10-07 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1411_ret_b17_gn | checkyourfact_1411 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-benjamin-franklin-failing-prepare/ | claims Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-07 | https://www.businessinsider.com/14-action-inducing-lessons-from-benjamin-franklin-2012-4 | Benjamin Franklin was a man of action. Over his lifetime, his curiosity and passion fueled a diverse range of interests. He was a writer (often using a pseudonym), publisher, diplomat, inventor and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. [...] This is probably one of the first quotes I remember hearing as a t... | 2012-04-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1411_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1411 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-benjamin-franklin-failing-prepare/ | claims Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-07 | https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings-interpretations/benjamin-franklin-by-failing-to-prepare-you-are-preparing-to-fail-3 | Benjamin Franklin's quote, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail," carries a straightforward yet powerful message about the importance of planning and preparation in achieving success. At its core, the quote emphasizes that without proper foresight and careful consideration of potential outcomes, one is exp... | 2024-02-16 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1411_ret_bn_g13 | checkyourfact_1411 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-benjamin-franklin-failing-prepare/ | claims Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-07 | https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/by-failing-to-prepare-you-are-indeed-preparing-to-fail/274494 | By Failing to Prepare, You Are Indeed Preparing to Fail Ben Franklin was right. You cannot simply fake it 'till you make it. Here's why. [...] How many of you have heard the famous Benjamin Franklin quote, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail?" [...] One thing I've learned from being both unprepared and pr... | 2016-04-22 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1413 | checkyourfact_1413 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/04/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video/ | claims the International Space Station (ISS) captured footage of a UFO on its livestream | viral video | 2020-02-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/04/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video/ | The object captured on video is not a UFO, but rather a retired communications component being jettisoned from the ISS. A NASA spokeswoman confirmed the operation was planned in advance. | 2020-02-23 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1413_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1413 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/04/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video/ | claims the International Space Station (ISS) captured footage of a UFO on its livestream | viral video | 2020-02-23 | https://globalnews.ca/news/7288263/iss-ufo-video-russia-ivan-vagner/ | Ivan Vagner, a Russian cosmonaut currently orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS), claims to have captured footage of potential UFOs while recording video of the southern lights. [...] Vagner did not claim to see the phenomenon as it happened, and no one else aboard the ISS has acknowledged it.... | 2020-08-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_1413_ret_b10_gn | checkyourfact_1413 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/04/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video/ | claims the International Space Station (ISS) captured footage of a UFO on its livestream | viral video | 2020-02-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/04/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video/ | "Recent #nasa ISS video footage of a #ufo," reads the caption. "Iv (sic) increased the speed of the footage as the original is 22 minutes long." The object captured on video is not a UFO, but rather a retired communications component being jettisoned from the ISS. A NASA spokeswoman confirmed the operation was planned ... | 2020-03-04 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1413_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_1413 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/04/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video/ | claims the International Space Station (ISS) captured footage of a UFO on its livestream | viral video | 2020-02-23 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ufomitted/ | Claim: NASA cut a live video stream from the International Space Station just as a UFO appeared on the horizon. [...] While the gray object in the video has not been positively identified (technically making it a UFO), it is very unlikely the object was an alien spacecraft. It is also unlikely NASA purposeful cut the l... | 2015-01-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1413_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_1413 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/04/fact-check-international-space-station-ufo-video/ | claims the International Space Station (ISS) captured footage of a UFO on its livestream | viral video | 2020-02-23 | https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/conspiracy-theorists-persist-with-wild-ufo-speculation-after-mysterious-footage-from-space-station/news-story/3e4a3f3660c399ffb0f7c7b061f6ef3c | NASA live feed mysteriously cuts as "six large UFOs" creep past International Space Station, prompting some lofty internet conspiracy theories. CONSPIRACY theorists have claimed strange footage allegedly taken from NASA’s live feed from the International Space Station appears to show six large "UFOs" floating past. The... | 2017-02-20 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1416 | checkyourfact_1416 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/16/fact-check-desantis-bank-dominion-voting/ | claims Ron DeSantis received a $2 million donation from Sequoia Capital Bank, which is purportedly owned by Dominion Voting Systems | Post | 2023-08-07 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/16/fact-check-desantis-bank-dominion-voting/ | Dominion Voting Systems acquired the assets of Sequoia Voting Systems in 2010. A spokesperson for Dominion Voting Systems denied having any business connection to Sequoia Capital Bank in an email to Check Your Fact. | 2023-08-07 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1416_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1416 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/16/fact-check-desantis-bank-dominion-voting/ | claims Ron DeSantis received a $2 million donation from Sequoia Capital Bank, which is purportedly owned by Dominion Voting Systems | Post | 2023-08-07 | https://ground.news/article/fact-check-no-ron-desantis-did-not-receive-2-million-from-a-bank-owned-by-dominion-voting-systems | FACT CHECK: No, Ron DeSantis Did Not Receive $2 Million From A Bank Owned By Dominion Voting Systems [...] A post shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, claims Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis received a $2 million donation from Sequoia Capital Bank. Dominion Voting Systems denied having any busin... | 2023-08-16 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1416_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1416 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/16/fact-check-desantis-bank-dominion-voting/ | claims Ron DeSantis received a $2 million donation from Sequoia Capital Bank, which is purportedly owned by Dominion Voting Systems | Post | 2023-08-07 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/16/fact-check-desantis-bank-dominion-voting/ | FACT CHECK: No, Ron DeSantis Did Not Receive $2 Million From A Bank Owned By Dominion Voting Systems A post shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, claims Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis received a $2 million donation from Sequoia Capital Bank, which is purportedly owned by Dominion Vot... | 2023-08-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1416_ret_bn_g16 | checkyourfact_1416 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/16/fact-check-desantis-bank-dominion-voting/ | claims Ron DeSantis received a $2 million donation from Sequoia Capital Bank, which is purportedly owned by Dominion Voting Systems | Post | 2023-08-07 | https://www.justice-integrity.org/metoo-news-posts | Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top leaders, including Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr., met with Moms for Liberty this year to plot out local school board candidates to oppose in 2024, following up on scores of endorsements and nominations in the 2022 cycle. Moms for Liberty has a growing national presence, with clos... | 2022-03-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1421 | checkyourfact_1421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/03/fact-check-coronavirus-hiv-proteins-indicate-genetically-modified/ | the new coronavirus has HIV proteins that indicate it was genetically modified in a laboratory. | Viral post | 2020-05-20 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/03/fact-check-coronavirus-hiv-proteins-indicate-genetically-modified/ | Microbiologists say the spike proteins found in the new coronavirus are different from the ones found in HIV. There is no evidence to suggest the coronavirus was genetically modified. | 2020-05-20 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1421_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_1421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/03/fact-check-coronavirus-hiv-proteins-indicate-genetically-modified/ | the new coronavirus has HIV proteins that indicate it was genetically modified in a laboratory. | Viral post | 2020-05-20 | https://theconversation.com/covid-lab-leak-theory-rare-genetic-sequence-doesnt-mean-the-virus-was-engineered-162360 | The theory that the COVID-19 pandemic was triggered by the Sars-CoV-2 virus being leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China was recently given new life following an explosive article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in which the authors claimed "the most compelling reason to favour the lab leak hypothesis is... | 2021-06-22 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1421_ret_b14_gn | checkyourfact_1421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/03/fact-check-coronavirus-hiv-proteins-indicate-genetically-modified/ | the new coronavirus has HIV proteins that indicate it was genetically modified in a laboratory. | Viral post | 2020-05-20 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/luc-montagnier-covid-created-lab/ | We came to the conclusion that there was manipulation around this virus. […] To a part but I do not say the total […] of the coronavirus of the bat, someone added sequences, in particular of HIV, the virus of AIDS. […] It is not natural. It’s the work of professionals, of molecular biologists. […] A very meticulous wor... | 2020-04-29 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1421_ret_b8_gn | checkyourfact_1421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/03/fact-check-coronavirus-hiv-proteins-indicate-genetically-modified/ | the new coronavirus has HIV proteins that indicate it was genetically modified in a laboratory. | Viral post | 2020-05-20 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04188-6 | Whether SARS-CoV-2 was introduced through a laboratory accident or whether it has been genetically manipulated is highly debatable. After a thorough analysis of the genetic characterizations of SARS-CoV-2 from both the early and later stages of the pandemic, as well as its close relatives from wild animals, many resear... | 2021-12-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_1421_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_1421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/03/fact-check-coronavirus-hiv-proteins-indicate-genetically-modified/ | the new coronavirus has HIV proteins that indicate it was genetically modified in a laboratory. | Viral post | 2020-05-20 | https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1 | We are currently witnessing a major epidemic caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The evolution of 2019-nCoV remains elusive. We found 4 insertions in the spike glycoprotein (S) which are unique to the 2019-nCoV and are not present in other coronaviruses. Importantly, amino acid residues in all the 4 inser... | 2020-01-31 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1426 | checkyourfact_1426 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/22/fact-check-ernest-hemingway-love-sleep-life-tendency-fall-apart-awake/ | Claims Ernest Hemingway said, "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" | Viral Quote | 2019-07-10 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/22/fact-check-ernest-hemingway-love-sleep-life-tendency-fall-apart-awake/ | The Daily Caller News Foundation found no evidence that Hemingway wrote this quote. Two Hemingway biographers also doubt its authenticity. | 2019-07-10 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1426_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1426 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/22/fact-check-ernest-hemingway-love-sleep-life-tendency-fall-apart-awake/ | Claims Ernest Hemingway said, "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" | Viral Quote | 2019-07-10 | https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings-interpretations/ernest-hemingway-i-love-sleep-my-life-has-the-tendency-to-fall-apart-when-im-awake-you-know-2 | Ernest Hemingway's quote, "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" speaks to the intriguing dichotomy between wakefulness and slumber. At first glance, the quote captures the relatable sentiment of finding solace and peace in the realm of dreams while feeling overwhelmed by the c... | 2024-02-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1426_ret_bn_g15 | checkyourfact_1426 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/22/fact-check-ernest-hemingway-love-sleep-life-tendency-fall-apart-awake/ | Claims Ernest Hemingway said, "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" | Viral Quote | 2019-07-10 | https://thelobstercommentary.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/a-brennergowing-thought-part-seven/ | "She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." – Louisa May Alcott "I believe that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise." – Margaret Atwood "Write! So as not to be dead." – Ray Bradbury "Find what you love and let it kill you." – Bukowski "I myself am entirely made of flaws, stitch... | 2013-02-19 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1430 | checkyourfact_1430 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/26/fact-check-aristotle-excellence-habit-repeatedly-do/ | Claims that Aristotle once stated, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-24 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/26/fact-check-aristotle-excellence-habit-repeatedly-do/ | While the sentiment is representative of what Aristotle thought, there is no evidence he ever made this statement. The quote appears to have originated with the 1926 book “The Story of Philosophy.” | 2019-06-24 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1430_ret_b13_gn | checkyourfact_1430 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/26/fact-check-aristotle-excellence-habit-repeatedly-do/ | Claims that Aristotle once stated, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-24 | https://medium.com/@kulwantsaluja/aristotles-wisdom-unraveling-the-power-of-habits-in-achieving-excellence-424cb080d7d8 | Aristotle, one of the greatest philosophers in history, left behind a treasure trove of wisdom that continues to resonate through the ages. Among his many profound statements, one particular quote stands out for its timeless relevance: "We are what we repeatedly do. In these words, Aristotle encapsulates the essence of... | 2023-12-25 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1430_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1430 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/26/fact-check-aristotle-excellence-habit-repeatedly-do/ | Claims that Aristotle once stated, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-24 | https://unearnedwisdom.com/we-are-what-we-repeatedly-do-excellence-then-is-not-an-act-but-a-habit-meaning/ | The quote "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" is generally attributed to Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher. However, it is worth noting that Aristotle did not say these exact words, but the sentiment aligns closely with his teachings, particularly those found in his work ... | 2023-09-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1430_ret_bn_g10 | checkyourfact_1430 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/26/fact-check-aristotle-excellence-habit-repeatedly-do/ | Claims that Aristotle once stated, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-24 | https://eidolon.pub/thoughts-on-the-archaeology-of-identity-a46e7d20c8f6 | Thoughts on the Archaeology of Identity "We are what we repeatedly do. This little gem attributed to Aristotle pops up in training workshops, motivational posters, and even tattoos — but, as it turns out, those words were not written by Aristotle but by the philosopher Will Durant in 1926. It’s too bad for Durant that ... | 2018-05-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1434 | checkyourfact_1434 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/29/fact-check-bill-gates-statement-spiritual-purpose-coronavirus/ | Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote a long statement about the "spiritual purpose" of the new coronavirus | Viral Post | 2020-03-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/29/fact-check-bill-gates-statement-spiritual-purpose-coronavirus/ | Gates did not write the statement about the “spiritual purpose” of the coronavirus attributed to him in the Facebook post. | 2020-03-23 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1434_ret_b6_gn | checkyourfact_1434 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/29/fact-check-bill-gates-statement-spiritual-purpose-coronavirus/ | Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote a long statement about the "spiritual purpose" of the new coronavirus | Viral Post | 2020-03-23 | https://www.wired.com/story/paul-allen-microsoft-obituary/ | Reacting to the death of his friend, Gates said Allen wasn’t happy with creating just one company. "He channeled his intellect and compassion into a second act focused on improving people’s lives and strengthening communities in Seattle and around the world," Gates wrote. "He was fond of saying, ‘If it has the potentia... | 2018-10-16 | False | false | false | not_applicable |
checkyourfact_1434_ret_bn_g14 | checkyourfact_1434 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/29/fact-check-bill-gates-statement-spiritual-purpose-coronavirus/ | Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote a long statement about the "spiritual purpose" of the new coronavirus | Viral Post | 2020-03-23 | https://www.buzzfeed.com/joeydurso/coronavirus-fake-bill-gates-quote | A false Bill Gates quote about "spirituality" and the novel coronavirus appeared on social media on Sunday; within a day, after being shared by some verified Facebook pages with millions of followers, it was written up by two of Britain's biggest news publishers. [...] The lengthy quote falsely attributed to Gates desc... | 2020-03-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1456 | checkyourfact_1456 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fac-check-book-hunter-bidens-laptop/ | A book of Hunter Biden’s laptop contents sold | Viral post | 2023-07-10 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fac-check-book-hunter-bidens-laptop/ | The claim is accurate. The book is being sold by a Nonprofit research group for $50. | 2023-07-10 | False | true | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1456_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1456 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fac-check-book-hunter-bidens-laptop/ | A book of Hunter Biden’s laptop contents sold | Viral post | 2023-07-10 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Things_(book) | - ^ D'Zurilla, Christie (April 2, 2021). "Hunter Biden will talk about drug intervention, notorious laptop in CBS interviews". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 15, 2021. [...] - ^ Friedman, Roger (April 16, 2021). "Hunter Biden's "Beautiful Things" is a Sales Bust". RealClearBooks. Retrieved October 13, 2023. - ^ "Bo... | 2024-07-07 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1456_ret_bn_g13 | checkyourfact_1456 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/24/fac-check-book-hunter-bidens-laptop/ | A book of Hunter Biden’s laptop contents sold | Viral post | 2023-07-10 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/ | The contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop computer have sparked debate and controversy since the New York Post and other news organizations in the closing month of the 2020 presidential campaign reported stories based on data purportedly taken from it. [...] When his work was completed, Della Rocca said, Mac Isaac repeated... | 2022-03-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1461 | checkyourfact_1461 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-victims-9-11-identified-dna/ | claims two victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack were purportedly identified by their DNA 22 years later | Post | 2023-09-10 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-victims-9-11-identified-dna/ | The identification of the two victims was announced via a Sept. 8 press release from New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham. | 2023-09-10 | True | true | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1461_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_1461 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-victims-9-11-identified-dna/ | claims two victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack were purportedly identified by their DNA 22 years later | Post | 2023-09-10 | https://www.npr.org/2021/09/08/1035046778/9-11-victims-identified-using-new-technology | Two more victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center have been identified in New York City — just days before the nation marks the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. Dorothy Morgan of Hempstead, N.Y., is the 1,646th victim to be identified through ongoing DNA analysis of unidentified remains recovered... | 2021-09-08 | True | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1461_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_1461 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-victims-9-11-identified-dna/ | claims two victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack were purportedly identified by their DNA 22 years later | Post | 2023-09-10 | https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/us/september-11-new-victim-identifications/index.html | New York City officials have identified two more victims of the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center, just days before the 22nd memorial anniversary of the attacks. The man and woman identified are the 1,648th and 1,649th victims identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, according to a ne... | 2023-09-08 | True | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1461_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_1461 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-victims-9-11-identified-dna/ | claims two victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack were purportedly identified by their DNA 22 years later | Post | 2023-09-10 | https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/us/september-11-anniversary-fast-facts/index.html | As of September 7, 2021, 1,647 of 2,753 WTC victims' remains have been positively identified, according to the medical examiner's office. [...] August 7, 2017 - The New York City medical examiner's office announces that the remains of a man killed at the World Trade Center are positively identified due to more sophisti... | 2013-07-27 | True | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1461_ret_b6_gn | checkyourfact_1461 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/13/fact-check-victims-9-11-identified-dna/ | claims two victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack were purportedly identified by their DNA 22 years later | Post | 2023-09-10 | https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/11/9-11-attacks-how-many-people-died-and-how-many-survived-15227568/ | And just days before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, two new victims were identified by the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). [...] Morgan’s identity was confirmed through DNA testing of remains recovered in 2001, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Barbara A. Sampson, said. The unna... | 2021-09-11 | True | false | true | supports |
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