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vogo-00458
Statement: The center span of the Coronado Bay Bridge was designed to float in the event of a bombing, according to local urban legend.
determination: false
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/fact-check-a-bomb-resistant-floating-coronado-bridge/
Analysis: When we asked readers to pinpoint local urban legends, this decades old storyline surfaced: The center section of the Coronado Bay Bridge is designed to float. That way, if the bridge were bombed, the Navy could easily push the largest pieces of the bridge aside and still exit the bay.
null
null
null
null
Fact Check: A Bomb Resistant, Floating Coronado Bridge?
January 6, 2011
null
['None']
pomt-05013
Federal regulations required the changes to Georgia's driver’s license renewal process.
true
/georgia/statements/2012/jul/17/david-ralston/house-speaker-says-911-regulations-led-new-guideli/
If you’ve had to renew your driver’s license lately, you know by now not to leave the engine running because you’ll likely have to wait. There’ve been scores of news accounts in recent weeks about Georgians waiting in long lines to renew their license, thanks to new rules that took effect earlier this month requiring d...
null
David Ralston
null
null
null
2012-07-17T06:00:00
2012-07-10
['None']
pomt-08605
Under Lee Fisher Ohio has lost nearly 400,000 jobs.
half-true
/ohio/statements/2010/sep/23/rob-portman/rob-portman-raps-lee-fisher-ohios-job-losses-while/
Editor's note: This item originally was rated as Mostly True, but was downgraded when job loss figures in it were updated. Like the refrain of a ubiquitous pop song, the phrase -- "Ohio lost 400,000 jobs on his watch" -- is playing over and over on the airwaves. And like any good lyric, the phrase is catchy. Republican...
null
Rob Portman
null
null
null
2010-09-23T11:30:00
2010-09-13
['Ohio']
snes-02141
Infamous mother Casey Anthony has died at age 29.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/casey-anthony-dead/
null
Junk News
null
David Mikkelson
null
Casey Anthony Found Dead at Age 29?
22 September 2015
null
['Death_of_Caylee_Anthony']
pomt-09029
In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the world.
false
/texas/statements/2010/jul/07/bill-white/bill-white-says-rick-perry-threatened-secede/
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White hearkened to a moment we’ve reviewed before when White told delegates to the Texas Democratic Party’s convention in Corpus Christi June 25: “In Rick Perry’s Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the” world. White spokeswoman Katy Bac...
null
Bill White
null
null
null
2010-07-07T06:00:00
2010-06-25
['Texas', 'Rick_Perry']
pomt-09012
The top 1 percent pay over half of the entire revenue for this country.
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jul/09/trent-franks/trent-franks-says-top-1-percent-pays-over-half-ent/
It's a topic for many arguments: What's the fairest way to share the tax burden? In a July 7, 2010, appearance on MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show, U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., made clear that he feels the richest Americans pay too much. At one point in the interview, Cenk Uygur, the host filling in for Ratigan, aske...
null
Trent Franks
null
null
null
2010-07-09T16:20:29
2010-07-07
['None']
goop-01764
‘Big Bang Theory’ Falling Apart Over Behind-The-Scenes Drama?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/big-bang-theory-behind-scenes-drama-cast-feud/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
‘Big Bang Theory’ Falling Apart Over Behind-The-Scenes Drama?
3:26 pm, January 22, 2018
null
['None']
pomt-12829
Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.
true
/global-news/statements/2017/feb/08/sherrod-brown/yes-exxonmobil-under-tillerson-fought-oil-payment-/
A resolution on President Donald Trump’s desk would kill a regulation the oil lobby has opposed for six years. The rule by the Securities and Exchange Commission requires oil, gas and mining companies to report pretty much everything they pay to governments for the right to extract resources. The rule’s goal was to pre...
null
Sherrod Brown
null
null
null
2017-02-08T14:20:31
2017-02-02
['None']
hoer-00610
Beware of Fake Obamacare Websites
true messages
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/beware-fake-obamacare-websites.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Beware of Fake Obamacare Websites
October 29, 2013
null
['None']
pomt-13190
As executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia there were "300 people on my payroll in 2008."
half-true
/virginia/statements/2016/oct/25/levar-stoney/levar-stoney-says-he-oversaw-300-paid-workers-va-d/
Levar Stoney, a 35-year-old political operative running for Richmond mayor, was asked at a recent debate if he has the managerial chops to lead the city. "We know you served as head of the Democratic Party (of Virginia) and as secretary of the commonwealth," said Craig Carper, news director for WCVE Public Radio. "How ...
null
Levar Stoney
null
null
null
2016-10-25T00:00:00
2016-10-17
['None']
bove-00228
No Night On August 12, Say WhatsApp Forwards: Separating Space News From Junk News
none
https://www.boomlive.in/no-night-on-august-12-say-whatsapp-forwards-separating-space-news-from-junk-news/
null
null
null
null
null
No Night On August 12, Say WhatsApp Forwards: Separating Space News From Junk News
Aug 07 2017 5:45 pm, Last Updated: Aug 16 2017 1:45 pm
null
['None']
pomt-13814
What the facts say is ... "the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/17/reince-priebus/gop-chair-wrongly-claims-facts-show-children-do-be/
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus defended the 2016 Republican Party platform ahead of its convention in a July 17 interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd. While the platform isn’t yet in its final form, many observers have said the document so far lands to the right on social issues. Todd asked Priebus abo...
null
Reince Priebus
null
null
null
2016-07-17T16:21:30
2016-07-17
['None']
snes-03758
Donald Trump raped his former wife and a young woman, and his modeling agency was found to be trafficking young girls.
mixture
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-we-not-going-to-talk-about-trump/
null
Ballot Box
null
Kim LaCapria
null
Donald Trump Rape and Trafficking Accusations
19 October 2016
null
['None']
pomt-10739
John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending.
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/nov/07/mitt-romney/budget-pros-arent-so-sure/
In attacking former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for successfully challenging the line-item veto in court, Mitt Romney asserts that the veto is a great way to cut spending. He says he used it more than 800 times as governor of Massachusetts. More than 40 governors have the power. But calling it "the best tool" for...
null
Mitt Romney
null
null
null
2007-11-07T00:00:00
2007-10-09
['None']
pomt-09724
Here in Florida, I’ve slashed government by 10 percent. That's $7 billion.
mostly false
/florida/statements/2009/oct/26/charlie-crist/gov-charlie-crist-says-he-has-reduced-size-state-g/
With conservative Marco Rubio nipping at his heels in the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is trying to pump up his conservative credentials. In a new radio advertisement for his campaign, he says, "Here in Florida, I’ve slashed government by 10 percent. That’s $7 billion."...
null
Charlie Crist
null
null
null
2009-10-26T13:10:03
2009-10-16
['None']
hoer-00380
Warning - Do Not Add 'Jason Lee' Because Its a Virus
facebook scams
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/jason-lee-virus-hoax.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
False Warning - Do Not Add 'Jason Lee' Because Its a Virus
3rd March 2012
null
['None']
vees-00158
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tagle said church leaders 'should govern PH'
fake
http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-tagle-did-not-say-church-leaders-shoul
null
null
null
null
fake news
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tagle DID NOT say church leaders 'should govern PH'
June 26, 2018
null
['None']
pomt-07440
Tim Kaine broke a campaign promise not to raise taxes.
mostly false
/virginia/statements/2011/apr/21/republican-party-virginia/virginia-republicans-say-tim-kaine-broke-campaign-/
The Republican Party of Virginia was ready to roll when Democrat Timothy M. Kaine recently announced he will run for the U.S. Senate next year. The GOP posted on its website a list of unflattering numerical milestones from Kaine’s term as governor from 2006 to 2010. One item particularly grabbed our attention. Under th...
null
Republican Party of Virginia
null
null
null
2011-04-21T14:26:33
2011-04-18
['None']
abbc-00328
The claim: Andrew McKellar says the average motorist will pay somewhere in the region of $140 extra a year with an increase in the fuel tax excise from November 10.
in-between
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-10/cost-of-the-fuel-tax-indexation-exaggerated-fact-check/5853830
The claim: Andrew McKellar says the average motorist will pay somewhere in the region of $140 extra a year with an increase in the fuel tax excise from November 10.
['tax', 'government-and-politics', 'business-economics-and-finance', 'federal-government', 'liberals', 'australia']
null
null
['tax', 'government-and-politics', 'business-economics-and-finance', 'federal-government', 'liberals', 'australia']
Fact check: How much will the fuel tax hike leave you out of pocket?
Sun 8 May 2016, 8:08am
null
['None']
snes-06232
A letter to radio personality Dr. Laura highlights fallacies in Biblical anti-homosexual arguments.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/letter-to-dr-laura/
null
Politicians
null
David Mikkelson
null
Letter to Dr. Laura
9 March 2004
null
['Bible']
snes-05427
Hillary Clinton once said that "women have always been the primary victims of war."
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-victims-of-war/
null
Politicians
null
Dan Evon
null
Hillary Clinton and the Victims of War
30 December 2015
null
['None']
tron-02621
Chase Bank Employee LBGT Loyalty Survey
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/chase-gay-loyalty-survey/
null
miscellaneous
null
null
null
Chase Bank Employee LBGT Loyalty Survey
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-11094
Says Dean Heller helped "craft a partisan repeal bill that also would have slashed coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions."
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jun/13/jacky-rosen/did-nevadas-heller-back-bill-cut-pre-existing-cond/
When the U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge to overturn guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions in the Affordable Care Act, Democrats pounced. The department filed a brief on June 7, and the next day, Nevada Democratic Senate candidate Jacky Rosen tied Republican incumbent Dean Heller to the administ...
null
Jacky Rosen
null
null
null
2018-06-13T12:24:08
2018-06-08
['None']
pomt-13005
Under Obamacare, "premiums have doubled and tripled" in Wisconsin.
mostly true
/wisconsin/statements/2016/dec/13/ron-johnson/testing-ron-johnson-claim-under-obamacare-premiums/
President Barack Obama’s health insurance overhaul was a popular target during the 2016 campaign, as Republicans made the case change was needed and vowed to repeal it. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, was among those taking aim at Obamacare. With Republicans poised to implement changes after presidential and Congre...
null
Ron Johnson
null
null
null
2016-12-13T05:00:00
2016-10-14
['Wisconsin']
hoer-00962
Janet Jackson Facebook Page Promises Free Money and Prizes
facebook scams
https://www.hoax-slayer.net/fake-janet-jackson-facebook-page-promises-free-money-and-prizes/
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Fake Janet Jackson Facebook Page Promises Free Money and Prizes
July 11, 2018
null
['None']
snes-05720
Photographs show a Calderon dolphin hunt taking place in Denmark.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolphin-hunt-faroe/
null
Fauxtography
null
David Mikkelson
null
Do These Pictures Show a Dolphin Hunt in Denmark’s Faroe Islands?
22 November 2009
null
['Denmark']
tron-03499
New Boeing 797 Giant “Blended Wing” Passenger Airliner
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/b797/
null
space-aviation
null
null
null
New Boeing 797 Giant “Blended Wing” Passenger Airliner
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
goop-02352
Tom Cruise “Preparing To Marry” Vanessa Kirby,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/tom-cruise-not-marrying-vanessa-kirby/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Tom Cruise NOT “Preparing To Marry” Vanessa Kirby, Despite Reports
8:23 pm, October 12, 2017
null
['None']
tron-01532
Divorce Agreement Written By Young College Student John J. Wall
commentary!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/divorce-agreement-written-young-college-student-john-j-wall/
null
government
null
null
null
Divorce Agreement Written By Young College Student John J. Wall
Jun 1, 2016
null
['None']
tron-03647
Deputy Attorney General Designate David Ogden Drafting a Gun Ban Against Seniors
fiction! & satire!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/senior-gun-contol/
null
warnings
null
null
null
Deputy Attorney General Designate David Ogden Drafting a Gun Ban Against Seniors
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
snes-01501
A video shows a woman using her face as a paddle during a game of table tennis.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-woman-playing-ping-pong-with-her-face/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
Is This Woman Playing Ping Pong With Her Face?
30 October 2017
null
['None']
pomt-12506
Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/27/sean-spicer/trump-has-signed-more-bills-100-days-any-president/
Counting the number of laws he’s signed, President Donald Trump has been more productive in his first 100 days than any president since Harry Truman, according to press secretary Sean Spicer. "Despite the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats, he's worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days ...
null
Sean Spicer
null
null
null
2017-04-27T09:29:34
2017-04-25
['United_States_Congress', 'Harry_S._Truman']
pomt-07763
Every (Wisconsin) legislator that votes for this bill will have to "give up the same amount of pay" as other state employees.
true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/feb/24/jeff-fitzgerald/fitzgerald-wisconsin-legislaors-would-have-give-sa/
Facing a budget shortfall, many legislators in Wisconsin have talked about the need for shared sacrifice to justify Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require state employees to pay more for health and pension benefits. But what about the elected officials themselves? Are they making a sacrifice? In an interview with Fox's Se...
null
Jeff Fitzgerald
null
null
null
2011-02-24T17:42:15
2011-02-22
['Wisconsin']
pomt-00224
Says #MeToo movement sign suggested assaulting First Lady Melania Trump.
pants on fire!
/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/oct/11/joshua-feuerstein/metoo-protester-not-pictured-2016-photo-disturbing/
A two-year-old viral photo with a disturbing sign about First Lady Melania Trump re-emerged on Facebook on Oct. 8, 2018, garnering more than 11,000 reactions and 8,000 shares. The photo caption said the sign-holder was part of the one-year-old #MeToo movement. That’s not true. The person holding the sign was planted to...
null
Joshua Feuerstein
null
null
null
2018-10-11T12:05:05
2018-10-07
['None']
vogo-00606
Statement: The Unified Port of San Diego had the Convention Center’s expansion site “appraised at $4.7 million for its current use as a parking lot,” Union-Tribune reporter Craig Gustafson reported last Wednesday.
determination: false
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/fact/fact-check-convention-center-appraisal-downplayed/
Analysis: In fact, the appraisal was based on the site’s approved use for a 250-room hotel. Had it been appraised as a parking lot like Gustafson reported, the estimate likely would have been lower than $4.7 million.
null
null
null
null
Fact Check: Convention Center Appraisal Downplayed
April 13, 2010
null
['San_Diego', 'U-T_San_Diego']
chct-00046
FACT CHECK: Did The GOP’s Pick To Question Kavanaugh's Accuser Work For Sheriff Joe Arpaio?
verdict: false
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/09/26/fact-check-kavanaugh-mitchell-ford-arpaio/
null
null
null
Emily Larsen | Fact Check Reporter
null
null
6:41 PM 09/26/2018
null
['Republican_Party_(United_States)']
snes-02360
President Donald Trump offered asylum to Aleksei Makeev, who was attacked in Mexico.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-asylum-white-supremacist/
null
Uncategorized
null
Arturo Garcia
null
Did Trump Offer Asylum to ‘Lord Nazi Ruso’?
24 May 2017
null
['Mexico', 'Donald_Trump']
pomt-01488
Michelle Nunn’s own plan says she funded organizations linked to terrorists.
pants on fire!
/georgia/statements/2014/sep/26/david-perdue/perdues-attempt-tar-nunn-terrorist-link-fails/
With Election Day just about five weeks away, and polls consistently showing a tight race with national implications, the battle to become Georgia’s next U.S. senator has turned ugly. In a newly released television ad that carries echoes of the late-campaign attacks that pundits said worked during the GOP runoff, Repub...
null
David Perdue
null
null
null
2014-09-26T00:00:00
2014-09-17
['None']
pomt-12267
Gas prices are the lowest in the U.S. in over ten years!
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jul/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-gas-prices-now-lowest-over-10-y/
All presidents like to tout their policy accomplishments, and Donald Trump is no exception. On July 4 -- one of the major travel weekends of the year -- Trump tweeted, "Gas prices are the lowest in the U.S. in over ten years! I would like to see them go even lower." See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com We are fairly certain ...
null
Donald Trump
null
null
null
2017-07-06T10:00:00
2017-07-04
['United_States']
pose-00503
Will provide "support to domestic automakers to invest $50 billion to retool their manufacturing facilities in America to produce [fuel efficient] vehicles."
promise broken
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/523/invest-50-billion-auto-manufacturing-facilities-fu/
null
obameter
Barack Obama
null
null
Invest $50 billion in auto manufacturing facilities for fuel efficient vehicles
2010-04-07T13:46:55
null
['United_States']
pomt-02479
A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."
false
/punditfact/statements/2014/feb/20/kai-ryssdal/marketplace-host-kai-ryssdal-talks-cbo-report-mini/
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office re-entered the spotlight this week with a report that offered a little something for everyone on the effects of raising the federal minimum wage for workers. For those pushing for a $10.10 an hour wage, the CBO concluded 16.5 million low-wage earners would make more money a w...
null
Kai Ryssdal
null
null
null
2014-02-20T11:09:36
2014-02-18
['Barack_Obama']
pomt-09259
Numbers on illegal immigrants "are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions."
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/may/03/janet-napolitano/facts-illegal-immigrants-show-nuances-enforcement-/
Janet Napolitano, secretary of Homeland Security, appeared on ABC News' This Week and discussed a new law in Arizona that makes being an illegal immigrant a state crime and requires immigrants to carry papers that confirm their legal status. Napolitano is not a fan of the new law, saying it could invite racial profilin...
null
Janet Napolitano
null
null
null
2010-05-03T18:02:13
2010-05-02
['None']
pomt-00765
Says Marco Rubio "voted to deport" young people known as Dreamers.
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/apr/14/people-american-way/did-marco-rubio-vote-deport-dreamers/
On the day Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced his presidential campaign, opponents came out with an ad attacking his record. People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group, released a Spanish-language radio ad that calls Rubio "just another Republican with a dangerous plan" and claims he supports tax cuts for t...
null
People for the American Way
null
null
null
2015-04-14T10:56:32
2015-04-13
['None']
goop-02594
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Divorce “Off,”
1
https://www.gossipcop.com/angelina-jolie-divorce-not-off-brad-pitt-back-together/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Divorce NOT “Off,” Despite Tabloid Cover Story
12:19 pm, August 9, 2017
null
['Angelina_Jolie']
snes-00289
Buzz Aldrin admitted in an exchange captured on video that he never went to the moon.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buzz-aldrin-moon-admission/
null
Viral Phenomena
null
Dan Evon
null
Did Buzz Aldrin Admit That He Never Went to the Moon?
27 July 2018
null
['None']
pomt-01195
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy.
mostly true
/georgia/statements/2014/dec/03/keisha-lance-bottoms/councilwoman-right-annexation-drew-reed-city/
Atlanta may have been founded as the end of the line, but it has hardly held to that designation. Founded in 1847, Atlanta’s original city limits were a single-mile radius around the Zero Mile Post, or terminus of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Today, the city covers nearly 132 square miles of land stretched out over...
null
Keisha Lance Bottoms
null
null
null
2014-12-03T00:00:00
2014-11-28
['Kasim_Reed', 'Atlanta']
snes-00937
CNN invested in an industrial-sized washing machine to help their journalists and news anchors spin the news before publication.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-washing-machine/
null
Humor
null
David Mikkelson
null
Did CNN Purchase an Industrial-Sized Washing Machine to Spin News?
1 March 2018
null
['None']
tron-00977
Gang-Style Photo of Michael Brown
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/gang-photo-michael-brown/
null
computers
null
null
null
Gang-Style Photo of Michael Brown
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-15086
You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American.
pants on fire!
/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/18/town-hall-audience-member/obama-muslim-audience-member-says-donald-trump-201/
We thought (hoped, maybe) the idea that President Barack Obama is Muslim from Kenya was dead and buried. But even in 2015, it lives on. This myth has been debunked over and over and over again. We’ve been fact-checking claims about this since 2007, the year PolitiFact went live. Yet it resurfaced Sept. 17, 2015 in Roch...
null
Town hall audience member
null
null
null
2015-09-18T12:24:43
2015-09-17
['United_States']
pose-00549
Will establish teacher evaluation system: "Under my plan, teachers will be evaluated based on the following five criteria: planning and preparation, classroom environment, quality of instruction, professional responsibilities, and yearly student progress. Teachers will receive an overall rating of 'ineffective,' 'needs...
compromise
https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/promises/walk-o-meter/promise/572/establish-teacher-evaluation-system/
null
walk-o-meter
Scott Walker
null
null
Establish teacher evaluation system
2010-12-20T23:16:36
null
['None']
pomt-11668
Says James Comey suggested and CNN reported that the basis of the wiretapping warrant for Trump adviser Carter Page was "all based on a dossier."
mostly false
/florida/statements/2018/jan/05/elizabeth-foley/taking-closer-look-steele-dossier-and-carter-pages/
Critics of the federal investigation into claims President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russian government have latched onto a theory that the inquiry only began after the FBI received a controversial dossier funded by Democrats and littered with unproven allegations. But that, too, is unproven. On CNN Jan...
null
Elizabeth Foley
null
null
null
2018-01-05T15:57:17
2018-01-02
['CNN']
pomt-08814
Phoenix, Ariz., is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world.
pants on fire!
/ohio/statements/2010/aug/16/courtney-combs/state-rep-courtney-combs-says-phoenix-no-2-kidnapp/
A stake through the heart will kill a vampire. A silver bullet can stop a werewolf. But no known substance, it seems, can stop the monstrous notion that Phoenix has the second-highest kidnapping rate in the world -- an eye-popping claim that has more lives than even disco music. The latest conservative to parrot this l...
null
Courtney Combs
null
null
null
2010-08-16T08:00:00
2010-07-16
['Arizona', 'Phoenix,_Arizona']
pomt-02478
On adoption by gay couples
full flop
/florida/statements/2014/feb/20/charlie-crist/after-he-left-gop-charlie-crist-said-he-no-longer-/
PolitiFact Florida has explored former Gov. Charlie Crist’s change of positions on a number of issues, including gay rights. Here, we wanted to look at his record on gay adoption. At one time, Florida gained national attention as a state that banned gay adoption. PolitiFact’s Flip-O-Meter doesn’t pass judgment on someo...
null
Charlie Crist
null
null
null
2014-02-20T11:53:34
2014-02-10
['None']
pomt-08197
The health care reform law "reduces the deficit by nearly $1.2 trillion over the next two decades."
half-true
/virginia/statements/2010/nov/23/bobby-scott/bobby-scott-says-health-care-reform-may-cut-defici/
In his quest to see all Bush-era tax cuts expire, Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott criticizes Republicans for avoiding "tough" budgetary choices. In a recent press release in support of allowing the tax cuts to expire, Scott, D-3rd, lambastes Republican legislators and President George W. Bush for enacting them without off...
null
Bobby Scott
null
null
null
2010-11-23T16:03:05
2010-11-16
['None']
pomt-09862
Page 992 of the health care bill will "establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!"
pants on fire!
/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/aug/07/liberty-counsel/school-health-clinics-would-not-provide-abortions/
Critics of the Democratic health care proposal have been increasingly raising concerns that the plan would provide taxpayer-subsidized abortions (a claim we address here ). The Liberty Counsel, a conservative group, puts a different twist on that concern, alleging that Page 992 of the bill "will establish school-based ...
null
Liberty Counsel
null
null
null
2009-08-07T18:20:35
2009-07-29
['None']
tron-00228
Walmart now offering halal meat
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/wal-mart-now-offering-halal-meat/
null
9-11-attack
null
null
null
Wal
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pose-01168
Many states have implemented an A through F rating system for individual campuses with great success. Each campus website should show the school's A through F rating and other indicators of success.
promise kept
https://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1258/rate-school-campuses-through-f-scale-require-publi/
null
abbott-o-meter
Greg Abbott
null
null
Rate school campuses on A through F scale; require publication of campus report cards
2015-01-20T14:00:00
null
['None']
pomt-02431
Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South.
mostly true
/georgia/statements/2014/mar/03/americans-prosperity-georgia-chapter/georgias-forfeiture-laws-viewed-harshly/
There aren’t many issues that can bring the American Civil Liberties Union and the tea party together, but there is one matter that has them and others on the same side. A coalition of organizations -- they call themselves Georgians for Forfeiture Reform -- recently held a news conference at the Georgia Capitol to plea...
null
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
null
null
null
2014-03-03T06:00:00
2014-02-20
['None']
pomt-01952
The number of terrorists out there has doubled.
true
/punditfact/statements/2014/jun/22/dick-cheney/dick-cheney-number-terrorists-has-doubled/
Former Vice President Dick Cheney continued to criticize President Barack Obama over foreign policy during an appearance on ABC’s This Week. While the focus is currently on Iraq and the growing prominence of ISIS, Cheney said Obama’s miscues are broader and potentially dangerous. One statistic that he said supported hi...
null
Dick Cheney
null
null
null
2014-06-22T16:11:07
2014-06-22
['None']
chct-00059
FACT CHECK: Was Rick Perry In Russia On 9/11?
verdict: false
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/09/13/fact-check-rick-perry-russia-9-11/
null
null
null
Emily Larsen | Fact Check Reporter
null
null
9:12 AM 09/13/2018
null
['Russia']
snes-02152
A half-human, half-lamb was born in South Africa.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/half-human-half-lamb-born-south-africa/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
Was a Human-Lamb Hybrid Born in South Africa?
23 June 2017
null
['South_Africa']
tron-01439
Chick-Fil-A Fed Stranded Motorists in Snowstorm
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/chick-fil-a-fed-stranded-motoris/
null
food
null
null
null
Chick-Fil-A Fed Stranded Motorists in Snowstorm
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
snes-02146
Account describes the horrific results of a "Russian Sleep Experiment" from the late 1940s.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-sleep-experiment-orange-soda/
null
Horrors
null
David Mikkelson
null
Russian Sleep Experiment (Orange Soda)
28 August 2013
null
['None']
snes-02490
A photograph showing a group of astronauts without their helmets on indicates that the moon landing was staged.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/astronauts-helmets-moon/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
Did Astronauts Remove Their Helmets on the ‘Moon’?
4 May 2017
null
['None']
pomt-15088
The Iran deal "trusts the Iranians to inspect themselves."
false
/texas/statements/2015/sep/18/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-iran-deal-trusts-iranians-inspect-th/
With a dash of imagined dialogue, Ted Cruz of Texas made his case for the United States not to support the agreement backed by most Democrats, including President Barack Obama, that would allow Iran to develop nuclear energy but not nuclear weapons and bring an end to longstanding economic sanctions. The Republican sen...
null
Ted Cruz
null
null
null
2015-09-18T10:00:00
2015-09-01
['Iran']
tron-02634
Budweiser is Ditching its Clydesdales
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/budweiser-ditching-clydesdales/
null
miscellaneous
null
null
null
Budweiser is Ditching its Clydesdales – Fiction!
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
wast-00080
The head of U.S. Steel called me the other day, and he said, \xe2\x80\x98We're opening up six major facilities and expanding facilities that have never been expanded.' They haven't been opened in many, many years.
4 pinnochios
ERROR: type should be string, got " https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/06/28/president-trump-announces-a-major-u-s-steel-expansion-that-isnt-happening/"
null
null
Donald Trump
Glenn Kessler
null
President Trump announces a major U.S. Steel expansion \xe2\x80\x94 that isn't happening
June 28
null
['None']
pomt-05962
Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years.
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jan/24/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-us-oil-production-eight-year-hig/
In his State of the Union address on Jan. 24, 2012, President Barack Obama talked up U.S. oil production. "Nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy," Obama said. "Over the last three years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I’m directing my adm...
null
Barack Obama
null
null
null
2012-01-24T23:49:18
2012-01-24
['United_States']
pose-00909
Bob Buckhorn will establish a Landlord Training Program, which will train the city’s landlords on code requirements, code enforcement procedures, and techniques for maintaining their properties in a manner that will help prevent code violations in our rental communities.
promise kept
https://www.politifact.com/florida/promises/buck-o-meter/promise/941/establish-a-landlord-training-program/
null
buck-o-meter
Bob Buckhorn
null
null
Establish a landlord training program
2011-05-18T14:33:25
null
['Bob_Buckhorn']
pose-00077
Will mandate insurance coverage of autism treatment and will also continue to work with parents, physicians, providers, researchers, and schools to create opportunities and effective solutions for people with ASD (autism spectrum disorders).
compromise
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/80/mandate-insurance-coverage-of-autism-treatment/
null
obameter
Barack Obama
null
null
Mandate insurance coverage of autism treatment
2010-01-07T13:26:47
null
['None']
snes-00995
A baseball team for third-graders in Neosho, Missouri is raffling off an AR-15 rifle even after it was used to commit the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-third-graders-raffling-off-an-ar-15-after-the-parkland-shooting/
null
Politics
null
Arturo Garcia
null
Are Third-Graders Raffling Off an AR-15 After the Parkland Shooting?
19 February 2018
null
['Missouri', 'AR-15']
snes-03936
Donald Trump expressed strong opposition to the war in Iraq before it began in 2003.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-iraq-war/
null
Politics
null
David Emery
null
Was Donald Trump Against the Iraq War from the Beginning?
27 September 2016
null
['Iraq']
pose-00200
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will introduce a new Rapid Response Fund – a seed fund that will provide a shot of adrenaline to young democracies and post-conflict societies, through foreign aid, debt relief, technical assistance and investment packages that show the people of newly hopeful countries that democracy and pea...
promise kept
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/215/create-a-rapid-response-fund-for-emerging-democrac/
null
obameter
Barack Obama
null
null
Create a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
2010-01-07T13:26:51
null
['United_States', 'Joe_Biden', 'Barack_Obama']
pomt-13408
Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana.
mostly true
/wisconsin/statements/2016/sep/23/gary-johnson/do-6-10-americans-back-legalizing-marijuana-presid/
In a TV interview during a campaign visit to Milwaukee, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson was asked about his support for the legalization of marijuana. He replied by making a claim we want to check. "And let’s see, 60 percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana," Johnson said on the Sept. 4, 20...
null
Gary Johnson
null
null
null
2016-09-23T10:25:00
2016-09-04
['United_States']
farg-00217
We don't understand why the Democrats are so wholeheartedly against [President Trump's border wall]. They voted for it in 2006.
misleading
https://www.factcheck.org/2017/04/democrats-support-border-wall/
null
the-factcheck-wire
Mick Mulvaney
Robert Farley
['border security']
Did Democrats Once Support Border Wall?
April 26, 2017
[' Fox News Sunday – Sunday, April 23, 2017 ']
['Democratic_Party_(United_States)']
snes-04071
Ann Scott, the wife of Florida's governor, owns a Zika mosquito spraying business.
mixture
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-governors-wife-has-zika-mosquito-spray-business/
null
Conspiracy Theories
null
Brooke Binkowski
null
Florida Governor’s Wife Has Zika Mosquito Spray Business
8 September 2016
null
['None']
pose-00801
Create a $100 million T-STEM Challenge Scholarship for students at universities, community colleges and technical colleges pursuing degrees and certifications in the science, technology, engineering, math or medical fields.
compromise
https://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/perry-o-meter/promise/832/create-100-million-texas-science-technology-eng/
null
perry-o-meter
Rick Perry
null
null
Create $100 million Texas-Science, Technology, Engineering and Math scholarship fund
2011-01-13T12:33:38
null
['None']
hoer-00887
Death From Poisoned Rhino Horn Rumour
unsubstantiated messages
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/poisoned-rhino-horn.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Death From Poisoned Rhino Horn Rumour
31st August 2010
null
['None']
pomt-10414
It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/may/26/hillary-clinton/campaign-in-68-didnt-start-until-march/
Sen. Hillary Clinton has dismissed arguments that she should drop out of the race for the Democratic Party nomination, saying past races were competitive into the summer. "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby ...
null
Hillary Clinton
null
null
null
2008-05-26T00:00:00
2008-05-23
['California', 'Robert_F._Kennedy']
pomt-14243
The Katy Freeway, or Interstate 10 west of Houston, is the widest freeway in the world, with up to 26 lanes, including frontage road lanes.
false
/texas/statements/2016/apr/13/sylvester-turner/worlds-widest-highway-not-where-sylvester-turner-t/
You don’t have to look hard in Texas to find supersized variations of everything from donuts to state fair mascots to steak-eating challenges. According to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turne,, there’s a category Houstonians alone can claim. Twice in two months, Turner singled out one of Houston’s major highways. At a March ...
null
Sylvester Turner
null
null
null
2016-04-13T11:47:32
2016-03-04
['Houston', 'Interstate_10_in_Texas']
wast-00052
The reason that the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act is because they ruled that each of these monthly payments that everyday American make is a tax."
false
ERROR: type should be string, got " https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/08/10/fact-checking-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-media-blitz/"
null
null
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Glenn Kessler
null
Fact-checking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's media blitz
August 10
null
['United_States']
tron-01963
The aircraft carrier that thought a lighthouse was another ship
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/lighthouseandaircraftcarrier/
null
humorous
null
null
null
The aircraft carrier that thought a lighthouse was another ship
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
goop-01448
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt’s Kids Do Want To Live With Jennifer Aniston,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-kids-live-jennifer-aniston-untrue/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt’s Kids Do NOT Want To Live With Jennifer Aniston, Despite Reports
9:39 am, March 5, 2018
null
['Jennifer_Aniston', 'Angelina_Jolie', 'Brad_Pitt']
pomt-14358
Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/22/mitch-mcconnell/mitch-mcconnell-exaggerates-tradition-not-confirmi/
Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said his party is following a longstanding tradition by vowing not to consider any Supreme Court nominee until after a new president is inaugurated in 2017. McConnell has said he won’t even meet with federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nomin...
null
Mitch McConnell
null
null
null
2016-03-22T16:47:08
2016-03-20
['None']
pomt-00926
Says she has opposed measures to weaken the Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulatory bill and campaign-finance legislation when they were offered as stand-alone bills.
half-true
/new-hampshire/statements/2015/feb/26/ann-mclane-kuster/did-kuster-flip-flop-when-voting-cromnibus/
Evoking the old cliche about lawmaking and sausage, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kuster faces questions about whether she changed her stance on two votes, going one way when faced with a pair of stand-alone bills and the other way after those measures were wrapped in a much larger package. The dispute involves two policy m...
null
Ann McLane Kuster
null
null
null
2015-02-26T16:01:23
2015-01-06
['None']
pomt-10678
If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars.
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/dec/17/barack-obama/a-trillion-is-too-much/
A trillion dollars? Really? That's a lot of money — $1,000,000,000,000, to be exact. Obama is accurately quoting that number from a report issued by the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank. The report states, "If we were able to reduce obesity to 1980s levels, Medicare would save $1-trillion." It at...
null
Barack Obama
null
null
null
2007-12-17T00:00:00
2007-12-13
['None']
pomt-06579
The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.
false
/georgia/statements/2011/sep/28/john-sherman/did-beltline-overspend-land/
In recent years, most political and business leaders in the city of Atlanta have hailed the Atlanta Beltline project as a marvel of modern development. The vision: safe, vibrant neighborhoods with more parks and trails along a 22-mile loop of mostly abandoned rail lines that will be connected to existing MARTA and futu...
null
John Sherman
null
null
null
2011-09-28T06:00:00
2011-09-12
['None']
goop-00203
Prince William, Kate Middleton Being Crowned Next King And Queen?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/prince-william-kate-middleton-next-king-queen/
null
null
null
Gossip Cop Staff
null
Prince William, Kate Middleton Being Crowned Next King And Queen?
3:00 am, September 29, 2018
null
['Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge', 'Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cambridge']
goop-02150
Kim Kardashian “Jealous” Of Jennifer Lawrence?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/kim-kardashian-jealous-jennifer-lawrence/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Kim Kardashian “Jealous” Of Jennifer Lawrence?
10:42 am, November 24, 2017
null
['Kim_Kardashian']
pomt-14939
The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land.
mostly true
/florida/statements/2015/oct/27/jeb-bush/washington-owns-half-us-western-states-jeb-bush-sa/
GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush has announced he wants a sea change in the federal government’s land management practices. In his Western Land Resource Management plan, which Bush released Oct. 21, 2015, the former Florida governor said federal land holdings are out of control — and therefore, so are expenses and W...
null
Jeb Bush
null
null
null
2015-10-27T16:54:40
2015-10-21
['None']
pomt-06238
It’s legal to "sign a recall petition (against Gov. Scott Walker) even if you have already signed another recall petition," but only one signature counts
true
/wisconsin/statements/2011/dec/02/one-wisconsin-now/one-wisconsin-now-says-its-legal-sign-walker-recal/
The liberal group One Wisconsin Now, worried about possible confusion over who can sign petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker, issued a "recall petitioners’ rights" memo in late November 2011. The group said you only have to be a qualified voter in Wisconsin; you don’t have to have voted here before or even have regist...
null
One Wisconsin Now
null
null
null
2011-12-02T09:00:00
2011-11-22
['None']
snes-05339
A photograph shows a "super moon" resting atop a radio telescope.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moon-on-radio-telescope/
null
Fauxtography
null
David Mikkelson
null
Super Moon on Radio Telescope
20 January 2016
null
['None']
pomt-10990
In 1984, the New York Times said Trump would be our BEST president.
pants on fire!
/punditfact/statements/2018/jul/13/bling-news/fake-headline-says-new-york-times-said-trump-would/
There was a time decades ago when the New York Times praised the idea of a President Donald Trump, a viral story on Facebook said. "This is amazing: In 1984, the New York Times said Trump would be our BEST president...They forgot...," said a July 9 headline by Bling News, a website with clickbait headlines that lacks o...
null
Bling News
null
null
null
2018-07-13T09:55:50
2018-07-09
['The_New_York_Times']
vees-00081
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos admonishing Cory on Bataan nuclear power plant
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-marcos-admonishing-cory-bataan-nuclear
null
null
null
null
unproven
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos admonishing Cory on Bataan nuclear power plant UNPROVEN
August 30, 2018
null
['None']
snes-02147
Health officials announced in June 2017 that Donald Trump's health is "deteriorating."
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-health-deteriorating-pressures/
null
Junk News
null
Dan Evon
null
Is Trump’s Health Deteriorating as White House Pressures Mount?
25 June 2017
null
['None']
pomt-08112
The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000."
mostly true
/virginia/statements/2010/dec/11/jim-moran/rep-jim-moran-says-bush-tax-cuts-did-not-improve-e/
Democratic Congressman Jim Moran didn’t want tax cuts then, and he doesn’t want them now. Explaining his vote against any extension of the Bush-era cuts, Moran paints the acts in 2001 and 2003 as abject failures. "When the Bush plan was first proposed in 2001, the great cost of those tax cuts was sold to the public as ...
null
Jim Moran
null
null
null
2010-12-11T17:45:02
2010-12-02
['None']
snes-05005
Getting your hair washed at a beauty salon can, in rare cases, increase the chances of a stroke.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-stroke-beauty-salon/
null
Uncategorized
null
Brooke Binkowski
null
Beauty Salon Visit Caused Stroke?
25 March 2016
null
['None']
thet-00077
Has the SNP overseen the biggest in-work poverty increase since devolution?
none
https://theferret.scot/snp-overseen-biggest-work-poverty-increase-since-devolution/
null
Fact check
null
null
null
Has the SNP overseen the biggest in-work poverty increase since devolution?
April 28, 2017
null
['None']
hoer-00628
Naked Mole Rats Not Susceptible To Cancer
true messages
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/naked-mole-rats-cancer.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Naked Mole Rats Not Susceptible To Cancer
June 21, 2013
null
['None']
pomt-01686
Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns.
pants on fire!
/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/15/tucker-carlson/carlson-guns-dont-kill-people-bathtubs-do/
Gun safety advocates are pushing laws to make it harder for children to play with guns kept at home. A bill in the New York Legislature, for instance, would require gun owners to secure their weapons by either keeping them locked up or installing a trigger lock. Failing to do so could warrant fines, loss of a firearms ...
null
Tucker Carlson
null
null
null
2014-08-15T10:04:44
2014-08-09
['None']