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snes-03709 | Minecraft has a newly-discovered "sex mod" of which parents should be aware and exercise caution (or restrict the game from their children entirely). | mostly false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/minecraft-sex-mods/ | null | Politics | null | Kim LaCapria | null | Minecraft ‘Sex Mods’ | 25 October 2016 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-00898 | There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure. | mostly false | /truth-o-meter/statements/2015/mar/05/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-least-three-sectors-border-are-complet/ | Sen. Marco Rubio said he’s learned some lessons from his first failed foray into the immigration policy game. "What I’ve learned, is you can’t even have a conversation about that until people believe and know — not just believe, but it’s proven to them — that future illegal immigration will controlled," Rubio said. "Th... | null | Marco Rubio | null | null | null | 2015-03-05T10:50:55 | 2015-02-27 | ['None'] |
snes-03397 | Kentucky Fried Chicken created a candle that smells just like its signature dish. | true | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kfc-really-create-chicken-scented-candle/ | null | Uncategorized | null | Arturo Garcia | null | Did KFC Really Create A Chicken-Scented Candle? | 7 December 2016 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-15209 | Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988." | mostly true | /punditfact/statements/2015/aug/12/george-will/george-will-reminds-readers-about-bernie-sanders-u/ | For most couples, the ideal honeymoon getaway might entail a week of unwinding at a beach resort or a stay in a secluded mountainside cabin. Not Bernie Sanders. He chose a colder route. Sanders and his wife, Jane Sanders, spent their first days as newlyweds in the Soviet Union, claims George Will in a recent Washington... | null | George Will | null | null | null | 2015-08-12T10:56:28 | 2015-08-07 | ['Soviet_Union', 'Bernie_Sanders'] |
pomt-09979 | In the 1970s, "the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter." | pants on fire! | /truth-o-meter/statements/2009/apr/30/michele-bachmann/michele-bachmann-wrong-70s-swine-flu-broke-our-/ | Michele Bachmann, a Republican member of Congress from Minnesota, is known for her controversial remarks. During the fall of 2008, she nearly lost her re-election campaign because she said Barack Obama "may have anti-American views." In a 2009 radio interview, she said incorrectly that six Muslim clerics who were remov... | null | Michele Bachmann | null | null | null | 2009-04-30T18:20:28 | 2009-04-27 | ['Jimmy_Carter', 'Democratic_Party_(United_States)'] |
snes-06079 | Steve Burns Death | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steve-burns-overdose/ | null | Entertainment | null | Snopes Staff | null | Steve Burns Death Hoax | 11 November 1999 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-14828 | @Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours. | mostly true | /rhode-island/statements/2015/nov/22/paul-doughty/union-mayor-rescue-captain-worked-96-hours-straigh/ | In early November, a Providence fire captain, Zachariah Kenyon, clocked 96 hours in a row — the equivalent of two 48-hour work weeks. The 45-year-old’s marathon tour of duty follows much argument over the restructuring of the firefighters’ shift schedule, ordered in August by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza. Instead of working 4... | null | Paul Doughty | null | null | null | 2015-11-22T00:00:00 | 2015-11-10 | ['None'] |
vees-00350 | In a Senate committee hearing on fake news earlier this month, right of reply was discussed, and Poe said: | none | http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-poe-rethinks-right-reply-stand | null | null | null | null | FOI,Grace Poe,flip flop,Poe,Senate,Right of reply | VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Poe rethinks right of reply stand | October 20, 2017 | null | ['None'] |
snes-03656 | Men abandoned a groundbreaking study on male birth control due to side effects such as mood changes, muscle pain, and acne. | mixture | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/male-birth-control-study/ | null | Medical | null | Alex Kasprak | null | Men Abandoned Male Birth Control Breakthrough Because of Side Effects? | 31 October 2016 | null | ['None'] |
snes-00434 | Did This Video Show Obama Agreeing with the Trump Administration on Immigration Policies? | mostly false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-agree-trump-administration-immigration-policies/ | null | Politics | null | Dan Evon | null | Did This Video Show Obama Agreeing with the Trump Administration on Immigration Policies? | 20 June 2018 | null | ['None'] |
tron-02567 | MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Interviewed Pope | unproven! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/msnbc-matthews-pope-francis-042313/ | null | miscellaneous | null | null | null | MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Interviewed Pope | Mar 17, 2015 | null | ['Chris_Matthews', 'MSNBC'] |
clck-00020 | Neither the rate nor the magnitude of the reported late twentieth century surface warming (1979–2000) lay outside normal natural variability. | misleading | https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/natural-variability-can-not-explain-modern-global-warming-heartland-institute-report-claims/ | null | null | null | null | null | Natural variability can not explain modern global warming, as Heartland Institute report claims | [' Fred Singer, Robert Carter, Heartland Institute, 2016 \xa0 '] | null | ['None'] |
vees-00481 | VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ sins not yet proven in court? | none | http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-marcos-sins-not-yet-proven-court | Contrary to what Duterte said, human rights violations committed during the Marcos regime have been explicitly discussed in several rulings of the high court and also institutionalized by law. | null | null | null | Duterte,Marcos,Martial Law,Ill-gotten wealth,plunder | VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ sins not yet proven in court? | November 09, 2016 | null | ['None'] |
farg-00425 | John Kerry Facing Prison After Interfering With Iran. | no evidence | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/john-kerry-not-facing-prison/ | null | fake-news | FactCheck.org | Saranac Hale Spencer | ['false stories'] | John Kerry Not ‘Facing Prison’ | May 15, 2018 | 2018-05-15 14:10:32 UTC | ['None'] |
snes-02746 | American political consultant Roger Stone has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back. | true | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/roger-stone-nixon-tattoo/ | null | Fauxtography | null | Dan Evon | null | Does Roger Stone Have a Tattoo of Richard Nixon on His Back? | 21 March 2017 | null | ['United_States', 'Roger_Stone', 'Richard_Nixon'] |
goop-01187 | Kourtney Kardashian Refuses To Give Kids Candy Or Dessert? | 0 | https://www.gossipcop.com/kourtney-kardashian-kids-candy-dessert/ | null | null | null | Shari Weiss | null | Kourtney Kardashian Refuses To Give Kids Candy Or Dessert? | 11:49 am, April 14, 2018 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-09497 | As bank president, Alex Sink eliminated thousands of Florida jobs while taking over $8 million in salary and bonuses. | mostly true | /florida/statements/2010/feb/24/republican-governors-association/republican-governors-association-blasts-sinks-reco/ | On Feb. 23, 2010, the Republican Governors Association -- the gubernatorial campaign arm of the national GOP -- fired a shot at Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate for governor of Florida. The RGA, which is backing Republican Bill McCollum, took aim at Sink's career as a top executive at Bank of America and its predece... | null | Republican Governors Association | null | null | null | 2010-02-24T19:37:24 | 2010-02-23 | ['Alex_Sink'] |
pose-00785 | Develop additional reservoirs to address long-term water needs and enhance economic development | in the works | https://www.politifact.com/georgia/promises/deal-o-meter/promise/816/create-more-reservoirs/ | null | deal-o-meter | Nathan Deal | null | null | Create more reservoirs | 2011-01-06T16:27:46 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-11503 | So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats. | pants on fire! | /new-york/statements/2018/feb/23/claudia-tenney/do-many-mass-shooters-end-being-democrats-rep-tenn/ | An upstate New York member of Congress made national headlines when she suggested many mass shooters were Democrats. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-Utica, was speaking with a radio host from Albany, N.Y., about how to prevent future mass shootings when she made the claim. "It's interesting that so many of these people that com... | null | Claudia Tenney | null | null | null | 2018-02-23T10:36:03 | 2018-02-21 | ['None'] |
snes-02179 | Calling #77 or 112 on your cell phone will connect you to emergency services no matter where you are. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/call-112-police-emergency/ | null | Crime | null | Snopes Staff | null | Should You Call #77 or 112 to Contact the Police in an Emergency? | 17 March 2002 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-00908 | Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level." | half-true | /florida/statements/2015/mar/03/rick-scott/scott-calls-proposed-pupil-spending-historic/ | Gov. Rick Scott used his annual opening address to the 2015 Legislature to talk about some of his favorite subjects -- taxes, business and his newfound penchant for spending more on education. SEE RICK SCOTT'S STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH ANNOTATED. "If we are going to out-compete the world, we must invest in K-12 educati... | null | Rick Scott | null | null | null | 2015-03-03T15:23:34 | 2015-03-03 | ['None'] |
snes-01380 | The world's most-pierced person, Gerard Rogers, was killed while passing through a metal detector at LAX airport. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/most-pierced-person-dies/ | null | Junk News | null | Dan MacGuill | null | Did the World’s Most-Pierced Person Die Going Through Airport Metal Detectors? | 4 December 2017 | null | ['None'] |
faan-00107 | Harper is “converting the Canadian spy agency into a secret police with virtually unlimited powers.” | factscan score: misleading | http://factscan.ca/elizabeth-may-harper-is-converting-the-canadian-spy-agency-into-a-secret-police-with-virtually-unlimited-powers/ | The proposed anti-terrorism law, bill C-51, would not give Canada’s spy agency “virtually unlimited powers.” The bill does impose limits on the agency’s powers. | null | Elizabeth May | null | null | null | 2015-02-23 | ruary 9, 2015 | ['Canada'] |
pomt-04561 | Josh Mandel "is lying about his own record. The rating of Ohio's investment fund has NOT improved." | false | /ohio/statements/2012/sep/26/sherrod-brown/sherrod-brown-campaign-ad-targets-josh-mandel-trut/ | Truthfulness has become a persistent issue in the U.S. Senate campaign between Sherrod Brown, the Democratic incumbent, and Josh Mandel, Ohio's Republican treasurer. The Brown campaign raised the issue explicitly this month in a 30-second TV ad titled "Pants on Fire." The ad accuses Mandel of being "the candidate of th... | null | Sherrod Brown | null | null | null | 2012-09-26T16:45:00 | 2012-09-08 | ['Josh_Mandel', 'Ohio'] |
snes-03398 | Fisher Price sells a "happy hour playset" including a bar, bar stools, and beer bottles. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fisher-price-happy-hour-playset/ | null | Fauxtography | null | Kim LaCapria | null | Fisher Price Happy Hour Playset | 7 December 2016 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-00286 | West Virginia University’s incoming freshman class has the "highest-ever GPA" | mostly true | /west-virginia/statements/2018/sep/28/e-gordon-gee/does-west-virginia-universitys-incoming-freshman-c/ | Is West Virginia University’s freshman class this year the smartest ever? The question came up as part of an ongoing dispute between West Virginia University and fraternities over student safety. In February, WVU President Gordon Gee released a statement charting a course for future relations between the university and... | null | E. Gordon Gee | null | null | null | 2018-09-28T09:30:45 | 2018-02-12 | ['None'] |
afck-00375 | “The Western Cape was ranked as the best run province in South Africa in 2013.” | correct | https://africacheck.org/reports/is-the-das-western-cape-story-a-good-story-to-tell-we-examine-the-claims/ | null | null | null | null | null | Is the DA’s Western Cape Story a ‘good story to tell’? We examine the claims | 2014-03-28 05:02 | null | ['South_Africa'] |
snes-04280 | Hillary Clinton travels with a doctor carrying a Diazepam pen in case she has a seizure. | unproven | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clintons-secret-service-agent-holds-diazepam-pen/ | null | Uncategorized | null | Dan Evon | null | Clinton’s Secret Service Agent Holds Diazepam Pen | 10 August 2016 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-11835 | Supreme Court issues its first bench warrant ever. | pants on fire! | /punditfact/statements/2017/nov/09/freedomjunkshuncom/fake-news-story-says-supreme-court-issues-bogus-wa/ | A fake news story spread by a liberal troll website said the U.S. Supreme Court issued a bench warrant for the arrest in a fictional case against the Treasury Department. "Supreme Court issues its first bench warrant ever," read the headline on a Nov. 6, 2017, post on FreeInfoMedia.com. We saw the same article on the s... | null | FreedomJunkshun.com | null | null | null | 2017-11-09T16:00:00 | 2017-11-06 | ['None'] |
pose-00106 | As one of his "first acts" as president, Obama will sign an executive order "ending the unfair ban on healthcare enrollment of certain groups of veterans, including 'Priority 8' veterans who often earn modest incomes." Currently, veterans who have no service-connected disability and make above a certain amount of incom... | compromise | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/111/allow-all-veterans-back-into-the-veterans-administ/ | null | obameter | Barack Obama | null | null | Allow all veterans back into the Veterans Administration | 2010-01-07T13:26:48 | null | ['Barack_Obama'] |
goop-01117 | Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban Did Reveal “Truth About Our Marriage,” | 0 | https://www.gossipcop.com/nicole-kidman-keith-urban-marriage-truth-made-up/ | null | null | null | Shari Weiss | null | Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban Did NOT Reveal “Truth About Our Marriage,” Despite Report | 1:10 pm, April 25, 2018 | null | ['Nicole_Kidman'] |
pomt-01557 | Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)." | mostly true | /truth-o-meter/statements/2014/sep/12/john-mccain/mccain-obama-never-said-he-wanted-leave-troops-ira/ | Questions about what President Barack Obama should do in Iraq now have lately been overshadowed by another question: Should Obama have left troops in Iraq after the war ended? Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has advocated for keeping residual forces in the country since he visited its capital, Baghdad, in late 2008 -- right... | null | John McCain | null | null | null | 2014-09-12T11:06:51 | 2014-09-10 | ['Barack_Obama', 'Iraq'] |
pomt-03737 | In South Carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to men’s earnings. | half-true | /georgia/statements/2013/apr/12/elizabeth-colbert-busch/gender-wage-gap-claim-needs-more-context/ | Next month, South Carolina voters head to the polls for a special election to select a new representative for the U.S. House in the state’s 1st Congressional District. The race between former Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican candidate known for his infamous antics, and Elizabeth Colbert Busch, a Democratic candidate kno... | null | Elizabeth Colbert Busch | null | null | null | 2013-04-12T06:00:00 | 2013-04-09 | ['South_Carolina'] |
goop-01910 | Queen Elizabeth Giving Meghan Markle Royal Makeover? | 0 | https://www.gossipcop.com/queen-elizabeth-meghan-markle-royal-makeover/ | null | null | null | Holly Nicol | null | Queen Elizabeth Giving Meghan Markle Royal Makeover? | 4:54 am, January 4, 2018 | null | ['None'] |
goop-01450 | Miley Cyrus Helping Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez House Hunt? | 0 | https://www.gossipcop.com/miley-cyrus-justin-bieber-selena-gomez-house-malibu/ | null | null | null | Shari Weiss | null | Miley Cyrus Helping Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez House Hunt? | 1:05 am, March 4, 2018 | null | ['Justin_Bieber', 'Miley_Cyrus'] |
pomt-12114 | (For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent. | mostly false | /punditfact/statements/2017/aug/20/alex-castellanos/death-rates-white-men-20-percent-gop-strategist-sa/ | President Donald Trump’s supporters continue to back him because they felt so besieged by the political landscape and life in general that it’s literally killing them, a GOP strategist said on ABC’s This Week. Alex Castellanos, who has worked as a consultant for George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, said during an Aug. 20, 2... | null | Alex Castellanos | null | null | null | 2017-08-20T17:56:01 | 2017-08-20 | ['United_States'] |
pomt-06459 | A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol. | mostly true | /florida/statements/2011/oct/19/matt-gaetz/rep-matt-gaetz-says-ethanol-study-shows-its-not-wo/ | Florida's ethanol mandate has been in place less than a year, and a Panhandle Republican plans to push for its repeal. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who lives in the coastal community of Fort Walton Beach, argues corn-based fuel takes more energy to make than it generates. "A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol... | null | Matt Gaetz | null | null | null | 2011-10-19T11:30:24 | 2011-09-29 | ['None'] |
pomt-01943 | For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years. | half-true | /punditfact/statements/2014/jun/24/facebook-posts/facebook-meme-iraq-war-dollars-could-have-ended-wo/ | As sectarian fighting in Iraq spreads, there’s a Facebook meme that captures the public’s frustration with the relative costs and benefits of America’s military intervention in that country. The image makes a simple claim. "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years," it says. Lee Camp, a ... | null | Facebook posts | null | null | null | 2014-06-24T12:00:02 | 2014-06-16 | ['None'] |
pomt-10388 | John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago. | true | /truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jun/17/john-mccain/mccain-spoke-up-early/ | A new TV ad from the McCain campaign portrays the Arizona senator as a leader in the fight against global warming. The ad begins with fast-paced music and horns honking. It shows black-and-white scenes of crowded freeways, smokestacks belching and a glacier collapsing. "John McCain stood up to the president and sounded... | null | John McCain | null | null | null | 2008-06-17T00:00:00 | 2008-06-17 | ['None'] |
pomt-06817 | Two elections in a row (Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus) has screwed up counting the vote | pants on fire! | /wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/11/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/democratic-party-wisconsin-chairman-mike-tate-says/ | On the brink of falling one victory short of taking back the state Senate, state Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate blamed a familiar punching bag late on election night. Tate lashed out at Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus, whose April 2011 failure to include an entire municipality’s unofficial vote count in the ... | null | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | null | null | null | 2011-08-11T09:00:00 | 2011-08-09 | ['None'] |
para-00160 | Says "connection to the (Government's) NBN is not free". | mostly true | http://pandora.nla.gov.au//pan/140601/20131209-1141/www.politifact.com.au/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/05/malcolm-turnbull/connection-nbn-not-free-turnbull/index.html | null | ['National Broadband Network', 'Technology'] | Malcolm Turnbull | Flynn Murphy, Peter Fray | null | Connection to the NBN is not free: Turnbull | Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 3:27 p.m. | null | ['None'] |
snes-06209 | The web site Genpets.com sells mass-produced, bioengineered pets. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/genpets/ | null | Critter Country | null | David Mikkelson | null | Genpets | 27 June 2006 | null | ['None'] |
pose-00122 | Launch an aggressive diplomatic effort to reach a comprehensive compact on the stability of Iraq and the region. ... include all of Iraq's neighbors -- including Iran and Syria, as suggested by the bi-partisan The Iraq Study Group Report. | compromise | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/128/launch-robust-diplomatic-effort-with-iraq-and-its-/ | null | obameter | Barack Obama | null | null | Launch robust diplomatic effort with Iraq and its neighbors | 2010-01-07T13:26:49 | null | ['Iraq', 'Iran', 'Syria', 'Iraq_Study_Group_Report'] |
pomt-02004 | We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt. | mostly false | /truth-o-meter/statements/2014/jun/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-she-and-bill-were-dead-broke/ | Hillary Clinton is walking the line between being remarkably successful and yet still in touch with the lives of ordinary people. The former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential candidate has found herself trying to limit blowback to her claim that she and husband Bill were "dead broke" when they left the... | null | Hillary Clinton | null | null | null | 2014-06-10T18:18:14 | 2014-06-09 | ['White_House'] |
snes-05312 | A candidate named Vermin Supreme is running for President in 2016 on a platform of free ponies for everyone. | mixture | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vermin-supreme/ | null | Politicians | null | Kim LaCapria | null | Vermin Supreme | 26 January 2016 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-02282 | Gov. McAuliffe's budget would "raid school, other $$ 4 Obamacare in VA." | mostly false | /virginia/statements/2014/apr/06/republican-party-virginia/virginia-gop-says-mcauliffe-budget-would-raid-scho/ | The Republican Party of Virginia says Gov. Terry McAuliffe is planning to help fund Medicaid expansion in Virginia by taking money from education and other state services. A March 26 tweet on the RPV website said, "@TerryMcAuliffe Not only did the GOP read your budget, we found the part where you were going to raid sch... | null | Republican Party of Virginia | null | null | null | 2014-04-06T00:00:00 | 2014-03-26 | ['None'] |
tron-01247 | Two British Boys who Killed a Three-year-old Are Being Released and Given New Identities | truth! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/jamiebulger/ | null | crime-police | null | null | null | Two British Boys who Killed a Three-year-old Are Being Released and Given New Identities | Mar 17, 2015 | null | ['None'] |
hoer-01291 | The FBI is Asking People to Reboot Their Routers | true messages | https://www.hoax-slayer.net/true-the-fbi-is-asking-people-to-reboot-their-routers/ | null | null | null | Brett M. Christensen | null | TRUE The FBI is Asking People to Reboot Their Routers | May 29, 2018 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-01602 | If black America were a country, it’d be the 15th wealthiest nation in the world. | false | /punditfact/statements/2014/sep/02/larry-elder/larry-elder-if-black-america-were-country-itd-be-1/ | Conservative commentator Larry Elder and liberal CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill got into a heated argument recently after while discussing the situation in Ferguson, Mo. Elder accused the media of exaggerating American racism for political ends. "As long as black people believe that race and racism are the major prob... | null | Larry Elder | null | null | null | 2014-09-02T14:03:08 | 2014-08-20 | ['United_States'] |
pose-01167 | And my plan will stop forcing teachers to teach to so many standardized tests. | promise broken | https://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1257/stop-forcing-teachers-teach-so-many-standardized-t/ | null | abbott-o-meter | Greg Abbott | null | null | Stop 'forcing teachers to teach to so many standardized tests' | 2015-01-20T14:00:00 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-15225 | A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty. | mostly true | /truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/07/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-most-gop-candidates-have-supported-amnest/ | Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has a more aggressive stance on illegal immigration than the majority of his 2016 primary competitors, Cruz said at a primetime Republican debate Aug. 6. "A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty," he said. "I have never supported amnesty, and I led the fight against Chu... | null | Ted Cruz | null | null | null | 2015-08-07T17:10:35 | 2015-08-06 | ['None'] |
para-00172 | Public sector now "20,000 bureaucrats bigger than in 2007". | mostly false | http://pandora.nla.gov.au//pan/140601/20131209-1141/www.politifact.com.au/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/may/20/tony-abbott/tony-abbott-says-we-now-have-20000-more-bureaucrat/index.html | null | ['Budget', 'Defence', 'Public Service'] | Tony Abbott | Chris Pash, Peter Fray | null | Tony Abbott says we now have 20,000 more bureaucrats than in 2007 | Monday, May 20, 2013 at 6:22 p.m. | null | ['None'] |
pomt-08835 | McCain opposed the border fence. | false | /truth-o-meter/statements/2010/aug/11/jd-hayworth/hayworth-claims-mccain-opposed-border-fence/ | As the U.S. Senate race in Arizona heats up, the TV ads are getting more and more brutal. In its latest ad, J.D. Hayworth's campaign attacks Sen. John McCain for alleged opposition to constructing a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. The ad begins with a narrator announcing that "McCain lies...again." Then, over the cour... | null | J.D. Hayworth | null | null | null | 2010-08-11T16:15:56 | 2010-08-05 | ['None'] |
pomt-00400 | Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby "all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn’t shoot guns in city parks." | mostly true | /florida/statements/2018/sep/05/andrew-gillum/fact-checking-andrew-gillums-claim-he-was-sued-nra/ | Speaking about recent mass shootings in Florida, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum called for the enforcement of "common sense gun laws" and touted his own fight against the National Rifle Association. "I was literally sued, drug through court for two years by the NRA and the gun lobby, all because in my... | null | Andrew Gillum | null | null | null | 2018-09-05T14:21:00 | 2018-08-29 | ['None'] |
vees-00460 | In a heated debate with National Youth Commission Chair Aiza Seguerra over the government’s planned distribution of condoms in schools, Sotto said: | none | http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-are-condoms-just-birth-control | Over the years, several studies and worldwide health institutions have backed the effectivity of correct and consistent condom use in preventing HIV. | null | null | null | who,Sotto,Seguerra,DOH,HIV,AIDS,Contraception,Condom | VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are condoms just for birth control? | January 25, 2017 | null | ['None'] |
snes-04480 | A 15-year-old boy stabbed his brother to death because he thought the younger boy had deleted his Pokemon, | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teen-kills-younger-brother-because-he-thought-he-deleted-his-pokemon/ | null | Junk News | null | David Mikkelson | null | Teen Kills Younger Brother Because He Thought He Deleted His Pokemon | 10 July 2016 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-15215 | Scott Walker "had a 2.3 GPA when he was asked to leave Marquette University for cheating." | false | /wisconsin/statements/2015/aug/11/facebook-posts/scott-walker-was-asked-leave-marquette-university-/ | A reader asked us the other day to check a meme attack on Gov. Scott Walker that keeps making the rounds. She saw it on Facebook. The image in the meme, which apparently began circulating in early 2012, puts a dunce cap on Walker's head. It makes a reference to what would be the failed effort, later that year, to recal... | null | Facebook posts | null | null | null | 2015-08-11T10:00:00 | 2015-08-11 | ['Marquette_University'] |
tron-00217 | Florida allows a Muslim woman to have a drivers license photo with her head covered | fiction! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/facecovered/ | null | 9-11-attack | null | null | null | Florida allows a Muslim woman to have a drivers license photo with her head covered | Mar 17, 2015 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-04077 | Says a recent study shows Florida students are second in the world in fourth grade reading, behind Singapore. | mostly true | /florida/statements/2013/jan/21/rick-scott/rick-scott-says-florida-fourth-graders-are-worlds-/ | Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to operate every facet of state government like a business. Monitor spending. Measure performance outcomes. Compare results to competitors. His vision for the state’s education system isn’t all that different. "I like measurement," Scott said during a Jan. 15, 2013, discussion with black l... | null | Rick Scott | null | null | null | 2013-01-21T13:40:31 | 2013-01-15 | ['Singapore'] |
pomt-05551 | Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey’s "new (Medicaid) enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014." | mostly false | /new-jersey/statements/2012/apr/08/amy-handlin/affordable-care-act-withholds-federal-matching-fun/ | Before being required by the national health care reform, New Jersey expanded Medicaid coverage to certain low-income parents, but according to one assemblywoman, the state is not getting any federal matching funds in return. Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth) made that claim in an April 4 opinion piece published i... | null | Amy Handlin | null | null | null | 2012-04-08T07:30:00 | 2012-04-04 | ['New_Jersey'] |
faan-00033 | “Trudeau showed up to Washington with … celebrities, his children’s nannies, and his in-laws.” | factscan score: misleading | http://factscan.ca/cpc-washington-vacation/ | Yes the trip included family, and a sizeable and high-profile entourage of government ministers too. | null | Conservative Party | null | null | null | 2016-05-17 | null | ['Pierre_Trudeau', 'Washington,_D.C.'] |
tron-03123 | Ann Coulter Suggests Denying Citizenship to Blind, Disabled Immigrants | truth! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/ann-coulter-suggests-denying-citizenship-to-blind-disabled-immigrants/ | null | politics | null | null | null | Ann Coulter Suggests Denying Citizenship to Blind, Disabled Immigrants | Jun 19, 2015 | null | ['None'] |
snes-02947 | Lady Gaga's halftime performance at the 2017 Super Bowl took the form of a Satanic ritual. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lady-gaga-super-bowl-satanic-ritual/ | null | Entertainment | null | David Emery | null | Was Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Satanic? | 13 February 2017 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-06561 | Wisconsin's new state budget includes "a 15 percent increase for road construction and yet we’ve got local towns tearing up" paved roads and replacing them with gravel. | false | /wisconsin/statements/2011/oct/02/mike-mccabe/campaign-money-critic-mike-mccabe-says-cash-strapp/ | Folks aren’t afraid to speak their mind at Fighting Bob Fest, an annual political gathering in Madison, Wis. The event is named for Robert LaFollette, a fighter of corporate power and political corruption who served as governor, congressman and U.S. senator from Wisconsin in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Among those ... | null | Mike McCabe | null | null | null | 2011-10-02T09:00:00 | 2011-09-17 | ['None'] |
bove-00183 | No, Ramdev’s Patanjali Is Not Selling Chicken Masala Spice | none | https://www.boomlive.in/no-ramdevs-patanjali-is-not-selling-chicken-masala-spice/ | null | null | null | null | null | No, Ramdev’s Patanjali Is Not Selling Chicken Masala Spice | Sep 21 2017 5:09 pm, Last Updated: Sep 22 2017 1:35 pm | null | ['None'] |
pomt-07525 | A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits." | true | /truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/06/debbie-stabenow/debbie-stabenow-says-government-shutdown-could-dis/ | With a possible government shutdown looming, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is backing legislation that would make sure the paychecks for members of Congress stop along with everything else. Although similar measures have been proposed, so far congressional paychecks are still intact. We addressed this proposal more ge... | null | Debbie Stabenow | null | null | null | 2011-04-06T17:26:56 | 2011-03-01 | ['None'] |
snes-02206 | President Obama once said that if your opponents bring a (rhetorical) knife to a fight, you should bring a gun. | true | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bringing-a-gun-to-a-knife-fight/ | null | Politics | null | Kim LaCapria | null | Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight | 19 July 2016 | null | ['Barack_Obama'] |
tron-02557 | A Gay Wedding on a Rose Parade Float | truth! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/rose-parade-same-sex-wedding/ | null | miscellaneous | null | null | null | A Gay Wedding on a Rose Parade Float | Mar 17, 2015 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-12196 | Cher "is moving to Canada because of President Trump." | false | /punditfact/statements/2017/jul/26/blog-posting/did-cher-move-canada-because-donald-trump/ | Cher’s prolific use of Twitter to criticize President Donald Trump has prompted an obscure website to claim the singer is moving to Canada because of his policies. "BREAKING: A Hollywood Star Is Moving To Canada Because Of President Trump," said a headline for a story published July 14, 2017 on conservativearmy88.com. ... | null | Bloggers | null | null | null | 2017-07-26T15:15:22 | 2017-07-14 | ['Canada', 'Cher'] |
pomt-04753 | Says "taxes were raised 115 times in the eight years before I became governor" and those increases were part of a "path that led to wealth and jobs and people leaving our state." | half-true | /new-jersey/statements/2012/aug/28/chris-christie/chris-christie-claims-keynote-address-taxes-new-je/ | In the biggest speech of his political career, Gov. Chris Christie took a moment to repeat one of the favorite lines of New Jersey Republicans: The state raised taxes 115 times in the eight years before he took office, contributing to a loss of jobs, wealth and residents, the governor said Tuesday night during his keyn... | null | Chris Christie | null | null | null | 2012-08-28T23:45:00 | 2012-08-28 | ['None'] |
snes-00677 | Hillary Clinton was killed when she was hit by an out-of-control truck. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-truck-mishap/ | null | Junk News | null | David Mikkelson | null | Was Hillary Clinton Killed in a Monster Truck Mishap? | 2 May 2018 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-14461 | In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points." | mostly true | /truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/03/john-kasich/john-kasich-correct-he-polls-best-against-among-go/ | Early in the Republican presidential debate in Detroit, the candidates mixed it up over polling data. First, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said that "of all the people on this stage, (Donald Trump) performs the worst against Hillary Clinton" in head-to-head matchups for the general election. Ohio Gov. John Kasich later add... | null | John Kasich | null | null | null | 2016-03-03T22:22:15 | 2016-03-03 | ['None'] |
goop-00956 | Sandra Bullock Trying To Prevent ‘Ocean’s 8’ Cast From Feuding? | 0 | https://www.gossipcop.com/sandra-bullock-oceans-8-cast-feud/ | null | null | null | Andrew Shuster | null | Sandra Bullock Trying To Prevent ‘Ocean’s 8’ Cast From Feuding? | 11:19 am, May 23, 2018 | null | ['None'] |
goop-02912 | Angelina Jolie Fleeing Country, | 1 | https://www.gossipcop.com/angelina-jolie-fleeing-country-moving-london/ | null | null | null | Shari Weiss | null | Angelina Jolie NOT Fleeing Country, Despite Report | 10:52 am, March 24, 2017 | null | ['None'] |
snes-04914 | Scientists have created "kaleabis," a cross of kale and marijuana. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scientists-kale-marijuana-hybrid/ | null | Junk News | null | Dan Evon | null | Scientists Create Kale and Cannabis Hybrid | 15 April 2016 | null | ['None'] |
snes-04109 | The Los Angeles Times stopped publishing work by cartoonist Dixon Diaz because he criticized Hillary Clinton. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boombox-cartoon-pulled-from-newspaper-for-criticizing-clinton-obama/ | null | Fauxtography | null | Dan Evon | null | ‘Boombox’ Cartoon Pulled from Newspaper for Criticizing Clinton, Obama? | 3 September 2016 | null | ['Los_Angeles_Times', 'Hillary_Rodham_Clinton'] |
tron-03627 | Don’t use cruise control in the rain | truth! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/cruisecontrol/ | null | warnings | null | null | null | Don’t use cruise control in the rain | Mar 17, 2015 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-06971 | Says a quote at the top of the redesigned website for the Department of Justice comes from a socialist who wanted to impose global common law. | pants on fire! | /truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/14/chain-email/chain-e-mail-claims-quote-top-redesigned-departmen/ | The latest socialist/communist plot to take over the world is insidiously (if innocuously) placed at the top of the Department of Justice's newly designed website. At least, that's what a writer for the American Spectator and a number of chain e-mails would have you believe. "What's black and white and 'red' all over? ... | null | Chain email | null | null | null | 2011-07-14T11:53:02 | 2011-06-22 | ['None'] |
hoer-00278 | Royal Caribbean International 'Vacation Package' | facebook scams | https://www.hoax-slayer.com/royal-caribbean-international-survey-scam.shtml | null | null | null | Brett M. Christensen | null | Royal Caribbean International 'Vacation Package' Like-Farming and Survey Scam | January 22, 2014 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-06355 | Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo "raised the mortality rate from 65 to 87" and "used a 1994 annuity chart" to create the pension crisis. | mostly false | /rhode-island/statements/2011/nov/06/paul-valletta/rhode-island-union-official-paul-valletta-says-big/ | Paul Valletta Jr., president of the Cranston firefighters union, caused a stir during a recent hearing on the proposed pension overhaul plan when he claimed that General Treasurer Gina Raimondo "cooked the books" to create Rhode Island’s pension crisis. Valletta, a lobbyist for the Rhode Island State Association of Fir... | null | Paul Valletta | null | null | null | 2011-11-06T06:00:00 | 2011-10-27 | ['None'] |
hoer-00130 | McDonald's Ball Pit Death | bogus warning | https://www.hoax-slayer.com/ball-pit-death.html | null | null | null | Brett M. Christensen | null | McDonald's Ball Pit Death Hoax | 17th May 2010 | null | ['None'] |
tron-02753 | Obama: Mother’s Day Should Celebrate Abortions | fiction! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/obama-mothers-day-celebrate-abortions/ | null | obama | null | null | null | Obama: Mother’s Day Should Celebrate Abortions | May 9, 2016 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-06072 | Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist." | pants on fire! | /truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jan/08/rick-perry/rick-perry-says-barack-obama-socialist/ | In our super-heated political discourse, explosive words get tossed around pretty easily these days. Hitler comparisons and terms like Nazi and socialist have become the currency of political attacks not just in the blogosphere but also by elected officials. Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched such an attack at a Republican... | null | Rick Perry | null | null | null | 2012-01-08T16:55:18 | 2012-01-08 | ['None'] |
goop-01679 | Rihanna, Hassan Jameel Moving In Together Or House Hunting In Pari | 0 | https://www.gossipcop.com/rihanna-hassan-jameel-moving-in-together-house-hunting-paris-false/ | null | null | null | Shari Weiss | null | Rihanna, Hassan Jameel NOT Moving In Together Or House Hunting In Paris | 4:14 pm, January 31, 2018 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-07420 | Mickey Mouse was registered to vote (in Florida). | false | /florida/statements/2011/apr/26/eric-eisnaugle/mickey-mouse-was-registered-vote-florida-republica/ | A bill that would make major changes to state election law passed the Florida House 79-37 on April 21, 2011, but not before Republicans and Democrats argued over the intent of the 157-page bill. Democrats say the bill is an attempt to suppress the votes of minorities, women and young people -- in part because the bill ... | null | Eric Eisnaugle | null | null | null | 2011-04-26T11:14:12 | 2011-04-21 | ['None'] |
snes-02892 | Tucker Carlson hired an actor to play a protest organizer on his Fox News program. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carlson-actor-couldnt-book-organizers/ | null | Uncategorized | null | Bethania Palma | null | Did Tucker Carlson Hire an Actor When He Couldn’t Book Protest Organizers? | 22 February 2017 | null | ['Tucker_Carlson', 'Fox_News_Channel'] |
snes-02004 | FBI agents raided Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's home and seized smashed computer hard drives. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-wasserman-schultz-home/ | null | Politics | null | Arturo Garcia | null | Did The Federal Bureau of Investigation Seize Smashed Hard Drives From Rep. Wasserman-Schultz’s Home? | 26 July 2017 | null | ['Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz', 'Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation'] |
abbc-00268 | Spending is higher as a proportion of GDP today than it was under the global financial crisis — higher today, Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese told FIVEaa radio on May 25, 2016. | in-between | http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-31/fact-check-is-government-spending-today-higher-than-gfc/7459392 | Mr Albanese's claim is incorrect. Budget figures show the Labor government spent 25.1 per cent of GDP in 2008-09 and 26 per cent in 2009-10, the two years affected by the GFC. The budget estimates the Coalition Government will spend 25.8 per cent of GDP this financial year. As spending peaked at 26 per cent during the ... | ['budget', 'federal-elections', 'alp', 'australia'] | null | null | ['budget', 'federal-elections', 'alp', 'australia'] | Fact check: Is government spending today higher than it was in the GFC? | Tue 31 May 2016, 1:32am | null | ['None'] |
goop-02002 | Adam Levine “Taking A Year Off” From “The Voice”? | 2 | https://www.gossipcop.com/adam-levine-year-off-the-voice/ | null | null | null | Shari Weiss | null | Adam Levine “Taking A Year Off” From “The Voice”? | 4:33 pm, December 19, 2017 | null | ['None'] |
vees-00497 | VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No shoot-to-kill order from Duterte? | none | http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-no-shoot-kill-order-duterte | null | null | null | null | Duterte,Killings,United Nations | VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No shoot-to-kill order from Duterte? | September 17, 2016 | null | ['None'] |
snes-02040 | Former President Obama said the U.S. owes him a "debt of gratitude" for his leadership. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-country-owes-gratitude/ | null | Junk News | null | David Emery | null | Did Barack Obama Say ‘The Country Owes Me a Debt of Gratitude’? | 19 July 2017 | null | ['United_States', 'Barack_Obama'] |
thal-00072 | Claim: There were fewer people on hospital trolleys in January than last year. | half true | http://www.thejournal.ie/factcheck-hospital-trolleys-3225082-Feb2017/ | null | null | null | null | null | FactCheck: Are there really fewer people on hospital trolleys this year? | Feb 8th 2017, 8:00 PM | null | ['None'] |
tron-01647 | H.J.Res. 15 Introduced to Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment | truth! | https://www.truthorfiction.com/serrano-bill-22nd-amendment/ | null | government | null | null | null | H.J.Res. 15 Introduced to Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment | Mar 17, 2015 | null | ['United_States_Congress'] |
hoer-00864 | Viral Image Depicts Woman Holding Gun to A Baby's Head | unsubstantiated messages | https://www.hoax-slayer.com/gun-to-baby-head-image.shtml | null | null | null | Brett M. Christensen | null | Viral Image Depicts Woman Holding Gun to A Baby's Head | August 23, 2013 | null | ['None'] |
pomt-15120 | Says Scott Walker said "Labor unions don’t deserve to have a national holiday" due to their damage to the economy. And the holiday "should be replaced by Patriots Day, celebrated every year on 9/11." | pants on fire! | /wisconsin/statements/2015/sep/10/facebook-posts/facebook-post-says-scott-walker-wants-end-labor-da/ | We’re marking two special days this week -- Labor Day and Patriot Day, the official name given to the day of mourning that marks the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The two days -- and Republican presidential contender Scott Walker -- converged in a meme going around Facebook that one of our readers saw and asked us ... | null | Facebook posts | null | null | null | 2015-09-10T11:41:54 | 2015-09-05 | ['None'] |
hoer-01169 | Coca Cola 24 Pack Giveaway | facebook scams | https://www.hoax-slayer.net/coca-cola-24-pack-giveaway-facebook-scam/ | null | null | null | Brett M. Christensen | null | Coca Cola 24 Pack Giveaway Facebook Scam | February 2, 2016 | null | ['None'] |
goop-00860 | Katie Holmes Wrote Tell-All Book About Jamie Foxx And Tom Cruise? | 0 | https://www.gossipcop.com/katie-holmes-jamie-foxx-tom-cruise-tell-all-book-untrue/ | null | null | null | Shari Weiss | null | Katie Holmes Wrote Tell-All Book About Jamie Foxx And Tom Cruise? | 2:44 pm, June 7, 2018 | null | ['Tom_Cruise'] |
snes-04060 | A Disney cartoon shows Mickey Mouse using an unusual method to make Swiss cheese. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swiss-miss/ | null | Disney | null | David Mikkelson | null | Mickey Mouse Makes Swiss Cheese | 6 May 2015 | null | ['Switzerland', 'The_Walt_Disney_Company', 'Mickey_Mouse'] |
afck-00278 | “[In 2014-2015] coverage for the rotavirus vaccine exceeded the 95% target and the pneumococcal vaccine reached 91.5%.” | misleading | https://africacheck.org/reports/crisis-what-crisis-africa-check-tests-free-state-health-claims/ | null | null | null | null | null | Crisis? What crisis? Africa Check tests Free State health claims | 2015-06-12 05:45 | null | ['None'] |
snes-01232 | Three New Jersey state senators were arrested in connection with a child prostitution ring. | false | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/senators-busted-prostitution-ring/ | null | Junk News | null | David Mikkelson | null | Were Three Democratic Senators Busted for Running an Underage Prostitution Ring? | 10 January 2018 | null | ['New_Jersey'] |
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