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pomt-06330
Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople.
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/nov/10/john-boehner/boehner-equates-taxing-millionaires-hurting-small-/
Will increasing taxes on millionaires squelch job creation? That’s the assertion behind Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s remarks on ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour, criticizing President Barack Obama’s jobs bill. The bill, which so far has been stymied in Congress, calls for a 5.6 percent surtax on inco...
null
John Boehner
null
null
null
2011-11-10T12:19:34
2011-11-06
['None']
hoer-00927
He/She Arises Between the Comments Facebook Hack Warning
bogus warning
https://www.hoax-slayer.net/useless-heshe-arises-between-the-comments-facebook-hack-warning/
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Useless He/She Arises Between the Comments Facebook Hack Warning
May 6, 2016
null
['None']
pose-00926
Gimenez "pledged to maintain services and not lay off police officers" or close fire stations.
promise kept
https://www.politifact.com/florida/promises/carlos-o-meter/promise/958/no-lay-offs-police-or-firefighters/
null
carlos-o-meter
Carlos Gimenez
null
null
No layoffs for police; no closed fire stations
2011-12-08T11:21:37
null
['None']
pomt-01966
$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers.
mostly false
/florida/statements/2014/jun/19/nan-rich/vouchers-take-3-billion-out-public-schools-nan-ric/
While Gov. Rick Scott has portrayed himself as a champion of public education spending, he has overseen an expansion of a voucher program that hurts public schools, says former state Sen. Nan Rich, D-Weston. And she also hurls some blame at Scott’s predecessors, including her Democratic rival Charlie Crist. "The educat...
null
Nan Rich
null
null
null
2014-06-19T14:17:52
2014-05-10
['None']
snes-03350
McDonald's has a burger filled with Nutella.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fact-check-mcdonalds-creates-nutella-burger/
null
Food
null
Bethania Palma
null
McDonald’s Creates Nutella Burger
13 December 2016
null
['None']
tron-03458
Al Gore calls Christians a “blight to the environment”
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/goremotherearth/
null
religious
null
null
null
Al Gore calls Christians a “blight to the environment”
Mar 16, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-11975
The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages.
mostly true
/illinois/statements/2017/oct/02/michael-bloomberg/cook-county-soda-tax-should-make-dent-consumption/
Is Cook County’s new sweetened drink tax about public health or about money? Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the architect of the tax, has said she rejects the premise of that question. "In my view, this isn’t a vote to repeal or keep a revenue source we already approved," Preckwinkle told the City Club o...
null
Michael Bloomberg
null
null
null
2017-10-02T09:29:02
2017-09-18
['None']
pomt-02528
Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world.
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/feb/09/keith-ellison/keith-ellison-says-americans-work-way-more-others/
A recent Congressional Budget Office report is the latest spark in the Affordable Care Act debate. Conservatives on ABC’s This Week roundtable criticized President Barack Obama’s signature health care law for its predicted effect on the economy. As we’ve previously noted, the nonpartisan report shows that health care r...
null
Keith Ellison
null
null
null
2014-02-09T15:25:58
2014-02-09
['United_States']
pomt-07277
To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch.
true
/ohio/statements/2011/may/24/amy-hanauer/policy-matters-ohios-amy-hanauer-says-four-every-1/
Whether overhauling Ohio’s collective bargaining law or proposing dramatic budget cuts, Republican Gov. John Kasich’s agenda has drawn thousands of protesters to the Statehouse this year. Amy Hanauer of the liberal think tank Policy Matters Ohio delivered a speech at the Statehouse on May 5 – the day the GOP-controlled...
null
Amy Hanauer
null
null
null
2011-05-24T06:00:00
2011-05-05
['Ohio']
pomt-12893
Some countries are contributing (peacekeeping) troops because they're making money off of them.
mostly true
/global-news/statements/2017/jan/24/nikki-haley/un-peacekeeping-money-maker/
U.S. senators asked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley about U.N. peacekeeping missions during her confirmation hearing to be America’s ambassador to the United Nations. They were especially concerned about the war-torn nation of South Sudan, but Haley tackled peacekeeping more broadly. Haley said there were red flags. "I...
null
Nikki Haley
null
null
null
2017-01-24T15:20:12
2017-01-18
['None']
snes-05724
'Secret lists' reveal price tag coding at Target and Costco stores.
mixture
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/big-store-price-codes/
null
Business
null
David Mikkelson
null
Big Store Price Codes
8 January 2014
null
['Costco', 'Target_Corporation']
vees-00387
Filipino connection suspected in string of celebrity death hoaxes
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/filipino-connection-suspected-string-celebrity-death-hoaxes
null
null
null
null
fake news,death hoax
Filipino connection suspected in string of celebrity death hoaxes
August 29, 2017
null
['None']
goop-02067
Paris Jackson’s Family Worried About Her Solo Backpacking Trip,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/paris-jackson-family-worried-solo-backpacking-trip-france/
null
null
null
Holly Nicol
null
Paris Jackson’s Family NOT Worried About Her Solo Backpacking Trip, Despite Report
4:47 am, December 8, 2017
null
['None']
tron-03622
The Petroleum Equipment Institute report on gasoline fires started by sparks
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/sparks/
null
warnings
null
null
null
The Petroleum Equipment Institute report on gasoline fires started by sparks
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
goop-00876
Scott Disick “Devastated” Over Sofia Richie Split,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/scott-disick-sofia-richie-split-reaction-false/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Scott Disick NOT “Devastated” Over Sofia Richie Split, Despite Claim
4:20 pm, June 5, 2018
null
['None']
peck-00057
Do 70% of malaria deaths involve children under five?
true
https://pesacheck.org/do-70-of-malaria-deaths-involve-children-under-five-7a2a0d92fe76
null
null
null
Soila Kenya
null
Do 70% of malaria deaths involve children under five?
Apr 30
null
['None']
pomt-09582
PWNED: House GOP Dominates Twitter, YouTube, Social Media in Congress.
true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/25/john-boehner/boehner-claims-house-republicans-dominate-twitter-/
Quick quiz of your online fluency: Do you know what PWNED means? We'll admit we had to Google it. In Internet geek, it's trash talk that means you "owned" your opponent. Here it is in a recent press release from House Republican Leader John Boehner: "PWNED: House GOP Dominates Twitter, YouTube, Social Media in Congress...
null
John Boehner
null
null
null
2010-01-25T18:50:42
2010-01-22
['Social_media', 'YouTube']
snes-05260
A vintage photograph shows a common workplace item from the 1960s: A whisky vending machine.
mixture
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whisky-vending-machine/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
Whisky Vending Machine
5 February 2016
null
['None']
vees-00509
STATEMENT: In his inaugural address on June 30, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed an “erosion” of trust in government is the real problem confronting the Philippines.
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/so-erosion-faith-and-trust-government
FACT: Contrary to what he claimed in his inaugural address, Duterte starts his term at a time that people have trust in their government, according to surveys. In fact, he is taking off on the heels of one of the most trusted administrations after Martial Law as far as satisfaction ratings are concerned.
null
null
null
fact-check,is that so,trust ratings
Is that so? Erosion of faith and trust in government
July 16, 2016
null
['None']
pomt-13541
Says Hillary Clinton "is the one that labeled African-American youth as ‘superpredators.’"
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/28/reince-priebus/did-hillary-clinton-call-african-american-youth-su/
In response to Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton a "bigot" this week, GOP chairman Reince Priebus reminded people that Hillary Clinton once referred to African-American youth as "superpredators." Priebus took a swing at Hillary Clinton’s past, telling NBC’s Meet the Press host Chuck Todd that her actions say a lot a...
null
Reince Priebus
null
null
null
2016-08-28T16:46:55
2016-08-28
['None']
pomt-10115
The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots.
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/oct/16/barack-obama/centerpiece-more-like-a-side-dish/
Sen. Barack Obama mocked his rival's education policy during the final presidential debate, saying Sen. John McCain planned to help a couple thousand students in Washington, D.C., and more or less ignore the rest of the country. His attack came late in the debate, as the candidates sparred over how to improve schools. ...
null
Barack Obama
null
null
null
2008-10-16T00:00:00
2008-10-15
['Washington,_D.C.', 'John_McCain']
goop-02827
Angelina Jolie “Terrified” Brad Pitt Will Begin “Dating Again,”
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/angelina-jolie-terrified-brad-pitt-dating-fake-news/
null
null
null
Michael Lewittes
null
Angelina Jolie NOT “Terrified” Brad Pitt Will Begin “Dating Again,” Despite Fake News Story
2:17 pm, April 30, 2017
null
['Angelina_Jolie', 'Brad_Pitt']
pomt-11540
There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time.
mostly true
/punditfact/statements/2018/feb/13/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-claims-more-immigrants-now-united-/
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson shared on Twitter a key detail of the immigration debate: how many immigrants are in the United States. "There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time. Is the country more united? Stronger? Just the opposite & everyone knows it. Maybe that's bc our elites welcome immigr...
null
Tucker Carlson
null
null
null
2018-02-13T09:12:00
2018-02-08
['None']
pomt-04065
Says Chris Christie’s plan "to kick-start our economy" is to propose an "income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...he's still proposing it."
pants on fire!
/new-jersey/statements/2013/jan/24/barbara-buono/barbara-buono-claims-chris-christie-still-proposin/
Looking to unseat Gov. Chris Christie this year, Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono has tried to portray the Republican governor as being steadfastly committed to an income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy. But for the second time in less than five months, the truth has stood in Buono’s way. Buono,...
null
Barbara Buono
null
null
null
2013-01-24T07:30:00
2013-01-13
['None']
pomt-14291
Evidence shows Zika virus turns fetus brains to liquid.
pants on fire!
/global-news/statements/2016/apr/04/blog-posting/website-stirs-zika-fears-false-claim-about-liquefi/
A claim moving on the Web paints a horrific image of how the Zika virus can damage a fetus. "Evidence Shows Zika Virus Turns Fetus Brains to Liquid" blared the headline on the website Weekly Observer, which is based in England. At least two other websites ran similar stories April 3 and 4, 2016. The claim is completely...
null
Bloggers
null
null
null
2016-04-04T16:06:46
2016-04-04
['None']
pomt-10574
(John McCain) was even mentioned as a running mate with John Kerry.
true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/feb/04/citizens-united-political-victory-fund/thats-the-ticket/
Republicans have often questioned Sen. John McCain's conservative stripes, and the idea that he was a potential running mate for Democrat John Kerry in 2004 stokes their suspicions even more. The advocacy group Citizens United Political Victory Fund is currently on the attack, launching an ad that at first appears to b...
null
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
null
null
null
2008-02-04T00:00:00
2008-02-01
['John_McCain', 'John_Kerry']
chct-00028
FACT CHECK: Did Beto O’Rourke Raise More In A Single Quarter Than Jeb Bush’s Entire Presidential Campaign?
verdict: true
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/10/15/fact-check-beto-orourke-jeb-bush-campaign/
null
null
null
Emily Larsen | Fact Check Reporter
null
null
10:42 PM 10/15/2018
null
['None']
pomt-14777
Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion.
mostly false
/florida/statements/2015/dec/07/marco-rubio/rubio-says-he-prevented-25-billion-obamacare-bailo/
Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio is taking credit for potentially sounding the death knell for Obamacare, claiming legislation he introduced eventually prevented Washington from giving billions of tax dollars to insurance companies. "Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion," Rubio sai...
null
Marco Rubio
null
null
null
2015-12-07T10:39:39
2015-12-01
['None']
snes-04229
U.S. Gymnastics coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi were illegal immigrants.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/karolyi-illegal-immigrants/
null
Sports
null
Kim LaCapria
null
U.S. Gymnastics Coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi Were Illegal Immigrants?
17 August 2016
null
['United_States', 'Márta_Károlyi']
pomt-05864
Says that as Wisconsin governor he "never raised taxes."
false
/wisconsin/statements/2012/feb/10/tommy-thompson/gop-senate-candidate-tommy-thompson-says-tax-cutti/
When it comes to reciting the tax cutting he did as Wisconsin’s governor, Tommy Thompson can riff as well as any politician. The Republican U.S. Senate candidate launched into his litany with reporters after giving a speech at the Milwaukee Press Club on Jan. 23, 2012. John Mercure, host of the afternoon news show on W...
null
Tommy Thompson
null
null
null
2012-02-10T09:00:00
2012-01-23
['Wisconsin']
pomt-08178
[Georgia] Republicans have mismanaged unemployment benefits.
false
/georgia/statements/2010/nov/30/democratic-party-georgia-georgia/state-republicans-blame-unemployment-benefit-gap/
When Channel 2 Action News recently reported that the state of Georgia has borrowed several hundred million dollars to pay unemployment benefits, state Democratic Party leaders knew who to blame. "[Georgia] Republicans have mismanaged unemployment benefits and now might have to cut them or hike taxes on small businesse...
null
Democratic Party of Georgia
null
null
null
2010-11-30T06:00:00
2010-11-18
['Republican_Party_(United_States)']
pomt-00150
Canada Pays Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization
pants on fire!
/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/oct/24/blog-posting/did-canada-pay-its-debt-day-after-legalizing-marij/
Canada legalized marijuana on Oct. 17, 2018. It didn’t take long for jokes to waft onto social media. One of the most popular of these was an Oct. 18 article headlined, "Canada Pays Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization." See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com This story was flagged as part of Facebook’s...
null
Bloggers
null
null
null
2018-10-24T16:48:35
2018-10-18
['None']
snes-00568
Is CNN Permanently Closing Their Doors After a Ratings Plunge of 30 Percent?
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-ratings-plunge/
null
Junk News
null
David Emery
null
Is CNN Permanently Closing Their Doors After a Ratings Plunge of 30 Percent?
21 May 2018
null
['None']
tron-02255
Treating Burns With Flour Has Miraculous Results
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/flour-burns/
null
medical
null
null
null
Treating Burns With Flour Has Miraculous Results
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-07389
Currently, there is no one from South Austin on the (Austin City) Council!
true
/texas/statements/2011/may/03/max-nofziger/max-nofziger-says-austin-city-council-bereft-south/
When Max Nofziger, a South Austin resident seeking to rejoin the Austin City Council, was asked whether the city should stop electing council members by citywide vote, he answered that he’d prefer a mix of members chosen at-large and from single-member districts. Pitching his case, Nofziger is quoted in the just-publis...
null
Max Nofziger
null
null
null
2011-05-03T06:00:00
2011-05-01
['None']
pomt-05207
Says "Tommy Thompson's tax plan amounts to an average tax cut of almost $87,000 for the top 1 percent."
mostly true
/wisconsin/statements/2012/jun/10/tammy-baldwin/tammy-baldwin-says-tommy-thompsons-tax-plan-would-/
If you haven’t heard U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, say she is fighting for the middle class in her bid for the U.S. Senate, you haven’t been listening. But you can be forgiven. The gubernatorial recall all but filled Wisconsin’s political bandwidth until the election was held June 5, 2012. Now, more attention w...
null
Tammy Baldwin
null
null
null
2012-06-10T09:00:00
2012-05-30
['Tommy_Thompson']
tron-02016
Anne Frank Was a Refugee Denied by the U.S.
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/anne-frank-was-a-refugee/
null
immigration
null
null
null
Anne Frank Was a Refugee Denied by the U.S.
Nov 25, 2015
null
['United_States']
goop-02937
Angelina Jolie Sad After “First Trip Without” Brad Pitt,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/angelina-jolie-sad-brad-pitt-trip/
null
null
null
Michael Lewittes
null
Angelina Jolie NOT Sad After “First Trip Without” Brad Pitt, Despite Report
7:58 pm, March 14, 2017
null
['Brad_Pitt']
snes-04671
President Obama has demanded all Americans "celebrate gay sex" for the month of June 2016.
mostly false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-forces-americans-to-celebrate-gay-sex/
null
Politics
null
Kim LaCapria
null
Obama Forces Americans to ‘Celebrate’ Gay Sex
2 June 2016
null
['Barack_Obama', 'United_States']
tron-03338
Muslim Students Question Swiss Handshake Custom
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/muslim-students-question-swiss-handshake-custom/
null
religious
null
null
null
Muslim Students Question Swiss Handshake Custom
Jul 13, 2016
null
['None']
pomt-14077
Puerto Rico’s $70 billion debt is unsustainable and it is unpayable. And the reason why it is unsustainable has everything to do with the greed of Wall Street vulture funds.
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/19/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-links-puerto-ricos-debt-crisis-wall/
Bernie Sanders condemned Wall Street for creating and now profiting off Puerto Rico’s debt crisis during a campaign stop on the island. Puerto Rico is currently $72 billion in debt and, in the words of its governor, in "a death spiral." Unlike other states and cities, it cannot legally declare bankruptcy. So Sanders ca...
null
Bernie Sanders
null
null
null
2016-05-19T10:00:00
2016-05-16
['None']
pomt-03835
There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients.
false
/rhode-island/statements/2013/mar/17/service-employees-international-union-committee-po/seiu-district-1199-says-theres-no-clinical-evidenc/
The Rhode Island Department of Health and a union representing health-care workers in hospitals and nursing homes recently set aside their court dispute over state regulations requiring that the workers get flu immunizations. The Department of Health required health-care workers to get immunized or, if they refused, to...
null
SEIU
null
null
null
2013-03-17T00:01:00
2013-03-05
['None']
pomt-12257
The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.
false
/pennsylvania/statements/2017/jul/11/bob-casey/trumpcare-fight-casey-overstates-gops-potential-me/
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says the Senate GOP’s healthcare plan could devastate already cash-strapped public schools that receive Medicaid reimbursements for programs benefiting poor children and students with disabilities. Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat who has been outspoken on social media against the Senate GOP plan, twe...
null
Bob Casey
null
null
null
2017-07-11T09:10:02
2017-07-05
['Republican_Party_(United_States)']
pomt-07412
After the U.S.-led military alliance ejected Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait in 1991, the Kuwaitis "never paid us."
pants on fire!
/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/27/donald-trump/donal-trump-says-kuwait-never-paid-us-back-ousting/
During an April 27, 2011, news conference in Portsmouth, N.H., Donald Trump -- the businessman and potential Republican presidential candidate -- was asked what he would do differently from President Barack Obama. "What I would do differently is come down really hard on OPEC," Trump said, referring to the cartel of oil...
null
Donald Trump
null
null
null
2011-04-27T18:16:19
2011-04-27
['Kuwait', 'Saddam_Hussein']
pomt-10386
Obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon.
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jun/18/republican-national-committee-republican/friends-perhaps-but-out-of-touch/
Less than an hour after Antoin "Tony" Rezko's June 4, 2008, conviction on federal charges of fraud and money laundering, the Republican National Committee fired off a news release titled "Rezko: Obama's Longtime Friend and Money Man." The first line reads: "Obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon."...
null
Republican National Committee
null
null
null
2008-06-18T00:00:00
2008-06-04
['Barack_Obama']
pomt-09145
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/11/george-will/george-will-says-final-pitch-don-larsen-1956-was-f/
At PolitiFact, we try to fact-check statements about serious topics like war and peace, the economy and health care policy. But we also think it's important to take the occasional detour. George Will, the syndicated columnist who's a regular roundtable member on ABC's This Week, gave us such an opportunity. To close ou...
null
George Will
null
null
null
2010-06-11T20:07:48
2010-06-06
['Don_Larsen', 'World_Series']
snes-02370
Hip-hop and pop star Nelly was arrested on drug charges while on tour.
outdated
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nelly-arrested/
null
Entertainment
null
Dan Evon
null
Was Nelly Arrested on Drug Charges in April 2017?
23 May 2017
null
['None']
thet-00030
Claim wealth inequality in Scotland has increased
true
https://theferret.scot/wealth-inequality-scotland-oxfam/
null
Fact check
null
null
null
Claim wealth inequality in Scotland has increased is True
January 29, 2018
null
['None']
pomt-01362
This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003.
mostly false
/punditfact/statements/2014/oct/19/tavis-smiley/tavis-smiley-says-ebola-outbreak-not-bad-sars-outb/
In an attempt to tamp down panic, some have compared the current Ebola outbreak to past epidemics -- particularly the SARS outbreak of 2003. On ABC’s This Week Oct. 19, talk show host Tavis Smiley said that those who think President Barack Obama’s response to Ebola is too soft are blowing the situation out of proportio...
null
Tavis Smiley
null
null
null
2014-10-19T17:58:17
2014-10-19
['None']
goop-02277
Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie “At War Again,”
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/jennifer-aniston-war-angelina-jolie-ron-meyer/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie NOT “At War Again,” Despite Reports
2:00 pm, October 30, 2017
null
['Jennifer_Aniston', 'Angelina_Jolie']
tron-01465
Doug Jones Received 5,327 Votes in Town with 1,867 Registered Voters
unproven!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/doug-jones-received-5256-votes-in-town-with-1867-registered-voters/
null
government
null
null
['senate', 'states', 'voter fraud']
Doug Jones Received 5,327 Votes in Town with 1,867 Registered Voters
Dec 15, 2017
null
['None']
pomt-06884
When I served as City Commissioner, we made great strides …we successfully fought for, and won, adding women and people of color to the Fire Bureau.
true
/oregon/statements/2011/jul/29/charlie-hales/when-charlie-hales-was-portland-city-council-it-di/
PolitiFact Oregon is leery of statements from politicians touting their accomplishments as they run for office. So we were on our guard when we came across this boast in Charlie Hales’ letter to Portland on his website: "I’m good at solving problems and getting things done. When I served as City Commissioner, we … succ...
null
Charlie Hales
null
null
null
2011-07-29T06:00:00
2011-05-31
['None']
bove-00097
Fact Vs Fiction: Cadbury Chocolates Contaminated With HIV?
none
https://www.boomlive.in/fact-vs-fiction-cadbury-chocolates-contaminated-hiv/
null
null
null
null
null
Fact Vs Fiction: Cadbury Chocolates Contaminated With HIV?
Mar 10 2018 1:09 pm
null
['None']
pose-00149
End the abuse of the supplemental budgets, where much of the money has been lost, by creating system of oversight for war funds as stringent as in the regular budget.
promise kept
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/161/end-the-abuse-of-supplemental-budgets-for-war/
null
obameter
Barack Obama
null
null
End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
2010-01-07T13:26:50
null
['None']
pomt-10239
Obama voted "to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield."
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/sep/02/joe-lieberman/if-obama-voted-against-funding-the-troops-so-did-l/
Joe Lieberman, the independent senator from Connecticut, alleged in his speech at the Republican National Convention that Sen. Barack Obama had voted to cut off funding for men and women in uniform. Lieberman issued the attack almost as an aside as he praised Sen. John McCain's approach to the war in Iraq. "When others...
null
Joe Lieberman
null
null
null
2008-09-02T00:00:00
2008-09-02
['United_States', 'Barack_Obama']
pomt-15018
90% of Americans want national background checks that close loopholes.
true
/texas/statements/2015/oct/05/jeremy-bird/jeremy-bird-says-90-percent-americans-want-mandato/
An adviser to a group focused on turning Texas Democratic-blue suggested after the fatal shootings in Oregon that there’s a huge consensus nationally in favor of mandating a background check before any gun purchase. Jeremy Bird, a Chicago-based senior adviser to Battleground Texas, said in an Oct. 2, 2015, tweet: "90% ...
null
Jeremy Bird
null
null
null
2015-10-05T17:38:31
2015-10-02
['United_States']
para-00059
Labor website is "a snapshot of the cuts we know Tony Abbott plans to make should he be elected".
mostly false
http://pandora.nla.gov.au//pan/140601/20131209-1141/www.politifact.com.au/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/aug/23/penny-wong/cuts-costs-and-con-jobs-another-day-election-2013/index.html
null
['Campaign ads', 'Cost of living', 'Economy', 'Education', 'Employment', 'Health', 'Industrial relations']
Penny Wong
Peter Martin, Peter Fray
null
Cuts, costs and con-jobs: another day in election 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013 at 12:54 p.m.
null
['Tony_Abbott']
goop-02729
Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest Fighting For ‘American Idol’ Return,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/simon-cowell-ryan-seacrest-american-idol-return-fight/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest NOT Fighting For ‘American Idol’ Return, Despite Report
4:48 pm, June 20, 2017
null
['None']
afck-00110
“… we have seen students who have obtained the national senior certificate increasing from 45% to 56%”
unproven
https://africacheck.org/reports/sas-secret-ballot-debate-6-anc-achievements-scrutinised/
null
null
null
null
null
SA’s secret-ballot debate: 6 ANC achievements scrutinised
2017-08-17 08:52
null
['None']
pomt-09898
Across the country, $174 billion of the Recovery Act have been committed in its first 130 days.
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul/15/joe-biden/vice-president-biden-correct-174-billion-stimulus-/
To counter Republican criticism that the stimulus money is not being spent fast enough, Vice President Joe Biden has been traveling the country to boast about the recovery plan's success stories. In conjunction with a July 9, 2009, trip to Ohio, Biden's office put out a news release with this talking point: "Across the...
null
Joe Biden
null
null
null
2009-07-15T17:05:02
2009-07-09
['None']
snes-02910
The federal holiday observed in the United States on the third Monday of February is officially designated as "Presidents' Day."
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/presidents-day/
null
Holidays
null
David Mikkelson
null
What Is Presidents Day?
17 February 2003
null
['United_States']
pomt-00490
Says Leah Vukmir said: "I’m not endorsing Donald Trump."
false
/wisconsin/statements/2018/aug/08/kevin-nicholson/kevin-nicholsons-attack-leah-vukmir-over-support-d/
On one level, the Republican primary campaign for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin has been a contest over which candidate can appear more pro-President Donald Trump. On that score, Kevin Nicholson hit his primary revival, Leah Vukmir, in an online video that was posted Aug. 1, 2018. The winner of their Aug. 14, 2018 prima...
null
Kevin Nicholson
null
null
null
2018-08-08T13:07:19
2018-08-01
['None']
pomt-15002
In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower.
half-true
/florida/statements/2015/oct/09/matt-gaetz/violent-crime-lower-states-open-carry/
Florida is one of only a handful of states left in the country that doesn’t allow any open carry of firearms, and some state legislators want to change that. State Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, is sponsoring a bill that would allow those with a conceal carry license to openly carry their firearms. On Oct. 6, 20...
null
Matt Gaetz
null
null
null
2015-10-09T15:00:00
2015-10-06
['None']
snes-00183
President Donald Trump bore the cost of his then-adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman's April 2017 wedding.
unproven
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-omarosa-wedding/
null
Politics
null
Dan MacGuill
null
Did President Trump Pay for Omarosa Manigault Newman’s Wedding?
23 August 2018
null
['Omarosa_Manigault', 'Donald_Trump']
pomt-09804
A new bill "was written into the new health care reform initiative ensuring that Congress will be 100 percent exempt."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/sep/11/chain-email/64000-question-e-mail-says-congress-exempt-health-/
A chain e-mail claims that Congress has exempted itself from health care reform. The e-mail appears to have been created shortly after President Barack Obama appeared in a forum on health care with Charlie Gibson of ABC News, an event that took place on June 24, 2009. It has the subject line, "The $64,000 Question." (F...
null
Chain email
null
null
null
2009-09-11T15:20:31
2009-08-24
['United_States_Congress']
para-00152
Eighty-seven per cent of "illegal" boat people destroy their papers before coming to Australia.
false
http://pandora.nla.gov.au//pan/140601/20131209-1141/www.politifact.com.au/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/11/pauline-hanson/do-87-cent-boat-people-destroy-their-papers/index.html
null
['Asylum Seekers']
Pauline Hanson
Flynn Murphy, Peter Fray
null
Do 87 per cent of boat people destroy their papers?
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 3:31 p.m.
null
['Australia']
goop-01990
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Marriage Pushed “To The Limit” In 2017,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-marriage-pushed-limit-2017/
null
null
null
Michael Lewittes
null
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Marriage NOT Pushed “To The Limit” In 2017, Despite Report
2:00 am, December 21, 2017
null
['Kim_Kardashian']
pomt-03905
Of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total cost came from public sources.
mostly true
/georgia/statements/2013/mar/01/duriya-farooqui/atlanta-official-seeks-touchdown-stadium-claim/
To build or to renovate? That is the question Atlanta leaders are grappling with as the Atlanta Falcons have discussed plans with city and state officials to build a $1 billion retractable-roof stadium downtown and demolish the 20-year-old Georgia Dome. The key to any deal is the City Council’s approval of a commitment...
null
Duriya Farooqui
null
null
null
2013-03-01T06:00:00
2013-02-13
['None']
snes-01418
Did Mexico Seize 800 Pounds of U.S. Government Cocaine?
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mexico-seizes-us-cocaine/
null
Junk News
null
David Mikkelson
null
Did Mexico Seize 800 Pounds of U.S. Government Cocaine?
20 November 2017
null
['None']
pomt-15208
Says Marco Rubio’s "proposed college affordability overhaul would specifically benefit for-profit colleges."
mostly false
/florida/statements/2015/aug/12/american-bridge-21st-century/pac-accuses-rubio-favoring-profit-colleges-educati/
A liberal political action committee is attacking Sen. Marco Rubio’s proposed overhaul of the nation’s colleges and universities, saying his plan unfairly benefits for-profit schools. After Rubio went on Fox & Friends on Aug. 10, 2015, to lambaste Hillary Clinton’s call to make post-secondary education more affordable,...
null
American Bridge 21st Century
null
null
null
2015-08-12T16:19:23
2015-08-10
['None']
goop-02020
Teresa Giudice Having “Secret Hookups” With Defense Attorney,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/teresa-giudice-hookups-defense-attorney/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Teresa Giudice NOT Having “Secret Hookups” With Defense Attorney, Despite Report
2:35 pm, December 16, 2017
null
['None']
pomt-12921
The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid.
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/15/rand-paul/medicaid-expansion-drove-health-insurance-coverage/
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and the key issue facing Republicans is how do they get rid of the sweeping health care law without creating chaos for an estimated 20 million people who gained insurance under the program. That includes many people who gained health care through...
null
Rand Paul
null
null
null
2017-01-15T18:01:55
2017-01-15
['Barack_Obama', 'Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act']
pomt-02996
Since Mr. Foster's been mayor, we have less small businesses in the city of St. Petersburg.
false
/florida/statements/2013/oct/17/rick-kriseman/st-petersburg-mayoral-candidate-rick-kriseman-says/
With less than three weeks until the St. Petersburg mayoral election, the Oct. 15 Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 forum, like the 20-some-odd debates before it, centered on the city’s progress since Mayor Bill Foster took office. Foster asked if the city is better off now than it was four years ago. Challenger Rick Kriseman...
null
Rick Kriseman
null
null
null
2013-10-17T16:59:46
2013-10-15
['None']
pomt-12877
Says Rex "Tillerson won't divest from Exxon."
pants on fire!
/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/27/charles-schumer/chuck-schumer-wrongly-tweets-tillerson-wont-divest/
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he won’t vote to confirm Rex Tillerson as secretary of state — in part because Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, won’t divest from his former employer. "Tillerson won't divest from #Exxon, won't recuse himself, doesn't display values of American foreign policy--...
null
Charles Schumer
null
null
null
2017-01-27T16:11:11
2017-01-27
['None']
pomt-02550
Wisconsin is "not a high tax and fee state." When you look at "all the money state and local governments bring in" from residents, "we're more in the middle."
half-true
/wisconsin/statements/2014/feb/05/mary-burke/mary-burke-says-wisconsin-not-high-tax-and-fee-sta/
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Mary Burke has walked a tightrope on the issue of taxes early in her bid to knock off Gov. Scott Walker in November 2014. The Madison Democrat has supported what she calls fiscally responsible and targeted tax relief while criticizing Republican Walker’s plan to send at least half of a ...
null
Mary Burke
null
null
null
2014-02-05T05:00:00
2014-01-19
['None']
snes-00680
A Kentucky business owner found out he had been paying the electric bills of an Ohio River bridge, in addition to his own, for five months.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pay-bridge-electrical-bill/
null
Business
null
Alex Kasprak
null
Did a Man Discover He Was Paying a Bridge’s Electric Bill?
1 May 2018
null
['Ohio_River', 'Kentucky']
snes-01511
Did Trump-Supporting Sandra Bullock Urge Hillary Clinton to Leave the United States?
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sandra-bullock-trump-clinton/
null
Junk News
null
Dan MacGuill
null
Did Trump-Supporting Sandra Bullock Urge Hillary Clinton to Leave the United States?
27 October 2017
null
['None']
pomt-02358
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
mostly true
/texas/statements/2014/mar/20/wendy-davis/wendy-davis-drawing-outdated-survey-slightly-overs/
Texas women are paid less than men, Wendy Davis stresses. In a March 10, 2014, tweet, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee pointed out that her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott, passed up a chance to say whether he would have vetoed a Davis-sponsored measure related to ensuring equal pay for Texas wome...
null
Wendy Davis
null
null
null
2014-03-20T09:38:15
2014-03-10
['Texas']
afck-00383
“While the broad unemployment rate in South Africa is a staggering 34%, the Western Cape has a broad unemployment rate of 22%.”
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-03735
Votes intended for Hillary Clinton are being allocated to Donald Trump on touchscreen voting machines.
unproven
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/machine-voting-pens-switching-votes/
null
Uncategorized
null
Kim LaCapria
null
Machine Voting Pens Switching Votes from Clinton to Trump?
22 October 2016
null
['Donald_Trump', 'Hillary_Rodham_Clinton']
pomt-14229
Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party."
mostly true
/wisconsin/statements/2016/apr/15/john-kasich/7-times-delegate-leader-wasnt-one-who-got-gop-nomi/
Seeking an endorsement to boost his presidential campaign, Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich met with the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a week before Wisconsin’s primary. (He won the endorsement, but won no delegates in the April 5, 2016 primary.) A few minutes into the March 29, 2016 interview, Kasi...
null
John Kasich
null
null
null
2016-04-15T05:00:00
2016-03-29
['Republican_Party_(United_States)']
tron-03290
Pray for 3-year-old Lauren Renee Pingel in Amarillo, Texas
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/laurenpingel/
null
prayers
null
null
null
Pray for 3-year-old Lauren Renee Pingel in Amarillo, Texas
Mar 17, 2015
null
['Amarillo,_Texas', 'Texas']
tron-02388
Why No Salute By Obama At Medal Of Honor Ceremony?
commentary!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/obama-medal-of-honor/
null
military
null
null
null
Why No Salute By Obama At Medal Of Honor Ceremony?
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-13720
Donald Trump "called the military that I served in a disaster."
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/27/john-hutson/rear-adm-john-hutson-says-donald-trump-called-mili/
On the third night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, retired Rear Adm. John Hutson joined a series of speakers who sought to attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on his foreign-policy bona fides. At one point in his speech, Hutson said Trump "called the military that I served in a di...
null
John Hutson
null
null
null
2016-07-27T21:25:16
2016-07-27
['None']
pomt-08755
The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings.
pants on fire!
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/aug/27/glenn-beck/glenn-back-claims-government-is-trying-to-close-Li/
While hyping his upcoming "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial, Glenn Beck ominously warned during his June 28, 2010, radio program this may be the last chance to attend a large rally at the historic Lincoln Memorial. "The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gathering...
null
Glenn Beck
null
null
null
2010-08-27T17:46:53
2010-06-28
['None']
pomt-06995
Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall left the school district "significantly better than she found it."
pants on fire!
/georgia/statements/2011/jul/11/shirley-franklin/ex-mayor-franklin-says-former-aps-school-chief-imp/
As Beverly Hall’s beleaguered term as Atlanta Public Schools superintendent came to a close, former Mayor Shirley Franklin waxed elegiac. Franklin’s June 23 post on Blogging While Blue cast Hall’s tenure as one of collaboration and accomplishment. Hall reached out to the entire community, she said, and APS experienced ...
null
Shirley Franklin
null
null
null
2011-07-11T06:00:00
2011-06-23
['None']
tron-00780
Letterman’s Top Ten List Takes Aim at Democrats
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/letterman-10-democrat/
null
celebrities
null
null
null
Letterman’s Top Ten List Takes Aim at Democrats
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
faan-00037
“Our allies have … been clear that Canada should leave our CF-18s in the fight” against Islamic State
factscan score: misleading
http://factscan.ca/rona-ambrose-our-allies-have-been-clear/
The Kurdish government has been critical of Canada’s decision to withdraw its fighter jets. But other major allies in the fight have been agreeable (if vague) about the change, and at least one ally, the United States, has approved.
null
Rona Ambrose
null
null
null
2016-02-25
uary 27, 2016
['Canada']
goop-00070
Ben Affleck Getting Flirty With Co-Star Janina Gavankar?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/ben-affleck-janina-gavankar-flirty-torrance-movie-set/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Ben Affleck Getting Flirty With Co-Star Janina Gavankar?
12:59 pm, October 29, 2018
null
['None']
pomt-00271
Says Republicans "just passed" the Veterans Choice program after 44 years of trying. "They've been trying to pass that one for many, many decades."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/oct/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-gop-finally-passed-veterans-choice-af/
President Donald Trump has been barnstorming for Republicans in the midterms. On Oct. 1 he landed in Johnson City, Tenn., to help U.S. Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn, covering familiar ground about the improving economy. He touted securing $716 billion for the military, and he gave Republicans credit for giving vete...
null
Donald Trump
null
null
null
2018-10-02T15:02:31
2018-10-01
['None']
pomt-08999
On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund."
full flop
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jul/13/sharron-angle/sharron-angle-flip-flops-bp-oil-spill-slush-fund/
Sharron Angle, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Nevada, was a guest on a radio show recently when a caller expressed surprise that the government could pressure oil company BP to create a "slush fund" to pay claims. Angle agreed. "No, government shouldn"t be doing that to a private company, and I think you nam...
null
Sharron Angle
null
null
null
2010-07-13T17:31:36
2010-07-07
['None']
pomt-05924
Students today "take more years to get through" college.
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jan/30/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-students-today-take-more-years-/
Newt Gingrich says too many college students are slackers. During a campaign event in Stuart, Fla., on Jan. 28, 2012, Newt Gingrich said college students are taking too long to graduate. "Students take fewer classes per semester. They take more years to get through. Why? Because they have free money," Gingrich said. "I...
null
Newt Gingrich
null
null
null
2012-01-30T16:49:30
2012-01-28
['None']
pomt-01532
Much more than 50 percent of parents out there are spankers.
mostly true
/punditfact/statements/2014/sep/17/donald-trump/trump-more-half-parents-spank-their-kids/
The furor over Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and his admission that he struck his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch has put parenting and corporal punishment in the spotlight. Peterson has said he grew up treated the same way by his parents. The Vikings pulled Peterson from the team’s active roster w...
null
Donald Trump
null
null
null
2014-09-17T16:34:18
2014-09-17
['None']
para-00067
The truth about the Pacific Solution is that 70%, thereabouts, of those people sent by Mr Howard to Nauru and elsewhere as part of the Pacific Solution, used it as a wait station and within a couple of years were in Australia anyway.
false
http://pandora.nla.gov.au//pan/140601/20131209-1141/www.politifact.com.au/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/aug/13/kevin-rudd/how-many-asylum-seekers-ended-austr/index.html
null
['Asylum Seekers']
Kevin Rudd
Ellie Harvey, Peter Fray
null
How many asylum seekers ended up in Australia via the Pacific Solution?
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 6:37 p.m.
null
['Australia', 'Nauru', 'John_Howard', 'Pacific_Solution']
tron-00640
Daughter of Marilyn Monroe, JFK Comes Forward
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/daughter-of-marilyn-monroe-jfk-comes-forward/
null
celebrities
null
null
null
Daughter of Marilyn Monroe, JFK Comes Forward
Feb 24, 2016
null
['Marilyn_Monroe']
snes-00050
A photograph shows a mining lift crammed full of “Irish slaves in America.”
miscaptioned
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/irish-slaves-us-photo/
null
Fauxtography
null
Alex Kasprak
null
Does This Photograph Show Irish Slaves in the United States?
22 September 2018
null
['United_States', 'Republic_of_Ireland']
thet-00017
Since Police Scotland was established 5 years ago with specialist homicide unit, there have been total of 301 murders in Scotland & every single one of them has been solved
half true
https://theferret.scot/murders-2013-solved-police-scotland/
null
Crime and justice Fact check
Paul Wheelhouse MSP
null
null
Claim that all murders in Scotland since 2013 have been solved is Half True
April 13, 2018
null
['Scotland']
bove-00040
CNBCTV18 Tweets Incorrect Assam Demographic Data, Deletes Later
none
https://www.boomlive.in/cnbctv18-tweets-incorrect-assam-demographic-data-deletes-later/
null
null
null
null
null
CNBCTV18 Tweets Incorrect Assam Demographic Data, Deletes Later
Jul 31 2018 8:47 pm
null
['None']
pomt-06089
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker eliminated "cancer screenings for uninsured women" and offered "no alternatives."
pants on fire!
/wisconsin/statements/2012/jan/06/gwen-moore/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-ended-planned-parenthoo/
Twice on Dec. 27, 2011, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., accused Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker of eliminating a cancer-screening program for low-income women. "Scott Walker cuts cancer screenings for uninsured women, offers no alternatives," read Moore’s first statement on Twitter, the online messaging site that ...
null
Gwen Moore
null
null
null
2012-01-06T09:00:00
2011-12-27
['Scott_Walker_(politician)']
bove-00184
This Is A Cartoon, Not The Fly-Past For Marshal Of The IAF Arjan Singh
none
https://www.boomlive.in/this-is-a-cartoon-not-the-fly-past-for-marshal-of-the-iaf-arjan-singh/
null
null
null
null
null
This Is A Cartoon, Not The Fly-Past For Marshal Of The IAF Arjan Singh
Sep 20 2017 2:32 pm, Last Updated: Sep 20 2017 9:32 pm
null
['None']