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goop-02426
Scarlett Johansson Laughs At Colin Jost’s “Dirty” Talk?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/scarlett-johansson-laughs-colin-jost-dirty-talk-sex/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Scarlett Johansson Laughs At Colin Jost’s “Dirty” Talk?
4:38 pm, September 23, 2017
null
['None']
tron-02760
President Obama Signs Executive Order to Appoint Rashad Hussain to Supreme Court
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/president-obama-signs-executive-order-to-appoint-rashad-hussain-to-supreme-court/
null
obama
null
null
null
President Obama Signs Executive Order to Appoint Rashad Hussain to Supreme Court
Feb 23, 2016
null
['Rashad_Hussain', 'Barack_Obama']
pomt-11357
We’ve started building the wall.
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/apr/04/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-claims-border-wall-under-cons/
President Donald Trump claimed his administration has kicked off one of his landmark campaign promises: the construction of a border wall with Mexico. "We have to have strong borders. We need the wall. We’ve started building the wall, as you know, we have a $1.6 billion toward building the wall and fixing existing wall...
null
Donald Trump
null
null
null
2018-04-04T11:27:23
2018-04-03
['None']
pomt-08145
We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse.
false
/ohio/statements/2010/dec/06/dennis-kucinich/rep-dennis-kucinich-assails-tax-deductions-fast-fo/
Childhood obesity in the United States has more than tripled the last 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and the American Heart Association. It has reached epidemic levels and increased risks for heart disease, diabetes, stroke, cancer and osteoarthritis. The inactivity associated with watching tele...
null
Dennis Kucinich
null
null
null
2010-12-06T06:00:00
2010-11-10
['None']
faan-00008
“While the unemployment rate might be decreasing, the kinds of new jobs created in Canada are part-time.”
factscan score: misleading
http://factscan.ca/ndp-part-time-jobs/
The latest job figures show that full-time work is growing more than part-time work in recent months in 2018 and in 2017, compared to the month or year before. There is longer-term and older data that show part-time work has driven total employment growth, but it’s misleading to make a claim about “new jobs” and ignore...
null
NDP
null
null
null
2018-04-27
null
['Canada']
snes-05091
A 1964 campaign ad for President Lyndon B. Johnson featured a purported Republican voter expressing concerns which eerily echoed threads of debate in the GOP in 2016.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/confessions-of-a-republican/
null
Ballot Box
null
Kim LaCapria
null
‘Confessions of a Republican’
9 March 2016
null
['Republican_Party_(United_States)', 'Lyndon_B._Johnson']
pomt-10146
John McCain's health care plan "leaves you on your own to pay McCain’s health insurance tax."
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/oct/03/barack-obama/health-care-ad-is-right----until-the-end/
A new ad from Barack Obama attacks John McCain's health care plan. "John McCain talks about a $5,000 tax credit for health care," an announcer says. "But here’s what he’s not telling you. McCain would make you pay income tax on your health insurance benefits. Taxing health benefits for the first time ever. And that tax...
null
Barack Obama
null
null
null
2008-10-03T00:00:00
2008-10-03
['None']
pomt-05504
This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . .
mostly false
/tennessee/statements/2012/apr/15/lamar-alexander/lamar-alexander-says-child-farm-labor-rules-could-/
Update (April 27, 2012): On Thursday, the Department of Labor withdrew the proposed changes to the child labor rule in response to opposition from lawmakers and farmers. It actually came out just hours after our partners at PolitiFact Florida had posted a ruling on a similar claim by Florida Congressman Tom Rooney. A D...
null
Lamar Alexander
null
null
null
2012-04-15T06:00:00
2012-03-22
['None']
pomt-11449
Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words."
false
/wisconsin/statements/2018/mar/12/leah-vukmir/Vukmir-misfires-on-Baldwin-trade-barb/
Global trade is a hot button issue that got even hotter when President Donald Trump announced on March 1, 2018 that he would impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. In a tweet, Trump framed it this way: "Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad po...
null
Leah Vukmir
null
null
null
2018-03-12T14:50:19
2018-01-25
['Tammy_Baldwin']
pomt-12434
Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal.
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/may/16/chris-murphy/donald-trump-chris-murphy-russian-law-firm-year/
President Donald Trump made public a letter from his tax attorneys on May 12 saying Trump’s tax returns from the past decade contain no undisclosed income from Russian sources. That same day, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., found what was a too-good-to-pass-up irony about the firm Trump used to write the letter. "Law firm ...
null
Chris Murphy
null
null
null
2017-05-16T14:59:14
2017-05-12
['Russia', 'President_of_the_United_States']
pomt-03991
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, was elected in a "very low turnout" race.
half-true
/wisconsin/statements/2013/feb/10/chris-matthews/chris-matthews-says-sen-ron-johnson-was-elected-ve/
For anyone still keeping score on pundit reaction to the clash between then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin over the attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya: Don’t count Chris Matthews in the Johnson camp. To say the least. The host of the MSNBC-TV talk show "Hardball" lambasted the ...
null
Chris Matthews
null
null
null
2013-02-10T09:00:00
2013-01-23
['United_States']
vogo-00333
Update: Police Now Tweet
none
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/blackout/update-police-now-tweet/
null
null
null
null
null
Update: Police Now Tweet
September 14, 2011
null
['None']
snes-00342
A video shows a German newscaster laughing at President Trump's statements at a NATO summit.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/german-news-trump-nato/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
Is This How German News Covered President Trump at the NATO Summit?
16 July 2018
null
['Germany', 'NATO']
snes-04401
Security improvements to the White House fence in 2015 included the introduction of Islamic symbolism to the design.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-fence-islamic-symbols/
null
Politics
null
David Emery
null
Islamic Symbols Added to White House Fence
21 July 2016
null
['Islam', 'White_House']
hoer-00014
Isis Door Knocking Warning Message
bogus warning
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/isis-marking-christian-homes-false-rumour.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Isis Door Knocking Warning Message is a Hoax
September 29, 2014
null
['None']
pomt-09535
Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."
true
/texas/statements/2010/feb/09/farouk-shami/farouk-shami-says-houston-no-3-toxicity-nation/
Houston businessman Farouk Shami, running for governor, turned to his leading Democratic foe on Monday night and leveled a foul charge. In a televised debate, Shami told Bill White, the former Houston mayor: "Our city is the third-most toxic city in the United States of America." White didn’t take issue with Shami’s de...
null
Farouk Shami
null
null
null
2010-02-09T17:45:11
2010-02-08
['United_States', 'Houston']
hoer-00691
Crop Art - Rice Fields of Japan
true messages
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/japanese-rice-crop-art.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Crop Art - Rice Fields of Japan
27th April 2011
null
['None']
pomt-02796
Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States due to "Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency."
pants on fire!
/florida/statements/2013/dec/03/allen-west/allen-west-blames-obamas-epa-closing-smelter-evide/
Former Congressman Allen West has taken aim at a surprising gun control villain: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "It seems that back door gun control is in full effect in the United States. Why? Thanks to Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), we can no longer smelt lead from ore in the United States....
null
Allen West
null
null
null
2013-12-03T16:44:42
2013-12-02
['United_States', 'Barack_Obama']
pomt-04230
Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget.
half-true
/rhode-island/statements/2012/nov/25/patricia-morgan/ri-state-rep-patricia-morgan-says-spending-welfare/
The classic conflict that underlies many political debates these days is how to balance what we wish government would do for us with how much we can afford to pay for those government services. One of those who worries our good intentions may be getting too big for our wallets is state Rep. Patricia L. Morgan, R-West W...
null
Patricia Morgan
null
null
null
2012-11-25T00:01:00
2012-11-06
['None']
goop-00197
Jennifer Aniston Jealous Of Brad Pitt’s Co-Star Margaret Qualley?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/jennifer-aniston-brad-pitt-margaret-qualley/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Jennifer Aniston Jealous Of Brad Pitt’s Co-Star Margaret Qualley?
1:21 pm, October 1, 2018
null
['Brad_Pitt', 'Jennifer_Aniston']
faan-00112
“Income splitting … will cost the federal government a whopping two billion dollars a year.”
factscan score: true
http://factscan.ca/justin-trudeau-income-splitting-will-cost-the-federal-government-a-whopping-two-billion-dollars-a-year/
True. Initial estimates peg the cost of income splitting between $2.5 and $2.9 billion, however more recent research estimates a cost of roughly $2 billion per year.
null
Justin Trudeau
null
null
null
2015-02-16
mber 10, 2014
['None']
goop-01608
Liam Payne, Cheryl Split?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/liam-payne-cheryl-split-breakup-not-true/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Liam Payne, Cheryl Split?
11:00 pm, February 9, 2018
null
['None']
huca-00019
"The issue around budgets, of course, is it's the House of Commons that votes on budgetary measures, and the Senate is, of course, welcome to look at it and make recommendations. But the legitimacy happens from the House of Commons on this."
some baloney
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/06/29/trudeaus-claim-about-senates-right-to-amend-budget-bills-conta_a_23008018/?utm_hp_ref=ca-baloney-meter
null
null
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Joan Bryden
null
Trudeau's Claim About Senate's Right To Amend Budget Bills Contains 'Some Baloney'
06/29/2017 10:08 EDT
welcome to look at it and make recommendations. But the legitimacy happens from the House of Commons on this."
['None']
hoer-00452
Clint Eastwood is Moving To Amarillo, Texas
statirical reports
http://www.hoax-slayer.net/clint-eastwood-is-not-moving-to-amarillo-texas/
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Clint Eastwood is NOT Moving To Amarillo, Texas
March 23, 2016
null
['Amarillo,_Texas', 'Clint_Eastwood', 'Texas']
farg-00418
CNN To Permanently Close Its Doors As Ratings Plunge 30 Percent
false
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/cnn-not-shutting-down/
null
fake-news
FactCheck.org
Angelo Fichera
['CNN', 'cable news']
CNN Not Shutting Down
May 25, 2018
2018-05-25 19:21:19 UTC
['None']
pomt-14793
It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion.
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/01/jeb-bush/bush-says-law-requires-religious-screening/
The probability that terrorists would try to take advantage of the refugee wave landing in Europe has led many Republicans and some Democrats to call for tighter policies here at home. Republican candidate Jeb Bush has rejected one of the more hard-line proposals that would ban all Syrian Muslim refugees from entering ...
null
Jeb Bush
null
null
null
2015-12-01T17:54:04
2015-11-29
['None']
vees-00226
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kuwait DID get on its knees to ask forgiveness from Duterte after diplomatic row
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-kuwait-did-not-get-its-knees-ask-forgi
null
null
null
null
fake news,kuwait
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kuwait DID NOT get on its knees to ask forgiveness from Duterte after diplomatic row
May 03, 2018
null
['Kuwait']
snes-01460
The Southern Baptist Convention has offered to pay for the funeral costs of any victim of the Sutherland Springs, Texas mass shooting.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/southern-baptist-convention-funeral-costs-sutherland-springs/
null
Religion
null
Alex Kasprak
null
Is The Southern Baptist Convention Covering Funeral Costs for Sutherland Springs Victims?
8 November 2017
null
['Texas']
bove-00146
CLAIM: Saudi Arabia Beheads First Female Robot Citizen
rating: false
https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news-saudi-arabia-did-not-behead-its-first-female-robot-citizen/
FACT: Duffel Blog, the website that published the story, is a satirical or parody website in the U.S. It is also known as the military version of ‘The Onion’.
null
null
null
null
FAKE NEWS: Saudi Arabia Did Not Behead Its First Female Robot Citizen
Nov 11 2017 9:12 am, Last Updated: Nov 17 2017 6:28 pm
null
['None']
pomt-02062
From 2000 to 2008, we averaged "about five mass shootings a year. We're now averaging 15. So that's a three-fold increase."
mostly false
/punditfact/statements/2014/may/28/pierre-thomas/abcs-thomas-mass-shootings-have-tripled-2000/
The brutal murders May 23, 2014, near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, dominated the national news and provoked a lot of talk about what could have been done to save the lives of six young college-aged victims. The public quickly learned the basics. The killer had a history of mental illness. ...
null
Pierre Thomas
null
null
null
2014-05-28T14:24:19
2014-05-25
['None']
goop-02227
Miranda Lambert, Anderson East CMA Awards Red Carpet Appearance “Shocking,”
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/miranda-lambert-cma-awards-anderson-east-red-carpet-cmas-2017/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Miranda Lambert, Anderson East CMA Awards Red Carpet Appearance NOT “Shocking,” Despite Claim
12:46 pm, November 9, 2017
null
['Miranda_Lambert']
goop-00950
Is Khloe Kardashian Banned From Cleveland Cavaliers Games?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/khloe-kardashian-banned-cleveland-cavaliers-games-false/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Is Khloe Kardashian Banned From Cleveland Cavaliers Games?
5:30 pm, May 23, 2018
null
['None']
snes-00374
Immigrant children separated from their parents and held in detention centers around the country are required in some cases to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.
mixture
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/detained-children-pledge-of-allegiance/
null
Politics
null
David Emery
null
Are Detained Immigrant Children Required to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance?
5 July 2018
null
['None']
chct-00324
FACT CHECK: Do 92% Of Americans Support DACA?
verdict: false
http://checkyourfact.com/2017/09/15/fact-check-do-92-of-americans-support-daca/
null
null
null
David Sivak | Fact Check Editor
null
null
4:04 PM 09/15/2017
null
['None']
pomt-03136
Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas.
false
/texas/statements/2013/sep/13/eddie-bernice-johnson/voter-fraud-occurs-texas-though-convictions-and-gu/
Texas’ attorney general, Greg Abbott, has his facts wrong on the voting process, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson said in an opinion column published Aug. 8, 2013, in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. For example, "Abbott advocates the use of voter ID laws, allegedly to stop voter fraud," the Dallas Democrat wrote. "Studies...
null
Eddie Bernice Johnson
null
null
null
2013-09-13T18:06:39
2013-08-08
['Texas']
pomt-05942
Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.
true
/ohio/statements/2012/jan/27/john-kasich/john-kasich-says-ohio-has-77-job-training-programs/
Gov. John Kasich says job training programs will be his seminal issue of 2012. But as Ohio continues to push for new jobs and retaining the ones it has, a problem has emerged. Employers say Ohio has too few skilled workers, which in turn makes companies leery about moving their business here from outside the state. The...
null
John Kasich
null
null
null
2012-01-27T06:00:00
2012-01-10
['None']
pomt-06523
Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need.
mostly false
/ohio/statements/2011/oct/10/we-are-ohio/we-are-ohio-claims-sb-5-would/
We Are Ohio, the main group trying to repeal Ohio Senate Bill 5, recently rolled out a TV commercial warning voters that upholding the law would compromise the health care nurses can provide. The message is similar to a claim in a previous ad that SB 5 would make it illegal to negotiate for enough firefighters to do th...
null
We Are Ohio
null
null
null
2011-10-10T06:00:00
2011-09-27
['None']
abbc-00434
The claim: Tony Burke says he will ensure unaccompanied asylum seekers under the age of 18 have appropriate accommodation, services, and schooling in PNG
in-between
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-14/tony-burke-unaccompanied-children-png/4842978
The claim: Tony Burke says he will ensure unaccompanied asylum seekers under the age of 18 have appropriate accommodation, services, and schooling in PNG
['immigration', 'tony-burke', 'alp', 'federal-government', 'australia', 'papua-new-guinea']
null
null
['immigration', 'tony-burke', 'alp', 'federal-government', 'australia', 'papua-new-guinea']
Tony Burke not telling the full story on unaccompanied asylum seeker children
Wed 21 Aug 2013, 8:24am
null
['None']
bove-00212
SC Bars Instant Talaq Not Triple Talaq: All You Need To Know About Muslim Divorces
none
https://www.boomlive.in/sc-bars-instant-talaq-not-triple-talaq-all-you-need-to-know-about-muslim-divorces/
null
null
null
null
null
SC Bars Instant Talaq Not Triple Talaq: All You Need To Know About Muslim Divorces
Aug 22 2017 5:22 pm, Last Updated: Aug 22 2017 6:47 pm
null
['None']
pomt-06679
Sherrod Brown "has stood side by side" with President Barack Obama, presiding "over the most rapid increase in the debt over the last 2.5 years" and hurtling toward " the worst jobs record in the modern era."
half-true
/ohio/statements/2011/sep/08/national-republican-senatorial-committee/nrsc-blasts-brown-standing-obama-his-jobs-record-a/
If the state of the nation is determined in any way by the president, those who stand with the president are destined to share credit or blame. Fair or not, that’s how political messages are being framed for the 2012 elections. We’ve see few better examples than what follows from the National Republican Senatorial Comm...
null
National Republican Senatorial Committee
null
null
null
2011-09-08T06:00:00
2011-08-23
['None']
pomt-03331
Dozens of artists, including Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Rihanna, are canceling Florida shows like Stevie Wonder in protest of "stand your ground."
false
/florida/statements/2013/jul/23/instagram-posts/are-jay-z-justin-timberlake-and-rihanna-joining-st/
Did you hear? Dozens of the world’s hottest musical acts are joining music legend Stevie Wonder in protest of Florida’s "stand your ground" law after the George Zimmerman trial, according to social networks and the blogosphere. Memes zooming through social media name two dozen artists that have canceled their tour date...
null
Instagram posts
null
null
null
2013-07-23T17:44:58
2013-07-21
['Justin_Timberlake', 'Stevie_Wonder', 'Rihanna', 'Jay-Z']
goop-02740
Meghan Markle Asked About Marrying Prince Harry At ‘Suits’ Event,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/meghan-markle-marrying-prince-harry-suits-event-fake-news/
null
null
null
Michael Lewittes
null
Meghan Markle NOT Asked About Marrying Prince Harry At ‘Suits’ Event, Despite Fake News Stories
12:55 pm, June 14, 2017
null
['None']
pomt-05463
If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax.
true
/new-jersey/statements/2012/apr/23/john-wisniewski/john-wisniewski-claims-some-new-jersey-commuters-p/
Hudson River tolls are not a drop in the bucket. Crossing the waterway sets motorists paying cash back $12. For some New Jerseyans, commuting to work in New York costs more than they pay in New Jersey income taxes, according to Assemblyman John Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County. "There's one statistic that s...
null
John Wisniewski
null
null
null
2012-04-23T07:30:00
2012-04-13
['New_Jersey', 'New_York_City']
pomt-13535
Her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement.
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/29/reince-priebus/reince-priebus-says-clinton-campaign-and-supporter/
People may have heard from Donald Trump about the long-running myth that President Barack Obama was born outside of the United States, but Republicans say the rumor actually started from those on the left. According to GOP chairman Reince Priebus, Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign and supporters were responsible for star...
null
Reince Priebus
null
null
null
2016-08-29T16:17:22
2016-08-29
['None']
goop-00839
Was Scott Disick Told “Stay Away” From Kids By Kourtney Kardashian?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/scott-disick-kourtney-kardashian-kids-stay-away-false/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Was Scott Disick Told “Stay Away” From Kids By Kourtney Kardashian?
3:56 pm, June 11, 2018
null
['None']
goop-01247
Kylie Jenner Says Kris Managing Kanye West, Travis Scott,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/kris-jenner-kanye-west-travis-scott-manager-kylie-not-true/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Kylie Jenner Says Kris NOT Managing Kanye West, Travis Scott, Despite Report
2:32 pm, April 4, 2018
null
['None']
snes-02496
Restaurant workers at Smithfield's Chicken & Barbeque Jones Sausage in Raleigh sang "fuck the police" at visiting officers.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/restaurant-employees-police-song/
null
Politics
null
Kim LaCapria
null
Did Raleigh Restaurant Employees Sing an Offensive Song at a Group of Police Officers?
4 May 2017
null
['None']
hoer-00077
Warning - 'Talking Angela' Threat to Children
bogus warning
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/talking-angela-warning.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Bogus Warning - 'Talking Angela' Threat to Children
February 25, 2013
null
['None']
pomt-00569
U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims.
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/10/blog-posting/social-media-posts-say-us-embassy-moved-july-4-cel/
There’s a new outrage at the Obama administration in the social media universe, this time for actions that seem to place Muslim sensibilities above good old-fashioned American patriotism. "U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims," reads one typical headline on the webs...
null
Bloggers
null
null
null
2015-06-10T15:59:07
2015-06-06
['United_States']
pomt-12695
Babysitter on crystal meth eats 3-month-old baby.
pants on fire!
/punditfact/statements/2017/mar/13/blog-posting/story-missouri-girl-accused-trying-eat-toddler-she/
An odious fake news story claiming that a 16-year-old Missouri girl smoked crystal meth and attempted to eat the toddler she was babysitting is yet another example of a half-baked Internet post that has tricked readers into thinking it’s real. This one is disturbing enough that we want to start by reiterating that it i...
null
Bloggers
null
null
null
2017-03-13T14:01:22
2017-02-28
['None']
pomt-14247
The polling shows over and over again that, unlike Donald Trump, that with me as the nominee, we beat Hillary Clinton.
mostly false
/california/statements/2016/apr/12/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-repeats-mostly-false-claim-about-polls-sh/
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz brought his fiery calls for limited government and lower taxes to California on Monday, during stump speeches in Irvine and San Diego. The Texas senator also brought a claim, one PolitiFact recently rated Mostly False, about what the polls show in a general election matchup betw...
null
Ted Cruz
null
null
null
2016-04-12T15:03:46
2016-04-11
['Donald_Trump', 'Hillary_Rodham_Clinton']
vees-00483
And when he won, Duterte promised he would undergo a “metamorphosis” after taking oath.
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-has-duterte-kept-his-vow-stop-cursing
null
null
null
null
Duterte,cussing
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Has Duterte kept his vow to stop cursing?
November 05, 2016
null
['None']
pomt-12361
Says "Scott Baio .. dies in small plane crash."
pants on fire!
/punditfact/statements/2017/jun/07/daily-usa-update/actor-scott-baio-healthy-after-fake-news-report-hi/
Hold your tears for Scott Baio, the young actor of Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi fame. While you might have read that he died in a plane crash, he didn’t. The fake news site Daily USA Update described his death in an article datelined June 1. The next day, Baio posted this photo on Twitter, flexing his bicep in su...
null
Daily USA Update
null
null
null
2017-06-07T11:30:04
2017-06-01
['None']
thal-00040
FactFind: How does Ireland's jobseeker's benefit compare to the rest of the EU?
none
http://www.thejournal.ie/unemployment-benefits-across-europe-3625519-Oct2017/
null
null
null
null
null
FactFind: How does Ireland's jobseeker's benefit compare to the rest of the EU?
Oct 4th 2017, 10:00 PM
null
['None']
goop-02901
Zayn Malik “Worried” Harry Styles Will “Steal Thunder” With Solo Music,
1
https://www.gossipcop.com/zayn-malik-worried-harry-styles-solo-music-feud-jealous/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Zayn Malik NOT “Worried” Harry Styles Will “Steal Thunder” With Solo Music, Despite Claim
3:44 pm, March 28, 2017
null
['None']
pomt-05990
Says 282 Texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of "unprecedented fiscal challenges."
half-true
/texas/statements/2012/jan/21/silvestre-reyes/silvestre-reyes-says-says-282-texas-school-distric/
In a Jan. 9, 2012, press release, U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, urged Republican Gov. Rick Perry to convene a special legislative session so lawmakers can provide more money to "under-served schools." Citing the Legislature's 2011 decision to give school districts $4 billion less through August 2013 than they w...
null
Silvestre Reyes
null
null
null
2012-01-21T06:00:00
2012-01-09
['Texas']
snes-03154
Stacks of file folders presented as evidence that President-elect Donald Trump was turning his business holdings over to his children were empty and/or contained blank sheets of paper.
unproven
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-busted-using-empty-folders/
null
Politics
null
David Emery
null
Trump Used Blank Sheets of Paper as Conflict-of-Interest Documents?
12 January 2017
null
['None']
pose-01018
I’ve said that I want to consolidate a whole bunch of government agencies. We should have one secretary of business, instead of nine different departments that are dealing with things like getting loans to SBA [the Small Business Administration] or helping companies with exports. There should be a one-stop shop. Now, t...
promise broken
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/1098/create-secretary-business-and-consolidate-nine-gov/
null
obameter
Barack Obama
null
null
Create a secretary of business and consolidate nine goverment agencies on business into one
2013-01-20T06:00:00
null
['United_States_Congress', 'Small_Business_Administration']
goop-00032
Katie Holmes, Nicole Kidman Planning To Work Together?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/nicole-kidman-katie-holmes-working-together-tom-cruise/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Katie Holmes, Nicole Kidman Planning To Work Together?
12:32 pm, November 6, 2018
null
['Katie_Holmes', 'Nicole_Kidman']
pomt-12406
Voter turnout in 2016 was reduced by approx. 200,000 votes because of WI’s photo ID laws.
mostly false
/wisconsin/statements/2017/may/24/tammy-baldwin/photo-id-law-caused-200000-drop-wisconsin-voter-tu/
As they have for years, claims of voter suppression continue to be made by Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. When President Donald Trump signed an order to create a commission to study voter fraud, Moore attacked its vice chairman as having "led numerous voter suppressi...
null
Tammy Baldwin
null
null
null
2017-05-24T05:00:00
2017-05-17
['None']
pomt-10116
If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/oct/15/john-mccain/small-businesses-are-exempt/
John McCain talked a lot about "Joe the Plumber" during the third presidential debate, saying Joe is an example of a small business owner who would not do well under Barack Obama's policies. "Now, my old buddy, Joe, Joe the plumber, is out there," McCain said. "Now, Joe, Senator Obama's plan, if you're a small business...
null
John McCain
null
null
null
2008-10-15T00:00:00
2008-10-15
['Barack_Obama']
pomt-12711
Under the Affordable Care Act, "some people were gaming the system" by paying "for nine months of insurance, get 12 -- the other three for free."
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/mar/08/greg-walden/are-americans-gaming-system-get-cheaper-obamacare-/
Some Republicans who want to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act have recently argued that the current law encourages beneficiaries to game the system to get 12 months of coverage for the price of nine. The idea is that the law bars insurers from cutting off beneficiaries from their coverage during the first thr...
null
Greg Walden
null
null
null
2017-03-08T16:14:59
2017-03-07
['None']
abbc-00317
The claim: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims the Federal Government has cut $1 billion from childcare.
in-between
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-02/childcare-funding-cuts/6253304
The claim: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims the Federal Government has cut $1 billion from childcare.
['government-and-politics', 'child-care', 'alp', 'bill-shorten', 'australia']
null
null
['government-and-politics', 'child-care', 'alp', 'bill-shorten', 'australia']
Fact check: Did the Abbott Government cut $1 billion from child care?
Thu 3 Mar 2016, 6:01am
null
['Bill_Shorten']
snes-03001
Steve Bannon once described himself a "Leninist" who wanted to destroy the state.
unproven
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bannon-leninist-destroy-state/
null
Politics
null
Dan Evon
null
Did Steve Bannon Describe Himself as a ‘Leninist’ Who Wants to Destroy the State?
3 February 2017
null
['None']
tron-03440
Steven Curis Chapman’s daughter accidentally killed in family driveway
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/chapman/
null
religious
null
null
null
Steven Curis Chapman’s daughter accidentally killed in family driveway
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
snes-02686
Are 'Sandfalls' in Saudi Arabia Real?
mostly true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/saudi-arabia-sandfalls/
null
Uncategorized
null
Dan Evon
null
Are ‘Sandfalls’ in Saudi Arabia Real?
4 April 2017
null
['None']
pomt-09630
I haven't missed a vote since 1993.
true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/06/chuck-grassley/grassley-claims-he-hasnt-missed-vote-1993/
Senators love to boast about their voting records, and Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, is no exception. During a weekly conference call with Iowa reporters, Grassley was asked about his re-election prospects this year. "I'm going to have tough competition," he said of his three opponents. "Even though there's...
null
Chuck Grassley
null
null
null
2010-01-06T15:29:03
2009-12-30
['None']
snes-05499
A judge has called for the FBI and U.S. Marshals to arrest the President.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/judge-arrest-the-president-congress/
null
Politics
null
Kim LaCapria
null
FALSE: Judge Calls U.S. Marshals, FBI to Arrest the President and Congress
11 December 2015
null
['United_States', 'Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation']
hoer-00736
Cocoa Mulch Toxic to Dogs Warning Email
true messages
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/cocoa-mulch-warning.html
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Cocoa Mulch Toxic to Dogs Warning Email
16th April 2010
null
['None']
tron-03229
Georgia Judge Hears Case To Strike Barack Obama From Presidential Primary Ballot
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/obama-georgia-ballot-case/
null
politics
null
null
null
Georgia Judge Hears Case To Strike Barack Obama From Presidential Primary Ballot
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
snes-02660
In the wake of a missile strike ordered by President Trump on Syria in April 2017, senior White House officials admitted that it served no actual purpose.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-syria-publicity/
null
Politics
null
David Emery
null
White House Admits Syria Missile Attack Was a Publicity Stunt to Make Trump Look Good?
8 April 2017
null
['White_House', 'Syria']
goop-02665
Kim Kardashian Urging Kanye West To Record “Diss Track” About Beyonce & Jay Z,
2
https://www.gossipcop.com/kim-kardashian-urging-kanye-west-diss-song-beyonce-jay-z-revenge/
null
null
null
Michael Lewittes
null
Kim Kardashian NOT Urging Kanye West To Record “Diss Track” About Beyonce & Jay Z, Despite Report
1:58 pm, July 16, 2017
null
['None']
goop-00033
REP: Jennifer Aniston ‘Anxious’ Or ‘Nervous’ To Return To TV,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/jennifer-aniston-return-tv-anxious-not-true/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
REP: Jennifer Aniston NOT ‘Anxious’ Or ‘Nervous’ To Return To TV, Despite Report
10:44 am, November 6, 2018
null
['None']
farg-00382
“VP Mike Pence Busted Stealing Campaign Funds To Pay His Mortgage.”
misleading
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/09/partisan-site-revives-old-pence-controversy/
null
fake-news
FactCheck.org
Saranac Hale Spencer
['campaign finance']
Partisan Site Revives Old Pence Controversy
September 7, 2018
2018-09-07 23:02:53 UTC
['None']
goop-02386
Blake Shelton “Disappointed” Luke Bryan Joined “American Idol,”
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/blake-shelton-disappointed-luke-bryan-joined-american-idol/
null
null
null
Holly Nicol
null
Blake Shelton NOT “Disappointed” Luke Bryan Joined “American Idol,” Despite Report
11:06 am, October 4, 2017
null
['Blake_Shelton', 'American_Idol']
pomt-10869
You know we can't just pull out now... The truth of the matter is: If we started today, it would take one year, one year to get 160,000 troops physically out of Iraq, logistically.
true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/aug/27/joe-biden/biden-right-no-fast-way-out/
U.S. commanders say it would be a lengthy process, and independent military analysts have said it would take about a year to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq safely. It could be done faster, but with larger U.S. casualties and more abandoned equipment, experts say. McClatchy Newspapers has reported that a simulation conduc...
null
Joe Biden
null
null
null
2007-08-27T00:00:00
2007-08-23
['Iraq']
tron-00347
The terrorist flight number that tells the story in graphics
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/flightnumber/
null
9-11-attack
null
null
null
The terrorist flight number that tells the story in graphics
Mar 16, 2015
null
['None']
snes-02037
In July 2017, President Trump dispatched federal investigators to the hamlet of Islamberg, New York, where they uncovered "America's worst nightmare".
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/islamberg-raid/
null
Politics
null
Kim LaCapria
null
Did President Trump Send Feds to Raid Islamberg, New York?
19 July 2017
null
['United_States', 'New_York_City']
snes-01395
Viral Photographs Show Libyan Slave Trade?
miscaptioned
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/libya-slavery/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan MacGuill
null
Do These Photographs Depict the Libyan Slave Trade?
29 November 2017
null
['None']
pomt-07368
House Republican plan would increase costs for Oregon seniors by $6,000 with health care vouchers instead of Medicare
mostly true
/oregon/statements/2011/may/06/david-wu/david-wu-highlights-worries-over-paul-ryans-medica/
Medicare is the federal program that provides health care to 46.5 million Americans (including 511,450 in Oregon) and remains one of the country’s most popular but expensive programs. It’s also something less obvious - a potent political tool that candidates use often to help their chances. It’s especially true for emb...
null
David Wu
null
null
null
2011-05-06T06:00:00
2011-04-15
['Oregon', 'Republican_Party_(United_States)']
hoer-01111
iPhone Giveaway
facebook scams
https://www.hoax-slayer.net/more-iphone-giveaway-scams-hitting-facebook/
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
More iPhone Giveaway Scams Hitting Facebook
August 24, 2016
null
['None']
snes-01882
A photograph shows a rainbow-colored mountain range in California.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rainbow-mountains-real/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
Are These Rainbow Mountains Real?
18 August 2017
null
['California']
pomt-00397
Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/sep/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-describes-libel-law/
Donald Trump has been talking about changing libel laws since before he was elected president. "I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money," Trump said at a February rally in Fort Worth, Texas. "We're going to open up ...
null
Donald Trump
null
null
null
2018-09-05T17:16:06
2018-09-05
['None']
pomt-01041
You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it.
pants on fire!
/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jan/25/john-kasich/did-abraham-lincoln-say-you-cannot-build-little-gu/
In his argument against President Barack Obama’s proposed increase in capital gains tax, Ohio Gov. John Kasich invoked the words of a vaunted former president -- or at least he tried. Obama wants to create a nationwide free community college program. How he proposes to pay for it -- partially by increasing taxes on the...
null
John Kasich
null
null
null
2015-01-25T16:01:58
2015-01-25
['None']
goop-01365
Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt Finally Out Of Hiding?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/jennifer-aniston-brad-pitt-hiding-spotted/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt Finally Out Of Hiding?
6:04 pm, March 18, 2018
null
['Jennifer_Aniston', 'Brad_Pitt']
pomt-04291
Says Mark Hass "raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day."
half-true
/oregon/statements/2012/nov/01/taxpayer-association-oregon/did-sen-mark-hass-raise-taxes-1-billion-single-day/
Sometimes elections can start to feel a little like a song on repeat: Same candidates, same issues, same talking points -- over and over again. That’s the case with a legislative attack we first saw in 2010 that claimed Senate Majority Leader Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin, had raised "your taxes by $1 billion in a single ...
null
Taxpayer Association of Oregon
null
null
null
2012-11-01T15:19:50
2012-10-30
['None']
snes-06160
Holiday turkey preparation provides set-up for humorous scenarios.
legend
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thanksgiving-turkey-stories/
null
Holidays
null
David Mikkelson
null
Thanksgiving Turkey Stories
23 November 2006
null
['None']
pomt-02679
Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."
pants on fire!
/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/08/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-polar-vortex-made-yet-still-proof-ice-cap/
Those images of polar bears stranded atop tiny glaciers, looking very sad about their melting home in the North Pole, are phony, says radio host Rush Limbaugh. The lefty media created them to drive the discussion on global warming, which is also phony, he says. You know what else is phony, says Limbaugh? The "polar vor...
null
Rush Limbaugh
null
null
null
2014-01-08T12:33:47
2014-01-06
['None']
pomt-12644
We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there's not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties.
half-true
/new-york/statements/2017/mar/24/marc-butler/most-safe-act-arrests-have-been-new-york-city/
Republican lawmakers in Albany are pushing a new proposal to repeal New York state’s 2013 gun control law, the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, or SAFE Act. They want to repeal the law only in counties outside New York City. It would remain on the books for the city’s five boroughs. Marc Butler,...
null
Marc Butler
null
null
null
2017-03-24T16:48:57
2017-03-01
['None']
pomt-07972
Gov. Scott Walker hired convicted Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen to oversee a raid on the state employee retirement system to help balance the state budget.
pants on fire!
/wisconsin/statements/2011/jan/21/chain-email/chain-e-mail-claims-gov-scott-walker-hired-convict/
In some circles in Wisconsin, especially government workers, an e-mail has been ricocheting from in-box to in-box making an eye-popping claim. In short: Gov. Scott Walker hired convicted Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen to oversee a raid on the state employee retirement system to help balance the state budget. The claim i...
null
Chain email
null
null
null
2011-01-21T09:00:00
2011-01-20
['Scott_Walker_(politician)']
goop-01059
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz Having Baby To Save Marriage?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-baby-marriage-problems/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz Having Baby To Save Marriage?
11:47 am, May 3, 2018
null
['None']
bove-00256
In 2013, It Was Not Sushma Vs Meira But Sushma Vs Sonia: A FactCheck
none
https://www.boomlive.in/in-2013-it-was-not-sushma-vs-meira-but-sushma-vs-sonia-a-factcheck/
null
null
null
null
null
In 2013, It Was Not Sushma Vs Meira But Sushma Vs Sonia: A FactCheck
Jun 30 2017 5:46 pm, Last Updated: Jul 10 2017 3:40 pm
null
['None']
pomt-14192
Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote.
mostly true
/texas/statements/2016/apr/22/tom-smitty-smith/tom-smith-public-citizen-says-600000-texas-registe/
Tom "Smitty" Smith, a liberal activist, says more than half a million Texans lack sufficient papers to legally turn out to vote. Smith, the longtime director of Public Citizen’s Texas office, made his claim in an April 14, 2016, commentary on campaign finance published in the Austin American-Statesman that also mention...
null
Tom "Smitty" Smith
null
null
null
2016-04-22T17:21:21
2016-04-14
['Texas']
snes-05477
A photograph shows "the darkest baby in the world."
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-darkest-baby-world/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
FALSE: Is This The Darkest Baby In The World?
17 December 2015
null
['None']
goop-02873
Jennifer Aniston Writing Tell-All Book,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/jennifer-aniston-tell-all-book-memoir/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Jennifer Aniston NOT Writing Tell-All Book, Despite Report
10:45 am, April 12, 2017
null
['None']
bove-00054
Airtel ‘Bigotry’ Row: The Gaganjot Tweet To Pooja That Everyone Missed
none
https://www.boomlive.in/airtel-bigotry-row-the-gaganjot-tweet-to-pooja-that-everyone-missed/
null
null
null
null
null
Airtel ‘Bigotry’ Row: The Gaganjot Tweet To Pooja That Everyone Missed
Jun 21 2018 8:03 pm, Last Updated: Jun 21 2018 8:05 pm
null
['None']
pomt-08906
Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate."
true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jul/29/donna-brazile/brazile-claims-income-has-grown-top-1-percent-stag/
During the July 25, 2010 roundtable of ABC's This Week, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile made the case for extending tax cuts for low and middle-income families, rather than for the wealthy. "Everyone is concerned about the deficit, and that's why we have to be careful how we frame this. I mean, you and I both know ...
null
Donna Brazile
null
null
null
2010-07-29T11:48:49
2010-07-25
['None']
tron-03003
Juanita Broaddrick Bill Clinton Rape Accusations
unproven!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/juanita-broaddrick-bill-clinton-rape-accusations/
null
politics
null
null
['2016 election', 'donald trump', 'hillary clinton', 'the clintons']
Juanita Broaddrick Bill Clinton Rape Accusations
Oct 11, 2016
null
['None']
snes-02410
A recently removed statue of Jefferson Davis is being replaced with a large bronze tribute to Barack Obama.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jefferson-davis-statue-barack-obama/
null
Junk News
null
Kim LaCapria
null
Is a Jefferson Davis Statue to be Replaced with Obama Likeness?
18 May 2017
null
['Jefferson_Davis', 'Barack_Obama']
tron-00197
Various Rumors about the Terrorist Attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon
none
https://www.truthorfiction.com/boston-marathon-bombing/
null
9-11-attack
null
null
null
Various Rumors about the Terrorist Attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']