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Did a Broward County Employee Witness Elections Staff Filling Out Blank Ballots?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov. 13, 2018 A temp worker signed an affidavit in 2016 stating she saw elections officials filling out blank ...
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Votes being counted

Would a Proposal by President Trump Exclude Overseas Military Votes in Florida's Elections?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Nov. 13, 2018 If it was carried out, the president's call to finalize the preliminary election results before ...
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Florida Taco Bell Employee Fired After Refusing to Take English-Speaking Customer's Order

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sept. 22, 2018 The incident at a Hialeah drive-thru formed the basis of a viral Facebook video.
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Woman Stands by Descriptions of Sexual Harassment in Viral 'Human Trafficking' Video

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 19, 2018 Sexual harassment in public spaces is widespread, but police said they had no evidence of traffi ...
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Did a Florida Judge Give Vastly Different Sentences to Two Men, Whose Only Difference Was Their Race?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug. 20, 2018 A viral meme, based on a piece of investigative journalism, left out some important context in t ...
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Police tape.

Woman Named Crystal Methvin Arrested for Drug Possession

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 1, 2018 Florida police arrested the woman on drug charges after they allegedly found her in possession o ...
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Did a Second Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Die After 'Exposing' the Parkland Shooting?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 30, 2018 Several conspiracy sites attempted to link the deaths of two Broward County sheriff's deputies, ...
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American flag against a gray, cloudy sky.

Flag Controversy at Jaguar Power Sports in Florida

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
April 17, 2018 City of Jacksonville employee Melinda Power was targeted by Jaguar Power Sports after citing the ...
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A group of people protesting for more stringent gun control.

Did David Hogg Lie About Being on Campus During Mass Shooting?

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
March 26, 2018 Conspiracy theorists used an out-of-context clip to raise "questions" about a statement made by ...
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Hand holding dried marijuana buds next to marijuana leaves.

Did Florida Pass a Bill Legalizing Recreational Use of Marijuana?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
March 23, 2018 A fake news item falsely led social media users to believe that Florida became one of the states ...
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Student solving a math problem using Common Core techniques on a blackboard.

Did Ditching Common Core Cause a Florida School's Test Results to Improve?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
March 20, 2018 Articles criticizing the Common Core curriculum draw causal connections where none exist.
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Was an All-Female Construction Company Responsible for the FIU-Sweetwater Bridge Collapse?

Written by:
Dan Evon
March 19, 2018 Reports that an all-female construction company built a bridge that collapsed at Florida Interna ...
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Presidential Responses to School Shootings?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb. 19, 2018 A set of images showing President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump in the aftermath of di ...
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straight ticket voting

Was the Florida School Shooter a Registered Democrat?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb. 16, 2018 Rumors that Nikolas Cruz was a registered Democrat were based on the voter registration of a dif ...
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Stoneman Douglas High School sign.

Parkland High School Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Feb. 15, 2018 A number of unverified claims about the Parkland school shooting spread on social media in its i ...
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Close-up of gun grips.

Did Politicians Tweeting 'Thoughts and Prayers' Receive Millions of Dollars from the NRA?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Feb. 15, 2018 After a mass shooting at a Florida school, comedy writer Bess Kalb made a powerful point about c ...
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Did Customs Agents Board a Bus in Florida Asking for Proof of Citizenship?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Jan. 22, 2018 An encounter captured on video in January 2018 depicts a longstanding practice by immigration of ...
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Barack Obama in Florida.

Did Trump Change the Name of the 'Obama Highway' Back to the 'Old Dixie Highway?'

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan. 4, 2018 Reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the name to revert are just barely-sourced opini ...
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Solar panels

Is It Illegal in Florida to Power Your Home With Solar After a Storm Because of Lobbying?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 25, 2017 For safety reasons, solar panels generally go offline after a crisis downs the power grid — unle ...
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Mockup of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico

Can Hurricane Victims Delay Their Mortgage Payments?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Sept. 15, 2017 Lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as well as the federal government, have programs to help hom ...
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