Did Donald Trump Acknowledge the Threat of Climate Change to His Irish Golf Course?
10 December 2018The 45th president has been adamant and consistent in describing global warming and climate change as a "hoax."
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Did Georgia’s Secretary of State ‘Block’ the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?
17 October 2018Left-wing Facebook pages weighed into Georgia's gubernatorial race with widely shared memes about alleged voter suppression in that state.
Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?
17 August 2018Several viral memes made unfounded assumptions based on the complicated inner workings of the DeVos family's business interests.
Were None of 154 Mass Shootings in 2018 Committed by a Black Man, Illegal Alien, or Woman?
15 July 2018A hyperpartisan Facebook page gave readers an incomplete picture of mass shootings in America in 2018.
Is This Audio of Detained Children Crying for Their Parents?
19 June 2018ProPublica published a surreptitious recording of distressed immigrant children inside an unnamed detention facility.
Are These Immigrant Children in Orange Jumpsuits?
11 June 2018A viral Facebook post falsely implied a photograph of youngsters in orange jumpsuits shows detained immigrant children.
Did President Trump Establish a ‘Religious Office’ in the White House?
8 May 2018A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right but misses some important context.
Did Samuel L. Jackson Tweet About Overpaid ‘Modern Mumble Rappers’ and Teachers’ Pay?
3 May 2018A poorly-formatted purported Twitter quote attributed to the actor is just a hoax.
Did Jane Goodall Compare Donald Trump’s Actions to Primate Dominance Behavior?
25 April 2018A meme about United States President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron possibly references an apocryphal quote by the famous anthropologist and primatologist.
Did Abraham Lincoln Order the Execution of 38 Dakota Fighters?
14 March 2018After a violent Native American uprising in 1862, President Lincoln signed off on 39 executions but also prevented the deaths of 264 other Dakota combatants.
Does the Dow Jones Do Worse Under Republican Presidents?
8 February 2018A Facebook meme purporting to prove that the Dow suffers under Republican presidencies ignores key data.
Did Immigrants Dominate the U.S. Nobel Prize Tally in 2016 and 2017?
31 January 2018Foreign-born, U.S.-based scientists and economists won a remarkable number of Nobel prizes in the last two years, but they didn't get them all.
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Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother?
15 February 2019Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
Is This Rachel Chandler and President Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein’s Plane?
18 July 2019The answer to "Who is Rachel Chandler?" is simpler than some think.
Did U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘We Pay Soldiers Too Much’?
17 July 2019A frequent publisher of inflammatory material struck again in July 2019.
Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Say ‘White Men Should Be Put in Chains’?
19 November 2018A widely-shared meme offered a malicious quotation attributed to the Minnesota Democrat.
If You Used FaceApp, Do Russians Now Own All of Your Photographs?
18 July 2019Users should always consider privacy and security before uploading personal data to an app.