Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?
17 August 2018 Several viral memes made unfounded assumptions based on the complicated inner workings of the DeVos family's business interests.
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Were None of 154 Mass Shootings in 2018 Committed by a Black Man, Illegal Alien, or Woman?
15 July 2018 A 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 2018 ProPublica published a surreptitious recording of distressed immigrant children inside an unnamed detention facility.
Are These Immigrant Children in Orange Jumpsuits?
11 June 2018 A 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?
4 May 2018 A 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 2018 A 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 2018 A 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 2018 After 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 2018 A 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 2018 Foreign-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.
Did Ivanka Trump ‘Scold’ Poor Parents for Not ‘Investing’ in Food?
8 November 2017 Web sites misrepresented an analysis of child care costs presented by President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor.
Why Are NFL Players on the Sidelines for the National Anthem?
25 October 2016 For much of the NFL's history, players weren't present on the field during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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