Latest Fact-checks by Samantha Putterman Viral image stated on February 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Joe Namath and Al Woodall kneeling on the sideline of a football field during the national anthem. Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz once said that he would "hire an illegal immigrant" before he would hire a veteran. Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a post on Facebook: A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles. Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Mike Pence as saying that people with pre-existing conditions need "more Jesus care," not health care. Viral image stated on February 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Chinese workers made "90,000 banners" for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and the president chose to hire "Chinese workers instead of American workers" Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a "$10 million payout from Netflix." Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Dr. Robert Gallo, the man who helped discover the HIV virus, confessed he was "forced" to "create the HIV virus as a secret weapon to wipe out the African race." Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on." Facebook posts stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones." Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kurt Cobain saying in 1993 that he wouldn’t be surprised if his generation eventually elected a "true outsider" a "business tycoon who can’t be bought" … "someone like Donald Trump" Bloggers stated on May 29, 2017 in a story: Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Bloggers stated on February 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says George Soros was arrested in Switzerland for a web of crimes based on information provided by Barack Obama. Bloggers stated on February 4, 2019 in a story: NASA has discovered a new planet covered with marijuana Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans makes "$651,957 plus expenses" a year and "only 9 cents of every dollar" donated to the organization goes to helping people in need. Viral image stated on February 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes. Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today. Viral image stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago." Bloggers stated on January 27, 2019 in a story: Says Nancy Pelosi spent "$497 Million on office renovations" during the government shutdown. Viral image stated on January 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race." Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts: "18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid. Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in Facebook posts: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions." Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up." Viral image stated on January 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: After the White House fast food dinner, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the "coastal elite media" trashed it "for not being organic vegan" and that it was "a perfect blue collar party." Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days." Bloggers stated on January 8, 2019 in in a story: Says new U.S. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been linked to an "unindicted terrorist." Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border: "When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion." Viral image stated on January 5, 2019 in a meme: Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to." Bloggers stated on January 4, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around." Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011." Facebook posts stated on January 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result.
Viral image stated on February 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Joe Namath and Al Woodall kneeling on the sideline of a football field during the national anthem. Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz once said that he would "hire an illegal immigrant" before he would hire a veteran. Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a post on Facebook: A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles. Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Mike Pence as saying that people with pre-existing conditions need "more Jesus care," not health care. Viral image stated on February 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Chinese workers made "90,000 banners" for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and the president chose to hire "Chinese workers instead of American workers" Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a "$10 million payout from Netflix." Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Dr. Robert Gallo, the man who helped discover the HIV virus, confessed he was "forced" to "create the HIV virus as a secret weapon to wipe out the African race." Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on." Facebook posts stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones." Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kurt Cobain saying in 1993 that he wouldn’t be surprised if his generation eventually elected a "true outsider" a "business tycoon who can’t be bought" … "someone like Donald Trump" Bloggers stated on May 29, 2017 in a story: Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Bloggers stated on February 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says George Soros was arrested in Switzerland for a web of crimes based on information provided by Barack Obama. Bloggers stated on February 4, 2019 in a story: NASA has discovered a new planet covered with marijuana Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans makes "$651,957 plus expenses" a year and "only 9 cents of every dollar" donated to the organization goes to helping people in need. Viral image stated on February 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes. Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today. Viral image stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago." Bloggers stated on January 27, 2019 in a story: Says Nancy Pelosi spent "$497 Million on office renovations" during the government shutdown. Viral image stated on January 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race." Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts: "18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid. Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in Facebook posts: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions." Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up." Viral image stated on January 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: After the White House fast food dinner, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the "coastal elite media" trashed it "for not being organic vegan" and that it was "a perfect blue collar party." Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days." Bloggers stated on January 8, 2019 in in a story: Says new U.S. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been linked to an "unindicted terrorist." Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border: "When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion." Viral image stated on January 5, 2019 in a meme: Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to." Bloggers stated on January 4, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around." Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011." Facebook posts stated on January 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result.
Viral image stated on February 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Joe Namath and Al Woodall kneeling on the sideline of a football field during the national anthem.
Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz once said that he would "hire an illegal immigrant" before he would hire a veteran.
Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a post on Facebook: A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles.
Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Mike Pence as saying that people with pre-existing conditions need "more Jesus care," not health care.
Viral image stated on February 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Chinese workers made "90,000 banners" for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and the president chose to hire "Chinese workers instead of American workers"
Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a "$10 million payout from Netflix."
Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Dr. Robert Gallo, the man who helped discover the HIV virus, confessed he was "forced" to "create the HIV virus as a secret weapon to wipe out the African race."
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."
Facebook posts stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."
Facebook posts stated on February 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kurt Cobain saying in 1993 that he wouldn’t be surprised if his generation eventually elected a "true outsider" a "business tycoon who can’t be bought" … "someone like Donald Trump"
Bloggers stated on May 29, 2017 in a story: Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism.
Bloggers stated on February 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says George Soros was arrested in Switzerland for a web of crimes based on information provided by Barack Obama.
Bloggers stated on February 4, 2019 in a story: NASA has discovered a new planet covered with marijuana
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans makes "$651,957 plus expenses" a year and "only 9 cents of every dollar" donated to the organization goes to helping people in need.
Viral image stated on February 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes.
Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today.
Viral image stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago."
Bloggers stated on January 27, 2019 in a story: Says Nancy Pelosi spent "$497 Million on office renovations" during the government shutdown.
Viral image stated on January 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race."
Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts: "18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.
Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in Facebook posts: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions."
Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up."
Viral image stated on January 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: After the White House fast food dinner, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the "coastal elite media" trashed it "for not being organic vegan" and that it was "a perfect blue collar party."
Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days."
Bloggers stated on January 8, 2019 in in a story: Says new U.S. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been linked to an "unindicted terrorist."
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border: "When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."
Viral image stated on January 5, 2019 in a meme: Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to."
Bloggers stated on January 4, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around."
Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011."
Facebook posts stated on January 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result.
