Latest False Fact-checks in History Viral image stated on August 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass." Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House. Viral image stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary." Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day." Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life." Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery." Viral image stated on August 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" Viral image stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Old photograph shows a group of women in KKK attire holding a sign that reads "Women of the Democrat Party." Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II." Viral image stated on July 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches." Bloggers stated on April 3, 2019 in an article: "George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man." Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community." Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland." Viral image stated on May 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: A bike a boy chained to a tree in Washington state in 1914 is now a fallen soldier memorial. Viral image stated on April 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?" Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 6, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached." Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time." Ralph Northam stated on May 23, 2019 in a TV interview: An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture." Tim Kaine stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.: The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves." Viral image stated on May 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats." Viral image stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black." Viral image stated on May 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy said, "What if we go to heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?" Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a Roman statesman in 42 B.C. had a "warning about Trump" when he said 2,000 years ago that a nation "cannot survive treason from within." Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans Mark Warner stated on April 9, 2019 in a TV interview.: Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…" Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."
Viral image stated on August 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass." Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House. Viral image stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary." Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day." Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life." Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery." Viral image stated on August 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" Viral image stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Old photograph shows a group of women in KKK attire holding a sign that reads "Women of the Democrat Party." Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II." Viral image stated on July 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches." Bloggers stated on April 3, 2019 in an article: "George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man." Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community." Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland." Viral image stated on May 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: A bike a boy chained to a tree in Washington state in 1914 is now a fallen soldier memorial. Viral image stated on April 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?" Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 6, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached." Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time." Ralph Northam stated on May 23, 2019 in a TV interview: An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture." Tim Kaine stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.: The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves." Viral image stated on May 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats." Viral image stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black." Viral image stated on May 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy said, "What if we go to heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?" Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a Roman statesman in 42 B.C. had a "warning about Trump" when he said 2,000 years ago that a nation "cannot survive treason from within." Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans Mark Warner stated on April 9, 2019 in a TV interview.: Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…" Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."
Viral image stated on August 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass."
Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.
Viral image stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary."
Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day."
Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."
Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery."
Viral image stated on August 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!"
Viral image stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Old photograph shows a group of women in KKK attire holding a sign that reads "Women of the Democrat Party."
Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II."
Viral image stated on July 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches."
Bloggers stated on April 3, 2019 in an article: "George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man."
Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community."
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland."
Viral image stated on May 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: A bike a boy chained to a tree in Washington state in 1914 is now a fallen soldier memorial.
Viral image stated on April 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?"
Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 6, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."
Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time."
Ralph Northam stated on May 23, 2019 in a TV interview: An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture."
Tim Kaine stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.: The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."
Viral image stated on May 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats."
Viral image stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black."
Viral image stated on May 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy said, "What if we go to heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?"
Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a Roman statesman in 42 B.C. had a "warning about Trump" when he said 2,000 years ago that a nation "cannot survive treason from within."
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans
Mark Warner stated on April 9, 2019 in a TV interview.: Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…"
Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."
Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate."
Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews.
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."
