11 People 5349 Fact-checks 1794 Articles People (11) Matthew Birmingham City of Atlanta City of Austin Providence City Council My City Bikes Norcross City Council City of Atlanta press release Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice New York City Police Benevolent Association Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait CQ Press City Crime Rankings, 2010-2011 Fact-checks (5349) Steven Emerson stated on January 10, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: "There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in." By Katie Sanders• January 14, 2015 Al Roker stated on June 16, 2011 in a broadcast: "(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement." By Eric Stirgus• June 28, 2011 Viral image stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Birmingham is officially out of gas and fuel and can’t get anymore.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2021 American Revolution stated on December 15, 2017 in a headline: "Alabama state police arrest 3 poll workers in Birmingham." By Amy Sherman• December 19, 2017 Facebook posts stated on December 05, 2022 in an image on Facebook: England’s Oxfordshire County Council has passed a trial "climate lockdown," “confining residents to their own neighbourhoods.” By Kristin Hugo• December 15, 2022 Vincent Fort stated on October 29, 2011 in a newspaper column: "If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it." By Eric Stirgus• November 8, 2011 AsAmericanAsApplePie.org stated on October 08, 2017 in a headline: "Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’." By Joshua Gillin• October 10, 2017 Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina: “I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.” By Amy Sherman• March 4, 2020 Matthew Birmingham stated on March 16, 2019 in a press release: "Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts." By Colin Meyn• March 20, 2019 Donald Trump stated on May 18, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times Magazine: "There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously." By Linda Qiu• May 25, 2016 Eugene Robinson stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation." By Anna Bruzgulis• June 22, 2015 Sal Albanese stated on March 24, 2013 in a joint mayoral candidates' appearance on MSNBC: An annual income of $500,000 "in Manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class." By Louis Jacobson• March 27, 2013 Erin Burnett stated on June 01, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.” By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2020 Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2015 in comments during a speech: "I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed. By Lauren Carroll• November 22, 2015 Bloggers stated on December 13, 2017 in a blog post: "UPDATE: ‘Thousands’ voted for Doug Jones in Alabama town with population of 2,256" By Miriam Valverde• December 15, 2017 Citizens for Transportation Mobility stated on April 16, 2012 in an ad: "When housing and transportation costs are combined, Atlanta’s cost of living -- typically perceived as relatively low -- ranks as 7th worst out of 51 metros nationally." By Willoughby Mariano• May 4, 2012 Bloggers stated on September 30, 2016 in an online article: "Tens of thousands of fraudulent Clinton votes found in Ohio warehouse." By Nadia Pflaum• November 1, 2016 Doug Jones stated on August 10, 2020 in an interview: In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue." By Tom Kertscher• August 27, 2020 Dale Peterson stated on May 25, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Says he was "a Marine during Vietnam." By Robert Farley• May 26, 2010 Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English." By Robert Farley• April 29, 2010 Articles (1794) Tireless Truth-O-Meter travels time By Willoughby Mariano• July 3, 2011 Winter chill? Gather around our most recent Pants on Fire claims By Jon Greenberg• February 18, 2015 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 Mailbag: A few readers say they're with Trump on 9/11 celebrations By Louis Jacobson• November 23, 2015 What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Loreben Tuquero• May 6, 2024 Fact-checking Trump’s falsehoods about Hurricane Dorian By Amy Sherman• September 3, 2019 We don't fact check basketball predictions, but... By Warren Fiske, Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011 Casey Cagle's tweet on Delta, the NRA and tax breaks. Is it legal? By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2018 Can Donald Trump really invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops into states? By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2020 Donald Trump responds to Lie of the Year, says he's ‘been proven right’ By Louis Jacobson• December 22, 2015 Trump did not scrub tweets that likened U.S.-bound migrants to invaders in wake of El Paso shooting By John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 Our 5 most-read fact-checks from November By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu• November 30, 2015 QAnon and Donald Trump rallies: What's that about? By Miriam Valverde• August 3, 2018 Fact-checking Mike Bloomberg’s response to redlining attack By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2020 Donald Trump says he's an ally of peaceful protesters. Here’s what he said in the past By Jon Greenberg, Bill McCarthy• June 2, 2020 NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work? By Loreben Tuquero• March 26, 2025 In context: What Joe Biden said about George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis By Jeff Cercone• January 20, 2022 What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics? By Daniel Funke• August 27, 2020 How QAnon is seeping into Florida during the 2020 presidential campaign By Steve Contorno, Daniel Funke• September 8, 2020 Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from? By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2024
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Steven Emerson stated on January 10, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: "There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in." By Katie Sanders• January 14, 2015 Al Roker stated on June 16, 2011 in a broadcast: "(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement." By Eric Stirgus• June 28, 2011 Viral image stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Birmingham is officially out of gas and fuel and can’t get anymore.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2021 American Revolution stated on December 15, 2017 in a headline: "Alabama state police arrest 3 poll workers in Birmingham." By Amy Sherman• December 19, 2017 Facebook posts stated on December 05, 2022 in an image on Facebook: England’s Oxfordshire County Council has passed a trial "climate lockdown," “confining residents to their own neighbourhoods.” By Kristin Hugo• December 15, 2022 Vincent Fort stated on October 29, 2011 in a newspaper column: "If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it." By Eric Stirgus• November 8, 2011 AsAmericanAsApplePie.org stated on October 08, 2017 in a headline: "Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’." By Joshua Gillin• October 10, 2017 Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina: “I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.” By Amy Sherman• March 4, 2020 Matthew Birmingham stated on March 16, 2019 in a press release: "Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts." By Colin Meyn• March 20, 2019 Donald Trump stated on May 18, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times Magazine: "There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously." By Linda Qiu• May 25, 2016 Eugene Robinson stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation." By Anna Bruzgulis• June 22, 2015 Sal Albanese stated on March 24, 2013 in a joint mayoral candidates' appearance on MSNBC: An annual income of $500,000 "in Manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class." By Louis Jacobson• March 27, 2013 Erin Burnett stated on June 01, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.” By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2020 Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2015 in comments during a speech: "I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed. By Lauren Carroll• November 22, 2015 Bloggers stated on December 13, 2017 in a blog post: "UPDATE: ‘Thousands’ voted for Doug Jones in Alabama town with population of 2,256" By Miriam Valverde• December 15, 2017 Citizens for Transportation Mobility stated on April 16, 2012 in an ad: "When housing and transportation costs are combined, Atlanta’s cost of living -- typically perceived as relatively low -- ranks as 7th worst out of 51 metros nationally." By Willoughby Mariano• May 4, 2012 Bloggers stated on September 30, 2016 in an online article: "Tens of thousands of fraudulent Clinton votes found in Ohio warehouse." By Nadia Pflaum• November 1, 2016 Doug Jones stated on August 10, 2020 in an interview: In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue." By Tom Kertscher• August 27, 2020 Dale Peterson stated on May 25, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Says he was "a Marine during Vietnam." By Robert Farley• May 26, 2010 Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English." By Robert Farley• April 29, 2010
Tireless Truth-O-Meter travels time By Willoughby Mariano• July 3, 2011 Winter chill? Gather around our most recent Pants on Fire claims By Jon Greenberg• February 18, 2015 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 Mailbag: A few readers say they're with Trump on 9/11 celebrations By Louis Jacobson• November 23, 2015 What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Loreben Tuquero• May 6, 2024 Fact-checking Trump’s falsehoods about Hurricane Dorian By Amy Sherman• September 3, 2019 We don't fact check basketball predictions, but... By Warren Fiske, Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011 Casey Cagle's tweet on Delta, the NRA and tax breaks. Is it legal? By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2018 Can Donald Trump really invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops into states? By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2020 Donald Trump responds to Lie of the Year, says he's ‘been proven right’ By Louis Jacobson• December 22, 2015 Trump did not scrub tweets that likened U.S.-bound migrants to invaders in wake of El Paso shooting By John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 Our 5 most-read fact-checks from November By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu• November 30, 2015 QAnon and Donald Trump rallies: What's that about? By Miriam Valverde• August 3, 2018 Fact-checking Mike Bloomberg’s response to redlining attack By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2020 Donald Trump says he's an ally of peaceful protesters. Here’s what he said in the past By Jon Greenberg, Bill McCarthy• June 2, 2020 NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work? By Loreben Tuquero• March 26, 2025 In context: What Joe Biden said about George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis By Jeff Cercone• January 20, 2022 What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics? By Daniel Funke• August 27, 2020 How QAnon is seeping into Florida during the 2020 presidential campaign By Steve Contorno, Daniel Funke• September 8, 2020 Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from? By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2024
