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By Ciara O'Rourke• May 21, 2019 Facebook posts stated on February 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Breaking news: Taylor Swift officially banned from Super Bowl 2025.” By Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a text post: Says “Hunter Biden had 25,000 pics of him torturing and raping children under age 10 in China on his laptop.” By Daniel Funke• October 20, 2020 Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2012 in Facebook posts: A photo shows paleontologists in Greece discovering the skeleton of a giant. By Bill McCarthy• October 12, 2021 Paul Krugman stated on July 05, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Greece is not a big economy. It's about the size of metropolitan Miami." By Jon Greenberg• July 6, 2015 George Will stated on May 09, 2010 in a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week: Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex." By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump has ordered the military to take over “major corrupt cities” to stay in office and that U.S. citizens will receive emergency alerts on their devices. By Samantha Putterman• January 13, 2021 Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." By Tom Kertscher• June 19, 2014 Jim Jordan stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Heritage Foundation: "Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about." By Sabrina Eaton• February 16, 2011 Jeff Atwater stated on July 13, 2015 in an open letter to Floridians: "Although we have twice the population of Greece, the state of Florida employs three times fewer government employees." By Joshua Gillin• July 22, 2015 Stephen King stated on July 06, 2022 in a tweet: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.” By Grace Abels• July 7, 2022 Threads posts stated on June 18, 2024 in a post: Says linguist Noam Chomsky died, as of June 18, 2024. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• June 21, 2024 Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: The deaths of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and actor Anne Heche are suspicious and linked because they “partnered fighting against pedophilia.” By Andy Nguyen• August 26, 2022 Hillary Clinton stated on October 29, 2016 in a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.: "Donald Trump's strategy is pretty simple. They have even said in his campaign it's to get women to stay home, get young people to stay home, get people of color to stay home, and get a lot smart, intelligent men to stay home, too." By Allison Graves• October 31, 2016 Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Canadian government threatens to fire any government employee who uses ‘Let's Go Brandon’ in communications.” By Bill McCarthy• October 20, 2021 Kwame Raoul stated on September 04, 2018 in a TV ad: Says "we know" Erika Harold would "discriminate against a loving gay couple who want to adopt a child, favoring an abusive straight couple instead." By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 17, 2018 Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Queen Elizabeth II as saying that Trump is "an amazing person" with a "good heart" who could have been her son in another life. 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How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s mistakes about European travel due to coronavirus By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2020 The Iowa caucuses: 9 fact-checks and 3 wild campaign moments that matter By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 12, 2024 What did Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's DHS secretary pick, say about the ‘smell’ of war? By Amy Sherman• March 6, 2026 Sly ad attacks Romney By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 24, 2007 What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires? By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023 Trump’s transgender athlete order includes an immigration fraud penalty. Why? By Grace Abels• February 20, 2025 Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2021 Luck of the Irish on the Truth-O-Meter By Alex Wilts• March 17, 2015 Luck of the Irish on the Truth-O-Meter By Alex Wilts• March 17, 2015 There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway By Daniel Funke, Bill McCarthy• January 7, 2021 Can Trump designate antifa as a ‘major terrorist organization?’ Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• September 18, 2025
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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." By Ciara O'Rourke• May 21, 2019 Facebook posts stated on February 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Breaking news: Taylor Swift officially banned from Super Bowl 2025.” By Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a text post: Says “Hunter Biden had 25,000 pics of him torturing and raping children under age 10 in China on his laptop.” By Daniel Funke• October 20, 2020 Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2012 in Facebook posts: A photo shows paleontologists in Greece discovering the skeleton of a giant. By Bill McCarthy• October 12, 2021 Paul Krugman stated on July 05, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Greece is not a big economy. It's about the size of metropolitan Miami." By Jon Greenberg• July 6, 2015 George Will stated on May 09, 2010 in a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week: Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex." By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump has ordered the military to take over “major corrupt cities” to stay in office and that U.S. citizens will receive emergency alerts on their devices. By Samantha Putterman• January 13, 2021 Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." By Tom Kertscher• June 19, 2014 Jim Jordan stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Heritage Foundation: "Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about." By Sabrina Eaton• February 16, 2011 Jeff Atwater stated on July 13, 2015 in an open letter to Floridians: "Although we have twice the population of Greece, the state of Florida employs three times fewer government employees." By Joshua Gillin• July 22, 2015 Stephen King stated on July 06, 2022 in a tweet: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.” By Grace Abels• July 7, 2022 Threads posts stated on June 18, 2024 in a post: Says linguist Noam Chomsky died, as of June 18, 2024. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• June 21, 2024 Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: The deaths of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and actor Anne Heche are suspicious and linked because they “partnered fighting against pedophilia.” By Andy Nguyen• August 26, 2022 Hillary Clinton stated on October 29, 2016 in a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.: "Donald Trump's strategy is pretty simple. They have even said in his campaign it's to get women to stay home, get young people to stay home, get people of color to stay home, and get a lot smart, intelligent men to stay home, too." By Allison Graves• October 31, 2016 Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Canadian government threatens to fire any government employee who uses ‘Let's Go Brandon’ in communications.” By Bill McCarthy• October 20, 2021 Kwame Raoul stated on September 04, 2018 in a TV ad: Says "we know" Erika Harold would "discriminate against a loving gay couple who want to adopt a child, favoring an abusive straight couple instead." By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 17, 2018 Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Queen Elizabeth II as saying that Trump is "an amazing person" with a "good heart" who could have been her son in another life. By Samantha Putterman• June 19, 2019 Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2020 in a Facebook post: A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras. By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022 Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amy Coney Barrett said that breastfeeding babies is child molestation. By Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2020 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Donald Trump posed as an anonymous “Nevada poll worker” on Laura Ingraham’s show. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2020
Greeks don’t trust their media. Fact-checkers are trying to help By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022 Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse' By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025 What the HBO QAnon documentary series revealed about the identity of ‘Q’ By Samantha Putterman• April 9, 2021 QAnon posts evade Facebook ban before Inauguration Day By Daniel Funke• January 13, 2021 What President Trump needs to know about QAnon: a memo By Daniel Funke• October 16, 2020 Three takeaways from the Senate hearing with Sally Yates, James Clapper By Lauren Carroll• May 8, 2017 QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren By Daniel Funke• August 12, 2020 Health misinformation website rebrands as pro-Trump outlet to get around ban from Facebook By Daniel Funke• June 5, 2020 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s mistakes about European travel due to coronavirus By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2020 The Iowa caucuses: 9 fact-checks and 3 wild campaign moments that matter By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 12, 2024 What did Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's DHS secretary pick, say about the ‘smell’ of war? By Amy Sherman• March 6, 2026 Sly ad attacks Romney By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 24, 2007 What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires? By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023 Trump’s transgender athlete order includes an immigration fraud penalty. Why? By Grace Abels• February 20, 2025 Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2021 Luck of the Irish on the Truth-O-Meter By Alex Wilts• March 17, 2015 Luck of the Irish on the Truth-O-Meter By Alex Wilts• March 17, 2015 There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway By Daniel Funke, Bill McCarthy• January 7, 2021 Can Trump designate antifa as a ‘major terrorist organization?’ Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• September 18, 2025
