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Social Media stated on July 24, 2024 in in social media posts:

ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump.

By Jeff Cercone • July 26, 2024

Fox News Channel stated on April 23, 2021 in a TV graphic:

"Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month."

By Bill McCarthy • April 26, 2021

Rush Limbaugh stated on August 15, 2014 in comments on his radio show:

When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, "MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation."

By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2014

Phil Berger stated on October 7, 2026 in comments:

Suspending North Carolina’s gas tax

By Paul Specht • October 7, 2026

Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2026 in an X post:

Roy Cooper was "in New York speaking at a New York Times ‘Climate Forward’ event” when Hurricane "Helene slammed into North Carolina."

By Paul Specht • October 5, 2026

Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2026 in remarks aboard Air Force One:

“We've had regime change.”

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 1, 2026

Ken Martin stated on August 5, 2025 in a press conference:

Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting

By Amy Sherman • August 6, 2025

Social Media stated on July 5, 2025 in posts on social media:

The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.

By Madison Czopek • July 7, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:

It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.

By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2025

Pete Hegseth stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”

By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025

Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.

By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2025

X posts stated on April 7, 2025 in posts on X:

Says Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director, said on April 7, “Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China.”

By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2025

Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post:

Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump.

By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann • November 12, 2024

Threads posts stated on November 5, 2024 in a post:

“In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people.”

By Sara Swann • November 8, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a ‘Democratic operative’ making credible allegations of fraud during the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

By Madison Czopek • November 1, 2024

X posts stated on October 30, 2024 in in X posts:

Video shows “ballot mule in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, (dropping) off a large amount of ballots.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 1, 2024

Threads posts stated on September 22, 2024 in a Threads post:

Florida "put Tom Walz instead of Tim Walz" on its ballots.

By Jeff Cercone • September 25, 2024

Social Media stated on September 22, 2024 in in social media posts:

“The Montana Secretary of State left Kamala Harris off the ballot.”

By Jeff Cercone • September 24, 2024

Social Media stated on August 29, 2024 in a post on Instagram:

“BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.”

By Madison Czopek • September 4, 2024

JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview:

Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2024

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Articles (111)

Smashed truck from New Orleans New Year's attack, 1-1-2025

How a Fox News report fueled false claims about the New Orleans suspect. He was a US citizen.

By Samantha Putterman • January 2, 2025

Asheville, N.C., after Hurricane Helene, 09-30-24

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone • December 26, 2024

Real Raw News Main Art Homepage with False Headlines

Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines

By Bill McCarthy • September 24, 2021

Donald Trump’s White House coronavirus briefing video: Long on praise, short on facts

By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2020

The media’s definition of fake news vs. Donald Trump’s

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 18, 2017

Hoaxes, fake news about the Las Vegas massacre

By Emily Tanaka, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • October 2, 2017

Walker making news on book tour

By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • November 22, 2013

Does Rick Scott read newspapers?

By Becky Bowers • August 16, 2011

America 250: Why do Florida officials call the state ‘the 14th colony’?

By Samantha Putterman • June 29, 2026

Column: Why a correspondents’ dinner at a White House ballroom could endanger press freedom

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2026

Imagen de protesta sobre ciudadania por nacimiento

Trump engaña sobre la ciudadanía y el turismo de nacimiento antes de disputa ante la Corte Suprema

By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 31, 2026

Supreme Court demonstrators birthright citizenship 05-15-2025

Fact-check: Trump misleads about birthright citizenship, birth tourism before SCOTUS hearing

By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 31, 2026

How long will the Iran war last? See Trump’s timeline shift

By Amy Sherman • March 30, 2026

USA hockey women celebrate Olympics win 2-19-26

In Context: What did Trump say about inviting US women’s hockey team to the State of the Union?

By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2026

Brown University flag and flowers 12-13-25

Trump’s posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2025

Debra Smith holds medical bills in 2021 in Tennessee

Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit

By Julie Appleby • December 11, 2025

Epstein emails led to rumors that Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with him. Here’s what we found.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 19, 2025

Fact-check: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spars with Senate committee over COVID-19 vaccines, CDC

By PolitiFact Staff • September 4, 2025

JCS chair Dan Caine at Pentagon presser after Iran attack

Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say

By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2025

What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs

By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2025