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Search results for "buzzfeed"

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Fact-checks (106)

BuzzFeed stated on July 14, 2013 in a web site list:
"In Providence, R.I., it's illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 25, 2013
Viral BuzzFeed stated on April 20, 2015 in video:
Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.  
By Nancy Badertscher, Jim Tharpe• April 22, 2015
Facebook posts stated on January 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The U.S. Department of State … released a statement on their website stating that Donald J. Trump's term ended” on Jan. 11, 2021.
By Noah Y. Kim• January 12, 2021
Restoration PAC stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad:
President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
By Tom Kertscher• July 24, 2015
Social Media stated on November 08, 2016 in a viral Tweet:
Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."
By Linda Qiu• November 9, 2016
Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate:
Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject."
By Aaron Sharockman• February 26, 2016
Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Fauci’s emails leaked.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2021
Bloggers stated on November 24, 2016 in posts on the Internet:
CNN accidentally aired 30 minutes of pornography in Boston on Thanksgiving night.
By Joshua Gillin• November 29, 2016
Tim Kaine stated on September 06, 2016 in a speech:
"When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate." 
By Sean Gorman• September 15, 2016
Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
"Las naves extraterrestres se camuflan con nubes sobre la nave”.
By Maria Briceño• September 1, 2023
Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2021 in Facebook posts:
Photos showed “bricks everywhere” in Kenosha during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
By Bill McCarthy• November 19, 2021
Hillary Clinton stated on September 07, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum :
Says Donald Trump is "on record extensively supporting (the) intervention in Libya."
By Jon Greenberg• September 8, 2016
Katie McGinty stated on June 03, 2016 in On the 'About' page of McGinty's campaign website:
Says she was the first in her family to go to a four-year college.
By Mark Dent• June 3, 2016
Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Emails show "Fauci's fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured."
By Jon Greenberg• June 2, 2021
Mitt Romney stated on October 30, 2012 in a Spanish-language TV commercial:
"Obama's Environmental Protection Agency sent emails for Hispanic Heritage Month with a photo of Che Guevara."
By Katie Sanders• November 2, 2012
Viral image stated on June 09, 2016 in a Facebook post:
Says Bernie Sanders wants "to make the cut off date for abortions up to 36 weeks" because he says "a baby at that point feels no pain and has no rights to life."
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2019
Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article:
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
By Chris Nichols• October 20, 2017
Hillary Clinton stated on March 09, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami:
In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants."
By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2016
Viral image stated on June 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 10, 2021
Organizing for Action stated on August 09, 2013 in an email to Obama supporters in Florida:
Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change and is "a climate change denier."
By Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2013

Articles (46)

Did Michael Cohen’s testimony back up BuzzFeed’s beleaguered scoop?

By John Kruzel• February 28, 2019

The allegations about Donald Trump and Miss Teen USA contestants

By Tom Kertscher• October 18, 2016

Our 2013 Top 10 rulings

By Tim Murphy• December 29, 2013

Again, where was Obama born?

By W. Gardner Selby• August 12, 2013

Previewing the Sunday Jan. 5 news shows

By Katie Sanders• January 3, 2014

2016 Lie of the Year: Fake news

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 13, 2016

In Context: That testy Paul Ryan interview

By Tom Kertscher• October 9, 2012

Fact-checking Montana politician Greg Gianforte's account of clash with Guardian reporter

By John Kruzel, Smitha Rajan• May 25, 2017

Fact-checking distorted video Sarah Sanders used to bar a CNN White House reporter

By Manuela Tobias• November 8, 2018

Why Infowars’ Alex Jones was banned from Apple, Facebook, Youtube and Spotify

By Manuela Tobias• August 7, 2018

Fact-checking John Boehner's comments on 'Face the Nation'

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 1, 2015

Fact-checking John Boehner on 'Face the Nation'

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 1, 2015

How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business

By Joshua Gillin• December 5, 2016

Fact-checking the March 13 Sunday news shows

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu• March 13, 2016

How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook

By Daniel Funke• January 23, 2020

Donald Trump's speech about fighting 'radical Islamic terrorism,' fact-checked

By Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• August 15, 2016

JPEG propaganda: a new twist for Facebook posts

By Molly Moorhead• June 22, 2012

Princess Kate’s altered photo: What experts say happened and how to spot manipulated content online

By Samantha Putterman• March 12, 2024

Fact-checking the second night of the 2016 Republican National Convention

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 19, 2016

Has Marco Rubio backtracked on climate change?

By Julie Kliegman• May 14, 2014