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Oct 04 2012
News
FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth.
Washington TimesJan 29 2024
Analysis
Snopes' Laughable Fact Check About Biden's Hard Hat Gets Slapped Down
Last week, Joe Biden decided to hang with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and some construction workers in Superior, Wisconsin. It was an effort to shore up support with labor’s rank-and-file, which has been shaky. In the picture, Joe Biden is seen wearing a hard hat backward. In a way, the photo captured the ongoing incompetency of this presidency: they do everything wrong. It's bad enough that the
TownhallJan 28 2024
News
Snopes Forced To Reverse Fact-Check Of Biden Image After Being Roasted Online
Snopes was forced to reverse itself after being roasted for “fact-checking” an image of President Joe Biden wearing a hard hat backwards Friday. Social media users nailed Biden’s bungled pandering of union workers when the president apparently wore a hard hat backwards at a construction site in Superior, Wisconsin. Snopes dug themselves a hole attempting to spin Biden’s blue-collar fashion
The Daily CallerJan 28 2024
News
Snopes admits Biden wore construction hard hat backwards in 'fact check' reversal
The left-leaning fact check site Snopes reversed one of its rulings this weekend to admit that President Biden did, in fact, wear a construction hard hat backwards. Biden was pictured during a visit to union workers in Wisconsin alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. The photo clearly shows Biden wearing the hard hat backwards, with the strap and tightening knob clearly visible. "The photo is
Fox News (Online News)Nov 20 2020
Fact Check
Fact-checking Giuliani and the Trump legal team's wild, fact-free press conference
In a wild, tangent-filled and often contentious press briefing led by President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Trump campaign's legal team laid out its case for widespread voter fraud in the election. The roughly 90-minute briefing was overflowing with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
At no point did Trump's legal team offer any proof for their allegations of
CNN (Online News)Mar 17 2022
Fact Check
Fact-checking Russia's biological weapons claims
Russia has claimed without any evidence that biological weapons are being developed in laboratories in Ukraine with support from the United States.
It says material is being destroyed to conceal the country's weapons programme, but the US says this is "total nonsense" and that Russia is inventing false narratives to justify its actions in Ukraine.
No evidence: US funds biological
BBC Fact CheckSep 03 2021
News
USA Today Bungles Fact Check On Biden Checking Watch
A USA Today fact check about President Joe Biden checking his watch during a dignified transfer of military remains has been amended from “partly false” to “missing context.”
Fact-checker Daniel Funke posted the original check Wednesday after photos were released which appeared to show Biden checking his watch during the solemn ceremony at Dover Air Force Base after 13 American troops
The Daily CallerMar 08 2022
Analysis
Fact-Checking the President’s Remarks on Tax Policy
President Biden delivered his State of the Union address on March 1. Among the laundry list of new and ongoing spending programs that he touted, the president renewed his call for higher taxes on the rich:
I’m not looking to punish anybody, but let’s make corporations and wealthy Americans start paying their fair share. . . . And that’s why I’ve proposed closing loopholes for the very
National Review (News)Mar 01 2022
Fact Check
Fact-checking fake videos of Ukraine conflict
The way the conflict in Ukraine has unfolded across social media has made it hard for many people to figure out what's real and what's not. Cell phone videos from locals have circulated on Twitter, Facebook and TikTok, but some of the videos alleging to depict the situation on the ground in Ukraine have turned out to be fake.
Many showcase old footage from elsewhere instead, while some
CNN (Online News)Nov 10 2023
Fact Check
Fact-checking Chris Christie on U.S. security obligations toward Ukraine
During the third Republican presidential debate, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie explained that his support for Ukraine against the continuing Russian invasion traces back to promises made during the 1990s.
"In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine," Christie said during the Nov. 8 debate in Miami. "We said, ‘If you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet
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