Facebook Hoax: Tyler Perry Is Giving Away $750,000-Fiction!
False claims that Tyler Perry is giving away $750,000 spread on social media in June 2018.
2018
Trump Administration Holding Immigrant Children in Cages-Mostly Truth! & Misleading!
At least one U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility for child immigrants uses fence-like enclosures. But the facility has been in use since 2014, and other CBP facilities operate as licensed child care providers.
Child Trafficking Camp in Tucson Tied to Clinton Foundation-Fiction!
Authorities say that there’s no indication that an abandoned homeless encampment found on a CEMEX property in Tucson was used for anything illegal, including child sex trafficking.
House Democrats Draft Bill Making Eating at Chick-fil-A a Hate Crime-Fiction!
A website that publishes works of “Christian news satire” is behind false reports that House Democrats introduced a bill making it a hate crime to eat at Chick-fil-A because of the chain’s conservative views.
Robert De Niro Was Part of International Child Prostitution Ring-Mostly Fiction!
Robert De Niro was questioned as a witness in a French prostitution ring in 1998. However, the actor was never charged and denies wrongdoing.
Bushes Baked Beans Issues Recall-Outdated!
Bush’s Baked Beans issued a recall in July 2017, and it re-circulated on social media in June 2018.
Anthony Bourdain Had Information on Hillary Clinton, Sex Trafficking Ring -Fiction!
Baseless claims that Anthony Bourdain was ready to come forward with damaging information on Hillary Clinton and a child sex ring before his death are based on tweets that were taken out of context.
Pope Francis Orders White Women to Have Children with Muslim Migrants-Fiction!
Pope Francis did not urge white women to “breed” with Muslim migrants to curb declining birthrates.
Illinois Resident Patty Nye Blasts Senator Dick Durbin for Calling Seniors "Greediest Generation"-Fiction!
False claims that Illinois woman Patty Nye blasted Sen. Dick Durbin for calling seniors the greediest generation ever are based on an earlier (and unproven) rumor involving a woman named Patty Myers and Sen. Alan Simpson.
Henry Kissinger Comments on Trump: 'He Puts America First'-Mostly Fiction!
Henry Kissinger has voiced optimism about President Trump’s foreign policy potential, but he did not say Trump is the “one true leader” and the only one that puts “America first.”