Fact Checks

News Article Said Vice President Biden's Weekend Trips Cost Taxpayers $1 Million Annually-Truth!

This is a forwarded email that contains what appears to be a news article that said that Vice President Joe Biden racked up $1 Million in weekend trips during his term, commuting from his Delaware home to our nation’s capital. The article also reported that the Vice President flew on Saturdays to play golf with President Obama at Andrews Air Force Base, at taxpayer expense.

Michelle Bachman's Tweet About Coke Ad-Fiction!

This is an alleged Twitter tweet by Congressional Representative Michelle Bachman that said, “If English was good enough for Jesus to use to write the Bible, then it should be good enough for Coca-Cola”. It was a comment on the 2014 Super Bowl ad by Coca Cola that had a multilingual rendition of “America the Beautiful.”

Ben Bernanke Told Everyone At a Neighborhood Bar How Screwed The Economy Really Is-Fiction!

This is a forwarded email that appears to be an article about Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. It says that the “totally sloshed” Bernanke walked into a bar, ordered some drinks and told patrons the truth of the condition of the economy in the United States. The story said that Federal Reserve Chairman refused to pay for his bar tab because the money was worthless but fed the juke box with enough coins to play the Dire Straits song, “Money For Nothing” five times in a row.

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‘Hijacking Dry Run’ on AirTran Airways Flight 297?

This is a forwarded email that gives an eyewitness account of an incident on board a Air Tran Flight 297 that ended in a 2 1/2 delay in the flight because a passenger refused to hang up his cell phone. The story said the un-cooperative passenger spoke only Arabic travelling with 11 other Muslim men who could have been practicing a “dry run” for a terrorist attack.