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Did U.S. President Barack Obama Have a Separation Policy at the Border?

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / June 24, 2019

In late June 2019, United States President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that his administration did not have a family separation policy at the border — going further to attribute the controversial actions to his predecessor, Barack Obama. Trump outright stated this lie multiple times in a series of interviews between June 21 and June 23, 2019: On …

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Have Arrest Warrants Been Issued for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama?

Fact Checks, Politics, Viral Content / By Brooke Binkowski / June 21, 2019

Despite fears of “deepfake” videos and other high-tech ways disinformation could potentially proliferate in the very near future, the stories that still get the most traction are often decidedly low effort. Take, for example, the case of a May 2019 story with the provocative headline “Panel of 16 Judges Agrees: Barr Has Enough to Indict Clinton …

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Is the MTA Posting Pride Signs on the NYC Subway?

Fact Checks, Viral Content / By Kim LaCapria / June 3, 2019

In June 2019, social media users shared images of what appeared to be official New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway signage marking Pride month: A prominent iteration was shared by the Facebook page Occupy Democrats, but the post (archived here) did not indicate whether the MTA was actually responsible for the signs: However, many …

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Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘We Can Land on the Sun, We Just Have to Go at Night?’

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / May 28, 2019

On January 31 2019, a Facebook user shared the following meme (archived here), claiming that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had once said that it was possible to “land on the sun” and “we just have to go at night”: Not only did the post not include any indication as to whether it was presented as real …

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Are New Abortion Laws in Alabama and Ohio Defined as ‘Forced Pregnancy’ under UN Genocide Conventions?

Fact Checks, Politics / By Kim LaCapria / May 20, 2019

On May 17 2019, a Facebook user shared one of several social media claims that controversial new near-total abortion bans in Alabama, Ohio, and Georgia constituted “forced pregnancy” under United Nations (UN) regulations governing the definition and handling of genocide and genocidal acts. The post (archived here) included a screenshot from the United Nations Office …

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Is Joel Osteen Ministries Charging Facebook Commenters for ‘Prayer Requests’?

Fact Checks, Viral Content / By Kim LaCapria / May 15, 2019

In May 2019, screenshots of a purported exchange between a prayer-seeking fan and the Joel Osteen Ministries page began circulating on social media: In the screenshot, someone posted: “I am requesting prayer for my marriage.” In response, it appeared that the Facebook page for Joel Osteen Ministries replied: Unfortunately, your Joel Osteen prayer request account has …

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Did Nancy Pelosi Call ‘Late-Term Abortion’ Bans ‘Really Quite a Sad Thing?’

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / May 10, 2019

On April 14 2019, a Facebook user shared a text-based status update (archived here), claiming that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had described “late-term abortion” bans as “really quite a sad thing”: Against a purple gradient background, white text read: Nancy Pelosi just called Trump’s request to ban late-term abortion “Really quite a sad thing.” No …

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Does This Picture Show a Tiny Crowd Ten Minutes Before Sen. Bernie Sanders’ April 2019 Houston Rally?

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / April 29, 2019

On April 26 2019, Facebook page “The Trump Train” shared the following post (archived here), claiming that it showed a crowd of a few dozen people in Houston ten minutes before Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was scheduled to speak: Across the top of an image of a few dozen people, the text read: 4/24/19 – Bernie’s …

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Is USPS Losing Money Because of a 2006 Pension Law?

Fact Checks, Politics / By Kim LaCapria / April 11, 2019

On April 8 2019, Facebook page “The Other 98%” shared a post (archived here) claiming that the United States Postal Service was mistakenly believed to be losing money thanks to online retailers like Amazon, when in actuality the shortfall was because of a 2006 law mandating that USPS pre-fund worker pensions: It read: DID YOU KNOW? …

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Were 2019’s First Three House Bills for Impeachment, an Electoral College Ban, and Foreign Aid?

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / April 8, 2019

On April 7 2019 the Facebook page “ForAmerica” shared the following meme (archived here), purportedly describing Democrats’ first three House bills in 2019: Atop a photograph of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California), text read: THE FIRST THREE BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE BY DEMOCRATS: IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT BAN THE ELECTORAL …

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