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Did an Irish Times Column Express 'Pity' for the US?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 28, 2020

A scathing opinion column was copied and pasted then circulated online, prompting some to questi ...

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Did Texas' Lt. Gov. Say 'There Are More Important Things Than Living'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 22, 2020

Dan Patrick called for social-distancing measures to be eased for his state amid the coronavirus ...

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Did Trump Ask, 'How Can You Possibly Discover Anything If You Already Know Everything?'

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 19, 2020

Or as former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld might ask, "Do we know what the unknowns are"?

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Did Trump Say This About the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 26, 2020

Two statements the U.S. president made roughly a week apart in March 2020 came under intense scr ...

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Did Cristina Higgins Pen This Facebook Post About Coronavirus in Italy?

Written by: Dan Evon

March 12, 2020

A personal account concerning the spread of COVID-19 in Italy went viral in March 2020.

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Biden Said His Kids Would Grow Up in 'Racial Jungle' if Desegregation Wasn't Orderly?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 10, 2020

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate's history with desegregation busing has haunted him o ...

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Did an Infectious Disease Specialist Write 'I Am Not Scared of COVID-19'?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 9, 2020

Readers inquired about a viral Facebook post amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus in 2020.

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Did Bloomberg Say Sanders Would Have Beaten Trump in 2016?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 27, 2020

It wasn't necessarily a compliment.

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Did Michelle Obama Praise Harvey Weinstein as a 'Wonderful Human Being' in 2013?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 27, 2020

The former first lady thanked Weinstein for his role in a White House student film event — four ...

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Did Biden Say Poor Kids Are 'Just as Talented as White Kids'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 21, 2020

An example of what candidates should avoid, especially if their record on race has already come ...

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Did Bruce Springsteen Say Trump 'Doesn't Have a Grasp' on What It Means To Be American?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 20, 2020

"I didn’t need little Bruce Springsteen," Trump proclaimed at a campaign rally.

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Did Jimmy Carter Say 'Jesus Never Said a Word About Homosexuality'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 19, 2020

"When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taugh ...

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Did Mike Bloomberg Say 'Anybody Can Be a Farmer,' Tech Work Requires 'More Gray Matter'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 18, 2020

South Dakota's Republican governor accused the 2020 presidential candidate of "pompous ignorance ...

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Does This Trump Tweet Echo 'Mein Kampf'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 12, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly labeled the "fake news media" as the "enemy of the pe ...

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Did Richard Branson Say Trump Spent a 2-Hour Lunch Speaking of Revenge?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 11, 2020

The Virgin Group founder wrote that Donald Trump vowed to "spend the rest of his life destroying ...

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Did a 1933 Article Report That Hitler Would Not 'Disrupt' Germany?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Feb. 9, 2020

Events always seem more obvious and predictable after they have already taken place.

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Did Rush Limbaugh Say Nicotine Was Not Proven To Be Addictive?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 7, 2020

Some detractors hinted at a degree of irony in this quote after the conservative radio host anno ...

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Did Joe Biden Say He Doesn't Count Drunken Driving as a Felony?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Jan. 28, 2020

During a candidates forum in Iowa, the former vice president weighed in on the driving question ...

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Did Kobe Suggest Trump Is Too Divisive to 'Make America Great Again'?

Written by: Dan Evon

Jan. 28, 2020

The political quote was widely circulated after the NBA legend's death in January 2020.

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Did Trump Say 'We're Going to Take the Firearms First and Then Go to Court'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 23, 2020

Red flag laws allow law enforcement agencies to act on court orders and remove guns from people ...

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