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Did MLK Say This About Capitalism?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 20, 2020

Quote: "Since we know that the system will not change the rules, we're going to have to change t ...

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Did Advice Columnist Ann Landers Say This About Aging?

Written by: Bond Huberman

Oct. 29, 2019

It might be faster if we credited everyone at every age with authoring this quote.

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Did Trump Say Italy and U.S. Have Been Allies for Thousands of Years?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 21, 2019

The phrase “dating back thousands of years” caused many commentators to misunderstand President ...

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Did Anne Frank Write About 'Terrible Things Happening' and 'Families Torn Apart'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 10, 2019

Sometimes alleged historical parallels that seem a bit too apt appear so because they actually t ...

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Did U.S. Rep. Omar Say She 'Hates Living in America,' Was 'Better Off' in Refugee Camp?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

May 23, 2019

Principled criticism of aspects of one's life in a country is not the same as expressing hatred ...

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Pat Robertson

Did Pat Robertson Say Feminism Encourages Women to "Kill Their Children"?

Written by: David Mikkelson

April 4, 2019

The former Baptist minister rose to prominence in 1960 when he founded the Christian Broadcast N ...

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Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say 'Under Capitalism, Man Oppresses Man. Under Socialism, It's Just the Opposite'?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Dec. 13, 2018

It seems a little unlikely that a 29-year-old would be the originator of an "old Soviet joke" se ...

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Did Dick Van Dyke Say 'We Have to Stop a Man Who Wants to Be the Dictator'?

Written by: David Emery

Nov. 28, 2018

In an interview just before the 2016 presidential election, the then-90-year-old comic actor lev ...

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Did John F. Kennedy Ask 'Suppose God is Black?'

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 8, 2018

A speculative question about God's being black originated with one of the Kennedys, but it wasn' ...

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Ruth Bader Gisnburg

Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg Say 'I Am Mentally Fit Enough to Serve Through the End of President Eisenhower's Term?'

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 2, 2018

The Associate Supreme Court Justice said she hopes to remain on the bench another five years. A ...

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Bill Maher.

Did Bill Maher Say He Hopes for a Recession 'to Get Rid of Trump'?

Written by: David Emery

June 13, 2018

The always-provocative HBO talk show host stands accused of taking "Trump-hatred" to a whole new ...

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Did Ronald Reagan Warn Against 'Demagogues' Willing to Declare a Trade War Against America's Friends?

Written by: David Emery

June 8, 2018

During a 1988 radio address, President Reagan railed against those calling for trade tariffs and ...

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Did Wayne LaPierre Say There Should Be 'No Guns in Schools, Period'?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Feb. 23, 2018

A quote attributed to Wayne LaPierre of the NRA was abbreviated in a slightly misleading fashion.

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Majory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote About Activism?

Written by: Dan Evon

Feb. 23, 2018

The environmental activist, journalist, and suffragette encouraged people to "be a nuisance" and ...

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Did Billy Graham Say 'All Homosexuals Should Be Castrated'?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Feb. 23, 2018

After preacher Billy Graham died, a meme appeared attaching him to an offensive quote.

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Denzel Washington

Did Denzel Washington Say Trump's Election Saved Us From an 'Orwellian Police State'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Feb. 5, 2018

The quote attributed to the famed actor was fabricated by a disreputable web site.

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Dolly Parton Said California's 'Biblical Disasters' Were Punishment For 'Embracing Satan?'

Written by: Dan Evon

Jan. 12, 2018

A fake news web site attempted to ride a wave of Parton-related controversy in January 2018.

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Did Bono Say 'Donald Trump Is Destroying America, We Must Stop Him'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 1, 2018

Reports that the U2 frontman proclaimed during an interview that "Donald Trump is destroying Ame ...

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Did Trump-Supporting Sandra Bullock Urge Hillary Clinton to Leave the United States?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 27, 2017

Several disreputable web sites used a fabricated quote as clickbait and plagiarized a two-year-o ...

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George Orwell's Wikipedia page

Did George Orwell's '1984' Predict the Power of Smartphones?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

July 17, 2017

A widely-shared quotation comes from a 2014 theater adaptation, not the original 1949 novel.

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