Today: September 18, 2024
Today: September 18, 2024

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FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California

Former President Donald Trump, speaking Friday at his Los Angeles-area golf club, unleashed an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris, revisiting many points from Tuesday's presidential debate and making several false and misleading claims, many of which had been made before

FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California
Election|News|Opinion|Political

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris' debate

In the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, their highly different views of the country provided a distinct contrast between their agendas

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris' debate
Election

Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage

Republicans have turned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic vice presidential nominee this week, building on a false online narrative that attempts to paint Walz as a liar

Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage
Election|News

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made during the second night of the Democratic National Convention

A celebratory roll call marked Vice President Kamala Harris' nomination as the Democratic candidate for president

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made during the second night of the Democratic National Convention
Election|News|Political

FACT FOCUS: Google autocomplete results around Trump lead to claims of election interference

A lack of Google autocomplete results about the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump is being held up on social media as evidence of election interference

FACT FOCUS: Google autocomplete results around Trump lead to claims of election interference
News|Technology

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
News|Opinion|Political

FACT FOCUS: Trump, in Republican convention video, alludes to false claim 2020 election was stolen

Former President Donald Trump has maintained since his defeat in 2020 that the election was stolen

FACT FOCUS: Trump, in Republican convention video, alludes to false claim 2020 election was stolen
News|Political

FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One

False reports that President Joe Biden had a “medical emeregency” while traveling on Air Force One Friday circulated widely on social media after he arrived home in Delaware after a campaign stop in Wisconsin

FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One
News|Political

FACT FOCUS: Trump wasn’t exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was

Former President Donald Trump is turning to his social media platform to declare “total exoneration” after the Supreme Court ruled presidents have broad immunity when it comes to their actions while in office

FACT FOCUS: Trump wasn’t exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was
News|Sports

FACT FOCUS: Associated Press video manipulated to make it appear Slovak flags banned at soccer match

Manipulated video from an Associated Press report circulated on the eve of the match between Slovakia and Ukraine at this year’s European Championship, with the false claim that Slovak flags had been banned from all games because of their similarity to the Russian flag

FACT FOCUS: Associated Press video manipulated to make it appear Slovak flags banned at soccer match
News|Political

FACT FOCUS: Biden's pause as he left a star-studded LA fundraiser becomes a target for opponents

Video from a fundraiser in Los Angeles for President Joe Biden is circulating on social media with claims that he froze up onstage as he exited the event

FACT FOCUS: Biden's pause as he left a star-studded LA fundraiser becomes a target for opponents
Business|Political

FACT FOCUS: Tyson Foods isn't hiring workers who came to the U.S. illegally. Boycott calls persist

Conservatives are calling for a boycott of Tyson Foods after false claims spread online that the company planned to hire 52,000 people who came to the U.S. illegally

FACT FOCUS: Tyson Foods isn't hiring workers who came to the U.S. illegally. Boycott calls persist
Entertainment|Political|Sports

Taylor Swift + Super Bowl = conspiracy theories. The claims are baseless

Superstar Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce, have become the focus of a raft of false claims and political conspiracy theories on social media this week as the team advances to the Super Bowl on Feb. 11

Taylor Swift + Super Bowl = conspiracy theories. The claims are baseless
News|Technology

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
News|Political

FACT FOCUS: Trump responds to guilty verdict with attacks and false claims

Former President Donald Trump on Friday sought to relitigate several aspects of his hush money trial, making several false and unsupported claims after being convicted on 34 felony charges by a New York jury

FACT FOCUS: Trump responds to guilty verdict with attacks and false claims
News|Technology

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
News|Technology

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
News|Political

FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts use of 'deadly force' language in FBI document for Mar-a-Lago search

Former President Donald Trump has pointed to standard language used in an unsealed FBI document to baselessly claim the Biden administration wanted to kill him during a search for documents at his Florida estate in 2022

FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts use of 'deadly force' language in FBI document for Mar-a-Lago search
News|Technology

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
News|Opinion|Technology

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
News|Political

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
Business|News|Political

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
Business|News|Political

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
Entertainment|News|Political

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
News

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

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