# claims

url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloomberg-farmers-gray-matter/
title: Did Mike Bloomberg Say 'Anybody Can Be a Farmer,' Tech Work Requires 'More Gray Matter'?
review_date: 2020-02-18T05:00:15Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2016 Mike Bloomberg said he "could teach anybody to be a farmer" but information technology required "a lot more gray matter."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-obama-ditched-by-secret-service/
title: Did Michelle Obama Get Ditched by Secret Service?
review_date: 2017-01-14T01:29:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michelle Obama's Secret Service detail abruptly quit during her Hawaii vacation and left her on the street.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mehmet-oz-groping-michelle-obama/
title: Does Photo Show Dr. Oz Groping Michelle Obama?
review_date: 2022-05-16T02:30:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph showed Mehmet Oz, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and former host of the "Dr. Oz Show," groping former first lady Michelle Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chaffetz-trump-probe/
title: Is Jason Chaffetz Avoiding a Trump Probe to Investigate a Children's Show?
review_date: 2017-02-17T01:53:03Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rep. Jason Chaffetz is investigating a PBS show instead of President Donald Trump's alleged Russian connections


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/widowed-penguins-photo/
title: Does a Photo Show 'Widowed' Penguins Consoling Each Other?
review_date: 2020-12-27T02:00:45Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows two “widowed” penguins appearing to console each other while gazing at the city lights in Melbourne, Australia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tijuana-transfer/
title: Is ISIS on the U.S.-Mexican Border?
review_date: 2014-10-12T19:03:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
ISIS members are operating a camp near El Paso and have been arrested trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chewy-dog-deaths-flowers/
title: Did an Online Retailer Send Flowers to a Customer Whose Dogs Died?
review_date: 2017-12-18T06:08:34Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Chewy.com refunded the purchase of two bags of dog food and sent flowers when a customer's two dogs died.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ocasio-cortez-gun-rights-quote/
title: Did Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez Say 'Owning Guns Is Not a Right' in the Constitution?
review_date: 2019-01-18T03:40:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that "owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pete-buttigieg-breastfeeding-device/
title: Does a Pic Show Pete Buttigieg Wearing a Breastfeeding Device?
review_date: 2021-10-19T08:10:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph authentically shows U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wearing a breastfeeding device.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/southwest-air-fans-facebook-scam/
title: Is the 'Southwest Air Fans' Facebook Ticket Giveaway a Scam or Legit?
review_date: 2022-05-22T10:01:39Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Southwest Airlines is giving away free tickets on a Facebook page named "Southwest Air Fans" in celebration of the company's 69th or 86th anniversary.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-rape-insurance/
title: Did the Texas House of Representatives Pass a Law Requiring Women to Buy 'Rape Insurance'?
review_date: 2017-08-11T06:39:24Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2017, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that would force women to purchase "rape insurance."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-sharia-law/
title: House Democrats Strike to Implement Sharia Law
review_date: 2016-12-12T10:55:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Congressional Democrats attempted to implement Sharia law by enacting House Resolution 569, a condemnation of violence and bigotry against Muslims.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mary-poppins-racist/
title: Did a College Professor Label the Film 'Mary Poppins' Racist?
review_date: 2019-02-09T02:11:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a professor of English literature at Linfield College, wrote an opinion column published in January 2019, in which he described elements of the 1964 film "Mary Poppins" as racist.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bolsonaro-covid-vaccine-crocodiles/
title: Did Brazil's President Bolsonaro Imply COVID-19 Vaccine Turns People Into Crocodiles?
review_date: 2020-12-22T07:27:34Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said, “In the Pfizer contract it's very clear: 'we're not responsible for any side effects.' If you turn into a crocodile, it's your problem.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carolyn-gudger/
title: Did Carolyn Gudger Stop a School Shooting?
review_date: 2013-01-08T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Carolyn Gudger, a school resource officer at Sullivan Central High School, held a gunman at bay until deputies arrived and shot him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michael-collins-scream-cut-mic/
title: Did Michael Collins Joke That Neil Armstrong Should 'Scream and Cut Your Mic' During Moon Landing?
review_date: 2021-05-03T07:39:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michael Collins once joked with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin that, upon landing on the moon, they should say "'Oh my God, what is that thing?' then scream and cut your mic."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/briefcase-changes-color/
title: Briefcase Changes Color from Red to Green on TV, Explained
review_date: 2021-11-03T06:38:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A politician's briefcase "inexplicably" changed colors from red to green after he passed a parked car.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-body-bags/
title: Clinton Body Bags
review_date: 2001-01-24T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bill Clinton has quietly done away with several dozen people who possessed incriminating evidence about him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-mattis-mad-dog/
title: Did Trump Give Mattis the Nickname 'Mad Dog'?
review_date: 2020-06-04T02:19:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump coined the nickname "Mad Dog" for retired Marine Corps General James Mattis.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swedish-scientist-cannibalism/
title: Did a Swedish Scientist Propose Cannibalism as a Solution to Climate Change?
review_date: 2019-09-18T04:03:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Magnus Söderlund proposed or advocated eating human flesh as a solution to climate change in remarks he made on Sept. 3, 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-emma-gonzalez-attacking-truck/
title: Was Emma González Photographed Swinging an Umbrella at a Truck?
review_date: 2018-03-27T05:30:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Emma González was photographed attacking a truck belonging to a "Second Amendment supporter" during a March for Our Lives event in March 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/911-man-survives-fall/
title: Did a Man Safely 'Surf' Down from the Upper Levels of the WTC on 9/11?
review_date: 2001-09-25T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man caught in the explosion of one of the World Trade Center towers rode bits of the falling building down to safety.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oj-simpson-sag-aftra-strike/
title: Did O.J. Simpson Tweet That He Would Join SAG-AFTRA Strike?
review_date: 2023-07-14T11:39:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
O.J. Simpson tweeted a video expressing his support for ​​SAG-AFTRA actors on strike against major studios in July 2023, and saying he would join them on the picket lines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zambia-nurse-swap-babies/
title: Did a Maternity Ward Nurse Switch 5,000 Babies at Birth for 'Fun'?
review_date: 2019-04-08T01:31:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A nurse employed in a Zambian hospital swapped nearly 5,000 babies at birth and gave them to the "wrong" parents.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gas-station-shuns-serviceman/
title: Gas Station Shuns Serviceman?
review_date: 2015-12-28T01:39:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The gas station next to Higbie Bagels refused to sell tobacco to a serviceman who presented military ID, because the station's owners are anti-military.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alexa-girl-penny-electrical-socket/
title: Did Alexa Challenge a Girl To Touch a Penny to an Electrical Socket?
review_date: 2021-12-29T02:39:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Alexa voice on an Amazon Echo device challenged a 10-year-old girl to touch a penny to the exposed prongs of a plug halfway inserted into an electrical socket.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hidilyn-diaz-olympics/
title: Does This Meme Accurately Depict Hidilyn Diaz's Olympic History?
review_date: 2021-07-27T07:25:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme that was posted to Facebook on July 26, 2021, accurately outlines Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz's experience at Summer Olympics over the years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-calls-voters-bucket-of-losers/
title: Hillary Calls Voters 'Bucket of Losers' in Leaked Goldman Sachs Speech
review_date: 2016-10-08T03:52:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Leaked transcripts from Goldman Sachs speeches document that Hillary Clinton described progressive voters as a "bucket of losers."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jane-goodall-trump-primate-behavior/
title: Did Jane Goodall Compare Donald Trump's Actions to Primate Dominance Behavior?
review_date: 2018-04-25T02:20:20Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Anthropologist Jane Goodall likened Donald Trump's actions to primates engaging in dominance behavior.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/virgin-islands-order-seizure-weapons-irma/
review_date: 2017-09-07T09:39:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2017, U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp signed an executive order empowering the National Guard to seize weapons and other private property.

title:
Did the Governor of the United States' Virgin Islands Sign an Order Allowing the Seizure of Weapons During Hurricane Irma?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/human-nervous-system/
title: Does This Picture Show a Fully Dissected Human Nervous System?
review_date: 2023-03-08T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph genuinely shows a complete human nervous system preserved and displayed in a manner similar to a human skeleton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/male-rapist-transfer-womens-jail/
title: Did a Male Rapist Who Identifies as Female Transfer to a Women's Jail and Assault Female Inmates?
review_date: 2018-11-30T09:11:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Transgender prisoner Karen White of West Yorkshire, England, who confessed to committing multiple rapes as a man, sexually assaulted female inmates after being transferred to a women's jail.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-visa-free-travel-policy/
title: Did President Trump Sign Visa-Free Travel Policies for Various Countries?
review_date: 2017-02-22T01:47:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump has signed visa-free travel policies for residents of a number of different countries.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/church-food-bank-closed/
title: Did a Church Close Its Food Bank 'Because It Attracts Poor People'?
review_date: 2020-10-23T08:45:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A newspaper reported that a church had closed its food bank because the program “attracts poor people."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/country-origin-meat-labeling-meme/
title: Did the U.S. Remove 'Country of Origin' Labeling from Meat?
review_date: 2015-12-31T03:49:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lawmakers "slipped" the repeal of country of origin labeling for meat into the December 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-jackson-death-hoax/
title: Joe Jackson Death Hoax
review_date: 2018-06-25T07:53:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joe Jackson — patriarch of the entertainment family that includes singers Janet Jackson and the late Michael Jackson — has died of cancer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-voting-machines-party-switching/
title: Are Texas Voting Machines Switching People's Votes?
review_date: 2018-10-27T14:37:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Voting machines in Texas are changing voters' selections to the opposite party's candidate in a U.S. Senate race.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rock-star-stomach-pump/
title: Rock Star 'Stomach Pump' Legend
review_date: 2001-02-04T14:00:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After collapsing at a post-concert party, a rock star was rushed to an emergency room, where doctors pumped a pint of semen out of his (or her) stomach.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mens-soccer-player-sports-bra/
title: Did Men's Soccer Player Reveal Sports Bra After Game-Winning Goal?
review_date: 2021-06-29T08:19:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Ukrainian soccer player Artem Dovbyk taking his shirt off, revealing a sports bra, after scoring a game winning goal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-maxwell-photo/
title: Is the Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell Photo Real?
review_date: 2022-04-25T09:57:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell were once photographed together.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/china-covid-quarantine-video/
title: Video Shows Police in China Enforcing Quarantine in 2020, Not 2022
review_date: 2022-12-06T16:39:19Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video recorded in November 2022 shows Chinese officials in white protective hazmat suits carrying people down a hallway to be quarantined for COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sew-shrimp-curtains-revenge/
title: Did a Woman Sew Shrimp Into Curtains to Get Even With Her Cheating Partner?
review_date: 2000-01-22T19:03:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A jilted woman sews shrimp into the curtain hems of the house she shares with her lover, and the impossible-to-locate stench drives him and his new lady love to sell the house.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-funded-by-trump/
title: Was Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Development Funded by Trump Administration?
review_date: 2020-11-10T08:09:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The research and development of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which proved to be 90% effective against SARS-CoV-2 in November 2020, was funded by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-an-evil-santa-on-youtube-kids/
title: Is an 'Evil Santa' on YouTube Kids?
review_date: 2021-11-03T01:21:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An "evil Santa" appeared on YouTube Kids telling children to harm themselves or others in order to receive more presents.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/portland-ned-flanders-bridge/
title: Yes, Portland Really Did Name a New Bridge After Ned Flanders
review_date: 2021-09-14T01:15:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2021, the city of Portland renamed a new bridge in honor of "The Simpsons" character Ned Flanders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/meryl-streep-subway-audition/
title: Is This Meryl Streep Riding the Subway After Failing an Audition?
review_date: 2019-09-18T02:40:14Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows actress Meryl Streep riding the subway after failing an audition for "King Kong."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/azov-swastika-flag-ukraine/
title: Is This a Real Photo of Ukrainian Soldiers in Front of a Swastika Flag?
review_date: 2023-03-14T16:11:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photo shows Ukrainian soldiers posing in front of a NATO flag, an Azov flag, and the swastika-bearing flag once used by the Hitler Youth.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moira-rose-home-alone/
title: Are Moira Rose From 'Schitt's Creek' and Kevin's Mom From 'Home Alone' Played by the Same Actress?
review_date: 2020-12-02T03:49:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The actress who played a character named Moira Rose on the show "Schitt's Creek" is the same actress who played Kevin's mom in "Home Alone."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/senator-daughter-serial-killer/
title: Female Serial Killer is the Daughter of a United States Senator?
review_date: 2017-09-14T09:35:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Anne Marie Scott", daughter of U.S. Senator "James Montgomery", was charged with a series of murders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/multi-tone-handshake-emoji/
title: Will a Multi-Skin-Toned Handshake Emoji Be Available in 2022?
review_date: 2021-05-02T03:31:26Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A handshake emoji featuring two hands whose skin tone can be individually modified will be available once the next Unicode update is released.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whether-balloon/
title: Laura Buxton Balloon Coincidence
review_date: 2013-04-29T11:37:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A girl named Laura Buxton released a balloon that ended up in the hands of another girl named Laura Buxton who lived 140 miles away.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kgb-agent-sex-pistols/
title: Did a KGB Agent Confirm That the Sex Pistols Were Backed by the USSR to Destabilize the West?
review_date: 2017-05-10T05:44:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A KGB agent admitted that the Sex Pistols were financed by the USSR to destabilize Western democracy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/apple-emergency-broadcast-system/
title: No, Apple Isn't Shutting Off the Emergency Broadcast System
review_date: 2021-01-11T05:39:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Apple's software update shut off the emergency alert system on iPhones so U.S. President Donald Trump can't text his supporters.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-sleep-climate-summit/
title: Does Vid Show Biden Dozing off at Climate Change Summit?
review_date: 2021-11-01T07:09:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video recorded on Nov. 1, 2021, of U.S. President Joe Biden at the United Nation's climate summit showed him falling asleep.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/15-homeless-dead-in-chicago/
title: Were 15 Homeless People Found Frozen to Death in Chicago?
review_date: 2019-01-30T13:11:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fifteen homeless people in Chicago were found dead on the street because of record-low temperatures that hit the city in late January 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/skinhead-cop-tattoo-jewish/
title: Does This Photo Show 'Skinhead Cop with a Right-Wing Militia Tattoo' Arresting a Jewish Protester?
review_date: 2019-07-05T08:44:31Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shared on social media in mid-2019 shows a "skinhead" police officer with a "right-wing militia" tattoo.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-oval-pawffice-texas/
title: Did the White House Tweet This "Oval Pawffice" Post in Response to the Texas Blackouts?
review_date: 2021-02-21T04:45:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In response to the Texas blackouts, the White House made a misguided attempt at doggo humor in a tweet purporting to speak in the voice of President Joe Biden's dog Champ.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stephanopoulos-trump-height/
title: What's Stephanopoulos' Height Compared to President Trump's?
review_date: 2019-06-17T08:32:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows the height disparity between political reporter George Stephanopoulos and U.S. President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alaska-pay-to-stay/
title: Will Alaska Pay You $2,000 Not to Leave the State?
review_date: 2016-09-13T06:32:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
All Alaska residents who live in the state 190 days a year and who are not felons receive $2,000 a year.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/migrant-caravan-fleeing-violence-legal/
title: Is it Legal for a Migrant 'Fleeing Violence' to Enter the U.S. Without Authorization?
review_date: 2018-10-25T10:15:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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text:
A 1951 United Nations convention gives migrants fleeing violence in their home countries the legal right to enter the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ama-revoke-rand-pauls-ophthalmology-license/
title: No, the AMA Didn't Revoke Sen. Rand Paul’s Ophthalmology License
review_date: 2021-08-12T02:02:40Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The American Medical Association revoked the ophthalmology license of Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, due to “ethical concerns” and his “blatant disregard for the Hippocratic Oath.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dun-bradstreet/
title: Dun & Bradstreet Customer Complaints E-Mail
review_date: 2013-08-07T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An e-mailed notification about customer complaints from the Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp is legitimate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/something-eggstra/
title: Requiring an Egg Made Instant Cake Mixes Sell?
review_date: 2008-01-30T19:03:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Instant cake mixes sold poorly until one food company decided to require the addition of a fresh egg to their product.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/little-leaguer-porn-star/
title: Did a Little Leaguer List a Porn Star as His Favorite Actor?
review_date: 2018-08-14T07:45:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
ESPN aired a graphic listing porn star Johnny Sins as a Little League baseball player's favorite actor.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rapex/
title: RapeX, the South African Anti-Rape Condom
review_date: 2012-07-27T16:34:50Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an anti-rape device known as RapeX, a female condom with teeth lining the inside.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-first-order-flag-burning/
title: Trump's First Order: Anyone Burning an American Flag to Be Charged with Treason
review_date: 2016-11-12T01:31:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump announced that his "first order" as President would be to make flag burning a treasonous act.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-agent-murder-suicide/
title: FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
review_date: 2016-11-05T16:42:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An FBI agent investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server killed himself after murdering his wife.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/olivia-newton-john-dying-cancer/
title: Is Olivia Newton-John Dying of Cancer?
review_date: 2019-01-02T05:20:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Singer Olivia Newton-John hovers close to death due to a recurring bout of cancer and has only weeks to live.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/macaulay-quote-india-1835/
title: Is Macaulay Quote About 'Dominating' India with English Culture Real?
review_date: 2022-10-11T07:29:24Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay said, "I propose that we replace [India's] old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own … they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/panda-on-a-plane/
title: Is This a Live Panda Flown from China to U.S. in Business Class?
review_date: 2016-08-09T13:34:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Viral image shows a real panda seated next to a human being in the business class section of a jetliner.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-kkk-supporters/
title: Did Donald Trump Supporters Wear KKK Robes to the Nevada Caucus?
review_date: 2016-02-24T08:13:55Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows two Ku Klux Klan members dressed in white robes showing support for Donald Trump at the Nevada caucus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fema-barges-hawaii-volcano/
title: Did FEMA Use Barges to Incarcerate People Fleeing a Volcano in Hawaii?
review_date: 2018-06-26T03:39:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2018, FEMA deployed barges to Hawaii, to transport victims of the Kilauea volcano to an "internment camp."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/young-frankenstein-aerosmith-walk-this-way/
title: Did the Movie ‘Young Frankenstein’ Inspire Title of Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’?
review_date: 2021-08-10T03:11:55Z
textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The 1974 comedy “Young Frankenstein” directly inspired the title for rock band Aerosmith’s song “Walk This Way.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fart-death/
title: Did a Man Die After 'Holding in Farts' at His Girlfriend's House?
review_date: 2017-08-04T04:45:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man in Argentina died from peritonitis after holding in gas during a visit with his girlfriend's mother.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/butthole-surfing-robot/
title: Does a Video Show a 'Butthole' Surfing Robot?
review_date: 2020-10-29T09:40:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Purdue University engineers developed a magnetic hair-sized robot that is capable of transporting pharmaceutical drugs throughout the colons of mice and pigs after entering through the anus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rep-debbie-lesko-shoot-her-grandkids-to-protect-them/
title: Did Rep. Debbie Lesko Say She Would Shoot Her Own Grandkids to Protect Them?
review_date: 2022-07-07T09:31:04Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, said she would do "anything" to protect her grandchildren, "including, as a last resort, shooting them, if I had to, to protect the lives of my grandchildren."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-oreilly-beaten/
title: Bill O’Reilly in Critical Condition After Being Attacked by ‘Tolerant’ Liberals?
review_date: 2017-05-09T00:47:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was hospitalized in New York after being beaten by a group of "liberals."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-eagles-players-kneel-anthem/
title: Did Philadelphia Eagles Players Kneel During the National Anthem in 2017?
review_date: 2018-06-05T04:28:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Players on the Philadelphia Eagles knelt in protest during the National Anthem throughout the 2017 regular NFL season.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mh370-patent-disappearance/
title: Malaysia Air 370 Patent Conspiracy
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was made to disappear so one party could gain control of a multiply-owned patent.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/little-caesars-dumpster-divers/
title: Did Little Caesars Hang a Sign Offering Free Pizza to Dumpster Divers?
review_date: 2021-04-08T03:33:46Z
textual_rating: Outdated
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Little Caesars put a sign up on its door offering free pizza and water to homeless people searching its dumpsters for food.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doctor-mourning-previously-infertile-mother/
title: Is This a Doctor Mourning a Woman Who Died During Childbirth?
review_date: 2017-09-06T07:49:08Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
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text:
An image depicts a obstetrician grieving after his patient gave birth to a long-awaited baby and then died.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ayn-rand-social-security/
title: Did Ayn Rand Receive Social Security Benefits?
review_date: 2017-06-23T09:38:06Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Despite arguing that government benefits constitute an immoral redistribution of wealth, Ayn Rand received Social Security payouts later in life.


title: Are Nestle and Coca-Cola Trying to Privatize a South American Aquifer?
review_date: 2018-03-06T06:15:44Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Coca-Cola and Nestle are negotiating with the Brazilian government to privatize the Guarani Aquifier in South America.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-coca-cola-trying-to-privatize-guarani-aquifer-in-south-america/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/roses-car-kentucky-sex-trafficking/
title: Are Roses on Cars Part of a Kentucky Sex Trafficking Plot?
review_date: 2019-12-11T04:32:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Facebook post shows evidence of a sex trafficking scheme involving contaminated roses placed on cars in Kentucky in late 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sheriff-nike-shirt-mugshots/
title: Did a Sheriff's Dept. Dress Arrestees in Nike Shirts for Their Mugshots?
review_date: 2018-10-11T05:40:35Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Union County Sheriff's Department in Arkansas dressed numerous arrestees in Nike shirts for their mugshots as a jab at the company.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-hillary-blanket-pardon/
title: President Obama to Issue Hillary a 'Blanket Pardon' to Avoid Future Prosecution
review_date: 2016-11-11T12:31:03Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
President Obama will issue a “blanket pardon” for Hillary Clinton to cover any undiscovered past crimes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/victorian-grave-cage-mortsafe/
title: Was This Victorian-Era Contraption Meant To Keep Vampires in Their Graves?
review_date: 2021-10-29T03:23:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
People in Victorian England were so afraid of zombies and vampires that they built cages to trap the undead in their graves in case the corpse reanimated.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/garth-brooks-cancels-bar-grand-opening/
title: Did Garth Brooks Cancel His Bar's Grand Opening After Bud Light Controversy?
review_date: 2023-06-16T15:19:16Z
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In June 2023, singer Garth Brooks canceled the grand opening of his Nashville bar after three investors pulled out of the project, an apparent decision connected with a controversy concerning Bud Light.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/apartment-radiator-pandemic-spread/
title: Were Old Apartment Radiators Designed To Prevent Spread of the 1918 Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-12-09T06:27:23Z
textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Some steam radiators built in older apartment buildings in cities like New York were designed to keep dwellings warm with windows open due to the 1918 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chicks-hatched-without-eggshell/
title: Chicks Hatched Without Eggshells
review_date: 2016-05-30T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A video shows a group of high school students hatching a chick that developed outside an eggshell for the first time in history.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patients-die-intensive-care-puerto-rico-icu/
title: Did All of the Patients in a Puerto Rican Intensive Care Unit Die?
review_date: 2017-10-03T07:14:08Z
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All of the patients in the intensive care unit of a Puerto Rican hospital were killed by Hurricane Maria.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pope-francis-trump-obama-smile/
title: Pope Francis Smiled with President Obama, Frowned with President Trump?
review_date: 2017-05-25T00:19:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
An image accurately compares Pope Francis' mood during a visit with President Obama and another visit with President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-interns-minimum-wage/
title: Bernie Sanders Pays Interns $12 an Hour?
review_date: 2016-02-01T07:10:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bernie Sanders pays his staff interns $12 per hour while campaigning for a minimum wage increase to $15 per hour.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-electronics-rescue/
title: Do These Photos Show Floridians 'Rescuing' Electronics During Hurricane Dorian?
review_date: 2019-09-09T08:37:21Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Photographs posted to Facebook show Florida residents looting electronic devices during Hurricane Dorian in summer 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/creature-looks-like-salmon-sushi/
title: Is This Sushi-Like Creature Real?
review_date: 2021-10-16T01:00:00Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A marine organism discovered by a fisherman off the coast of Japan resembles a piece of salmon sushi.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whats-app-argentina-is-doing-it/
title: Will the WhatsApp Message 'Argentina Is Doing It' Hack My Phone?
review_date: 2020-07-17T07:19:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A WhatsApp video message known as "Argentina Is Doing It" spreads malware that irreparably hacks viewers' cell phones.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-toaster-dial-is-for-minutes-not-level-of-toasty-ness/
title: Does a Toaster Dial Set Minutes Rather Than 'Level of Toasty-ness'?
review_date: 2016-09-01T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The numbers on a toaster indicate duration of toasting in minutes, and not a "degree of toastiness."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maxine-waters-illegal-immigrant-supreme-court/
title: Did Maxine Waters Call for an 'Illegal Immigrant' to Be the Next Supreme Court Justice?
review_date: 2018-07-02T04:09:41Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters called for the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice to be an "illegal immigrant."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-security-guard-mandalay-bay-an-accomplice/
title: Was the Security Guard at Mandalay Bay an 'Accomplice' to the Las Vegas Mass Shooter?
review_date: 2017-10-07T11:35:02Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos was an "accomplice" to Las Vegas Strip mass shooter Stephen Paddock.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weis-markets-ban-american-flag/
title: Were Weis Markets Employees Banned From Displaying the American Flag?
review_date: 2020-07-08T04:55:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2020, Weis Markets banned its employees from wearing any representation of the American flag because it was considered controversial amidst the political climate. They also banned the flag from being displayed on merchandise.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/snake-on-plane-airasia/
title: Does Video Show a Snake on an AirAsia Plane?
review_date: 2022-02-11T02:49:59Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video recorded in February 2022 shows a snake slithering in an overhead light above passengers on an AirAsia flight over Malaysia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-classified-above-law/
title: Yes, Trump Said 'No One Will Be Above the Law' Regarding Protection of Classified Information
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textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
On Aug. 18, 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump said, "In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-tomlin-no-more-kneeling/
title: No, Mike Tomlin Didn't Say 'No More Kneeling' on His Field
review_date: 2022-08-05T08:35:58Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin told his players he would allow no more kneeling in protest on his field.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/confederate-flag-capitol-dc/
title: Was the Confederate Flag Raised at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.?
review_date: 2021-01-06T05:13:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Confederate flag was spotted inside and outside the U.S. Capitol as a pro-Trump mob stormed the building.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-arpaio-misdeeds/
title: Are These Some Real Things Joe Arpaio Has Done?
review_date: 2018-01-11T08:26:50Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A widely shared social media post accurately lists reprehensible acts committed by former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anonymous-donor-pays-2-5-million/
title: Anonymous Donor Pays $2.5 Million to Release Everyone Arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline?
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textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An anonymous donor contributed $2.5 million to bail out protesters arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/helter-shelter/
title: Is This Photo of a Giant Furniture 'Horse Shelter' Real?
review_date: 2012-11-29T07:58:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photograph shows horses beneath giant furniture constructed to skirt a prohibition against building a shelter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dr-rajendra-kapila-dies-covid-19/
title: Did Dr. Rajendra Kapila Die From COVID-19 After Vaccination?
review_date: 2021-05-04T07:15:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Infectious disease expert Dr. Rajendra Kapila died from COVID-19 after receiving both doses of the Pfizer vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barry-wilmore-see-astronaut-ramirez-outside-the-space-station/
title: Did Barry Wilmore See a Fellow Astronaut Outside the Space Station?
review_date: 2017-06-19T03:23:26Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Barry Wilmore said that he saw astronaut Ramirez outside the space station even though Ramirez was sitting right next to him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mafia-fugitive-youtube-cooking/
title: Did YouTube Cooking Videos Lead To Capture of Mafia Fugitive?
review_date: 2021-04-01T01:22:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Italian police captured a mafia fugitive in the Caribbean after he appeared in cooking videos on YouTube.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neerja-bhanot-1986-pan-am-hijack/
title: Is the Story of Neerja Bhanot and the '86 Pan Am Hijacking True?
review_date: 2021-04-06T07:36:21Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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During the September 1986 hijacking of Pan Am flight 73, flight attendant Neerja Bhanot gathered American passports and hid them in order to protect the passengers, and single-handedly evacuated passengers. She died shielding three children from gunfire.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/say-sliders-to-drugs/
title: 'Say Sliders to Drugs'? Real Sign Mocks Fake TMNT Meme
review_date: 2022-06-21T03:32:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A sign for the "Slider Shack" restaurant implores customers to "Say sliders to drugs, say no to yes."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-quote-hydroxychloroquine/
title: Did Fauci Say in 2005 Virology Journal That Hydroxychloroquine Can Treat SARS?
review_date: 2020-08-04T07:56:40Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote in a 2005 paper published in Virology Journal that hydroxychloroquine was effective in treating SARS.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/seth-rich-parents-thank-internet-wikileaks/
review_date: 2017-05-22T07:31:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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The parents of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich thanked "the Internet" for spreading a debunked claim he had leaked thousands of e-mails to WikiLeaks.

title:
Seth Rich's Parents 'Thank' Internet for Spreading Rumor He Leaked Thousands of E-Mails to WikiLeaks?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/incarceration-gas-consumption-us/
title: Does US Rank No. 1 in Incarceration, Gas Consumption, Military Spending?
review_date: 2021-04-14T07:44:32Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. ranks first in the world by several questionable measures, including incarceration rate and gas consumption.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pornstar-lets-go-brandon-series-nazis/
title: Was the Star of a ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Gay Porn Series Arrested for Beating Up Nazis?
review_date: 2022-10-25T03:48:42Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Brandon Cummings, the lead in a “Let’s Go Brandon” series of gay porn videos, was arrested for beating up 35 neo-Nazis.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-iran-hostage-crisis/
title: Did Bernie Sanders Express Support for Iran During '79 Hostage Crisis?
review_date: 2020-02-05T05:08:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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During the Iran hostage crisis, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed support for the Iranian regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-hannity-usps/
title: Did Trump Call USPS 'Most Corrupt and Anti-American Way of Voting'?
review_date: 2020-08-10T09:02:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump said on "Sean Hannity Radio" that the United States Postal Service is the most "anti-American" way to vote, and that he would try and dismantle it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-obituary-pleasure/
title: Did Mark Twain Say 'I Have Read Some Obituaries With Great Pleasure'?
review_date: 2021-02-18T00:17:23Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Author Mark Twain once said: "I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uncommon-core/
title: Was a Florida Teacher Suspended After a Shocking Sex Ed Demonstration?
review_date: 2014-09-14T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Florida teacher gave 6th grade students an explicit sex ed lesson involving a strap-on sex toy to satisfy Common Core requirements.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lara-trump-dog-rescue/
title: Did Dog Rescue Linked to Lara Trump Funnel $225K to the Former President?
review_date: 2021-03-15T10:51:22Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A fundraising event for a dog rescue "linked" to Lara Trump funneled $225,000 to former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/police-delaware-shoot-kill-man-wheelchair/
title: Did Police in Delaware Shoot and Kill a Man in a Wheelchair?
review_date: 2018-03-20T08:19:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police in Wilmington, Delaware shot and killed a man who was in a wheelchair at the time of the encounter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/transgender-bathroom-arrest/
title: Woman Kicked Out of Ladies' Bathroom by Police After Being Mistaken for Transgender
review_date: 2016-04-18T01:47:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
NC police tased and "brutally ejected" a woman from a ladies' restroom because they thought she was transgender.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ledger-improvise-hospital-scene/
title: Heath Ledger Did Not Improvise in the Hospital Scene in 'The Dark Knight' After a 'Mishap'
review_date: 2021-08-17T05:49:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Heath Ledger improvised in the hospital scene in "The Dark Knight" after something went wrong with the explosions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usain-bolt-donates-earnings/
title: Usain Bolt Donates All His $20 Million Olympic Earnings to His Former School
review_date: 2016-08-26T07:35:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Usain Bolt donated his entire $20 million earnings from the Olympic Games to his Jamaican high school.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-madame-tussauds-golf-election/
title: Did Madame Tussauds Dress Trump Statue in Golf Attire After Election Defeat?
review_date: 2020-12-07T06:26:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In November 2020, Madame Tussauds in London replaced the business suit on its effigy of Donald Trump with a golfing outfit.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goldberg-panics-odonnell-destroys/
title: Whoopi Goldberg 'Panics' After Rosie O’Donnell 'Destroys' Her Publicly?
review_date: 2023-08-16T16:36:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg was panicking after one of the show's former co-hosts, Rosie O'Donnell, said something negative about her in the summer of 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sandra-day-oconnor-quote/
title: Sandra Day O'Connor Calls GOP 'Vile Obstructionists'?
review_date: 2016-02-23T06:45:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sandra Day O'Connor said that Republicans were a "vile, petulant, hateful, passel of obstructionists."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/little-suck-a-thumb-german/
title: Is 'Little Suck-a-Thumb' from a Real German Children's Book?
review_date: 2021-03-02T07:22:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Little Suck-a-Thumb," a story about a "great tall tailor" who cuts off little kids' thumbs, is from a real German children's book.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lindsey-graham-trump-cdc/
title: Did US Sen. Graham Say Trump Knows More Than CDC About Medicine?
review_date: 2020-03-02T01:26:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said, "President Trump probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-citizens-academy-civilians/
title: Is ICE 'Citizens Academy' Training Civilians To Arrest 'Undocumented' Immigrants?
review_date: 2020-07-17T04:03:40Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a six-day “Citizens Academy” training, including instruction on firearms and how to make arrests, for Chicago residents in September 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/arapahoe-school-shooting-stopped-armed-sro/
title: Was the Arapahoe School Shooting Stopped by an Armed School Official?
review_date: 2015-12-18T02:18:13Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A December 2015 school shooting in Arapahoe County, Colorado, was circumvented by an armed school resource officer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/huckabee-trump-biden-meme/
title: Is it True Trump 'Took Down ISIS' While 'Biden Took Down Dr Seuss and Mr Potato Head'?
review_date: 2021-03-05T05:17:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A widely shared meme accurately states that “Trump took down ISIS. Biden took down Dr Suess and Mr Potato Head.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ken-buck-kill-em-all-shirt/
title: Did US Rep. Wear 'Kill ‘Em All' Shirt to GOP Event?
review_date: 2020-09-08T09:00:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado, attended a campaign rally wearing a T-shirt that read, “Kill ‘Em All. Let God Sort ‘Em Out.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-greediest-generation/
title: Did Alan Simpson or Dick Durbin Call Americans 'The Greediest Generation'?
review_date: 2011-03-07T14:23:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former senator Alan Simpson hypocritically referred to modern Americans as "the greediest generation."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/smooth-transition-trump/
title: Did Mike Pompeo Promise a 'Smooth Transition to 2nd Trump Administration'?
review_date: 2020-11-11T05:22:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Nov. 10, 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/loreal-violent-white-race/
title: Did L'Oréal Release a Statement Critiquing the 'Violent' White Race?
review_date: 2020-06-16T07:03:49Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
L'Oréal Paris' adviser released an inflammatory statement saying white people’s existence was "drenched in racism," and "their race is the most violent and oppressive force on earth."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quote-nelson-mandela/
title: Is This a Real Quote by Nelson Mandela?
review_date: 2020-09-09T06:38:01Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nelson Mandela said, "Our world is not divided by race, color, gender, or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/priest-surgery-for-crucifix/
title: Did a Priest Need Surgery to Remove a Crucifix from His Rectum?
review_date: 2019-01-10T23:38:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Catholic priest required an emergency surgery to remove a crucifix that had become lodged in his rectum.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-united-my-people/
title: Trump Calls United Airlines 'My Kinda People'?
review_date: 2017-04-11T02:09:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump voiced his support for United Airlines following the release of a video showing the a passenger being forcibly from a flight.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-evolution/
title: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Say She Doesn’t Believe in Evolution?
review_date: 2021-06-12T03:31:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2021, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "I don't believe in evolution. I don't believe in that type of so-called science [...] I believe in God."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coup-party-music/
title: Did a 2001 Album's Cover Art Depict a Flaming WTC?
review_date: 2001-09-20T08:18:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The planned cover for a hip-hop album due to be released in November 2001 depicted an exploding World Trade Center.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thomas-edison-greatest-weakness/
title: Did Thomas Edison Say, 'Our Greatest Weakness Lies in Giving Up'?
review_date: 2022-10-28T04:45:10Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thomas Edison once said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crystal-methodist-church-sign/
title: Is this Crystal Methodist Church Sign in Effing, SC, Real?
review_date: 2019-03-29T03:04:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a church sign outside of Crystal Methodist in Effing, South Carolina, that reads "Adultery is a sin. You can't have your Kate and Edith too."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/absentee-ballots-undeliverable/
title: Were Some Voters' Absentee Ballots Returned as 'Undeliverable'?
review_date: 2018-11-18T00:01:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A voter in Chatham County, Georgia, had a mail-in ballot returned and listed as "undeliverable" even though it was addressed to a county-approved P.O. box.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-glass-octopus-real/
title: Is This Glass Octopus Real?
review_date: 2021-07-19T09:52:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral video captured by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in July 2021 showed a rare glass octopus so named for its nearly completely transparent body.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-raids-cdc-vaccine-data/
title: Did the FBI Raid the CDC for Data on Vaccines and Autism?
review_date: 2017-01-24T03:18:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FBI raided the CDC in the middle of the night to seize data on a link between vaccines and autism.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/defense-ministers-photo/
title: Are These the Defense Ministers of Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and Russia?
review_date: 2018-07-24T03:47:16Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows four female defense ministers from Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and Germany and a male defense minister from Russia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ree-drummond-leave-food-network-keto-gummies/
title: Is Ree Drummond Leaving Food Network to Sell Keto Gummies?
review_date: 2023-05-15T16:18:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Author/food blogger Ree Drummond was leaving Food Network in May 2023 in order to endorse weight loss keto gummies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rand-paul-ophthalmologist/
title: Was Rand Paul Certified as an Ophthalmologist by a Board He Created?
review_date: 2021-02-25T04:14:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul claimed to be a "board-certified" ophthalmologist on the basis of being certified by a board that he created himself and that he put his wife and father-in-law in charge of.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-rally-photo-quadruplets/
title: Was 'Official Trump Rally Photo' Photoshopped To Make Crowd Seem Bigger?
review_date: 2022-07-06T04:50:55Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A doctored photograph showed the same group of Donald Trump supporters several times in a crowd and was officially promoted by the former president or his team.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sarah-sanders-trump-tax-returns-obama-conspiracy-theories/
title: Did Sarah Sanders Give This Snarky Response About Trump's Tax Returns?
review_date: 2017-09-28T05:38:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said that President Trump's tax returns were being kept "underneath President Obama’s college records" and "his passport application" where nobody would find them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronald-reagan-demagogues-trade-war/
review_date: 2018-06-08T05:27:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Reagan warned the public against demagogues who advocated a trade war against America's friendly trading partners in the name of protectionism.

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


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-plane-truth-2/
title: Casablanca Plane in Great Movie Ride
review_date: 2001-02-23T18:07:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The actual plane used in the film Casablanca is now part of The Great Movie Ride attraction at Walt Disney World's Disney-MGM Studios theme park.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/feinstein-chinese-spy/
title: Did Senator Dianne Feinstein Employ a Chinese Spy?
review_date: 2018-09-20T07:14:40Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
One of Senator Dianne Feinstein's staffers in California was a spy who reported sensitive information to Chinese contacts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-cruz-on-air-force-one/
title: Ted Cruz Plots on Air Force One
review_date: 2016-07-24T08:38:07Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ted Cruz met with President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Valerie Jarrett on Air Force One a few days before the RNC, and they convinced him not to endorse Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/u-s-pilot-shot-down-after-destroying-korean-missile/
title: Was a U.S. Pilot Shot Down After Destroying a North Korean Missile?
review_date: 2018-01-22T05:29:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Pentagon has disavowed knowledge of a stranded Air Force pilot after he successfully intercepted a missile near North Korea.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kevin-berling-sue-employer-birthday-party/
title: Did a Kentucky Man Sue His Employer for Throwing Him a Birthday Party?
review_date: 2022-04-19T07:48:03Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kevin Berling sued his former employer, Gravity Diagnostics, for throwing a workplace birthday party that he did not want.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-pet-microchip/
title: Was COVID Vaccine Microchip Detected With Pet Scanner?
review_date: 2021-07-02T01:18:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral video shows a pet scanner detecting a microchip from the COVID-19 vaccine in a person's arm.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/martial-law-after-christmas/
title: No, Military Generals Didn't Announce Imposing Martial Law After Christmas
review_date: 2020-12-18T09:10:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. military generals sent a direct message to Americans, stating they would invoke martial law after Christmas 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-twins-18-months/
title: No, AOC Didn't Say Pregnancy Lasts 18 Months When Having Twins
review_date: 2021-05-13T01:20:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "I hope I never have twins because I can't afford to be pregnant for 18 months."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/girl-shot-at-standing-rock/
title: Girl Shot by Police Sniper at Standing Rock Protest
review_date: 2016-10-31T00:52:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An 11-year-old girl was shot and killed by a police sniper at the Standing Rock pipeline protest site but the media covered up news of it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sinclair-lewis-on-fascism/
title: Did Sinclair Lewis Say This About Fascism in America?
review_date: 2016-12-29T10:04:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sinclair Lewis said "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joshua-tree-shutdown/
title: Did Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park Cut Down Trees During the Government Shutdown?
review_date: 2019-01-11T00:12:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Some visitors to Joshua Tree National Park cut down trees and perpetrated other acts of vandalism in January 2019 while staff, whose numbers were diminished due to the federal government shutdown, attempted to monitor visitor behavior.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hotel-always-coins-sink/
title: Should Hotel Guests Always Put Coins in the Sink?
review_date: 2021-04-12T05:26:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An article revealed an important reason why hotel guests should "always" put coins in the bathroom sink.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-called-president-obama-a-lying-nr/
title: Donald Trump Called President Obama a 'Lying N****r'?
review_date: 2016-09-01T09:48:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Republican nominee Donald Trump called President Barack Obama a "lying n*****r" during a confrontation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kgb-spy-russia/
title: Did Ex-KGB Spy Say Russia Cultivated Trump as an 'Asset' for 40 Years?
review_date: 2021-02-02T09:16:04Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A former spy for the Soviet Union's intelligence agency, the KGB, alleged the agency cultivated Donald Trump as an "asset" for 40 years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kansas-city-churches/
title: Is Kansas City Ordering Churchgoers To Register with the Government?
review_date: 2020-05-05T04:43:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Churches are required by the local government to record and register lists of attendees for tracking purposes in Kansas City, Missouri.


text: A teenager was given a 25-year prison sentence for a prank known as "swatting."
title: Was a 15 Year Old Who 'SWATTED' Gamer Convicted of Domestic Terrorism?
review_date: 2014-08-30T18:04:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-15-year-old-who-swatted-gamer-convicted-of-domestic-terrorism/


text: A Chinese restaurant in Coral Springs, Florida was busted serving dog meat.
title: Was a Chinese Restaurant in Florida Shuttered for Serving Dog Meat?
review_date: 2016-12-29T08:00:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-a-chinese-restaurant-in-florida-shuttered-for-serving-dog-meat/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kate-winslet-breath-underwater/
title: Did Kate Winslet Hold Her Breath For Almost 8 Minutes Underwater?
review_date: 2020-11-25T03:46:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actress Kate Winslet held her breath underwater for seven minutes and 14 seconds while filming "Avatar 2."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denaturalization-task-force/
title: Has the Trump Administration Launched an Immigrant 'Denaturalization' Task Force?
review_date: 2018-07-12T11:46:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services task force is charged with identifying naturalized citizens who cheated on their applications and seeking the revocation of their citizenship, a process known as "denaturalization."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sudafed-trump-tower/
title: Did Sudafed in Trump’s Trump Tower Office Indicate Stimulant Abuse?
review_date: 2019-11-21T03:19:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph of U.S. President Donald Trump in his Trump Tower office in 2016 with several boxes of Sudafed in the background provides credible evidence of stimulant abuse.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/volcano-carbon-emissions/
title: Does a Single Volcanic Eruption Release as Much CO2 As All of Humanity Has to Date?
review_date: 2015-12-16T06:30:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A single eruption from a volcano puts 10,000 times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all of human activity has throughout history.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-man-receive-153000-bill-rattlesnake/
title: Did a Man Receive a $153,000 Hospital Bill After a Failed Selfie With a Rattlesnake?
review_date: 2018-04-27T05:45:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man received a $153,000 hospital bill after a bite he sustained from a rattlesnake that he was attempting to take a selfie with.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/morgan-freeman-bees/
title: Is Morgan Freeman a Beekeeper?
review_date: 2021-04-02T02:00:09Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor and beekeeper Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre ranch in Mississippi to a bee sanctuary to help the environment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-russia-monument-native-americans-moscow/
title: Did Russia Erect a Monument to Native Americans in Front of the United States Embassy in Moscow?
review_date: 2018-03-27T11:23:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Russia built a monument to memorialize the genocide of indigenous peoples on the American continent outside the United States Embassy in Russia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/guy-fieri-cancel-garth-brooks-reservation/
title: No, Guy Fieri Did Not Cancel Garth Brooks’ Reservation at His Restaurant
review_date: 2023-07-13T13:15:46Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Guy Fieri canceled singer Garth Brooks’ reservation at his restaurant after hearing Brooks was bringing a camera crew and wanted to be served Bud Light beer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musician-deported-street-vendor/
title: Was a Musician Deported for Attacking a Los Angeles Street Vendor?
review_date: 2017-07-29T04:45:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A musician was deported to Argentina after he was caught on video knocking over a vendor's cart on a Los Angeles street.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/native-burial-sites-border-wall/
title: Does Border Wall Construction Threaten Native American Burial Sites?
review_date: 2020-02-11T08:45:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Controlled blasting was used near Native American burial sites during the the construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sylvester-stallone-abandoned-property/
title: Are These Sylvester Stallone's Abandoned Cars and House?
review_date: 2022-10-18T10:05:48Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video circulating on social media shows some abandoned vintage vehicles and home that had belonged to U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/beto-security-detail-nerf-guns/
title: Will Beto O'Rourke's Security Detail Only Use NERF Guns From Now On?
review_date: 2019-09-19T04:26:05Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's security detail will only use NERF guns for the remainder of the 2020 campaign.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alien-nation/
title: Were These Politicians Born 9 Months After the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident?
review_date: 2006-09-08T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Several prominent politicians and political commentators were born nine months after the 1947 Roswell "UFO" incident.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-wig-jet-engine/
title: Is This Video of Trump's 'Wig' Blowing Off Real?
review_date: 2019-12-06T02:06:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video clip captures U.S. President Donald Trump's hairpiece being sucked off by the intake of a jet engine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abdu-sharkawy-coronavirus/
title: Did an Infectious Disease Specialist Write 'I Am Not Scared of COVID-19'?
review_date: 2020-03-09T06:20:51Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, an infectious diseases specialist, penned a viral Facebook post warning about the loss of reason in the face of panic over the new coronavirus in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kohls-blm-black-lives-matter/
title: Is Kohl's Selling BLM Merchandise?
review_date: 2020-09-18T08:32:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2020, Kohl's announced it would begin selling a line of Black Lives Matter merchandise.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-vote-cola/
title: Did All Democrats Vote Against a 2.8 Percent Social Security COLA Increase?
review_date: 2018-10-18T04:28:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
All the Congressional Democrats voted against a 2.8 percent Social Security cost of living allowance.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/detroit-voter-roll-lawsuit/
title: Did a Fox 2 Detroit Report Expose Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election?
review_date: 2020-11-04T11:29:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A graphic from a Fox 2 Detroit news report listed serious voter registration issues pertaining to the 2020 U.S. general election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hipaa-medical-hack-insurance-claim-denials/
title: Does a HIPAA 'Medical Hack' Avoid Insurance Claim Denials?
review_date: 2015-12-15T07:52:56Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Patients can circumvent insurance company claim denials by requesting a specific form of documentation, as the insurance company will opt to simply cover the cost rather than provide the paperwork.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ej-korvette/
title: Does E.J. Korvette Stand For 'Eight Jewish Korean War Veterans?'
review_date: 2000-11-20T01:59:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The discount chain E.J. Korvette took its name from a shortening of 'eight Jewish Korean War veterans' in honor of its founding partners.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flogging-punishment-photo/
title: Was This Woman Flogged for Drinking Beer in Iran?
review_date: 2020-01-09T09:59:10Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a woman who suffered a severe flogging for being caught with a can of beer in Iran.


text: A postal worker was caught destroying absentee ballots with Trump votes in the swing state of Ohio.
title: Postal Worker Caught Destroying Absentee Trump Ballots in Major Swing State
review_date: 2016-10-17T07:13:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/postal-worker-caught-destroying-absentee-trump-ballots-in-major-swing-state/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/georgia-state-line-troopers/
title: Was the Georgia State Line 'Blocked Off' Because of Hurricane Florence?
review_date: 2018-09-14T07:46:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Georgia state troopers blocked off entrance to their state days before Hurricane Florence made landfall.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coca-cola-training-less-white/
title: Did Coca-Cola's Diversity Training Tell Workers 'Try To Be Less White'?
review_date: 2021-02-22T05:41:02Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Coca-Cola's diversity, equity, and inclusion training contained slides which read "Try to be less white."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kroger-hazard-pay-covid-19/
title: Is Kroger Requiring Employees to Repay Coronavirus Emergency Pay?
review_date: 2020-05-20T04:20:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Supermarket retailer Kroger sent letters to employees informing them they must repay overpaid emergency pay provided amid the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drug-test-benefits-trump-tweet/
title: Did Trump Tweet That Drug Testing Will Be Mandatory for Public Benefit Recipients?
review_date: 2017-01-24T01:56:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump tweeted that drug testing would soon be mandatory for all recipients of government assistance.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-cruz-net-worth/
title: Did Ted Cruz's Net Worth Increase from $500K to $4.6 Million Since He Entered the U.S. Senate?
review_date: 2018-10-22T06:24:02Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ted Cruz's net worth increased from $500,000 when he entered the Senate in 2013 to $4.6 million, on a salary of $174,000 per year.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-hillary-clinton-astronaut/
title: Did NASA Reject Hillary Clinton’s Childhood Dream of Becoming an Astronaut?
review_date: 2021-02-25T06:58:42Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the 1960s, NASA rejected Hillary Clinton’s childhood dream of becoming an astronaut because the space agency did not accept women astronauts at the time.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-holiday-rules/
title: Are These Calif.'s Mandatory Rules for Christmas/Thanksgiving Gatherings?
review_date: 2020-10-29T09:28:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme circulating on Facebook depicts California's official COVID-19 rules for Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday gatherings in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flag-disposal/
title: Should a U.S. Flag Be Burned Once It Has Touched the Ground?
review_date: 2004-06-13T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Flag protocol specifies that a U.S. flag should be burned if it has been allowed to touch the ground.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lords-prayer-aramaic-english/
title: Is Aramaic-to-English Translation of Lord's Prayer on Facebook the 'Correct' One?
review_date: 2022-08-03T08:37:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Archaeologists discovered a scroll in 1892 that led to the discovery that the Lord's Prayer, when properly translated from Aramaic directly into English, actually begins with the words, "O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-tshirt/
title: Is This a Real Pic of Zelenskyy in a T-Shirt Adorned with Male Genitals?
review_date: 2023-06-28T08:35:21Z
textual_rating: Fake
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture posted in June 2023 authentically showed Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a T-shirt adorned with an illustration of human testicles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bluegill-dangerous-fish/
title: Is the Bluegill One of the Most Dangerous Fish in North America?
review_date: 2018-06-26T07:15:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The bluegill fish is related to the piranha and is one of the most dangerous fish in North America, responsible for more than 500 deaths in the United States every summer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rick-williams-obamas-mansion/
title: FALSE: Admiral Fired for Exposing Obama's Dubai Mansion Purchase
review_date: 2016-01-11T01:20:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama fired Rear Admiral Rick Williams for "questioning" the President's purported recent purchase of a mansion in Dubai.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/humanlike-whales/
title: Pic Shows Humanlike Bones in Gray Whale's Front Fins?
review_date: 2023-09-07T10:14:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photo authentically depicts a gray whale's front fin bones, which resemble the bones in a human hand.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gofundme-border-wall/
title: Did a GoFundMe Campaign to Fund a Border Wall Raise Millions of Dollars Within a Few Days?
review_date: 2018-12-20T09:04:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A GoFundMe campaign raised millions of dollars for the construction of a border wall within a few days of its launch in December 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ocasio-cortez-price-is-right/
title: Did U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Repeatedly Guess 'Free' on TV Show 'The Price is Right?'
review_date: 2019-04-15T02:25:09Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez repeatedly guessed "free" in response to questions during an appearance on the game show "The Price is Right."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-cousins-obituary/
title: Is This Donald Trump's Cousin's Obituary?
review_date: 2016-02-05T05:24:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump's recently-deceased cousin implored the public in his obituary not to vote for the GOP presidential contender.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/will-smith-burj-khalifa/
title: Did Will Smith Climb to the Top of the Burj Khalifa?
review_date: 2021-11-14T02:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Will Smith was photographed at the top of the spire of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boston-dynamics-robot-fighting-video/
title: Is Video of a 'Fighting' Boston Dynamics Robot Real?
review_date: 2023-05-02T10:59:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2023, a viral video authentically showed a Boston Dynamics humanoid robot doing a backflip and demonstrating fighting skills.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-photographed-with-charlottesville-white-nationalist/
title: Trump Photographed with Charlottesville White Supremacist?
review_date: 2017-08-14T07:56:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows President Trump with "Millennial Matt," an alt-right figure involved in the white nationalist march in Charlottesville.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-billboard-features-trump-and-putin/
title: Russian Billboard Features Trump and Putin
review_date: 2016-11-18T02:57:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on a billboard above the words "Let's make the world great again — together."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pence-op-ed-hr1-immigrants/
title: Would HR 1 Ensure Millions of 'Illegal Immigrants' Are Registered to Vote?
review_date: 2021-03-04T04:45:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The For the People Act of 2021, also known as U.S. H.R.1, would ensure "that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote" by forcing states to adopt universal mail-in ballots, early voting, same-day voter registration, online voter registration, and automatic voter registration.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/music-to-my-ears/
title: Robby Plays Piano
review_date: 2001-06-18T12:48:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fatherless child struggles with piano lessons, surprises former teacher by learning to play well, is killed in Oklahoma City bombing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weight-of-the-soul/
title: Was the Weight of a Human Soul Determined to Be 21 Grams?
review_date: 2003-10-26T23:29:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A physician once placed dying patients upon a scale and determined the weight of the human soul to be 21 grams.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eastwood-tragic-news/
title: Did Clint Eastwood Get 'Terribly Tragic News' Over His Latest Movie?
review_date: 2017-05-01T04:53:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Clint Eastwood received "tragic news" and was subjected to "heavy insults" because of his new movie.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-compassion-welfare/
title: Did Rush Limbaugh Say This About Liberal vs. Conservative Views on Compassion?
review_date: 2021-02-17T05:15:31Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rush Limbaugh once said, “Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/japan-dump-fukushima-nuclear-waste/
title: Japan to Dump Deadly Fukushima Waste into Pacific Ocean?
review_date: 2017-06-27T12:13:17Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Japan announced plans to dump 920,000 tons of nuclear waste from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant into the Pacific Ocean.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deep-underground/
title: Was a Chinese Miner Found Alive After 17 Years Underground?
review_date: 2014-05-12T10:17:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Chinese coal miner was recently found alive in an abandoned mine 17 years after he had been trapped inside it by an earthquake.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/outback-trump-supporters/
title: Did Outback Steakhouse Announce They Are Banning Supporters of President Donald Trump?
review_date: 2018-08-01T02:48:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Outback Steakhouse announced that supporters of President Donald Trump are barred from their restaurants.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-cnn-give-shooting-survivor-questions/
title: Did CNN Give a Parkland Shooting Survivor Scripted Questions?
review_date: 2018-02-22T03:41:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CNN asked a survivor of the 14 February 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida to deliver scripted remarks during a televised town hall.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/karen-costume-halloween/
title: Is This 'Karen' Halloween Costume Real?
review_date: 2021-10-06T03:01:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of early October 2021, retailers including Amazon and Spirit Halloween sold "Karen" wigs and T-shirts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marco-rubio-on-zika-and-abortion/
title: Marco Rubio on Zika and Abortion?
review_date: 2016-02-22T06:45:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Marco Rubio described Zika-linked birth defects as God's punishment of a mother, and abortion as an unacceptable evasion of that judgment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tsa-immigrants-arrest-warrants-id/
title: Does TSA Allow 'Illegal Immigrants' To Use Arrest Warrants as ID?
review_date: 2022-03-16T08:06:14Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Transportation Administration Authority (TSA) allows immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization to use arrest warrants as government-issued identification at airport checkpoints.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jason-aldean-replace-garth-brooks-cma-emcee/
title: Did Singer Jason Aldean Replace Garth Brooks as CMA Emcee?
review_date: 2023-07-19T17:19:13Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online article in July 2023 authentically reported country music star Jason Aldean replaced Garth Brooks as master of ceremonies for a major music event.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/banned-books-schools-libraries/
title: Are These the Most Banned Books in Public Schools and Libraries in the US?
review_date: 2021-06-21T04:29:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme accurately depicts a stack of books as “the most banned books from public libraries and schools in the US,” including books like “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Catcher in the Rye,” “Animal Farm,” “The Scarlet Letter,” “1984,” and more.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sarah-palin-lyme-disease/
title: Did Sarah Palin Say People with Lyme Disease Should Stop Eating Limes?
review_date: 2017-05-08T06:40:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sarah Palin said Obamacare made people irresponsible, and that people with Lyme disease should quit eating limes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tainted-buffet-cause-severe-diarrhea-strip-club/
title: Tainted Buffet at Jackson Strip Club Blamed After Severe Diarrhea Incident on Stage?
review_date: 2017-05-30T04:54:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "severe diarrhea incident" struck a strip club, affecting dancers and patrons who consumed tainted buffet food.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/campbells-customer-service-facebook/
title: Did Campbell's Soup Insult a Customer Who Complained About a Commercial?
review_date: 2015-11-24T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The official Campbell's customer service Facebook account insulted a customer after she complained about the brand's commercial featuring two dads.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-articles-on-hydroxychloroquine/
title: Did CNN Publish Contradictory Articles on Hydroxychloroquine?
review_date: 2020-08-10T03:49:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A graphic shows contradictory CNN articles about hydroxychloroquine, published three months apart and co-authored by the same person.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tommy-lee-letter-to-trump/
title: Did Musician Tommy Lee Write This Open Letter to Donald Trump?
review_date: 2020-04-03T04:03:08Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Musician Tommy Lee wrote a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump that started "Dear F*cking Lunatic."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/planned-parenthood-disney-abortion/
title: Did Planned Parenthood Say There Should Be a Disney Princess Who Had an Abortion?
review_date: 2018-03-28T02:36:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Planned Parenthood affiliate published a tweet opining that there should be a Disney princess who had an abortion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lolli-pox/
title: Did Anti-Vaccine Mom Distribute Lollipops Infected with Chickenpox?
review_date: 2019-11-04T03:56:45Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During Halloween 2019, an Australian mother and registered nurse offered chickenpox-infected lollipops for sale in an anti-vaccine Facebook group.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-nyc-tokyo/
title: Is NYC's COVID-19 Death Rate at Least 250x Higher Than Tokyo's?
review_date: 2020-05-06T07:38:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of April 25, 2020, the rate of people dying from the COVID-19 coronavirus disease in New York City was at least 250 times "higher" than Tokyo's — and growing with time.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chris-rock-will-smith-cheek-pad/
title: Was Chris Rock Wearing Protective Cheek Pad Before Will Smith Slap?
review_date: 2022-03-30T02:13:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Chris Rock wearing a protective cheek pad before Will Smith walked on stage and slapped his face at the 2022 Oscars show.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/botched-abortion-gravestone/
title: Is This Katie McCormick's Gravestone from the 1870s?
review_date: 2019-05-21T05:14:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a tombstone from 1875 that marks the resting place of Kate McCormick, who reportedly died after a botched abortion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-borowitz-facts/
title: Did Tucker Carlson Warn Chauvin Verdict Could Set Dangerous Precedent of Believing Facts?
review_date: 2021-04-25T05:31:24Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tucker Carlson warned that the Derek Chauvin verdict could set a dangerous precedent of people believing facts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-coronavirus-research-grant/
title: Did Fauci Say NIH Was Told To Cancel Grant for Coronavirus Emergence Research?
review_date: 2020-07-02T09:37:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was told to cancel a grant funding research for a study investigating how coronaviruses jump from bats to humans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dog-climbs-ladder/
title: TikTok Video Shows Dog Climbing Ladder Onto Roof?
review_date: 2021-01-08T00:54:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A TikTok video shows home security camera footage of a golden retriever climbing a ladder to the roof of a house.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brain-eating-amoeba-sinuses/
title: Did a Brain-Eating Amoeba Kill a Woman Who Rinsed Her Sinuses with Tap Water?
review_date: 2018-12-12T08:12:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman who rinsed her nasal passages using a neti pot filled with tap water contracted a fatal “brain-eating” amoeba infection.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-kushner-qatar/
title: Did President Trump Strong Arm Qatar Into Bailing Out Jared Kushner?
review_date: 2018-10-18T05:14:32Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner have used their public offices to manipulate Gulf countries for personal gain.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lewis-old-devils-letter-young/
title: Did C.S. Lewis Write This ′Old Devil's Letter to the Young'?
review_date: 2021-02-16T03:08:13Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A passage about souls being led to Hell by their fear of disease was taken from a work by C.S. Lewis.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-cartoonist-fired-for-trump-drawing/
title: Was a Cartoonist Fired for an Anti-Trump Drawing?
review_date: 2018-06-19T04:44:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rob Rogers was fired by his newspaper after creating a cartoon which featured President Donald Trump snatching a child immigrant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/camping-world-ceo-trump/
title: Did the CEO of Camping World Tell Trump Supporters Not to Shop at His Stores?
review_date: 2017-08-23T06:14:53Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2017, Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis told supporters of President Donald Trump not to shop at his stores.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-muslim-protests-london/
title: CNN Staged Muslim Protests After London Attack?
review_date: 2017-06-05T07:41:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CNN created "fake news" and staged protests in which Muslim residents purportedly protested a 3 June 2017 attack in London.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/baseball-stealing-woman-identified/
title: Was the Identity of a Baseball-Stealing Woman Revealed?
review_date: 2016-07-24T04:24:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman who grabbed a baseball away from a child at an Astros game was identified as child psychologist Grennele Brashkowitz.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/health-insurance-exemptions/
title: Does 'Dhimmitude' Exempt Muslims from Obamacare Requirements?
review_date: 2010-04-13T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Muslims in the U.S. are specifically exempted from legislative requirements to purchase health insurance.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bud-light-whoopi-goldberg/
title: Bud Light Suffers Billions in Losses After Appointing Whoopi Goldberg Brand Ambassador?
review_date: 2023-08-30T10:33:47Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bud Light suffered billions of dollars in losses immediately after appointing Whoopi Goldberg as its brand ambassador.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/llama-covid-19/
title: Are Llama Cells Being Tested in Humans as Possible COVID Treatment?
review_date: 2021-08-26T01:31:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2021, antibodies derived from a llama's blood were included in a formula given to research participants in a study that aimed to identify a new COVID-19 treatment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-senate-ban-he-she/
title: Did a California State Senate Committee Ban Saying 'He' and 'She'?
review_date: 2019-01-28T08:42:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The chairperson of a California state senate committee announced a rule change banning the use of the gendered pronouns "he" and "she" in committee hearings, in favor of the gender-neutral "they."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/plandemic-mikovits-arrest/
title: 'Plandemic': Was Judy Mikovits Arrested Without a Warrant and Jailed Without Charges?
review_date: 2020-05-08T07:44:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Researcher Judy Mikovits was arrested without a warrant and jailed without charges for making a controversial scientific discovery.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taya-kyle-nike-american-sniper/
title: Did the Widow of 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle Criticize Nike's Colin Kaepernick Campaign?
review_date: 2018-09-06T01:18:16Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2018, Taya Kyle posted a Facebook message that strongly criticized the tone and slogan of Nike's recently-unveiled campaign with Colin Kaepernick.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emma-gonzalez-flag-patch/
title: Was Emma González Wearing a Cuban Flag Patch During Her 'March for Our Lives' Speech?
review_date: 2018-03-25T09:40:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Emma González wore a Cuban flag patch on her jacket while speaking at the March for Our Lives rally in March 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cadbury-banned-easter/
title: Did Cadbury Candies Eliminate the Word 'Easter'?
review_date: 2016-03-24T05:53:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Cadbury has entirely eliminated use of the word "Easter" on the packaging of their chocolate candy products.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/salt-lamps-cure-everything/
title: Do Salt Lamps Provide Multiple Health Benefits?
review_date: 2016-12-22T04:58:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Salt lamps, because they emit negatively charged ions, impart myriad health benefits including reduced anxiety, improved sleep, increased energy, and protection from an “electric smog.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/georgia-govenor-gregory-mcmichael/
title: Is This Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Pictured With Man Charged in Ahmaud Arbery's Killing?
review_date: 2020-05-07T11:23:46Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A photograph shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp with Gregory McMichael, one of two men charged in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nypd-fbi-malcolm-x-assassination/
title: Did Former NYPD Officer Say Police, FBI Conspired In Assassination of Malcolm X?
review_date: 2021-02-25T02:38:23Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A letter written by a former NYPD officer alleged the NYPD and FBI conspired in the 1965 murder of Malcolm X.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liselotte-hubner-donald-trump/
title: Liselotte Hübner on Donald Trump
review_date: 2016-02-25T07:22:33Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Liselotte Hubner remarked in 1929 that the rise of Hitler, a "blusterous man," had dumbfounded educated people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soros-paid-march-for-our-lives-protesters/
title: Did George Soros Pay 'March for Our Lives' Protesters $300 Each?
review_date: 2018-03-26T09:22:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Organizers working for billionaire George Soros ran Craigslist ads offering $300 each to individuals participating in the 24 March 2018 "March for Our Lives" protests.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/states-agreed-to-implement-a-two-pet-maximum-ordinance/
title: States Agreed to Implement a 'Two Pet Maximum' Ordinance
review_date: 2016-05-09T01:06:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Three states implemented a two pet maximum ordinance, forcing residents to choose which pets they must surrender.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/map-united-states-in-30-years/
title: Does This Map Show the United States in 30 Years?
review_date: 2021-10-26T08:16:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A map of the United States with a massive body of water superimposed over it shows what the country will look like in 30 years if climate change is not reversed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/republican-impeached-clinton-scandal/
title: Clinton Impeachment House Speakers' Sex Scandals
review_date: 2016-05-04T02:57:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
All three Speakers of the House involved with the impeachment of President Clinton later had sex scandals of their own.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/apple-line-vision-pro/
title: Does Photo Show a Line Outside an Apple Store for Vision Pro Headset in June 2023?
review_date: 2023-06-06T10:17:08Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture that shows a short line at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York City was captured on June 5, 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-obama-wasnt-guarded-by-a-reptilian-secret-service-agent/
title: No, Obama Wasn't Guarded by a Reptilian Secret Service Agent
review_date: 2022-12-11T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a "reptilian shape shifter" guarding former U.S. President Barack Obama during a 2013 speech.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bootleg-pull/
title: Are There Two Unreleased Beatles Songs?
review_date: 2001-06-24T08:12:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The Beatles recorded songs entitled "Colliding Circles," "Left Is Right (And Right Is Wrong)," "Pink Litmus Paper Shirt," and "Deckchair," all of which remain unreleased to this day.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lebron-james-oliver-anthony/
title: Is This a Real Video of LeBron James Listening to 'Rich Men North of Richmond'?
review_date: 2023-08-18T14:47:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2023, a video showed LeBron James listening to "Rich Men North of Richmond" by Oliver Anthony.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pfizer-huge-bleeding-foot-sore/
title: Did a Clinical Trial Participant Develop 'Huge Bleeding Sores' From a COVID-19 Vaccine?
review_date: 2020-12-03T06:24:31Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A participant in a clinical trial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine developed a painful skin reaction on her foot as a result of taking that vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jane-fonda-covid-gods-gift/
title: Did Jane Fonda Say COVID-19 Was 'God's Gift to the Left'?
review_date: 2020-10-09T07:34:28Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In October 2020, actress Jane Fonda said the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic was "God's gift to the Left."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jefferson-government-criminals/
title: Did Thomas Jefferson Say 'Two Enemies of the People are Criminals and Government'?
review_date: 2022-11-28T12:01:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thomas Jefferson wrote that "the two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emory-students-trump-graffiti/
title: Emory Students Traumatized by Trump Graffiti?
review_date: 2016-03-24T07:32:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Students at Emory University were offered "emergency counseling" after pro-Trump graffiti appeared overnight in campus "safe spaces."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/google-exec-rigging-trump/
title: Did a Google Exec Admit to Rigging Search Results Against Donald Trump?
review_date: 2018-08-28T05:07:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Google CFO "Martin Brailey" admitted that the online giant was rigging search results against President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-prince-andrew-twitter/
title: Did the FBI Post a Biting Tweet About Prince Andrew?
review_date: 2021-04-12T03:22:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2021, the FBI tweeted "Ooh, is he doing interviews now?" in response to Prince Andrew's appearance on British television.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kanye-west-receive-60000-votes/
title: Did Kanye West Receive 60K Votes for US President?
review_date: 2020-11-05T04:32:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Facebook post sharing screenshots of state-by-state vote counts taken on Nov. 4, 2020, showed rapper Kanye West as having garnered tens of thousands of presidential votes in the general election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-uranium-russia-deal/
review_date: 2016-10-24T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's approval of a deal to transfer control of 20% of U.S. uranium deposits to a Russian company was a quid pro quo exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation.

title:
Did Hillary Clinton Give 20% of United States' Uranium to Russia in Exchange for Clinton Foundation Donations?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hurricane-irma-track-become-category-6-storm/
title: Is Hurricane Irma on Track to Become a 'Category 6' Storm?
review_date: 2017-09-05T05:36:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hurricane Irma is projected to be so big that it may become a "Category 6" hurricane; that a new "Category 6" will be invented specifically for Hurricane Irma


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jen-psaki-tweets-trump-biden/
title: Are These Real Jen Psaki Tweets About Trump After Biden’s Bike Fall?
review_date: 2022-06-20T02:48:22Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made a series of tweets about President Joe Biden’s fall from a bicycle by making fun of former President Donald Trump, including saying “the last guy needed kneepads for visiting the Kremlin.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russia-release-lions-coronavirus/
title: Did Russia Release 500 Lions To Enforce COVID-19 Lockdown?
review_date: 2020-03-23T06:00:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Russia released more than 500 lions to make sure that people stay inside during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/into-thin-air/
title: Did Acid or Electricity Cause This Man to Vaporize?
review_date: 2019-01-15T09:58:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a man vaporized instantly from electrocution and/or exposure to hydrofluoric or “sulfuric hydrofluoric" acid.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deray-mckesson-tweet-chicago/
title: Did DeRay Mckesson Tweet and Delete Disregard for 'Facebook Live' Incident in Chicago?
review_date: 2017-01-06T00:39:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson made and quickly deleted a tweet in which he said he had "no problem" with a contemporaneous viral Facebook Live crime in Chicago.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/google-richard-grenell/
title: Did Google Identify Richard Grenell as President in March 2021?
review_date: 2021-03-21T04:08:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Google knowledge panel identified former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell as the President of the United States in March 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anonymous-daily-stormer/
title: Did Anonymous Bring Down The Daily Stormer?
review_date: 2017-08-14T03:23:49Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Anonymous seized the domain of white supremacist site Daily Stormer and announced its imminent demise.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-medical-records-leaked/
title: Hillary Clinton Medical Records 'Leaked'
review_date: 2016-08-10T05:38:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Leaked medical records document that Hillary Clinton exhibits signs of dementia and serious illness.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/arent-you-glad-you-didnt-turn-on-the-light/
title: Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Light?
review_date: 2000-09-08T09:18:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A female college student returns to her dorm room late one evening and discovers her roommate has been murdered.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gold-tongued-mummies-egypt/
title: Were Gold-Tongued Mummies Discovered in Egypt?
review_date: 2021-02-08T00:47:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In late January 2021, archaeologists excavating a burial site in Egypt announced they had unearthed mummies with golden tongues.


text: An animated GIF shows a wind-blown stop sign hitting a weather reporter.
title: Weather Reporter Hit by a Stop Sign During Storm?
review_date: 2017-09-11T04:43:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weather-reporter-holly-ellenbogen-hit-by-a-stop-sign-during-storm/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/21-gun-salute-2/
title: Federal Government to Restrict Hunting for Minors
review_date: 2014-10-29T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. federal government is enacting a nationwide minimum hunting age of twenty-one (or eighteen).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-wampanoag-land/
title: Did the Trump Administration Take Land from the Tribe That Welcomed the Pilgrims?
review_date: 2018-11-28T05:48:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trump administration reversed a previous decision to put land in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-mcafee-files-miami-building/
title: Did John McAfee Hide Files at Collapsed Miami Building?
review_date: 2021-06-25T05:49:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
John McAfee tweeted that he hid 31TB of files at the building near Miami, Florida, that collapsed in June 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/video-crowd-celebrating-trump-mugshot/
title: Video of Crowd Celebrating Release of Trump's Mugshot Is Fake
review_date: 2023-08-25T08:49:47Z
textual_rating: Fake
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral video authentically shows a crowd of Americans celebrating the release of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Fulton County, Georgia, mugshot in August 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/justice-department-redacted-epstein-flight-logs/
title: No, the Justice Department Didn't Release ‘96% Redacted’ Epstein Flight Logs
review_date: 2023-03-23T13:11:38Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. Justice Department in early 2023 released convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs, which were nearly 96 percent redacted.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/greek-customs-weapons-refugees-furniture/
title: Greece Seizes Weapons Headed for Refugee Camps?
review_date: 2015-09-15T04:09:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show a cache of weapons uncovered by the Coast Guard in Greece, disguised as furniture and headed for European refugee camps.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-cat-top-attraction/
title: This Tuxedo Cat Is Polish City's Top-Rated Tourist Attraction on Google Maps?
review_date: 2023-08-30T15:19:26Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of late August 2023, a cat in Szczecin, Poland, was among the city's top-rated tourist attractions on Google Maps.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/who-are-you/
title: Who Are You?
review_date: 2009-06-13T11:47:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Japanese prime minister made an embarrassing verbal gaffe upon meeting U.S. president Barack Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/21-gun-salute/
title: How Did the 21-Gun Salute Come to Be?
review_date: 2003-06-01T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Twenty-one guns are fired in U.S. national military salutes because the digits in 1776 add up to 21.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/time-magazine-cover-global-cooling/
title: Is This Time Magazine Cover About 'Global Cooling'?
review_date: 2017-11-02T08:53:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Time magazine cover from 1977 with the title “The Big Freeze” is an example of media fearmongering over “global cooling” in the 1970s.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kevin-james-sexy/
title: Does Tennessee Find Kevin James Sexy?
review_date: 2021-10-14T01:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A map accurately shows the most common search terms by state (including "Kevin James" and "Goth Hospital") on the pornography website Pornhub.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-educator-say-ask-babies-permission/
title: Did a Sexuality Educator Say Parents Should Ask Babies' Permission for Diaper Changes?
review_date: 2018-05-11T02:18:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sexuality educator Deanne Carson said parents should ask a baby's permission before changing their diaper.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement/
title: Ted Cruz: I Will Endorse Donald Trump for President If He Makes Masturbation Illegal
review_date: 2016-07-15T08:57:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ted Cruz said that he would endorse Donald Trump if the latter promised to make masturbation illegal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patrick-more-important-living/
title: Did Texas' Lt. Gov. Say 'There Are More Important Things Than Living'?
review_date: 2020-04-22T05:48:24Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said COVID-19 social-distancing restrictions should be eased because "there are more important things than living."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breitbart-news-app-removed-from-the-apple-store/
title: Breitbart News App Removed From the Apple Store?
review_date: 2016-11-30T04:21:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Apple's purge of "fake news" apps from the App store started with the removal of Breitbart News in November 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-sound-and-light-waves/
title: Did Albert Einstein Say 'We Are Slowed-Down Sound and Light Waves'?
review_date: 2019-06-05T04:08:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Albert Einstein said: "We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-terrorism-tweet/
title: Trump Tweets That He 'Appreciates the Congrats' on Being Right About Terrorism
review_date: 2016-06-12T07:56:51Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump tweeted that he appreciated "the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism" after a mass shooting in Orlando.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cow-photo-optical-illusion/
title: Does This Cow Have an 'Optical Illusion' on Its Face?
review_date: 2015-11-04T00:40:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an "optical illusion" with markings on a cow's face that resemble two people in profile.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/being-single-is-a-disability/
title: Did WHO Define Being Single as a Disability?
review_date: 2016-10-29T10:03:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The World Health Organization has listed being single as a disability under their definition of infertility.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ohio-black-abortion-exclude/
title: Did an Ohio State Rep. Propose Exempting African-American Women from Abortion Restrictions?
review_date: 2019-04-19T10:07:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2019, Democrat Ohio State Rep. Janine Boyd proposed exempting black women from stringent new abortion restrictions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/baseball-players-kneeling-protest-1950s/
title: Were Baseball Players Photographed Kneeling to Protest Lynchings in the 1950s?
review_date: 2017-11-08T07:51:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Baseball players in the 1950s were caught on camera kneeling to protest lynchings in the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-patti-labelle-aretha-franklin/
title: Did Fox News Use an Image of Patti LaBelle During Their Aretha Franklin Tribute?
review_date: 2018-08-17T04:22:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fox News included an image of singer Patti LaBelle instead of Aretha Franklin in a tribute piece after the latter's passing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/typical-year-covid-deaths/
title: Was 2020 a 'Typical Year' for US Deaths Despite COVID-19?
review_date: 2021-01-05T08:44:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme accurately reports that the U.S. recorded roughly 2.9 million deaths in 2020 — almost the same total as previous years — despite COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chelsea-clinton-arrested/
title: Was Chelsea Clinton 'Thrown to the Floor' and Handcuffed?
review_date: 2017-06-12T04:58:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"A furious Chelsea Clinton" was handcuffed and dragged away after Sen. Hal Lindsay exposed Clinton corruption.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-children-immigrant/
title: Would Donald Trump Deport His Children?
review_date: 2015-08-20T07:37:10Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Four of Donald Trump's children would have been deported under his strict policy proposal against birthright citizenship.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/google-orlando-pulse-shooting-advance/
title: Google News Reported Orlando Pulse Shooting Hours in Advance
review_date: 2016-06-17T14:00:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Google News carried an Atlanta Sun Times article about the Orlando shooting several hours prior to the incident.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stacey-abrams-burned-georgia-flag/
title: Did Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Once Burn the Georgia State Flag?
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textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams burned the Georgia state flag during a protest in 1992.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reporter-cancer-viewer-spotted/
title: Did a Viewer Spot This TV Reporter’s Cancer?
review_date: 2020-07-24T04:31:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A news reporter in Florida was diagnosed with cancer after a viewer spotted a lump in her throat during a broadcast.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/indiana-jones-saxophone/
title: Indiana Jones Once Defeated Villains by Playing a Saxophone
review_date: 2020-12-09T00:20:59Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Indiana Jones, portrayed by Harrison Ford, once defeated a group of villains by playing a saxophone.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boebert-tweet-pelosi-location/
title: Did Rep. Boebert Tweet About Speaker Pelosi's Location During Capitol Riot?
review_date: 2021-01-11T08:44:15Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert tweeted about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's whereabouts during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-foreign-students-tweet/
title: Did Trump Say Foreigners Attending College in the US 'Should Not Be Thrown Out'?
review_date: 2020-07-08T03:41:52Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump tweeted that foreigners attending college in the United States who want to stay 'should not be thrown out of our country.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/burn-zinc-batteries-fireplace/
title: Were Homeowners Encouraged to Burn Batteries to Prevent Chimney Soot?
review_date: 2016-08-12T06:14:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows a magazine DIY tip from the 1950s instructing readers to burn zinc batteries in the fireplace in order to prevent soot formation and produce colorful flames is real.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taliban-accounts-twitter/
title: Does Twitter Allow Taliban-Affiliated Accounts?
review_date: 2021-08-20T04:41:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Twitter permits accounts claiming affiliation with the Taliban to operate on its platform, even though former U.S. President Donald Trump is still banned from the platform.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kevin-seefried-democrat-biden/
title: Is Alleged Capitol Rioter Kevin Seefried a 'Registered Democrat and Biden Supporter'?
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textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kevin Seefried, who carried a Confederate flag into the U.S. Capitol during the attack on the building in January 2021, is registered as a Democrat in Delaware.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/meteor-falcon-9-spacex-rocket/
title: Was That 'Meteor' Above Seattle, Pacific Northwest Actually SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket?
review_date: 2021-03-26T02:05:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs and videos show debris from SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaking across the sky in March 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/failing-marx/
title: Did Karl Marx Say This About Consumer Debt?
review_date: 2009-04-21T00:20:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A passage from Karl Marx's "Das Kapital" predicted that the economic crisis of 2008-09 would lead to communism.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-cancel-fourth-of-july/
title: Did Biden Say He'll Cancel Fourth of July If Americans Don’t Do What They're Told?
review_date: 2021-04-24T02:20:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden said that Fourth of July celebrations could be canceled in 2021 if Americans did not do what they were told.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-cosmonauts-ukraine-colors/
title: Were Russian Cosmonauts Seen Wearing Ukrainian Colors?
review_date: 2022-03-21T03:09:23Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Russian cosmonauts dressed in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag, after Russia attacked Ukraine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michigan-sharia-zone-banned-bacon/
title: Has a Michigan 'Sharia Zone' Banned Bacon and Required the Wearing of Burqas in Public?
review_date: 2018-08-10T03:46:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "sharia zone" in Michigan's 109th congressional district has issued edicts banning bacon and requiring the wearing of burqas in public.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-100-beef/
title: Are McDonald's Hamburgers 100% Beef?
review_date: 2011-01-23T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
McDonald's buys their meat from a company called '100% Beef,' which allows them to legally but deceptively claim they use 100% beef in their hamburgers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harpo-marx/
title: Did Adolph 'Harpo' Marx Change His Name Because of Hitler?
review_date: 2000-11-12T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Harpo Marx changed his given name from Adolph to Arthur in order to avoid an association with Adolf Hitler.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steve-jobs-deathbed-speech/
title: Steve Jobs Deathbed Speech
review_date: 2015-11-07T17:29:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs left behind a deathbed essay about how the "non-stop pursuit of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rubio-god-needs-me/
title: Rubio: 'God Killed Gays in Orlando to Signal He Needs Me Back in the Senate'
review_date: 2016-06-24T00:32:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Marco Rubio said the Orlando shooting was a clear signal that God wanted him to serve in the Senate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ben-shapiro-sister-tweets/
title: Did Ben Shapiro Tweet About a 'Hot' and 'Beautiful' Sister?
review_date: 2022-03-23T06:23:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ben Shapiro tweeted about the idea of having a "beautiful" and "hot sister" and said he stares at her pictures for hours.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-ejaculating-boss-coffee/
title: Was a Man Accused of Ejaculating in His Boss' Coffee Daily for Four Years?
review_date: 2017-06-15T07:07:36Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man was arrested after it was discovered he ejaculated into his boss' coffee on a daily basis for four years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whole-foods-secret-shopper/
title: 'Whole Foods Market Research' Secret Shopper Email Is a Scam
review_date: 2022-10-21T05:03:40Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A message claims the recipient has been chosen to work for Whole Foods as a "market research representative" or "secret shopper" and includes instructions about cashing a check.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-americans-super-predators/
title: Did Biden Call Black Americans 'Super-Predators'?
review_date: 2020-10-22T22:50:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
While speaking of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Joe Biden referred to Black Americans as "super-predators."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-moving-to-texas/
title: Is Disneyland Abandoning California, Moving to Texas?
review_date: 2020-09-08T01:51:38Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Walt Disney Company announced in September 2020 that Disneyland would be moved from California to Texas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/creepy-bus-chloe-jones/
title: Was a Child Named Chloe Jones Abducted by a 'Creepy School Bus'?
review_date: 2017-05-30T02:32:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video tells the true story of a little girl named Chloe Jones who was abducted after getting on the wrong school bus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disneyland-100-dollar-sandwiches/
title: It's True, Disneyland Is Rolling Out $100 Sandwiches ... But Read the Fine Print
review_date: 2021-05-23T05:36:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The menu of the Pym Test Kitchen restaurant at Disneyland Resort lists a "quantum-sized" sandwich for the shocking price of $99.99.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/track-meet/
title: Why NORAD Tracks Santa
review_date: 2012-12-22T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
NORAD annually tracks Santa's progress because a child trying to reach Santa via a newspaper advertisement called the wrong phone number.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/easily-lead/
title: Dangerous Lead in Lipstick?
review_date: 2003-07-05T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Several major brands of lipstick contain dangerous levels of cancer-causing lead which can be detected with a gold ring.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/our-western-way-of-life/
title: Did U.S. Rep. Cheney Accuse Native Tribes of “Destroying Our Western Way of Life”?
review_date: 2019-08-02T10:09:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney accused tribes of “destroying our Western way of life” over court-mandated protections for the Yellowstone grizzly bear.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lauren-boebert-capitol-steps/
title: Does a Photo Show Rep. Boebert With Insurrectionists on US Capitol Steps?
review_date: 2021-01-13T02:00:09Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert with a group of insurrectionists on the steps of the U.S. Capitol the day before the Jan. 6 riot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-loses-hands-on-space-mountain/
title: Did a Man Lose His Hands on Space Mountain?
review_date: 2023-01-09T08:15:48Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The lights will now be on permanently inside Space Mountain after a man lost his hands while riding the indoor roller coaster.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil/
title: Did Sen. Cotton Say Slavery Was a 'Necessary Evil'?
review_date: 2020-07-29T08:33:11Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2020, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton criticized a school curriculum based on The New York Times' The 1619 project by saying of slavery, "As the Founding Fathers said, it was the necessary evil upon which the union was built..."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buttigieg-father-marxist/
title: Was Pete Buttigieg's Father a Marxist Who Spoke Fondly of 'Communist Manifesto'?
review_date: 2020-02-10T06:09:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joseph Buttigieg was a "Marxist professor" who "lauded" and "spoke fondly" of "The Communist Manifesto" written by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cyberpunk-2077-refunds/
title: Can PlayStation and Xbox Players Get Refunds for Cyberpunk 2077?
review_date: 2020-12-18T02:54:19Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
PlayStation and Xbox announced that refunds would be available for customers who digitally purchased Cyberpunk 2077.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taxi-driver-murderer-fake-news/
title: Is a Murderous Taxi Driver Killing People in His Cab?
review_date: 2018-02-13T06:04:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A taxi driver in Nigeria (or Zambia, or New York City, among other places) is using his cab to pick up victims.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/titanic-submersible-elon-musks-satellites/
title: Was the Missing Titanic Submersible Relying on Satellites from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Communicate?
review_date: 2023-06-20T13:26:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
OceanGate's submersible that went missing in June 2023 on a Titanic wreckage exploration relied on Elon Musk’s SpaceX-run Starlink satellites to provide communications during the expedition.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/department-of-justice-request-disruptj20/
review_date: 2017-08-15T09:42:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States Department of Justice is attempting to seize the information of every person who ever visited the anti-trump website disruptj20.org.

title:
Did the Department of Justice Request Detailed Information About All Visitors to an Anti-Trump Website?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-renzi-rig-election/
title: No, Obama and Former Italian Prime Minister Renzi Didn't Rig US Election
review_date: 2021-01-15T06:27:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Barack Obama "ordered" former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to cooperate in a massive-scale voter fraud scheme to flip votes from Trump to Biden, four years into the future.


title: Are Third-Graders Raffling Off an AR-15 After the Parkland Shooting?
review_date: 2018-02-19T06:00:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A baseball team for third-graders in Neosho, Missouri is raffling off an AR-15 rifle even after it was used to commit the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-third-graders-raffling-off-an-ar-15-after-the-parkland-shooting/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/left-handed-disability-act/
title: Are Left-Handed People Now Eligible for Disability?
review_date: 2016-01-27T04:41:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Left-handed people are now eligible for disability benefits under the "Justice for Dexterously Challenged Act."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drunk-man-has-sex-with-snowman/
title: Drunk Man has Sex with Snowman, Loses Genitals to Frostbite
review_date: 2016-12-14T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An habitual alcohol abuser lost his penis to frostbite after a drunken sexual encounter with a snowman.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wright-brothers-first-flight/
title: Did Wright Brothers Fly Same Year NYT Said Flying Machines Could Take 10M Years To Develop?
review_date: 2023-05-12T14:42:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Wright brothers took flight for the first time the same year The New York Times published an editorial speculating it could take 1 to 10 million years to develop a successful flying machine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harris-gas-prices-quote/
title: Did VP Harris Say 'Gas Prices Are High Due to Gas Prices Not Being Low as Before'?
review_date: 2022-04-04T10:18:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said: "Gas prices are high due to gas prices not being low as before. To get back to lower prices we have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anthony-hopkins-breaking-bad/
title: Did Anthony Hopkins Write a Fan Letter to Bryan Cranston and the Cast of ‘Breaking Bad’?
review_date: 2021-06-04T05:20:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In 2013, actor Anthony Hopkins wrote a fan letter to fellow actor Bryan Cranston, saying his performance as Walter White in "Breaking Bad" was "the best acting I have seen - ever."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/catherine-zeta-jones-addams-family/
title: Did Netflix Announce Catherine Zeta-Jones Joined 'Addams Family' Series 'Wednesday'?
review_date: 2021-08-10T02:26:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2021, Netflix officially announced Catherine Zeta-Jones would star as Morticia Addams in the forthcoming series "Wednesday."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-staged-photo-afghanistan/
title: Did Fox News Post Staged Photo of Soldiers During Trump's 2019 Afghanistan Visit?
review_date: 2019-12-03T01:06:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image of soldiers excited to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Afghanistan in 2019 was actually taken at Universal Studios.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cuban-refugees-clinging-to-air-force-one/
title: Were Hundreds of Cuban Refugees Clinging to Air Force One on Flight Back to U.S.?
review_date: 2016-03-04T00:05:00Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As President Obama departed Cuba, dozens of prospective refugees clung to the wings of Air Force One.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-obama-tie-pull/
title: Does This Photograph Show Putin Pulling President Obama's Tie?
review_date: 2018-07-18T03:11:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Russian president Vladimir Putin aggressively pulling on U.S. president Barack Obama's tie.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breast-cancer-abortion-yoest/
title: Does Health and Human Services Appointee Charmaine Yoest Believe Abortion Causes Breast Cancer?
review_date: 2017-05-02T03:47:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Department of Health and Human Services appointee Charmaine Yoest repeated the false claim abortion causes breast cancer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fcc-emergency-internet-bill-covid-19/
title: Was FCC Offering Emergency Help With Your Internet Bill During COVID-19 Pandemic?
review_date: 2021-05-12T02:30:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was offering to cover part of the internet bill for eligible households that struggled to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flash-headlights-traffic-light/
title: Will Flashing Headlights Change a Traffic Signal?
review_date: 2005-12-13T20:28:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Flashing your car's high beams at a traffic signal will cause it to change from red to green more quickly.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rudy-giuliani-sells-mypillow-sandals/
title: Is Rudy Giuliani Selling Sandals for MyPillow?
review_date: 2022-07-01T02:22:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rudy Giuliani has been promoting sandals for MyPillow on his Twitter account, promising discounts with the promo-code “RUDY.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jill-biden-marriage-proposals/
title: Did Jill Biden Agree to Marry Joe Biden After Five Proposals?
review_date: 2021-05-01T01:09:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
First lady Jill Biden said she did not agree to marry U.S. President Joe Biden until his fifth proposal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-controversial-jacket-pro-fascism-message/
title: Did Melania Trump's Controversial Jacket Contain a Pro-Fascism Message?
review_date: 2018-06-25T08:55:12Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Melania Trump made a sly reference to the Mussolini-era slogan "me ne frego" with her "I DON'T REALLY CARE DO U?" jacket.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walt-disneys-final-instructions/
title: Walt Disney's Final Instructions
review_date: 2001-06-14T04:39:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Walt Disney prepared a film to be viewed by Disney executives after his death, in which he gave them all instructions about how to run their areas of the company.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-insulin-epipen/
title: Did Biden Temporarily Freeze Trump Rule Lowering Insulin, EpiPen Prices?
review_date: 2021-01-25T06:53:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the first days of his 2021 term, U.S. President Joe Biden temporarily froze a federal rule initiated by former President Donald Trump aimed at lowering insulin and EpiPen prices.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/police-pepper-spray-amputee/
title: Did Ohio Police Pepper-Spray an Amputee Protester?
review_date: 2020-06-25T04:33:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police pepper-sprayed a double amputee and removed his prosthetic legs during a June 21, 2020, protest against police brutality in Columbus, Ohio.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-secretly-opposes-equality/
title: Does Hillary Clinton Still Secretly Oppose Marriage Equality?
review_date: 2016-10-11T04:24:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An e-mail chain revealed by WikiLeaks documents that Hillary Clinton privately maintains an anti-marriage equality stance while publicly stating otherwise.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-pants-backwards/
title: Biden Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards in Puerto Rico
review_date: 2022-10-12T03:47:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows that U.S. President Joe Biden put his pants on backwards for an October 2022 trip to survey storm damage in Puerto Rico.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-campaign-donations-refunds/
title: Did the Trump Campaign Have To Issue Refunds for Recurring Donations?
review_date: 2021-04-07T06:35:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump got refunds after his campaign billed them repeatedly when they meant to make one-time donations.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/missouri-republicans-pass-law-lowering-minimum-wage/
title: Did Missouri Republicans Pass a Law Lowering the St. Louis Minimum Wage from $10 to $7.70?
review_date: 2018-07-25T06:05:56Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Missouri Republicans passed a bill to lower the minimum wage in St. Louis from $10 an hour to $7.70.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/super-bowl-streaker-bet/
title: Did a Super Bowl 'Streaker' Win $374K on Prop Bet?
review_date: 2021-02-09T04:14:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The 2021 Super Bowl "streaker" won $374,000 after placing a $50,000 prop bet that someone would streak during the game.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-store-closing-uk/
title: Disney Store on Oxford Street Is Only Remaining UK Location
review_date: 2021-06-21T07:19:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
All Disney Store locations in the U.K. are closing, with the exception of at least one flagship location in London.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-maui-fires/
title: Bill Gates Is Buying Hundreds of Burned-Up Lots in Maui for 'Pennies on the Dollar'?
review_date: 2023-09-06T17:19:51Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
An online article authentically reported that Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates was buying hundreds of burned-out lots destroyed in the August 2023 Maui wildfires for "pennies on the dollar."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-barbara-bush-funeral/
title: Was Donald Trump 'Ordered' to Stay Away from Barbara Bush's Funeral?
review_date: 2018-04-20T10:08:43Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
President Donald Trump was "ordered" by the Bush family not to attend former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cosori-air-fryer-recall/
title: RECALL: Cosori Air Fryers Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazard
review_date: 2023-02-24T09:22:52Z
textual_rating: Recall
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
More than 2 million Cosori air fryers were recalled in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in February 2023 due to fire and burn hazards.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-extreme-hackers-warning/
title: Are Hackers Stealing Private Information via 'What Would You Look Like Bald' Facebook Apps?
review_date: 2018-02-28T07:17:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Extreme hackers are gaining control of people's personal information via links to web sites offering Facebook users the opportunity to see what they look like bald, or as a member of the opposite sex, etc.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-cell-phone-leaks/
title: Trump’s Unsecured Android Device Source of Recent White House Leaks?
review_date: 2017-03-02T03:11:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Two intelligence agencies suspect that President Donald Trump's cell phone is the source of recently leaked information.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-china-restrictions/
title: Did Dr. Fauci Criticize Trump's China Travel Restrictions?
review_date: 2020-09-24T05:31:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci criticized the Trump administration's decision to impose travel restrictions on China to stem the spread of COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lebron-james-blm/
title: Did LeBron James Condemn Columbus Cop Who Killed Ma'Khia Bryant?
review_date: 2021-04-23T01:28:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After a Columbus police officer fatally shot Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, in April 2021, LeBron James tweeted the officer was wrong to use deadly force.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/samuel-hyde-gta-vi/
title: Did Rockstar Games Confirm Samuel Hyde Was 'GTA VI' Leaker?
review_date: 2022-09-19T04:02:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2022, Rockstar Games confirmed Samuel W. Hyde was the person who illegally accessed and leaked the first look at "GTA VI."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uss-mccain-trump/
title: Did the White House Ask the Navy to Keep the USS John S. McCain 'Out of Sight' for Trump's Visit?
review_date: 2019-05-30T07:37:30Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the spring of 2019, the White House asked U.S. naval and Air Force officials to ensure the USS John S. McCain, or its name, was not visible during U.S. President Donald Trump's 27 May speech in Japan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/american-cancer-society-hoax/
title: American Cancer Society Hoax
review_date: 2004-10-13T18:03:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
For every forwarded copy of an e-mail received, the American Cancer Society will donate three cents to cancer research.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/combs-wilson-weight-loss-gummies/
title: Luke Combs and Lainey Wilson Weight Loss Gummies Scams Invade Facebook with AI Voices and Joe Rogan
review_date: 2023-06-20T15:23:09Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A social media post or website reports that country music stars Luke Combs and/or Lainey Wilson have endorsed CBD or keto weight loss gummies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mlk-hospital-photo/
title: Was MLK Smothered in His Hospital Bed?
review_date: 2020-07-21T08:39:23Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows MLK recuperating from a shooting just before he was smothered in his hospital bed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1930s-housewife-smile-therapy/
title: Does This Image Show a 1930s Housewife Forced into 'Smile Therapy'?
review_date: 2017-10-12T12:29:47Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image depicts "attitude adjustment" and "smile therapy" forced upon American housewives in the 1930s institutionalized for "not taking care of themselves" and acting "depressed."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/berry-breaks-lunches-sign/
title: Did Berry Global Forbid Employees from Eating Lunch in Their Cars?
review_date: 2022-10-06T04:55:42Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Berry Global company posted a sign that stated a policy forbidding employees from taking their breaks and lunches in their cars.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/myeshia-johnson-facebook-post/
title: Did Myeshia Johnson Accuse Rep. Frederica Wilson of Using Her Husband 'As a Political Platform'?
review_date: 2017-10-21T03:53:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson criticized Rep. Frederica Wilson on Facebook for misrepresenting the content of a condolence call from President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-impeachment-misspelling/
title: Did Trump's Legal Team Misspell 'United States' in His Impeachment Brief?
review_date: 2021-02-03T02:35:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team misspelled "United States" on the brief responding to Trump's second impeachment charges.


title: Did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tweet About 'Putting Migrants on a Bus' on Christmas Eve?
review_date: 2022-12-28T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An authentic tweet from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott read, "We celebrated Christmas Eve by putting migrants on a bus and kicking them out into the freezing cold. May the joy of Christ's birth fill your heart as it did ours. Merry Christmas from the Abbott family."

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-texas-gov-greg-abbott-tweet-about-putting-migrants-on-a-bus-on-christmas-eve/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nic-cage-holly-hunter-textbook/
title: Did Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter Appear on the Cover of a Serbian Biology Textbook?
review_date: 2023-06-21T17:36:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image from the movie "Raising Arizona" featuring Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter was once used on the cover of a Serbian biology textbook.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/does-luxottica-own-80-of-the-eyeglass-industry/
title: Does Luxottica Own 80% of the Eyeglass Industry?
review_date: 2016-09-20T09:25:01Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Luxottica controls 80 percent of eyewear brands, several major optometry chains, and the second-largest vision care insurer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/david-hogg-generations-before-us/
review_date: 2018-04-03T03:11:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
David Hogg said that generations that came before his don't know what it's like to get shot at by AR-15s.

title:
Did a Parkland Shooting Survivor Say 'Generations Before Us Don't Know What It's Like to Be Shot at by AR-15s?'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vladimir-putin-north-korea-trillions-in-minerals/
title: Did Vladimir Putin Say North Korea Doesn't Have Nuclear Weapons But Has 'Trillions' in Minerals?
review_date: 2017-08-11T09:57:51Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Vladimir Putin said North Korea doesn't have nuclear weapons, but does possess trillions of dollars in mineral wealth.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/praying-hands-cloud-formation/
title: Is This Video of a 'Praying Hands' Cloud Formation Real?
review_date: 2023-01-22T13:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral video authentically shows a cloud formation that looks uncannily like a pair of praying hands.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/father-of-the-bribe/
title: Father of the Bribe
review_date: 1997-04-04T20:05:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sheriff who discovers underage couple engaged in sex offers to let them off the hook in exchange for sexual favors from the girl, then finds out she's his daughter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kenosha-police-body-cams/
title: Did Kenosha Leaders Require Police Body Cams, Then Fail To Buy Them?
review_date: 2020-08-27T02:04:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Before the police shooting of Jacob Blake in August 2020, city leaders in Kenosha, Wisconsin, passed a city law "requiring" all officers to wear body cameras but did not buy the devices.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rand-paul-right-about-masks/
title: Was Rand Paul ‘Right’ All Along About the CDC Mask Mandate?
review_date: 2021-05-14T07:36:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was right about unmasking before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on May 13, 2021, that fully vaccinated people no longer need to mask in public or private.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cfl-light-bulbs-soft-attack/
title: Do CFL Light Bulbs Emit Harmful Levels of Radiation?
review_date: 2015-03-29T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CFL light bulbs are dangerous compared to conventional incandescent bulbs because they emit higher levels of radiation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amazon-vaccine-distribution/
title: Did Amazon Wait To Help Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine?
review_date: 2021-01-22T09:29:34Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Amazon waited until former U.S. President Donald Trump left office to offer help distributing COVID-19 vaccines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flu-prevention-1918/
title: The Do's and Don'ts of Flu Prevention from 1918
review_date: 2021-08-12T06:47:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A newspaper clipping from 1918 informing readers of the do's and don'ts of flu prevention is authentic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-isra-terrorism-funding/
title: Did the Obama Administration Approve the Transfer of Money to a Listed Terrorism Funder?
review_date: 2018-08-01T06:03:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Obama administration approved the transfer of funding to the Islamic Relief Agency, a Sudan-based organization with ties to Al-Qaeda.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/israel-bans-heinz-ketchup/
title: Israel Just Banned Heinz Ketchup
review_date: 2016-02-18T09:28:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Israel has banned the sale of Heinz brand ketchup, partially due to the product's use of GMO-derived ingredients.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/age-birth-year/
title: Does Adding Your Age to Your Birth Year Equal 2,018 for 'One Day Only'?
review_date: 2018-10-05T12:33:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Adding your age to your birth year equals 2,018 on one particular day that occurs once every thousand years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photographer-said-franken-image-was-staged/
title: Did Franken Photog Say Groping Image Was Staged?
review_date: 2017-11-17T02:55:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The photographer of the infamous Al Franken image said that the moment was staged, that Leeann Tweeden "was playing dead," and that "she wanted him to ‘revive’ her."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/south-dakota-green-sky/
title: Do These Pics Really Show Green Skies During a South Dakota Storm?
review_date: 2022-07-06T09:02:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs that surfaced in July 2022 were authentic depictions of green skies over parts of South Dakota during a severe thunderstorm.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/police-13-year-old-girl-beheaded-seeing-grandmother-die/
title: Police: 13-Year-Old Girl Was Beheaded After Seeing Her Grandmother Die
review_date: 2018-07-15T08:11:56Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 13-year-old girl was beheaded by an "illegal immigrant" in a crime "suppressed" by the mainstream news media.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/life-in-the-1500s/
title: Life in the 1500s
review_date: 2000-12-16T16:13:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The numerous current sayings listed in a "Life in the 1500s" article sprang from ordinary living conditions in that era.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/time-to-go-cover/
title: Is This a Real Time Magazine Cover: 'Time to Go'?
review_date: 2020-05-17T05:17:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows a Time magazine cover playing on the magazine's name by appending "... to go" to the word "Time" and showing U.S. President Donald Trump exiting through a doorway.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/small-child-handcuffed-at-dulles/
title: Was a Small Child Handcuffed at Dulles Airport Due to Entry Restrictions?
review_date: 2017-02-01T03:36:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a small boy who was handcuffed at Dulles Airport due to temporary immigration restrictions implemented in January 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simple-math-on-biden-votes/
title: Does 'Simple Math' Show Biden Received More Votes Than Eligible Voters?
review_date: 2020-12-31T00:47:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden won millions more votes than there were eligible voters in the 2020 election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lowes-versus-home-depot-meme/
title: Did Lowe's Donate $25M to Minority-Owned Businesses, While Home Depot Founder Gave to Trump?
review_date: 2020-06-10T10:00:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lowe's was giving $25 million in grant money to minority-owned businesses reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while the founder of Home Depot gave millions to U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign.


title: Cop Shoots 2-Year-Old Black Baby After Mistaking Pacifier for Gun
review_date: 2016-07-07T04:58:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Baltimore police officer shot and killed two-year-old Malik Gibson after mistaking his pacifier for a gun.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cop-shoots-2-year-old-black-baby-after-mistaking-pacifier-for-gun/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melinda-black-people-covid/
title: Did Melinda Gates Say This About Black People and COVID-19 Vaccination?
review_date: 2020-06-11T04:14:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Melinda Gates said Black people should be first in line, after health care workers, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/social-security-changes-may-2016/
title: Social Security Changes to Take Effect 1 May 2016
review_date: 2016-01-15T01:28:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Changes coming to Social Security on 1 May 2016 "threaten the financial security" of millions of Americans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/illegal-barbershops-sunday-ny/
title: Is It No Longer Illegal for Barbershops to Cut Hair on Sundays in New York?
review_date: 2021-07-19T03:46:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of July 13, 2021, the state of New York has repealed an archaic law that banned the act of barbering on Sundays. It is now technically legal to operate barber shops on that day of the week.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-member-naacp/
title: Was Einstein a Member of the NAACP?
review_date: 2022-02-08T05:30:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Albert Einstein was a member of the civil rights organization National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-federal-gun-law-prevents-open-carry-in-all-50-states/
title: New Federal Gun Law Prevents Open Carry in All 50 States
review_date: 2016-09-21T01:35:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A federal gun law was passed in September 2016 which will prevent people from practicing "open carry" in all 50 states.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hooters-valentines-day-special/
title: Hooter's Valentine's Day Special Promises Free Wings for Photos of Your Ex
review_date: 2016-01-29T01:04:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hooters Restaurants are offering a special deal to customers who bring in photographs of their exes on Valentine's Day.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rick-wiles-trump-impeachment/
title: Did Pastor Rick Wiles Call Trump Impeachment a 'Jew Coup'?
review_date: 2019-11-27T09:21:18Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rick Wiles said U.S. congressional impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump amounted to a "Jew coup."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/icelandic-dracula-fanfic/
title: Did an Old Icelandic Translation of 'Dracula' Turn Out To Be 'Fan Fiction'?
review_date: 2021-05-19T07:59:36Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 1900 Icelandic translation of "Dracula" was discovered, more than a century later, to have been no more than "fan fiction."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/msnbc-hope-coronavirus-kills/
title: Did MSNBC Reporter Say 'I Hope Coronavirus Kills People and Hurts Trump's Reelection'?
review_date: 2020-03-16T05:32:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An MSNBC reporter said on air: "I hope enough people die from coronavirus that it harms Trump's reelection."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-morrissey-receptionist/
review_date: 2019-11-08T09:34:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joe Morrissey, a Democrat, was elected to the Virginia State Senate even though he had sex with his teenage receptionist and has been disbarred.

title:
Did Newly Elected Virginia Democrat Joe Morrissey in the Past Have Sex with His Teenage Receptionist?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/train-crash-metrolink/
title: Yes, 11 People Died When Suicidal Driver Parked on Train Tracks Near LA in '05
review_date: 2022-04-20T04:45:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man was sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences after abandoning his vehicle on train tracks near Los Angeles in a suicide attempt, resulting in a train crash that killed 11.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-president-elect-office/
title: Did Biden Create 'Office of the President Elect' To Undermine Trump?
review_date: 2020-11-10T08:33:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden created the "Office of the President Elect" to convince Americans the 2020 elections results were final when they weren't.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-politics-is-boring/
title: Did Donald Trump Say 'Politics Is Boring' and 'There's No Money in It' in 1990?
review_date: 2018-01-08T04:51:14Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump said "Politics is boring, but more importantly, there's no money in it" in a 1990 interview.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ashley-biden-diary-afraid/
title: No Evidence Ashley Biden Said She Feared Her Father 'Coming in the Shower' with Her
review_date: 2022-12-08T10:59:19Z
textual_rating: Unfounded
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley, once wrote in a diary, "I [am] so afraid of him coming in the shower with me that I've waited until late at night to take a shower."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-mask-zoom-climate-summit/
title: Was Biden the Only Mask Wearer at Virtual Climate Summit?
review_date: 2021-04-23T08:06:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden was the only world leader to wear a mask during an online climate summit in April 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bodies-blm-carved-skin/
title: Did Police Find Bodies in Freezers with 'Black Lives Matter' Carved into Their Skin?
review_date: 2016-02-17T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police in Los Angeles discovered 12 or 19 bodies in a freezer with "Black Lives Matter" carved into the victims' skin.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-university-surveys/
review_date: 2021-06-23T09:30:03Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation requiring state universities to assess "viewpoint diversity" by surveying students and staff, in effect requiring them to register their political views with the state.

title:
Florida 'Viewpoint Diversity' Law Doesn't Require University Staff, Students To Register Political Views


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/third-grade-trump-hat/
title: Third Grade Student Says School Made Him Remove Trump Hat
review_date: 2016-06-06T04:33:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An elementary school in Fresno, California, forced a third-grader to remove a cap bearing Donald Trump's campaign slogan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-huge-shark-wash-up-kitty-hawk/
title: Did a Huge Shark Wash Up on a North Carolina Beach?
review_date: 2018-02-19T07:44:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a twenty-foot-long shark that washed up on a beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-trump-gives-finger/
title: Did President Trump Give the Finger to the Italian Prime Minister?
review_date: 2017-05-30T06:15:14Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump raised his middle finger to make an obscene gesture at Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni during a meeting at the 2017 G7 summit in Italy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tanya-mcdowell-sentencing/
title: Was a Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Sending Her Son to a Better School?
review_date: 2016-08-24T07:57:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Collegiate athletes were sentenced lightly for serious crimes while a homeless mother was sentenced to five years in prison for enrolling her son in the wrong Connecticut school.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-carlson-cornel-west-video/
title: Did Tucker Carlson Say He Was 'On Board' With Democratic Socialism?
review_date: 2020-09-18T05:44:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Fox News host Tucker Carlson saying that he was "basically on board" with the tenets of democratic socialism.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelensky-trump-nothing-wrong/
title: Did Zelensky Say Trump 'Did Nothing Wrong' In Relation to Ukraine?
review_date: 2019-12-03T02:49:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said in December 2019 that U.S. President Donald Trump had "done nothing wrong" with regard to Ukraine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tweet-obama-8-years/
title: Did Trump Tweet That Obama 'Had 8 Years to Prepair the Next President for a Pandemic'?
review_date: 2020-05-13T07:24:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that Barack Obama "had 8 years to prepair the next president for a pandemic and he failed."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kidney-transplant-social-share/
title: Is $1 Donated for a Girl's Kidney Transplant Every Time Her Photo Is Shared on Social Media?
review_date: 2018-09-04T06:15:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A girl in need of a kidney transplant receives a $1 donation for that purpose every time her photo is shared on Facebook.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simpsons-predicted-trump-budget/
title: Did 'The Simpsons' Predict Post-Trump Budget Woes?
review_date: 2020-12-19T04:43:26Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an episode of "The Simpsons" from 2000, Lisa Simpson said: "As you know, we've inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/federal-troops-tear-gas-yankees/
title: Did Federal Troops Tear-Gas the Yankees?
review_date: 2020-08-03T02:19:56Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Federal troops tear-gassed the New York Yankees off the field so U.S. President Donald Trump could throw out the first pitch before the team's opening home game


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/department-store-sex-trafficking/
title: Department Store Sex Trafficking Rumor
review_date: 2015-06-30T02:54:58Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A teenaged girl was drugged and nearly abducted in a Dillard's department store by fellow teens working on behalf of sex traffickers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/warriors-white-house-visit/
title: The Golden State Warriors Voted Not to Visit the White House?
review_date: 2017-06-13T01:09:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Golden State Warriors basketball team announced on 13 June 2017 that they had unanimously voted to skip a visit to the White House after winning the NBA Championship.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-soros-indicted-election-hacking/
title: George Soros Indicted for Election Hacking?
review_date: 2017-05-22T01:46:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Image depicts George Soros in handcuffs before a judge, facing charges of tampering with voting equipment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-antifa-capitol-riot/
title: Did CNN Report That Antifa Took Responsibility for US Capitol Riot?
review_date: 2021-01-23T04:20:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2021, a CNN broadcast featured a chyron that read, "Antifa has just taken responsiblitly [sic] for storming Capital [sic] Hill."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photo-san-francisco-hill/
title: Is This a Real Pic of a Steep San Francisco Hill?
review_date: 2023-06-20T08:20:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture that went viral in June 2023 authentically showed an extremely steep hill in San Francisco.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/audio-detained-children-crying-parents/
title: Is This Audio of Detained Children Crying for Their Parents?
review_date: 2018-06-19T06:17:21Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An audio clip captured distressed immigrant children crying for their parents in a detention facility.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liz-cheney-republicans-sick/
title: Did Liz Cheney Say the Republican Party Is 'Very Sick'?
review_date: 2022-08-22T04:22:02Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In response to an interview question about former U.S. President Donald Trump's "hold on the Republican Party," U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said that "large portions" of the party, including leadership at the state and national levels, are "very sick."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rachel-hoffman/
title: Death of Rachel Hoffman
review_date: 2015-12-11T07:45:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 23-year-old Florida university student was arrested for marijuana possession and coerced into acting as an informant; she was subsequently murdered by drug dealers who discovered she was wearing a wire.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/satanic-artwork-nato-summit/
title: Were World Leaders Photographed with 'Satanic' Artwork at 2022 NATO Summit?
review_date: 2022-07-13T07:03:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs accurately depicted world leaders at the 2022 NATO Summit visiting an exhibit with "satanic" artwork that featured gas masks and dead babies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/500-walmart-store-credit/
title: $500 Walmart Store Credit Offer in Facebook Posts Is a Scam
review_date: 2022-11-22T11:20:05Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Facebook page that isn't Walmart's official page claims you can win a "$500 store credit" or "$500 Walmart credit."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-roadhouse-vouchers/
title: SCAM ALERT: Texas Roadhouse Vouchers on Facebook
review_date: 2021-09-29T01:27:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2021, Texas Roadhouse offered customers a "free voucher" if they liked, shared, or commented on a Facebook promotion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chemicals-in-bananas/
title: Are All These Chemicals Found in a Banana?
review_date: 2018-12-21T10:54:19Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A list of chemicals, written as if they were ingredients on a food label, accurately depicts the chemical composition of a banana.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-communes-with-the-spirit-of-eleanor-roosevelt/
title: Hillary Clinton 'Communes' with the Spirit of Eleanor Roosevelt
review_date: 2016-11-07T00:59:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Bill Clinton saying that his wife Hillary Clinton "communed" with the spirit of Eleanor Roosevelt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-benghazi-response/
title: Did the White House Watch the Benghazi Attack and Do Nothing?
review_date: 2016-05-30T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Top Obama administration officials watched the Benghazi attack unfold in real-time but did nothing to intervene.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/feds-tracking-support-audit-donald-trump/
title: Are Feds Tracking Support for an Audit of Donald Trump?
review_date: 2016-12-02T09:05:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Government Accountability Office is tracking emails sent supporting an audit of Donald Trump requested by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nuclear-fallout-map/
title: Fukushima Nuclear Fallout Map
review_date: 2011-03-14T11:27:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Map issued by Australian Radiation Services shows the expected path of nuclear fallout from Fukushima across the western U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-lennon-gun-death-rate/
title: Have There Been at Least 1.1M Gun Deaths in the US Since John Lennon's Murder?
review_date: 2015-12-08T04:00:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
There have been more than 1.1 million gun-related deaths in the U.S. since John Lennon was killed on 8 December 1980.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blm-flag-symbol-hatred/
title: Yes, BLM Utah Chapter Called US Flag 'A Symbol of Hatred'
review_date: 2021-07-12T06:48:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On July 4, 2021, the Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter called the American flag a "symbol of hatred," and those who fly it racists.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/early-to-bed/
title: Who Was the First TV Couple to Sleep in the Same Bed?
review_date: 1999-04-24T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The early TV sitcom "Mary Kay and Johnny" was the first television series to portray a married couple who slept in the same bed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-boos-world-series-tweet/
title: Did Trump Tweet About Banning 'Fake Boos' in Public?
review_date: 2019-10-29T09:54:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted about banning "fake boos" after being booed at the 2019 World Series.


title: UN Official John Ashe Killed the Day Before He Was to Testify Against Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-06-27T01:58:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ex-UN Official John Ashe died suspiciously the day before he was scheduled to testify against Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-official-john-ashe-killed-the-day-before-he-was-to-testify-against-hillary-clinton/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-all-american-voter-fraud/
title: WikiLeaks E-Mail Says Obama Directed His Supporters to Engage in 'All-American Voter Fraud'
review_date: 2016-10-19T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The WikiLeaks 'Podesta archive' included an e-mail that stated President Obama had "directed his supporters in Colorado to engage in a little all-American voter fraud."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-150-million-gun-deaths/
title: Did Joe Biden Say 150 Million Americans Have Been Killed By Guns Since '07?
review_date: 2020-03-03T08:44:04Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden said during a debate that "150 million people have been killed [by guns] since 2007."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-ban-travel-china-pandemic/
title: Did Trump Ban All Travel From China at the Start of the Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-09-22T08:01:52Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In February 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump enforced a complete ban on travel from mainland China, a signature policy move that helped save many lives from the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-a-bird-poop-on-biden/
title: Did a Bird Poop on Biden?
review_date: 2022-04-13T01:41:28Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows bird poop falling on U.S. President Joe Biden's shoulder during an event in April 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/second-gunman-shoot-fourth-floor-mandalay-bay/
title: Did a Second Gunman Shoot From the Fourth Floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel?
review_date: 2017-10-03T12:34:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A second gunman fired at a crowd from the fourth floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino during the mass shooting in Las Vegas.


title: Is Laura Phelps a Crisis Actor Who Lost a Child at Both Sandy Hook and Marjory Stoneman Douglas?
review_date: 2018-02-21T05:27:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Laura Phelps is a crisis actor who lost children during school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012 and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-laura-phelps-a-crisis-actor-who-lost-a-child-at-both-sandy-hook-and-parkland/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kushner-covid19-task-force/
title: Did Jared Kushner’s Task Force Scrap Nationwide COVID-19 Testing Over Politics?
review_date: 2020-08-06T04:34:34Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The COVID-19 pandemic response team organized by Jared Kushner scrapped a federal government-led national testing plan because the virus had hit Democratic states hardest, according to a member of the task force, and helping blue states would be a political disadvantage, according to a July 2020 report.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/work-of-fiction/
title: Dr. Leon Eisenberg: ADHD Is a 'Fictitious Disease'?
review_date: 2013-05-16T18:01:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Leon Eisenberg, the ‘father’ of ADHD, said just before his death that ADHD ‘is a prime example of a fictitious disease.’


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dogs-jealousy-study/
title: Did a Study Show That Dogs Exhibit Jealousy?
review_date: 2018-02-06T05:43:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A study showed that dogs could show jealousy if they caught their owners behaving sweetly toward other dogs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloomington-police-discover-over-200-penises/
title: Did Bloomington Police Discover Over 200 Penises During Raid at a Mortician's Home?
review_date: 2018-08-23T06:26:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police executing a search warrant at the home of a Bloomington, Illinois, mortician discovered 218 embalmed human penises.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oxford-sheet-music/
title: No, England's University of Oxford Isn't Banning Sheet Music
review_date: 2021-03-31T05:57:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
England's University of Oxford will stop teaching students to read from sheet music "because of its complicity in white supremacy."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ghostface-predate-scream/
title: Did the 'Ghostface' Mask Predate 'Scream'?
review_date: 2022-01-21T04:32:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The infamous "ghostface" mask was available for purchase prior to the release of the 1996 movie "Scream."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lyft-check-in-safety-feature/
title: Does Lyft Have a Safety Feature That 'Checks in' When Riders Go Off Route?
review_date: 2021-06-07T03:40:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The ride-sharing app Lyft has a safety feature that "checks in" with users if their car deviates from their route.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-immigrant-song/
title: No, Obama Didn't Float Plan To Change Thanksgiving Day to 'Celebrate Immigrants Day'
review_date: 2015-03-06T08:48:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2015, then-President Barack Obama wanted to issue an executive order changing the name of Thanksgiving to "Celebrate Immigrants Day."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-panthers-georgia-pictures/
title: Did Armed Black Panthers Lobby and Intimidate on Behalf of Stacey Abrams?
review_date: 2018-11-05T09:29:14Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Armed Black Panthers lobbied for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and attempted to intimidate residents into voting for her.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crushin-roulette/
title: Was a Volkswagen Beetle and Its Passengers Crushed Between Two Trucks?
review_date: 1997-09-02T07:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Two large trucks that had collided head-on are pulled apart weeks later, revealing that a Volkswagen Beetle and its occupants had been crushed between them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-company-policies-sign-real/
title: Is This 'Company Policies' Sign Real?
review_date: 2021-04-12T04:17:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a sign relating a company's genuine policies related to sick days and vacation days.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hiroshima-vs-detroit/
title: Hiroshima vs. Detroit
review_date: 2016-08-11T10:46:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A set of photos draws a realistic comparison between the rebuilt city of Hiroshima 65 years after it was destroyed by an atomic bomb and the present-day urban decay of Detroit after 65 years of governance by the Democratic Party.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prince-charles-snub-mike-pence/
title: Did Prince Charles Ignore Mike Pence at a Holocaust Commemoration?
review_date: 2020-01-23T02:07:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Prince Charles refused to shake hands with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, thereby "snubbing" or expressing a negative comportment towards Pence, at an event in January 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/red-cross-steals-texas/
title: Did the Red Cross Steal Donations in Texas, Empowered by an Obama-Era Executive Order?
review_date: 2017-09-21T07:16:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2017, the Red Cross stole donated items from churches in Houston, Texas, and then sold some of the items and burned the others — all under the protection of a 2012 executive order.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-obama-victorias-secret/
title: Will Michelle Obama Be the New Face of Victoria’s Secret?
review_date: 2019-10-17T03:41:19Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama signed a contract to be the "public face" of Victoria's Secret.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-coke-fiasco/
title: Was the 'New Coke' Fiasco Just a Clever Marketing Ploy?
review_date: 1999-05-01T18:06:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Coca-Cola halted production of its flagship beverage in 1985 and introduced New Coke in its place as a marketing ploy to combat declining market share and rekindle interest in the original drink.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rashida-tlaib-people-tweet/
title: Did Rashida Tlaib Tweet About America 'Raping and Pillaging' Her People?
review_date: 2019-01-10T02:32:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib tweeted that "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/middle-school-break-arms-jumping-off-water-tower-science-project/
title: Did a Student Break Both Arms Jumping Off a Building for a Science Project?
review_date: 2017-07-25T01:54:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a middle school student with two broken arms next to a science fair project about jumping off tall buildings.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-kerry-iranian-son-law/
title: Did John Kerry Hide His Connection to an Iranian Official with Whom He Negotiated a Nuclear Deal?
review_date: 2015-07-30T19:24:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hide a close familial connection to an Iranian official with whom he negotiated a nuclear deal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spicer-spelling-covfefe/
title: Did Sean Spicer Claim Trump Has the Authority to Change Spellings Like 'Covfefe'?
review_date: 2017-06-08T00:35:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said President Trump had authority to add words like "covfefe" to the language.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/does-list-show-news-system-rigged/
title: Is This an Accurate List of Familial Relationships Between Politicians?
review_date: 2020-03-30T10:00:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Additional entries to a "You Had a Hunch the News System Was Rigged?" list document several familial relationships between prominent U.S. political figures.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/half-nelson-2/
title: Did Willie Nelson Really Say This About Spinach?
review_date: 2006-09-30T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Singer Willie Nelson said of his September 2006 drug offense, "It's a good thing I had a bag of marijuana instead of a bag of spinach. I'd be dead by now."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ac-or-aoc-ercot-texas-option/
title: No, ERCOT Didn't Give Texans the Option of 'AC or AOC'
review_date: 2021-06-14T10:29:27Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An ERCOT spokesperson said Texans could have either "AC or AOC" during hot weather to prevent a power outage.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-pelosi-election-delayed/
title: If the US General Election Is Delayed, Does Pelosi Become President?
review_date: 2020-07-31T06:02:35Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If the November 2020 election is delayed, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would automatically assume the role of acting president in the absence of a president-elect.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ohio-school-religion-answers/
title: Does Ohio Bill Let Students Give Wrong Answers Based on Religion?
review_date: 2019-11-15T03:00:51Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A bill before the Ohio Legislature would allow students to give wrong answers because of their religious beliefs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/
title: Did the Chevrolet Nova Fail to Sell in Spanish-Speaking Countries?
review_date: 1999-04-02T20:23:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hell-toupee/
title: Amusement Park Scalping
review_date: 2001-05-21T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A girl on an amusement park ride was scalped when her hair got caught in the attraction's machinery.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/insurrection-protection-committee-hakeem-jeffries/
title: Did Hakeem Jeffries Describe a US Select Committee as a 'Committee On Insurrection Protection'?
review_date: 2023-01-11T14:48:05Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in January 2023 referred to the newly created "Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government" as "a Select Committee on Insurrection Protection."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/npr-riot-article-before-riot/
title: Did NPR Publish Article Describing Capitol Riot Before It Happened?
review_date: 2021-01-11T06:36:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
NPR published an article that described pro-Trump supporters who decried the 2020 election results storming the U.S. Capitol hours before the riot took place.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barrier-bank-parking/
title: Did a Millionaire Fire His Bank Because It Did Not Validate Parking?
review_date: 1998-12-30T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A customer closed out his million-dollar account after his bank refused to validate a 50-cent parking ticket.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/canine-vaccine-covid-19/
title: Is Canine Coronavirus Vaccine Proof that COVID-19 Vaccine Should Exist?
review_date: 2020-05-04T01:49:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photograph showing a canine coronavirus vaccine demonstrates that there should already exist a human vaccine for COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/opossum-pest-control/
title: Are Opossums ‘Nature’s Pest Control’ and ‘Clean-up Crew'?
review_date: 2022-03-23T07:30:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral meme claimed opossums are immune to rabies and ate up to 5,000 ticks annually, thus stopping the spread of Lyme disease.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/seniors-beware/
title: Seniors Beware
review_date: 2012-01-03T07:23:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Obamacare" mandates that no one over 75 will be given major medical procedures unless approved by an ethics panel.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-dorian/
review_date: 2019-09-04T04:24:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked for "huge" donations to the Clinton Foundation to help with Hurricane Dorian relief in September 2019.

title:
Did Hillary Clinton Ask for 'Huge' Donations to the Clinton Foundation for Hurricane Dorian Victims?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/omicron-books-published-fast/
title: How Were 'Omicron Variant' Books Published So Fast?
review_date: 2021-12-21T00:58:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The rapid appearance of books about the COVID-19 omicron variant is proof that the pandemic was planned.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pennsylvania-judge-legal-win-trump/
title: Did a Pennsylvania Judge Rule Out Some Mail-In Ballots?
review_date: 2020-11-13T01:51:50Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Pennsylvania judge ruled that some mail-in ballots would be disqualified, scoring a major legal win for U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1970s-cartoon-solar-power/
title: Did a 1970s Cartoon Ridicule Anti-Solar Power Rhetoric?
review_date: 2021-09-23T23:33:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A cartoon satirizing the rhetoric of opponents to solar power was authentic and dated from the 1970s.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/baron-trumps-marvelous-underground-journey/
title: Is "Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey" a Real Book from the 1890s?
review_date: 2017-08-01T06:22:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Author Ingersoll Lockwood wrote the books "Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey" and "1900: or, The Last President" in the 1890s.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-to-jail-climate-change-skeptics/
title: California to Jail Climate Change Skeptics
review_date: 2016-06-06T03:40:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
California legislators have made it illegal for anyone to deny climate change, under threat of jail time.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melted-traffic-light/
title: Miscaptioned Image Claims To Show Melted Traffic Light in Locations Around World
review_date: 2023-07-24T14:11:41Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A metal traffic light was melted by hot weather in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.K., and other locations named in social media posts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steve-bannon-predicts-obama/
title: Did Steve Bannon Predict Obama Officials Would End Up in Jail?
review_date: 2020-08-21T02:35:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon predicted that multiple members of U.S. President Obama's administration, and possibly Obama himself, would be in federal prison by the end of President Donald Trump's first term.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/starbucks-head-of-the-line/
title: Did Starbucks Announce 'Patrons of Color' Can Go to the Head of the Line?
review_date: 2018-06-03T10:19:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced a new policy under which "Patrons of color will be allowed to move to the head of the line at all of our locations."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-tear-gas-border-migrants/
title: Did the Obama Administration Use Tear Gas Once a Month at the Border?
review_date: 2018-11-27T15:24:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Customs and Border Protection agents used tear gas at a rate of about once a month during the presidency of Barack Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/big-mac-cost-denmark/
title: Is a Big Mac in Denmark Pricier Than in US?
review_date: 2021-03-14T04:00:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The price of a Big Mac in Denmark is substantially more than the price of a Big Mac in the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-cruz-run-as-democrat/
title: Ted Cruz Said 'If Something Happens to Hillary' He'll 'Run as a Democrat Against Trump'
review_date: 2016-09-15T01:14:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ted Cruz said he'd run as a Democrat against Donald Trump if Hillary Clinton had to drop out of the 2016 presidential race.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/three-men-and-a-ghost/
title: Does a Ghost Boy Appear in 'Three Men and a Baby'?
review_date: 1997-06-02T13:53:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The ghostly image of a boy who died in the home where Three Men and a Baby was filmed can be seen in the finished movie.


text: Every high school marching band in Washington D.C. is boycotting Donald Trump's inauguration.
title: Did Every Single School Marching Band in DC Just Boycott Trump’s Inauguration?
review_date: 2016-12-15T13:05:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-every-single-school-marching-band-in-dc-just-boycott-trumps-inauguration/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-lost-blue-book/
title: The Tale of the Lost Blue Book
review_date: 2001-02-11T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Faced with a test question he cannot answer, a student tricks his instructor into believing that one of his exam booklets was lost.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cinderellas-castle-hurricane/
title: Are the Spires on Disney World's Cinderella Castle Removable in Case of Hurricane?
review_date: 2017-10-02T02:21:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida was constructed such that it can be partially or wholly disassembled in the event of a hurricane.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rutgers-grammar-racist/
title: Did Rutgers University Declare Grammar 'Racist'?
review_date: 2020-07-29T04:49:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rutgers University or Rutgers' English Department Chair Rebecca Walkowitz wrote in June 2020 that "grammar is racist" or words to that effect.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar/
title: Did Eric Carle Say Publishers Made Him Add Stomachache Scene to 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'?
review_date: 2021-05-28T04:34:19Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Children’s book author and artist Eric Carle said his publisher forced him to add the stomachache scene to “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” He also added that such a scene “ran entirely contrary to the message of the book.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pat-robertson-gay-colors/
title: Pat Robertson: 'Gay People Should Wear Specially-Colored Clothes to Warn Straight People'?
review_date: 2015-11-03T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Televangelist Pat Robertson said gay people should wear specific colors so they can be easily identified by straight people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schmidt-pain-index-insect-venom/
title: Was Schmidt Pain Index Created by Man Who Let Insects Sting Him on Purpose?
review_date: 2021-07-01T08:53:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Entomologist Justin Schmidt developed a pain scale for insect venom based on his experiences of being stung hundreds of times.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spirit-airlines-military/
title: Military Dis Account
review_date: 2015-11-02T03:22:59Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Spirit Airlines employee was rude to a soldier, charged him for a carry-on bag, and told his father that the airline "doesn't cater to the military."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-attach-personal-message-letter-wrote-trump/
title: Did Barack Obama Attach an Ominous Message to a Letter He Wrote to Donald Trump?
review_date: 2017-09-11T08:39:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Barack Obama put a threatening message in a letter he left for incoming President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-dislike-button/
title: Is Twitter Making a 'Dislike' Button?
review_date: 2021-07-22T03:20:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In late July 2021, Twitter announced it was testing a “downvote” option for tweets made on the platform.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-pardon-cosby/
title: FALSE: President Obama Pardons Bill Cosby
review_date: 2016-01-05T04:36:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bill Cosby has received a pardon from President Obama for all "current and future" sexual assault charges.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-son-man-christ/
title: Does a Book Call Trump 'The Son of Man, The Christ'?
review_date: 2022-09-19T08:28:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A book that names Donald Trump as "the son of man" and "the Christ" was promoted by its author at multiple rallies for the former U.S. president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/house-speaker-podium-ebay/
title: Was US House Speaker's 'Podium' Listed on eBay?
review_date: 2021-01-07T05:13:05Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a listing on the auction site eBay was created for the “House of Representatives Speaker Podium.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bear-costume-black-friday/
title: Was a Man in Bear Costume Arrested for Tearing Apart Tents of Black Friday Campers?
review_date: 2018-11-25T03:49:58Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a man in a bear costume being arrested for tearing apart tents of Black Friday campers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-boat-parade-sunken/
title: Did the Trump Boat Parade Result in This Sunken Ship Photo?
review_date: 2020-09-08T03:22:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a boat that sank during a parade for U.S. President Donald Trump in September 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-daughters-arrested/
title: Were Pelosi's Daughters Arrested for Breaking Into a Liquor Store for Quarantine Supplies?
review_date: 2020-06-09T07:33:49Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughters were arrested after breaking into a liquor store for quarantine supplies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/testicle-tanning-heidi-cruz-quote/
title: 'Testicle Tanning' Chyron Quoting Heidi Cruz Is Fake
review_date: 2022-04-18T07:22:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Heidi Cruz was quoted in a Fox News chyron saying that her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz, doesn't tan his testicles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/protest-sign-end-white-supremacy/
title: Did This Protest Sign Suggest the Mass Killing of White People in Order to End White Supremacy?
review_date: 2018-10-09T02:48:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a woman holding a protest sign which reads "Ending White Supremacy Starts with Killing All White People."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/irs-scam-season/
title: IRS Scam Season
review_date: 2016-01-20T05:11:07Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is contacting taxpayers via e-mail to convey important tax return information, complete paperwork for a refund, or request payment on a balance owed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolly-parton-fire-donations/
title: Dolly Parton Didn't Ask for Fire Victims' Donations, in Contrast with Oprah and The Rock for Maui?
review_date: 2023-09-05T16:55:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Country star Dolly Parton gave only her own money and did not ask for others' donations for victims of the November 2016 wildfires that scorched areas in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/guggenheim-animals/
title: Did the Guggenheim Museum Plan to Host Exhibits Criticized by Some as Cruel to Animals?
review_date: 2017-09-26T03:25:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Guggenheim Museum planned to host a Chinese art exhibition that included three installations condemned as cruel to animals.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-festivus-michael-cohen/
review_date: 2018-08-22T08:58:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral screenshot shows a Fox News contributor debating the 'War on Christmas' while other news networks reported on Michael Cohen's guilty pleas.

title:
Did Fox News Discuss the 'War on Christmas' While Other Networks Covered Michael Cohen's Guilty Pleas?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-apologize-to-iran/
title: Did Nancy Pelosi Say Trump Must Apologize to Iran ‘Or Else’?
review_date: 2020-01-04T05:05:30Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nancy Pelosi demanded that President Trump apologize to the Iranians for killing one of their generals “or else.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brendan-fraser-autograph-real/
title: Is the Brendan Fraser 'I Like the Steak' Autograph Real?
review_date: 2021-04-03T01:00:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows a genuine autographed photo from actor Brendan Fraser that reads: "I like the Steak! It was my favorite part I was in the Mummy."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-searching-911-survivors/
review_date: 2018-09-11T10:13:08Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump and hundreds of his workers helped search the rubble for survivors after the September 11 terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan.

title:
Was Donald Trump at Ground Zero Searching for Survivors Two Days After 9/11 with Workers He Paid For?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thunberg-actress-estella-renee/
title: Is Greta Thunberg Really an Actress Named Estella Renee?
review_date: 2019-09-25T08:05:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg is actually an Australian actress named Estella Renee.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/targets-sharia-compliant-lanes/
title: Are You Shopping at One of Target's Sharia-Compliant Stores?
review_date: 2015-03-02T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph depicts a sign at Target informing customers purchasing pork or alcohol to choose another lane to accommodate Muslim employees.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kevin-garnett-if-you-cant-win-alone/
title: Did Kevin Garnett Say 'If You Can't Win Alone, You're Considered a Bum?'
review_date: 2022-02-16T03:00:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Former NBA player Kevin Garnett said: "Everybody's just running from the grind nowadays, teaming up with each other. Back in my day, we did it the hard way! If you can't win alone, you're considered a bum."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nation-of-workers/
title: Did John D. Rockefeller Say 'I Don't Want A Nation Of Thinkers, I Want A Nation Of Workers'?
review_date: 2023-07-07T17:21:39Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
John D. Rockefeller, who founded the General Education Board, once said "I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carole-baskins-former-husband-found-alive/
title: Was Carole Baskin's Former Husband Don Lewis Found Alive in Costa Rica?
review_date: 2023-01-18T16:10:44Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin's missing millionaire husband Don Lewis was found "alive and well in Costa Rica."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-debate-female/
title: Did McConnell Refuse To Participate in Debate With Female Moderators?
review_date: 2020-10-01T07:22:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said he would not participate in 2020 election debates that include female moderators.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fidel-castro-prophecy-quote/
title: Did Fidel Castro Predict a Black U.S. President and a Latin American Pope?
review_date: 2015-07-26T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Back in 1973, Fidel Castro predicted that the United States would have a black president and the world would have a Latin American pope.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trey-gowdy-nancy-pelosi/
title: Did Trey Gowdy Say He Was 'Madder Than Hell' at Pelosi's COVID-Relief Remarks?
review_date: 2020-12-16T06:27:15Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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text:
In December 2020, Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy said he was "madder than hell" at remarks made by Nancy Pelosi about COVID-19 relief funding.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-cruz-left-dog-snowflake-cancun/
title: Did Ted Cruz Leave His Dog Snowflake at Home While Traveling to Cancun?
review_date: 2021-02-20T03:41:07Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz left his dog at home alone when he traveled with his family to Cancun, Mexico, in February 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-and-the-dakota-access-pipeline-protests/
title: Melania Trump and the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
review_date: 2016-11-21T02:49:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Melania Trump said that Native Americans upset about the Dakota Access Pipeline should "go back to India".


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/minnesota-vikings-open-their-stadium-to-shelter-the-homeless/
title: Minnesota Vikings Open Their Stadium to Shelter the Homeless
review_date: 2016-12-19T00:44:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The Minnesota Vikings opened Bank Stadium to shelter the homeless on a frigid night in December 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soldier-engineless-jeep/
title: The Impossible God of a Young Soldier
review_date: 2020-11-24T07:26:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A religious young soldier mocked for his belief in God miraculously started and drove a jeep that had no engine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kieran-culkin-in-home-alone/
title: Does Macaulay Culkin's Real Brother Appear in ‘Home Alone’?
review_date: 2021-12-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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text:
Kieran Culkin, who plays the character of cousin Fuller in “Home Alone,” is Macaulay Culkin’s real life younger brother.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-cheat-sheets/
title: Are President Biden's 'Cheat Sheets' Unusual?
review_date: 2022-11-20T11:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden's use of "cheat sheets" or instructions at public events is an unusual practice.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/el-chapo-testify-clinton-pelosi/
title: Did 'El Chapo' Testify That He Gave Millions to Pelosi, Schiff, and Clinton?
review_date: 2019-02-12T02:49:46Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
Drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán testified that he gave millions of dollars to Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and Hillary Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cocaine-bear/
title: Is 'Cocaine Bear' a True Story?
review_date: 2021-03-10T02:52:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A bear died after consuming more than 70 pounds of cocaine that had been dumped in a forest during a botched drug smuggling attempt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/my-little-pony-animator-arrested/
title: Was a 'My Little Pony' Animator Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography Part of '#PedoGate'?
review_date: 2018-08-14T11:54:11Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
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text:
An animator for the "My Little Pony" cartoon series was arrested for child pornography, proving that the PedoGate conspiracy is real.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/congress-use-slush-fund-pay-17-million-women-sexually-harassed/
title: Did Congress Use a 'Slush Fund' to Pay $17 Million to Women They Sexually Harassed?
review_date: 2017-11-30T10:40:11Z
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Congress has a "slush fund" from which it has paid $17 million to women who accused members of sexual harassment or abuse.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/robert-e-lee-confederate-monuments/
title: Was Robert E. Lee Opposed to Confederate Monuments?
review_date: 2017-08-23T04:27:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Between the end of the Civil War and his death, former Confederate General Robert E. Lee expressed opposition to the building of Confederate monuments.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unvaccinated-veterans-benefits/
title: Did Biden Order VA to Withhold Health Benefits From Unvaccinated Veterans?
review_date: 2021-09-13T02:18:00Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden directed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to stop providing healthcare benefits to veterans who are unvaccinated.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/assange-asks-for-pardon/
title: WikiLeaks Asks President-Elect Trump to Pardon Julian Assange as Compensation?
review_date: 2016-11-17T03:14:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Julian Assange asked President-Elect Donald Trump for a pardon in exchange for his help in defeating Hillary Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/does-blackrock-own-fox-news-dominion-voting/
title: Does BlackRock Own Both Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems?
review_date: 2023-04-26T17:19:06Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
BlackRock, a massive, multi-national investment group, owns both Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dropped-chalk/
title: Did an Atheist Professor Test God by Dropping a Breakable Object?
review_date: 1999-09-07T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An atheist professor challenged God to keep a breakable object from shattering when he dropped it to the ground.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/winnie-the-pooh-mental-disorders/
title: Were 'Winnie-the-Pooh' Characters Created to Represent Different Mental Disorders?
review_date: 2018-08-21T07:16:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A.A. Milne created the animal characters in 'Winnie-the-Pooh' to represent various mental disorders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-1000-gift-cards/
title: Was Walmart Giving Away $1,000 Gift Cards by Email?
review_date: 2022-03-07T07:35:07Z
textual_rating: Legit
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Walmart has invited customers who recently made a purchase to take a survey for the chance to win a $100 or $1,000 gift card.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-santos-white-power-sign-mccarthy/
title: Did George Santos Flash the White Power Sign When Voting for McCarthy?
review_date: 2023-01-09T09:22:27Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos flashed the white power symbol when casting a vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy for House speaker in January 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chet-hanks-maui-wildfires/
title: Chet Hanks 'Exposed' Dad Tom Hanks' Role in Maui Wildfires?
review_date: 2023-09-06T14:33:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2023, Chet Hanks exposed the role his father, actor Tom Hanks, supposedly played in the Maui wildfires.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-fence-islamic-symbols/
title: Were Islamic Symbols Added to the White House Fence?
review_date: 2016-07-21T07:32:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Security improvements to the White House fence in 2015 included the introduction of Islamic symbolism to the design.


text: Donald Trump let a homeless woman stay at his hotel in New York City rent-free for eight years.
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review_date: 2016-12-07T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-homeless-woman-says-trump-allowed-live-trump-tower-rent-free/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/my-pleasure-chick-fil-a/
title: Does Saying 'My Pleasure' at Chick-fil-A Earn Free Food?
review_date: 2020-12-07T06:18:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If a customer says "my pleasure" to a Chick-fil-A employee, they are entitled to a discount, a free ice cream menu item, or free food altogether.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/helen-keller-fly-plane/
title: Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane?
review_date: 2020-12-26T02:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Author and disability rights advocate Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf, flew a plane with the assistance of an air crew.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-quad-alliance-india-japan-australia/
title: Did Biden Start the ‘Quad’ Strategic Alliance with India, Japan, and Australia?
review_date: 2023-05-22T12:00:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden convinced India, Australia, and Japan to join with the U.S. to form an organization called the Quad.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spirit-airlines-ignore-tornado-warning/
title: Did Spirit Airlines Ignore a Tornado Warning?
review_date: 2023-01-09T11:28:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Spirit Airlines flight took off despite air traffic control ordering it to stay grounded due to an oncoming tornado.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nra-california-open-carry-ban/
title: Did the NRA Support a 1967 'Open Carry' Ban in California?
review_date: 2018-02-26T06:45:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The National Rifle Association supported the passage of a 1967 bill in the California legislature banning the open carry of loaded firearms in public.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/backpacks-banned-shooting/
title: Were Backpacks Banned After a School Shooting?
review_date: 2021-10-20T02:26:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Videos show kids transporting books in grocery carts, laundry baskets, and snow sleds after a school banned backpacks in the aftermath of a school shooting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-black-athletes-green-mile/
title: Did Biden Liken Playing Ball with Black Athletes to 'The Green Mile'?
review_date: 2020-11-03T12:45:38Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a Nov. 3, 2020 interview with reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden likened his experiences playing ball with Black athletes to Stephen King’s Green Mile.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flag-flap-3/
title: Did President Obama Order Flags Lowered for Whitney Houston, But Not Chris Kyle?
review_date: 2013-02-11T18:04:04Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama did not mention the death of Chris Kyle or Nancy Reagan, but ordered flags flown at half-staff for Whitney Houston.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-body-chappaqua-waitress/
title: Body of a Waitress Pulled from the Clintons' Burned-out Guest House?
review_date: 2017-07-18T04:51:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2017, the body of a 26-year-old woman was found in the burned-out remains of a property owned by Bill and Hillary Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rudy-giuliani-banned-from-twitter-for-pizzagate-tweets/
title: 'Rudy Giuliani' Banned From Twitter for Pizzagate Tweets
review_date: 2016-12-20T02:59:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was suspended from Twitter after sending messages about Pizzagate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alligators-white-house-pets/
title: Were Alligators Ever Kept as White House Pets?
review_date: 2018-02-19T11:02:43Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
One or more U.S. presidents (or members of their families) kept live alligators in the White House or on its grounds.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/convicts-migrant-caravan/
title: Are 300 'Known Convicts and Gang Members' Among the Migrant Caravan?
review_date: 2018-11-13T03:19:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Department of Homeland Security determined that 300 criminals were traveling in the Central American migrant caravan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-carlson-ukraine-bodies-staged/
title: No, Tucker Carlson Didn't Ask if Dead Bodies of Ukrainian Civilians Were ‘Staged’
review_date: 2022-04-05T07:41:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked, “What if these bodies of tortured, dead civilians were staged? What if they’re fake? What if the Ukrainian military killed them & then blamed Russia?"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weaponized-ticks/
title: Did Lawmakers Demand the Pentagon Disclose If It Developed Weaponized Ticks?
review_date: 2019-07-19T09:33:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to compel the Department of Defense to disclose if it ever used ticks as part of a biological weapons program.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fda-frozen-shrimp-salmonella/
title: RECALL: FDA Expands Recall of Frozen Shrimp Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
review_date: 2021-08-17T05:03:14Z
textual_rating: Recall
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2021, Avanti Frozen Foods distributor expanded its voluntary recall initially issued on June 25 to include dozens of frozen shrimp products due to concerns over possible salmonella contamination.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-secret-words/
title: The Secret Words
review_date: 2001-02-15T10:14:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Groucho Marx made a risqué wisecrack about his cigar to a female You Bet Your Life contestant with 19 children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/beto-orourke-reality-check/
title: Beto O'Rourke's 'Reality Check'
review_date: 2018-09-01T13:12:08Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Claims made in a widely-shared 2018 meme about the personal and family history of Congressman Beto O'Rourke are accurate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/antifa-craigslist-nebraska/
title: Did 'Antifa' Recruit Protesters on Craigslist in Nebraska?
review_date: 2020-06-11T02:44:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
“Antifa” posted an ad on the Lincoln, Nebraska, Craigslist website offering to pay protesters “to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/car-go-pants/
title: A Ghostly Encounter? The Story of the 'Pushed Car'
review_date: 2002-10-15T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Someone gets fooled into thinking a "ghost" is driving a car when, in reality, people are pushing it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thanksgiving-massacre-pequot-tribe/
title: Was Thanksgiving Originally a Celebration of the Massacre of a Native American Tribe?
review_date: 2021-10-09T01:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday originated in 1637, in an event announced by the governor of Massachusetts to celebrate the massacre of several hundred Native people from the Pequot tribe.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-tweet/
review_date: 2022-01-06T06:06:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence warned on Jan. 6, 2021, that pro-Trump rioters would be "prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

title:
Did Mike Pence Tweet on Jan. 6 That Those Involved 'Will Be Prosecuted to the Fullest Extent of the Law'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-threw-a-tantrum-with-matt-lauer/
title: Did Hillary Clinton Throw a Tantrum with Matt Lauer?
review_date: 2016-10-22T03:29:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton threw a tantrum, and a water glass, after NBC's "Commander-in-Chief" Forum in September 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/luis-gutierrez-state-of-the-union/
title: Did a Democratic Congressman 'Storm Out' of Trump's State of the Union?
review_date: 2018-02-01T05:25:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Luis Gutiérrez left Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union speech in anger or disgust at patriotic chanting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sex-doll-funeral-home/
title: Did a Funeral Home Owner's Son Build a 'Sex Doll' Out of Body Parts?
review_date: 2017-12-06T06:31:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The son of a Milwaukee funeral home owner constructed a "sex doll" out of parts taken from the bodies taken to his parents' business.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-in-handcuffs/
title: 'Leaked Image' Depicts President Obama in Handcuffs?
review_date: 2017-05-19T08:40:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "leaked" photograph depicts President Obama in handcuffs, facing charges of wiretapping President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/step-dad-pulls-funding-daughters-wedding/
title: Step-Dad Pulls Out of Funding Daughter's Wedding at Last Minute
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textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A step-dad refused to pay for his daughter's wedding at the last minute because she allowed her biological father back into her life.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/africa-giant-wall-of-trees-sahara/
title: Are African Countries Planting Giant Wall of Trees To Stop Sahara Desert’s Spread?
review_date: 2021-11-29T03:54:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
More than 20 African countries banded together to combat the spread of the Sahara Desert by planting a giant wall of trees to run across the continent. This wall will stretch for around 7,000 km coast to coast.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/klaus-eberwein/
title: Did a Former Haitian Official Commit Suicide Before Clinton Testimony?
review_date: 2017-07-17T04:09:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former Haitian official Klaus Oberwein died in a suspicious suicide days before he was scheduled to testify against either Hillary Clinton or the Clinton Foundation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taxpayers-air-force-one/
review_date: 2016-10-18T16:20:57Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
It costs American taxpayers roughly $200,000 an hour every time President Obama travels in Air Force One to campaign for Hillary Clinton.

title:
Does It Cost Taxpayers $200,000 per Hour for President Obama to Use Air Force One to Campaign for Hillary Clinton?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goldberg-pirro-view-spat/
title: Did Whoopi Goldberg Call Judge Jeanine Pirro a 'Sand N***er?'
review_date: 2018-07-24T08:35:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Whoopi Goldberg called Judge Jeanine Pirro a "sand n***er" after the latter's appearance on 'The View.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giant-moon-blocking-sun-arctic/
title: Does Video Show Giant Moon Blocking the Sun Over the Arctic?
review_date: 2021-05-27T09:10:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a gigantic moon moving over the Arctic sky, eclipsing the sun, and disappearing, all in just 30 seconds.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russia-kompromat-jason-chaffetz/
title: Does Russia Have 'Kompromat' on Jason Chaffetz?
review_date: 2017-04-19T06:51:51Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Russia has blackmail material on Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz, which is why he will not seek re-election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gandhi-prison-fraud/
title: Was Mahatma Gandhi’s Great-Granddaughter Sentenced to 7 Years for Fraud?
review_date: 2021-06-10T03:06:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
On June 7, 2021, Ashish Lata Ramgobin, great granddaughter of Indian icon Mahatma Gandhi, was sentenced by a South African court to seven years in jail, in connection with a fraud and forgery case.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nwllab-moh-bulletin-coronavirus/
title: Was This 'Health Bulletin' an Accurate Coronavirus Warning?
review_date: 2020-01-31T03:43:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral social media post in January 2020 represented an authentic, accurate "health bulletin" about the new coronavirus outbreak from an official public health authority.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-wall-rehoboth/
title: Is Joe Biden Using Taxpayer Money To Build a Wall Around His Beach House?
review_date: 2023-01-11T13:32:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U. S. President Joe Biden was building a wall on his beach house property using taxpayer money in 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chuck-schumer-resigns-disgrace/
title: Chuck Schumer Resigns 'in Disgrace'?
review_date: 2017-05-23T04:48:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has resigned in the face of compromising material held by the White House.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-robot-wives/
title: Are Images of Elon Musk With a Robot Girlfriend or Wife Real?
review_date: 2023-05-23T12:51:22Z
textual_rating: Fake
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Visual imagery on social media in spring 2023 authentically showed Twitter owner Elon Musk had a robot wife or girlfriend.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/caravan-swastika-flag-fire/
title: Did Members of the Migrant Caravan Paint a Swastika on an American Flag and Set It on Fire?
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textual_rating: Miscaptioned
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publisher_name: Snopes
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Migrants traveling in a caravan from Central America to the U.S. drew a swastika on an American flag and set it on fire.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-asleep-maui-video/
title: Biden Did Not Fall Asleep While Meeting with Maui Fire Victims, C-SPAN Video Confirms
review_date: 2023-08-22T10:24:09Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
Viral video authentically shows that U.S. President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with victims of the August 2023 Maui wildfires.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/military-funerals/
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review_date: 2011-10-11T18:14:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The White House ordered a change to military funeral protocol to remove references to the President of the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teen-hector-cruz-contracts-herpes-condom-challenge/
title: FALSE: Teen Hector Cruz Contracts Herpes from Condom Challenge
review_date: 2015-12-22T03:15:50Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
A teenager named Hector Cruz contracted herpes by participating in the "condom challenge" social media trend.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coca-cola-recalling-drinks/
title: RECALL: Coca-Cola Voluntarily Recalls Some Minute Maid Products
review_date: 2021-12-15T00:47:00Z
textual_rating: Recall
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Coca-Cola is recalling some Minute Maid products in some states due to potential contamination by metallic foreign matter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/indian-ocean-earthquake-tsunami-prediction-2017/
title: Massive Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Expected by the End of 2017?
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textual_rating: False
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text:
There is verifiable evidence that a large earthquake will strike the Indian Ocean and cause a deadly tsunami before the end of 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/category-7-harvey-irma/
title: Did a 2005 Movie Feature Hurricanes Named Harvey and Irma?
review_date: 2017-09-08T05:24:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The 2005 movie Category 7: The End of the World predicted the arrival of hurricanes named Harvey and Irma.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ann-coulter-men-no-choice/
title: Did Ann Coulter Tweet That 'Men Have No Choice But to Rape ...'?
review_date: 2018-09-21T02:12:57Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ann Coulter posted a tweet stating that "men have no choice but to rape because they have no opportunities to date attractive women?."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-evil-billionaire/
title: Did Bernie Sanders Say an 'Evil Billionaire' Should Donate Funds to Govt., Not Students?
review_date: 2019-05-23T03:04:16Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders called businessman Robert F. Smith an "evil billionaire" and criticized him for donating money to graduating college students, rather than the federal government.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-bawdy-under-the-bed/
title: The Body Under the Bed
review_date: 1999-06-12T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A vacationing couple staying in a foul-smelling motel room discovered a body hidden under their bed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unsolicited-masks-from-china/
title: Did People Receive Unsolicited Masks from China?
review_date: 2021-09-28T02:11:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A number of people in the United States received unsolicited packages of protective face masks from China.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schiff-epstein-emails/
title: No, FBI Did Not Uncover 256 Emails Between Rep. Schiff, Jeffrey Epstein
review_date: 2021-01-17T02:11:31Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An FBI investigation turned up hundreds of email messages exchanged between U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fine-using-cellphones-while-driving/
title: Do Motorists Now Face $999 Fines and 3-Year Suspensions for Using Cellphones While Driving?
review_date: 2019-01-14T02:03:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Motorists will be fined $999 and have their licenses suspended for three years if they are caught using, or even holding, cellphones while driving.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/longest-lunar-eclipse/
title: The Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of the 21st Century Will Occur on July 27
review_date: 2018-07-05T01:48:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A lunar eclipse occurring on 27 July 2018 will be the longest duration total lunar eclipse of the 21st century.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dont-insert-pump-into-mouth-or-rectum/
title: Did a Gas Station Sign Really Tell People Not To Insert Pump into 'Mouth or Rectum'?
review_date: 2022-12-19T16:34:53Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
At a service station in Oklahoma, a gas pump had a sticker on it instructing people not to insert the pump into "mouth or rectum."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deadly-kilowatt/
title: Were People Asked to Conserve Electricity for Ted Bundy's Execution?
review_date: 2003-08-16T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The governor of Florida asked residents to reduce their electrical usage during Ted Bundy's execution.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aisle-of-man/
title: Is This What the Earth's Population Would Look Like as a Village of 100 People?
review_date: 2001-03-27T11:14:30Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
List summarizes what proportions of common traits would be like if we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ship-slip/
title: Russian Ships Displayed at 2012 DNC Tribute to Vets
review_date: 2012-09-11T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A backdrop of naval vessels displayed at the 2012 Democratic National Convention included images of Russian warships.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/murder-new-york-rha/
title: Did a Man Escape a Murder Charge Because of New York’s Reproductive Health Act?
review_date: 2019-02-15T00:47:11Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend “won’t be charged” because of New York’s recently enacted Reproductive Health Act.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/apple-cider-vinegar-diet/
title: Did a Cornell Student Cut 37 Pounds Using Apple Cider Vinegar and Supplements?
review_date: 2017-04-27T23:46:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CNN aired a story about a university student who discovered a "diet hack" involving apple cider vinegar.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/medal-of-dishonor/
title: Prostitution Medallion
review_date: 1998-06-09T13:26:10Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman was embarrassed to find her exotic foreign medallion bore an inscription identifying her as a prostitute.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/horngus-of-a-dongfish/
title: Is This the Horngus of a Dongfish?
review_date: 2021-01-05T04:52:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows the "horngus of a dongfish," which is "attached by a scungle to a kind of dillsack (the nutte sac)."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/apple-airtag-tracker-stalker/
title: Were Apple AirTag Trackers Being Used by Stalkers?
review_date: 2022-01-21T08:45:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Apple AirTag tracking devices were being used by stalkers and other criminals in late 2021/early 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tourist-roller-coaster/
title: Did a Tourist Get Diarrhea on a Roller Coaster and Splash 14 People?
review_date: 2018-01-18T01:56:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A tourist's unfortunate bout of stomach upset on a Spanish roller coaster splashed liquid fecal matter on other customers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-trump-inauguration-crowd/
title: Was Biden's Inauguration Crowd Smaller Than Trump's?
review_date: 2021-01-27T08:29:33Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The crowd at U.S. President Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration was larger than President Joe Biden's in 2021, proving Biden wasn't popular.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thomas-jefferson-speech-condemns-free-press/
review_date: 2018-08-07T08:26:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thomas Jefferson said "When the speech condemns a free press, you are hearing the words of a tyrant."

title:
Did Thomas Jefferson Say 'When the Speech Condemns a Free Press, You Are Hearing the Words of a Tyrant'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/immigrant-girl-never-separated/
title: Did News Media Incorrectly Report That Border Agents Separated a Girl from Her Mother?
review_date: 2018-06-22T03:10:35Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
News media outlets misrepresented a photograph of a two-year-old migrant girl whose mother was arrested at the U.S-Mexico border as depicting an instance of family separation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/china-kill-coronavirus-patients/
title: Is China Seeking Approval to Kill 20,000 Coronavirus Patients?
review_date: 2020-02-06T06:56:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Chinese officials are seeking approval to start the mass killing of 20,000 people in order to stop the spread of new coronavirus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bath-and-body-works-infertility/
title: Viral Post Makes Claim About Bath & Body Works and Infertility
review_date: 2022-04-20T05:12:27Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bath & Body Works' products can cause infertility and damage to organs, and are not recommended for use while pregnant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/celine-dion-health-death-hoax/
title: Celine Dion Death Hoax Misleadingly Rehashes Old Health News
review_date: 2023-07-31T18:05:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
World-renowned singer Celine Dion died or revealed new personal health developments in late July 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/laila-alawa-and-the-department-of-homeland-security/
title: Laila Alawa and the Department of Homeland Security
review_date: 2016-06-16T04:22:06Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After the Orlando shooting, President Obama recruited Laila Alawa to serve on an anti-violent extremism Department of Homeland Security task force.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-voter-suppression-ny/
title: Voter Suppression in New York?
review_date: 2016-04-18T08:56:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New York voters will be turned away from the polls if they wear shirts endorsing specific candidates, and polling hours have been deliberately shortened to suppress primary votes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/our-gang-death-curse/
title: 'Our Gang' Curse
review_date: 2005-04-19T19:02:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An unusually high percentage of the child actors who starred in the Our Gang film series have met tragic, premature ends.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/2017-jobs-growth-trump/
title: Did Donald Trump's First Year as President See the Lowest Jobs Growth Since 2011?
review_date: 2018-10-12T00:21:41Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2017, President Donald Trump's first year in office, jobs growth was the lowest it has been since 2011.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sushi-fanatic-5-foot-long-tapeworm/
title: Sushi Fanatic Pulls 5-Foot-Long Tapeworm Out of His Body
review_date: 2018-01-19T11:01:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Fresno man turned up at a local emergency room carrying a 5-foot-long tapeworm he pulled out of his own intestine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/league-of-german-girls-inspection-during-world-war-ii/
title: Is This a 'League of German Girls Inspection' During World War II?
review_date: 2017-07-21T07:04:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph taken during World War II shows members of the League of German Girls during a uniform inspection.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-air-force-robotic-dogs/
title: Are Robotic Dogs Being Used for Security at an Air Force Base?
review_date: 2020-11-19T04:55:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida will be the first to implement semi-autonomous robotic “canines” in their defense regiment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/delegation-afghanistan-familes/
title: Did a Planned Congressional Delegation to Afghanistan Include 93 Family Members?
review_date: 2019-01-21T06:26:02Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2019, a planned congressional delegation to visit Belgium, Egypt and Afghanistan included 93 family relatives of Congress members.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crossword-puzzle-swastika-new-york-times/
title: Did NY Times Publish What Some Said Was a 'Swastika-Shaped' Crossword Puzzle?
review_date: 2022-12-19T11:01:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image of a crossword puzzle that somewhat resembled a swastika shape was printed by The New York Times on the first night of Hanukkah in December 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-water-hack/
title: Was a Florida Water Treatment Plant Hacked?
review_date: 2021-02-09T08:24:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A water treatment plant in Florida reported that it was successfully taken over by someone who attempted to alter chemical levels in the public water supply.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-coronavirus-masks/
title: Was Obama Responsible for N95 Masks Shortage?
review_date: 2020-03-27T03:34:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former President Barack Obama's administration was to blame for the shortage of protective equipment like N95 respirator masks in the early months of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sarah-huckabee-sanders-voted-among-admired-women-united-states/
title: Was Sarah Huckabee Sanders Voted Among the 'Most Admired' Women in the United States?
review_date: 2018-05-15T04:52:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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In 2018, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was listed as one of the 10 "most admired" women in the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivana-trump-cremated/
title: There's No Evidence Ivana Trump Was Cremated
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text:
Ivana Trump was actually cremated and a casket supposedly for her was instead filled with several classified and top secret documents to keep them hidden from federal investigators.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/police-return-victim-to-jeffrey-dahmer/
title: Did Police Return Jeffrey Dahmer’s Victim to Him, Whom He Then Murdered?
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textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Milwaukee police returned Konerak Sinthasomphone to Jeffrey Dahmer after accepting the serial killer’s explanation that the 14-year-old injured boy was his lover. Dahmer then killed the boy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chicken-soup-facebook/
title: Searching 'Chicken Soup' on Facebook Returns a Warning About Child Sexual Abuse?
review_date: 2023-08-15T09:14:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Searching the phrase "chicken soup" on Facebook returned a warning about child sexual abuse, as of mid-August 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/driver-switches-places/
title: Albert Einstein Switches Places with His Chauffeur
review_date: 2004-04-11T03:08:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Albert Einstein switched places with his chauffeur for a speaking engagement, then fielded a question directed to the man the audience thought was him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/plane-engine-escape-taliban/
title: Did This Man Ride on a Plane Engine To Escape the Taliban?
review_date: 2021-08-18T01:34:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video authentically shows a man clinging to the engine of an airborne plane in an attempt to escape the Taliban.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reddit-rape-guidelines/
title: Does a Meme Accurately Advise Sexual Assault Victims?
review_date: 2017-08-02T08:45:15Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image accurately states the rights a rape or sexual assault victim universally has in the wake of an attack.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dragon-ball-creator-interview-no-black-characters/
title: Was Dragon Ball Creator Interviewed About the Franchise Not Having Black Characters?
review_date: 2023-03-09T14:17:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Feb. 24, 2023, Dragon Ball anime series creator Akira Toriyama gave an interview about the lack of Black characters in the series.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-us-sons-daughters-war-ukraine/
title: Did Zelenskyy Say US Will Have To ‘Send Their Sons and Daughters to War’ for Ukraine?
review_date: 2023-03-01T12:16:16Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the U.S. will have "to send their sons and daughters" to die for Ukraine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doctor-who-treated-hillary-clinton-dies/
title: Maryland Doctor Who Treated Hillary Clinton for Blood Clot on Brain Mysteriously Dies
review_date: 2016-10-15T14:43:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Maryland doctor who participated in a secret surgery to remove a blood clot from Hillary Clinton's brain died suddenly under mysterious circumstances.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-farms-estate-tax/
title: Hillary Clinton Targets Family Farms with 65% Estate Tax?
review_date: 2016-10-01T00:24:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton has proposed a 65% estate tax rate which would force farm families to give up their businesses.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-has-dead-kitten-removed/
title: Did a Woman Have a Dead Kitten Removed from Her Vagina?
review_date: 2016-09-19T08:11:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman had a dead kitten surgically removed from her vagina after inserting it to simulate the feeling of being pregnant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslims-worship-moon-god/
title: Ben Carson: Muslims Worship 'the Moon God of Arabia'?
review_date: 2016-08-17T04:20:45Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral e-mail claiming that Muslims can't be good Americans because they worship a "moon God" is a quote from former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-aid-vietnam-refugees/
title: Did Biden Block Giving Aid and Admittance to Vietnamese Refugees in 1975?
review_date: 2021-02-16T00:19:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden blocked aid to South Vietnam and did not allow admittance of Vietnamese refugees into the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weather-or-not/
title: Did a Weather Channel Co-Founder Disprove Climate Change?
review_date: 2008-06-20T07:40:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Weather Channel co-founder John Coleman provided evidence that convincingly refutes the concept of anthropogenic global warming.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/do-eddie-bauer-stores-destroy-clothes/
title: Do Eddie Bauer Stores Destroy Leftover Clothes Instead of Donating Them?
review_date: 2017-12-13T01:12:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Eddie Bauer clothing stores destroy and discard leftover products rather than giving them intact to charity.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-agenda-21-2030/
title: Is 'UN Agenda 21/2030' Proposing 'End of Family Unit' and 'Government Raised Children' Real?
review_date: 2023-04-27T17:21:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
UN Agenda 21/2030, titled "New World Order," is an official document produced by the United Nations listing goals for the year 2030, including the items "end of the family unit" and "government raised children."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mattresses-double-weight-every-10-years/
title: Do Mattresses Double in Weight Every 10 Years?
review_date: 2015-03-10T11:17:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A mattress will double in weight after 10 years due to the accumulation of debris and dust mite droppings.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/united-airlines-vaccine-contest/
title: Did United Airlines Run a Contest for Vaccinated Passengers?
review_date: 2021-05-24T05:36:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In May 2021, United Airlines launched a free flights giveaway for passengers vaccinated against COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/banned-photo-moon-landing-fake/
title: Did 'Banned' Photo Expose Fake Moon Landing?
review_date: 2020-12-10T03:13:39Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A "banned" photograph of a man in a suit walking on "the moon" revealed the 1969 moon landing was a hoax.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-all-politically-appointed-ambassadors-unprecedented/
title: Did Donald Trump Fire All Politically Appointed Ambassadors in an Unprecedented Move?
review_date: 2017-01-09T03:34:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Donald Trump gave an unprecedented order for all politically appointed ambassadors to resign immediately.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/countries-covid-19-tests-2018/
title: Did Dozens of Countries Order COVID-19 Tests in 2018?
review_date: 2020-09-11T01:26:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Data displayed on the World Bank's World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) website in September 2020 proved that dozens of nations imported or exported items labeled "COVID-19 Test Kits" in 2018 — more than a year before the pandemic occurred and before COVID-19 even had a name.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/school-shooting-poem-uvalde-mother/
title: Did Uvalde Shooting Victim's Mom Write Viral ‘Chicken Soup’ Poem?
review_date: 2022-06-08T10:09:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The mother of Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza wrote and published on Facebook a poem that began: “The chicken soup in her thermos stayed hot all day while her body grew cold.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/europe-visa-etias/
title: Will U.S. Citizens Need a New Visa to Visit Europe Starting in 2021?
review_date: 2019-03-15T11:02:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2019, the European Union announced that, beginning in 2021, certain non-European travellers (including U.S. citizens) would require a visa to visit Europe.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photo-women-screaming-vaginas-protest-president/
title: Is This a Photograph of Women 'Screaming Through Their Vaginas' to Protest Trump?
review_date: 2018-06-28T12:28:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows women who gathered to "scream" at President Donald Trump "through their vaginas."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/desantis-lower-age-of-consent/
title: Is Pic of DeSantis with 'Lower Age of Consent' Sign Real?
review_date: 2023-05-04T13:53:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A photograph authentically shows DeSantis standing behind a podium with a sign that reads "LOWER AGE OF CONSENT."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ilhan-omar-isis/
title: Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Call for Lighter Sentences for Would-Be ISIS Recruits?
review_date: 2019-01-28T09:07:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar has advocated shorter prison sentences for individuals "caught trying to join ISIS."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liar-chief-time-magazine-cover-real/
title: Is the 'Liar in Chief' Time Magazine Cover Real?
review_date: 2017-06-12T04:03:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
An image shows a real Time Magazine cover featuring a picture of President Trump and the words "Liar in Chief."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-stock-death/
title: Did Fox News Correlate Stock Market Performance with the Deaths of Black Men?
review_date: 2020-06-07T08:55:00Z
textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A graphic shows a Fox News chart correlating the stock market’s performance with the aftermath of the beating and deaths of black men.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-fart-depp-trial/
title: Did Witness Fart Loudly While Testifying in Depp v. Heard Trial?
review_date: 2022-05-09T02:39:21Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The sound of a witness farting loudly during testimony in the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation trial was captured on video.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/horseless-carriage-committee/
title: Is the 1875 Horseless Carriage Committee Report Real?
review_date: 2008-05-29T06:33:02Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
An 1875 report by the Horseless Carriage Committee warned about the dangers of gasoline-fueled vehicles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moms-liberty-fake-tweet/
title: Did 'Moms for Liberty' Tweet Slogan About Securing 'A Future for White Children'?
review_date: 2023-06-23T15:45:29Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Moms for Liberty tweeted "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-harvey-israel/
title: Did a City in Texas Require Harvey Aid Recipients to Promise Not to Boycott Israel?
review_date: 2017-10-24T03:28:37Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of October 2017, would-be recipients of a repair grant from Dickinson, Texas, must promise not to boycott Israel.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/detroit-firefighter-watermelon-fired/
title: Was a Detroit Firefighter Fired for Bringing a Watermelon to His Station?
review_date: 2017-10-09T07:26:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Detroit firefighter was fired for behavior deemed offensive and racially insensitive after bringing a watermelon to work on his first day on the job.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-italy-mozzarella-president/
title: Did Donald Trump Call Italy's President 'Mozzarella'?
review_date: 2019-10-17T05:04:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In October 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump called Italy's president 'Mozzarella' and claimed the U.S. and Italy had been allies for thousands of years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/playing-christmas-music-federal-crime/
title: Is Playing Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving Now a Federal Crime?
review_date: 2017-11-08T03:42:20Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump signed legislation in 2017 forbidding the playing of Christmas music before Thanksgiving.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-wax-statue/
title: Was Trump Statue Removed From Floor of Wax Museum Because People Kept Hitting It?
review_date: 2021-03-19T09:30:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A wax museum in San Antonio, Texas, moved a statue of former U.S. President Donald Trump to storage because guests kept damaging it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lindsay-ranch-raided/
title: The DEA Just Raided a United States Senator -- Dems in a Panic?
review_date: 2017-06-10T08:21:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The DEA raided the vacation ranch of U.S. Senator Hal Lindsay of New Jersey and seized large quantities of illegal drugs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coronavirus-us-december-2019/
title: Was Coronavirus in US as Early as December 2019?
review_date: 2020-12-07T02:54:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A study published in November 2020 analyzed SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in 2019 blood bank donations and found that the novel coronavirus may have been present in the U.S. weeks earlier than scientists realized.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/everylegalvote-2020-election/
title: Does Everylegalvote.com Show Impact of Voter Fraud on 2020 Elections?
review_date: 2020-11-12T08:24:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The website everylegalvote.com provides empirical evidence that U.S. President Donald Trump would have won the 2020 general election were it not for voter fraud.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bbc-accused-of-faking-shots-for-planet-earth-2/
title: BBC Accused of Faking Shots for 'Planet Earth 2'
review_date: 2016-11-29T01:56:55Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The BBC used computer graphics to capture the harrowing "iguana vs. snake" chase in "Planet Earth 2."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/people-like-donald-trump/
title: Did Hillary Clinton Say 'I Would Like to See People Like Donald Trump Run for Office'?
review_date: 2016-10-28T01:03:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton suggested during a 2013 speech that she would like to see Donald Trump run for President.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/inmates-abandoned-katrina/
title: Were Inmates Abandoned at Orleans Parish Prison During Hurricane Katrina?
review_date: 2018-09-13T06:26:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Inmates at Orleans Parish Prison spent several days in flooded cells while awaiting rescue after Hurricane Katrina, and hundreds of them disappeared.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/feinstein-blum-usps/
title: Did Dianne Feinstein Get Her Husband's Company a USPS Contract?
review_date: 2013-04-22T21:52:32Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Richard Blum, the husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein, obtained a contract to broker sales of USPS facilities due to his wife's influence.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moderna-ceo-davos-covid-vaccine/
title: Did Moderna CEO 'Admit' to Making COVID-19 Vaccine Before the Disease Had a Name?
review_date: 2023-01-19T17:05:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The CEO of Moderna "admitted" during the 2023 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that the company was making a COVID-19 vaccine in January of 2020 "before SARS-CoV-2 even had a name."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bull-warning-sign-field/
title: Is a 'Do Not Cross This Field' Bull Warning Sign Real?
review_date: 2017-03-31T05:02:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a humorous sign warning people not to cross a field due to the presence of a bull.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/busy-intersection-video/
title: Does This Video Show a Crazily Busy Intersection?
review_date: 2018-11-25T05:41:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a busy intersection with numerous pedestrians and cyclists safely weaving through a stream of vehicular traffic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-jet-epstein-island/
title: Fake Map Image Says Musk's Jet Was Flown to Jeffrey Epstein's Island
review_date: 2022-12-16T16:40:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows that, since 2010, Elon Musk's jet was flown 12 times to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island, Little Saint James.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/planet-destroy-earth/
title: Newly Discovered Planet Could Destroy Earth Any Day Now
review_date: 2016-04-07T02:04:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An astrophysicist warned that a "newly discovered Planet X" could wipe out all life on Earth as early as April 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prehistoric-worms-woke-up/
title: Did Russian Scientists 'Wake Up' 40,000-Year-Old Worms?
review_date: 2021-03-27T05:09:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2018, Russian scientists defrosted two species of prehistoric worms that were frozen in Arctic permafrost for 32,000 and 41,700 years, respectively. After thawing, two worms "woke up" and began to move and eat.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/diabetes-vaccine-2/
title: Finnish Researchers Set to Start Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine Trials?
review_date: 2017-07-21T04:43:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2017, it was announced that Finnish researchers would begin human trials of a Type 1 diabetes vaccine in 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-tweet-warnings-obama-ordering-syrian-airstrikes/
title: Did Donald Trump Tweet Warnings About Obama Ordering Syrian Airstrikes?
review_date: 2018-04-16T07:08:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump leveled the same criticisms against President Barack Obama over Syrian strikes that were later used against him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-disabled-veterans-cuts/
title: Did Donald Trump's 2018 Budget Proposal Cut Support for Disabled Veterans?
review_date: 2018-01-23T08:00:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal calls for cuts in benefits to highly disabled veterans


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-bank-speeches/
title: Bernie Sanders Gives Bank of America Speeches?
review_date: 2016-03-11T07:05:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bernie Sanders has not released the transcripts for speeches he gave to major financial institutions, despite calling on Hillary Clinton to do so.


text: Uniformed police officers were not allowed on the floor at the Democratic National Convention.
title: Uniformed Police Officers Banned From the Democratic National Convention
review_date: 2016-07-28T11:08:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uniformed-police-officers-banned-from-the-democratic-national-convention/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mosaic-virus-watermelon/
title: Mosaic Virus Causes Pattern on Watermelon — But Can You Still Eat the Fruit?
review_date: 2021-06-03T10:09:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Watermelon with a mosaic-like pattern on the skin or fruit are infected by a virus that leaves the plant unsafe to eat.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jupiter-moons/
title: Does a Photo Show Jupiter and Its Four Moons?
review_date: 2020-11-26T02:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph taken in the summer of 2020 shows Jupiter in the sky surrounded by its four largest moons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-democrats-police-tactics/
title: Did Pelosi Decry Trump's Police Tactics While Funding Them?
review_date: 2020-07-29T03:48:46Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly criticized the actions of federal agents in U.S. cities during protests in 2020 — while simultaneously supporting a budget bill that would fund such law enforcement efforts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-crack-pipes-racial-equity/
title: Did Biden Admin 'Fund Crack Pipes' To 'Advance Racial Equity'?
review_date: 2022-02-08T08:23:31Z
textual_rating: Outdated
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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In early 2022, the Biden administration endeavored to advance racial equity by distributing crack pipes to drug users.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-dad-swimsuit-mask-safety/
title: Yes, a Texas Dad Stripped Down to His Swimsuit To Make Point About Mask Safety
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textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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A Texas dad stripped down to his swimsuit during a school board meeting to make a point about mask safety guidelines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-china-transparency/
title: Did Trump Praise China for Its 'Transparency' on COVID-19?
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language_code: en
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text:
U.S. President Donald Trump praised China for its "transparency" in handling the coronavirus outbreak, then later criticized the World Health Organization for doing the same.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-covid-deaths-vietnam-war/
title: Will US COVID-19 Deaths Be Double the Number of US Vietnam War Deaths by Fall 2020?
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textual_rating: Mostly True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The total number of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. will be double the American death toll from the Vietnam War by fall 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obamas-buy-home-depot/
title: Did the Obamas Buy Controlling Interest in Home Depot?
review_date: 2020-03-26T04:28:03Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Barack and Michelle Obama bought a controlling interest in the Home Depot chain of home improvement stores.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-governors-supplies/
title: Did Trump Say Governors Had To Treat Him Well To Get COVID-19 Supplies?
review_date: 2020-03-27T05:47:55Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump said state governors must "treat me well" in order to obtain masks and ventilators from federal reserves.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lions-kill-poacher-south-africa/
title: Did a Pride of Lions Kill and Eat a Suspected Poacher in South Africa?
review_date: 2018-07-12T10:07:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In February 2018, a pride of lions killed and ate a man suspected of being a poacher near Kruger National Park in South Africa.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ezra-taft-benson-vote/
title: Ezra Taft Benson's 'If You Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils' Quote
review_date: 2016-10-13T07:54:35Z
textual_rating: Unproven
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Ezra Taft Benson said that voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil, and one will be judged for it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/groening-simpsons-obituary/
title: Is This the Real Obituary of Margaret Groening, Mother of 'Simpsons' Creator Matt Groening?
review_date: 2021-04-05T06:18:30Z
textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A viral article purporting to be the obituary of Margaret Ruth Groening, mother of "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, is authentic and accurately describes the origins of the names of some of the show's characters.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/balenciaga-human-skin-jacket/
title: No, This Is Not a 'Human Skin Jacket' from Balenciaga
review_date: 2022-12-03T12:18:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photo emblazoned with fashion house Balenciaga's logo shows a "human skin jacket" made and sold by the company.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/measles-deaths-vaccine/
title: In 2003 Were the Only Reported Measles Deaths Caused by the Vaccine?
review_date: 2015-02-03T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the last ten years no one has died of measles in the U.S., but more than 100 people have died due to the MMR vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frozen-wolf-pup-fur-preserved/
title: Was a 57,000-Year-Old Frozen Wolf Pup Discovered With Fur Still Preserved?
review_date: 2020-12-24T02:34:59Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
At 57,000 years old, the world’s most complete wolf mummy — skin, fur, and all — was found in permafrost when a gold miner blasted a wall of frozen mud.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ben-shapiro-zip-ties-capitol/
title: Did Ben Shapiro Say 'Every Regular Human' Owns Zip Ties After US Capitol Riot?
review_date: 2021-01-15T04:22:43Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro tweeted: “Literally every regular human I know owns zip ties,” amid discussion about rioters carrying zip cuffs at the U.S. Capitol insurrection.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-scarlet-cross/
title: Did Bernie Sanders Propose a Bill Forcing Christian Office Holders to Wear a Scarlet Cross?
review_date: 2017-06-13T04:34:39Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a bill requiring all Christians who hold public office to wear a scarlet cross identifying them as "hateful bigots."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fourever-fortune/
title: Fourever Fortune
review_date: 2007-07-26T16:56:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A wealthy woman left her entire estate to a man she had met only once, and spent a total of four hours with.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/child-bride-florida/
title: Was an 11-Year-Old Girl Forced to Marry Her Rapist in Florida?
review_date: 2017-05-30T09:26:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
An 11-year-old Florida girl was depicted in a shocking photograph and forced to marry a much older man who raped her.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/free-southwest-tickets-scam/
title: Free Southwest Tickets Scam
review_date: 2020-06-16T03:50:32Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Southwest Airlines is giving away free air travel tickets to those who share and comment on Facebook posts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gladys-baker-morris-paternity/
title: Is Gladys Baker Morris the Daughter of JFK and Marilyn Monroe?
review_date: 2018-10-18T03:54:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gladys Baker Morris presented a paternity action lawsuit claiming that she was the biological daughter of Marilyn Monroe and President John F. Kennedy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ja-rule-fyre-festival-tweet/
title: Is Ja Rule Auctioning Rights to Viral Fyre Festival Sandwich Tweet?
review_date: 2021-04-07T07:03:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Rapper Ja Rules’ NFT platform, Flipkick, is auctioning the rights to the Fyre Festival tweet about the cheese sandwich and salad, which they estimate will go for up to $80,000.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-gives-bush-bunny-ears/
title: Did Obama Give George W. Bush 'Bunny Ears'?
review_date: 2016-09-23T03:04:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A photograph of current and former U.S. presidents shows President Obama giving former President George W. Bush "bunny ears."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/congress-expelled-lincoln-election/
title: Did Congress Expel 14 Members for Supporting Confederacy, Not Acknowledging Lincoln as President?
review_date: 2020-12-18T07:40:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1861, three U.S. House members and 11 Senators were expelled for supporting the Confederacy and not acknowledging Abraham Lincoln's election as president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lady-gaga-dog-walker/
title: Was Lady Gaga's Dog Walker Shot and Her Dogs Stolen?
review_date: 2021-02-25T02:46:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot by a male suspect who also stole her two French bulldogs in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/starbucks-white-men-root-of-all-evil/
title: Did a Starbucks Executive Say That 'White Men Are the Root of All Evil'?
review_date: 2018-11-06T10:42:03Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer once expressed the viewpoint that "white men are the root of all evil."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-2024-flags-china/
title: Does Photo Show Official 'Trump 2024' Flags Made in China?
review_date: 2022-01-26T03:55:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A picture shows official "Trump 2024" flags being sewn in China with the slogan, "Save America Again!"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/states-fine-prison-covid-vaccine/
title: Could People Be Jailed, Fined for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine in US?
review_date: 2020-08-11T08:37:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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Individual U.S. states would be legally authorized to impose criminal penalties on individuals who refused to undergo a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/morton-county-sheriff-kyle-kirchmeiers-twitter-account/
title: Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier's Twitter Account
review_date: 2016-12-07T09:03:48Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier published pro-Dakota Access Pipeline and anti-Native American content via Twitter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/iceland-eliminated-syndrome-abortion/
title: Has Iceland Eliminated Down Syndrome Through Abortion?
review_date: 2017-08-15T11:42:07Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Iceland has virtually removed the occurrence of Down syndrome from their population through abortion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cannibals-arrested-florida/
title: Cannibals Arrested in Florida Claim Eating Human Flesh Cures Diabetes and Depression?
review_date: 2017-06-04T01:21:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Three Florida men were arrested for eating human flesh, a practice they claimed cures depression and diabetes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rashida-tlaib-holocaust-warm-feeling/
title: Did Rashida Tlaib Celebrate the Holocaust, Say It Gave Her a 'Warm Feeling'?
review_date: 2019-07-25T07:01:04Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib expressed joy and celebration about the Holocaust, saying it gave her a "warm feeling."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-letter-mark-zuckerberg/
title: Did One of Ukraine’s Leaders Write a Letter to Mark Zuckerberg?
review_date: 2022-02-28T00:50:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov wrote a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, calling for the company to block access to Facebook and Instagram in Russia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/costco-founder-kill-hotdogs/
title: Did Costco Founder Say 'I Will Kill You' to CEO Who Wanted To Raise Hot Dog Prices?
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textual_rating: True
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The founder of Costco told a CEO who wanted to raise the prices on Costco's hot dogs: "If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nhs-covid-bells-palsy/
title: Did NHS Issue Poster Warning COVID-19 Vaccine Causes Bell's Palsy?
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textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an official poster from the National Health Service warning that the COVID-19 vaccine causes Bell's palsy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cheez-its-mandela-effect/
title: Was the Original Name of This Product 'Cheez-Itz,' 'Cheez-Its,' or 'Cheez-It'?
review_date: 2022-09-21T04:58:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Contrary to popular belief, the name on boxes of this popular cheese-flavored cracker is, and always has been, "Cheez-It" (singular), not "Cheez-Its" or "Cheez-Itz."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/for-whom-the-doorbell-trolls/
title: Delivery Person Mistaken for Troll
review_date: 2010-02-27T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A developmentally disabled adult captured a delivery person, Jehovah's Witness, or salesman after mistaking him for a troll.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zookeeper-arrested-molest-gorilla/
title: Was a Zookeeper Arrested for Molesting a Gorilla?
review_date: 2017-12-07T06:38:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 29-year-old San Diego Zoo intern was arrested and charged with attempting sexually assault a gorilla.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/has-tony-podesta-been-arrested-in-the-mueller-investigation/
title: Has Tony Podesta Been Arrested in the Mueller Investigation?
review_date: 2017-11-07T09:15:27Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Lobbyist Tony Podesta has been arrested by United States Marshals in relation to Special Counsel Bob Mueller's Russia probe.


title: David Brooks: 'Trump Needs to Decide If He Prefers to Resign, Be Impeached or Get Assassinated'
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textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New York Times columnist David Brooks said that Donald Trump needed to decide if he'd rather 'resign, be impeached, or get assassinated.'

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/david-brooks-trump-needs-to-decide-if-he-prefers-to-resign-be-impeached-or-get-assassinated/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/asteroid-golden-gate-bridge/
title: Will an Asteroid the Size of the Golden Gate Bridge Pass Near Earth?
review_date: 2021-03-12T07:15:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An asteroid the “size of the Golden Gate Bridge” will pass by Earth on March 21, 2021 — the first full day of Spring.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giuliani-rally-speech/
title: Did Rudy Giuliani Call for 'Trial by Combat' Before Trump Mob Broke Into Capitol?
review_date: 2021-01-06T09:35:01Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, called for "trial by combat" before a violent mob of Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boebert-ged-months-before-election/
title: Did Rep. Boebert Get Her GED Months Before Winning Election?
review_date: 2021-02-04T03:46:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert received her GED diploma a few months before winning election to the House of Representatives.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tim-kaine-dnc-deal/
title: Tim Kaine Made DNC Vice Presidential Deal with Hillary Clinton in 2011
review_date: 2016-07-29T04:39:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine stepped aside as DNC chair in 2011 to allow Clinton supporter Debbie Wasserman Schultz to take the job spot in exchange for a slot on the 2016 ticket; in October 2016,


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thanks-for-sharing/
title: Thanks for Sharing
review_date: 2001-10-31T01:07:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Muhammad Ali offered a pithy quote about religion while visiting the World Trade Center site after 9/11.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-quote-mueller-report/
title: Did President Trump Say 'This is the End of My Presidency. I’m F*cked' After Mueller's Appointment?
review_date: 2019-04-19T02:29:26Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The "Report on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election" documents President Donald Trump's reaction to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller: "This is the end of my presidency, I'm fucked."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moon-footprints/
title: Lunar Footprint Mystery
review_date: 2016-08-16T12:06:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The boots on Neil Armstrong's spacesuit don't match up with the "footprints" supposedly he left on the moon.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/baracco-clintez-trump-star/
title: Did 'Baracco Clintez' Smash Donald Trump's Walk of Fame Star?
review_date: 2018-07-27T07:39:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man named Baracco Clintez was responsible for vandalizing Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-forced-vaccination-stadium/
title: No, Australian Officials Did Not Say They Would 'Seize' and Forcibly Vaccinate 24K Kids
review_date: 2021-08-20T07:16:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2021, officials in New South Wales, Australia, announced they would be seizing tens of thousands of children from their parents and forcibly vaccinating them against COVID-19 in a stadium.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/netflix-friends/
title: Did Netflix Announce They Will Be Removing 'Friends' from Their Streaming Catalog?
review_date: 2018-12-04T02:19:18Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Netflix announced that 'Friends' would no longer be available for customers to stream after the end of 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-tyson-social-media/
title: Did Mike Tyson Post About Social Media Making People 'Too Comfortable'?
review_date: 2022-07-15T08:25:38Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mike Tyson once posted on social media, "Social media made y'all way to[o] comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/seattle-woman-died-covid-vaccine/
title: Did Seattle Woman Die from Rare Blood Clotting Condition After COVID Vax?
review_date: 2021-10-06T09:32:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Seattle woman died from a blood clotting condition after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/churchill-what-people-think/
title: Winston Churchill on Caring What Other People Think of You
review_date: 2018-12-05T08:11:31Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Winston Churchill once said: “When you’re 20 you care what everybody thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grim-reaper-king-charles-coronation/
title: Was the Grim Reaper at King Charles’ Coronation?
review_date: 2023-05-10T09:49:47Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online video shows the Grim Reaper, seen as a figure in a dark cloak representing the personification of death, walking around Westminster Abbey before King Charles’ coronation on May 6, 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-gop-sad-stupid-vanity-fair/
title: Did AOC Call GOP 'Sad' and 'Stupid' for Criticizing Her Outfits?
review_date: 2020-10-30T01:51:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Republicans “sad” and “stupid” after conservatives criticized her for wearing expensive outfits costing $14,000 for a December 2020 Vanity Fair story.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/microsoft-own-patent-666/
title: Does Microsoft Own Patent '666' About Implanting Microchips in People?
review_date: 2020-04-20T06:22:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Microsoft owns patent "666," which involves inserting microchips into people to mine their activity for cryptocurrency purposes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breakup-email-2003/
title: Is This Embarrassing Breakup E-Mail Real?
review_date: 2003-07-15T13:12:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An intern for a U.S. senator sent an embarrassing breakup e-mail to his girlfriend that leaked to the public at large.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/banks-wrongfully-convicted-rape/
title: Was Football Star Brian Banks Wrongfully Convicted of Rape?
review_date: 2018-02-02T08:36:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Star football player Brian Banks was convicted of raping a woman who confessed on Facebook that she fabricated her accusation -- after he served six years in prison.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-antifa-planning-a-civil-war/
title: Is 'Antifa' Planning a Civil War?
review_date: 2017-10-10T10:20:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Law enforcement agents have announced that "antifa" is planning extended violent unrest or civil war beginning on 4 November 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslim-migrant-benefits/
review_date: 2017-05-09T03:47:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Syrian refugee receives close to $400,000 in benefits a year from the German government in order to take care of his wives and children.

title:
Does a 'Muslim Migrant' from Syria with Four Wives, 23 Children Receive $390,000 a Year in Benefits?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-boyfriends-death/
title: The Boyfriend's Death
review_date: 2001-01-29T08:13:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hours after sending her boyfriend in search of gasoline, a girl is rescued from her stranded car by police. Though cautioned not to turn around, she does...and sees her boyfriend's lifeless body hanging from a tree branch above the car.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-signs-eo-loser-leaves-us/
title: Obama Signs Executive Order Requiring Loser of Presidential Election to Leave Country?
review_date: 2016-10-19T07:13:13Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama signed an executive order mandating the loser of the 2016 election forever leave the country on 9 November 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-selleck-blue-bloods/
title: Did Tom Selleck Leave 'Blue Bloods' and Offer Some 'Final Words'?
review_date: 2021-01-26T04:55:14Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Online advertisements linked users to a website revealing Tom Selleck's final words before "leaving the stage forever" and that he will never again star in the television show "Blue Bloods."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-endorse-daniel-n-word/
title: Did Trump Endorse a Congressional Candidate Named 'Daniel N-Word'?
review_date: 2023-05-19T12:11:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In May 2023, former U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed a Black congressional candidate with a racial slur for his last name.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boris-johnson-guns-vasectomies/
title: Did Boris Johnson Once Liken Gun Control Measures to Compulsory Vasectomies?
review_date: 2021-03-24T08:20:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a newspaper column, Boris Johnson once likened British gun control measures to a scheme for "compulsory vasectomy."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muzzle-protest-sign/
title: Is This 'Muzzles Are for Dogs and Slaves' Protest Sign Real?
review_date: 2020-05-19T03:34:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a protester against pandemic stay-at-home orders holding a sign declaring that "muzzles are for dogs and slaves."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-claiming-kenyan-citizenship/
title: Is Obama Claiming Kenyan Citizenship to Avoid Being Tried for Treason?
review_date: 2019-09-02T05:26:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is about to claim Kenyan citizenship to avoid being tried for treason by the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coronavirus-doomsday-asteroid/
title: Was COVID-19 Created to Distract Us from a Doomsday Asteroid?
review_date: 2020-03-25T06:20:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After discovering a doomsday asteroid was approaching Earth, world leaders created the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to distract the world population and force everyone to spend time with their families during Earth's final days.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doctors-warn-baby-wipes/
title: Did Doctors Warn Never Clean Your Child with Baby Wipes?
review_date: 2016-10-27T05:06:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Doctors are now warning parents to never use baby wipes because they contain a "chemical" called methylisothiazolinone.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/promoter-dead-gibson-mayweather-mcgregor-fake-fight/
title: Promoter Found Dead After Exposing Mayweather-McGregor ‘Fake Fight?’
review_date: 2017-08-22T06:38:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Boxing promoter Barry Gibson was killed after he revealed that the Mayweather-McGregor fight was going to be fixed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-obama-marching/
title: Is This the Obamas Marching with Protesters in 2020?
review_date: 2020-06-05T03:03:37Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows former U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama marching with protesters in June 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bahamians-kicked-off-ferry/
title: Were Bahamians Fleeing Dorian Told to Leave a Ferry to Florida Because They Lacked Visas?
review_date: 2019-09-10T09:08:59Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bahamians fleeing the destruction of Hurricane Dorian in late summer 2019 were forced to leave a boat to the U.S. because they didn't have visas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pigeons-poop-on-1936-olympics/
title: Did Thousands of Pigeons Poop on Spectators at 1936 Olympic Games?
review_date: 2021-07-22T06:04:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thousands of pigeons released during the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games pooped on much of the audience after being frightened by ceremonial cannon fire.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sundown-town-sign-2022/
title: Is This a Real 'Sundown Town' Sign Photographed in 2022?
review_date: 2022-05-03T03:25:03Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a sign in a "sundown town" in 2022 that reads "Whites only within city limits after dark."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grave-words/
title: John Kerry Insults Ronald Reagan's Memory
review_date: 2004-07-27T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
John Kerry made disparaging remarks after viewing Ronald Reagan's casket as the former president's body lay in repose at his presidential library.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kyle-carpenters-medal-of-honor-rescinded/
title: Kyle Carpenter's Medal of Honor Rescinded?
review_date: 2016-05-04T04:17:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter was stripped of his award for failing to complete a minor driving course while on active duty.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cmt-reinstates-video/
title: No, CMT Didn't Reinstate Jason Aldean's 'Try That In a Small Town' Video
review_date: 2023-07-24T08:42:10Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2023, CMT reinstated Jason Aldean's controversial music video for "Try That In a Small Town" and fired the program director responsible for the take-down.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kurt-russell-trump-relentless/
title: Did Kurt Russell Say President Trump Was 'Relentless,' 'Dedicated' and 'Determined?'
review_date: 2018-11-05T08:26:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Kurt Russell said that he has never seen a man as dedicated and determined as President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shelia-fedrick-human-traffickers/
title: Did Flight Attendant Shelia Fedrick Save a Girl from Human Trafficking?
review_date: 2019-02-07T04:56:18Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Alaska Airlines flight attendant saved a young female passenger from human trafficking during a flight in 2011.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scotus-nullify-the-2016-election/
title: Is the Supreme Court Deciding Whether to Nullify the 2016 Election?
review_date: 2017-02-24T05:25:18Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. Supreme Court is deliberating a petition seeking to overturn the results of the 2016 presidential election due to purported Russian interference.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prince-philip-melania-stormy/
title: Did Prince Philip Refer to Melania Trump as 'Stormy'?
review_date: 2019-06-03T06:02:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Prince Philip mistakenly referred to Melania Trump as 'Stormy' during the U.S. First Couple's state visit to the UK.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-manatee-bicycle-tire/
title: Did a Florida Manatee Break Free from Bicycle Tire Entanglement?
review_date: 2020-12-15T08:24:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A manatee that was spotted in 2019 with a bicycle tire wrapped around its body made another appearance in December 2020 — this time tire-free.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-masks-no-longer-needed/
title: Did Anthony Fauci Say People No Longer Need to Wear Masks?
review_date: 2020-06-12T07:31:04Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
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text:
The United States' top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said people in the U.S. do not need to wear masks to protect against COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/asperger-nazi/
title: Is Asperger's Syndrome Named After a Nazi Enabler?
review_date: 2021-05-11T01:57:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Asperger's syndrome was named after Hans Asperger, who aided the Nazis in the euthanasia of children deemed mentally incompetent.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/budweiser-911-celebration/
title: Did Budweiser Pull Their Product from a Store Where Arabs Celebrated the 9/11 Attacks?
review_date: 2001-10-12T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A Budweiser employee who saw Arabs celebrating the 9/11 attacks at a convenience store pulled all the company's product from that store.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-wokeness/
title: Did Elon Musk Say 'Wokeness Gives People a Shield to be Mean and Cruel, Armored in False Virtue'?
review_date: 2022-04-12T06:24:48Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said of "wokeness" that it "gives people a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-golf-rallies-coronavirus/
title: Did Trump Golf, Hold Rallies After Learning About COVID-19 Threat?
review_date: 2020-04-01T06:24:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. President Donald Trump golfed several times and held a number of rallies after learning about the threat of the coronavirus.


text: CMT had pulled a music video of Aldean from the network.
title: No, Hank Williams Jr. Didn't Resign from CMT's Board of Directors in Support of Jason Aldean
review_date: 2023-07-22T17:13:24Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
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url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-research-yellowstone-eruption-occur-sooner/
title: New Research Suggests Massive Yellowstone Eruption Could Occur Sooner Than Expected?
review_date: 2017-10-12T12:52:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
New research from Arizona State University suggests that a catastrophic super-eruption from the Yellowstone caldera could occur sooner than previously thought.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/comey-clinton-foundation/
title: Did James Comey Take Millions from the Clinton Foundation?
review_date: 2016-09-29T08:18:32Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former FBI director James Comey benefited financially from the Clinton Foundation and was therefore biased when he investigated Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-covid-vaccines/
title: No, Bill Gates Did Not Call for Withdrawal of 'Dangerous' COVID-19 Vaccines
review_date: 2021-11-15T03:37:00Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In 2021, Bill Gates suddenly denounced COVID-19 vaccines as dangerous, and called for their withdrawal from circulation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boy-who-went-missing-reunited/
title: Was Boy Who Went Missing 40 Years Ago Reunited With Mom?
review_date: 2020-12-14T08:37:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
An article on people-today.com recounted a true story about a mother reuniting with her adult son after he went missing nearly 40 years before.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-dea-legalize-synthetic-weed/
review_date: 2017-11-30T03:14:25Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The DEA recently classified synthetic marijuana as a legally-obtainable Schedule II drug while continuing to list plant-based marijuana as a Schedule I drug with “no currently accepted medical use.”

title:
Did the Drug Enforcement Administration Legalize Synthetic Marijuana While Keeping 'the Real Thing' Illegal?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/who-ihr-amendments/
title: Are Secret Negotiations Underway To Increase the Power of the World Health Organization?
review_date: 2023-01-13T12:16:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The World Health Organization is holding a secret meeting that will greatly expand its legal authority.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-antifa-stab-vermont-man/
title: Did 'Antifa' Stab a Vermont Man for Not Condemning a Nazi?
review_date: 2017-08-16T14:30:57Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A group of anti-fascists attacked and stabbed a man outside his home in Vermont for not condemning a local white nationalist.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/roosevelt-lincoln-funeral/
title: Is Teddy Roosevelt Pictured Watching Lincoln's Funeral?
review_date: 2022-02-08T07:08:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A young Theodore Roosevelt was photographed in a distant window during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in New York.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lebron-james-greatest-threat-to-world-peace/
title: Is LeBron James the 'World Leader' Who Is the Greatest Threat to World Peace?
review_date: 2023-04-13T14:49:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A German survey broadcast on Fox News found LeBron James to be the "world leader" who is the greatest threat to world peace.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facts-about-slavery/
title: 9 'Facts' About Slavery 'They Don't Want You to Know'
review_date: 2016-08-16T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A circulating list of nine historical "facts" about slavery accurately details the participation of non-whites in slave ownership and trade in America.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-obama-bin-laden/
title: Did Trump Say to 'Stop Congratulating Obama for Killing Bin Laden'?
review_date: 2019-10-27T03:59:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump declared in 2012 that people should stop congratulating President Obama for the killing of Osama bin Laden.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/childhood-photo-justin-trudeau/
title: Have Childhood Pictures of Justin Trudeau Come Back to Haunt Him?
review_date: 2019-10-01T01:27:57Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A childhood photograph shows Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau riding on the back of a black boy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-alexander-soros-epsteins-island/
title: No, Biden and Alex Soros Weren't Photographed in Front of Pic of Epstein's Island
review_date: 2023-04-28T14:14:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden and George Soros' son Alexander were photographed together in front of a picture of Jeffrey Epstein's island.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gatorade-fined/
title: Did Gatorade Pay $300K for Telling Kids To 'Avoid Water'?
review_date: 2021-04-20T05:04:33Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gatorade recently paid a $300,000 over a promotional video game in which kids could boost their game performance by "avoiding water."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-coffin-corner/
title: Obama Quietly Orders Millions of Disposable Coffins?
review_date: 2014-01-25T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Obama administration has ordered $1 billion worth of 'disposable coffins' for use with 'FEMA camps.'


text: A man named Shane Patrick Boyle died shortly after starting a GoFundMe fundraiser for insulin.
title: Did Shane Patrick Boyle Die After Fundraising to Pay for Insulin?
review_date: 2017-11-27T03:47:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shane-patrick-boyle-died-after-starting-a-gofundme-campaign-for-insulin/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brandon-torrent-homeless-person/
title: Is This Millionaire Brandon Torrent Urinating on a Homeless Person?
review_date: 2020-07-22T08:35:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A millionaire named Brandon Torrent allowed himself to be photographed urinating on a homeless person.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/why-does-ukraine-matter/
title: Is the 'Why Ukraine Matters' Facebook Post Truthful?
review_date: 2022-02-21T04:55:32Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Facebook posts that list more than 30 reasons in the world economy as to "why Ukraine matters" contain accurate data.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/portland-gallery-trump-knife/
title: Did a Portland Art Gallery Display an Artwork Depicting President Trump's Throat Being Slit?
review_date: 2018-07-22T05:09:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Portland at gallery displayed an artwork that depicted President Trump's throat being slit with a knife.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/keanu-reeves-grief-changes-shapes/
title: Did Keanu Reeves Say, 'Grief Changes Shape but It Never Ends?'
review_date: 2022-10-03T04:57:55Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Keanu Reeves once said, “Grief changes shape, but it never ends. [...] People have a misconception that you can deal with it and say, 'It's gone, and I'm better.' They're wrong.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lobotomies-performed-with-ice-picks/
title: Were Lobotomies Performed with Ice Picks in the 1950s?
review_date: 2023-01-21T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the 1950s, at least 50,000 lobotomies were performed in the United States by hammering an ice pick into patients' brains through their eye sockets.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-vanishing-hitchhiker/
title: The Vanishing Hitchhiker
review_date: 1999-09-17T19:46:20Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man turns to bid his unusual hitchhiker goodbye and discovers that she has disappeared from the car. He later learns that his mysterious passenger had died several years earlier.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brad-pitt-death-hoax/
title: Brad Pitt Death Hoax
review_date: 2016-09-21T07:27:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Brad Pitt died of suicide shortly after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from him in September 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/siri-charge-phone-police/
title: Telling Siri to 'Charge My Phone to 100%' Summons Police
review_date: 2016-12-26T04:26:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Telling Siri to "charge my phone to 100 percent" will cause the virtual assistant to surreptitiously dial 911 or summon emergency services.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/2018s-amazing-calendar/
title: 2018's 'Amazing' Calendar
review_date: 2017-12-26T02:09:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the year 2018, all twelve days on which the month and day share common ordinal values falls on a Sunday.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gowdy-custody-investigators-missing/
title: Was Trey Gowdy Forced Into Protective Custody After Two Investigators Went Missing?
review_date: 2017-04-25T05:34:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Trey Gowdy was forced into protective custody after two people investigating Hillary Clinton went missing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tomi-lahren-tear-gas/
title: Did Tomi Lahren Say Children Getting Tear Gassed Was the “Highlight” of Her Thanksgiving?
review_date: 2018-11-27T14:30:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tomi Lahren said that watching children being hit with tear gas "was the highlight” of her Thanksgiving weekend.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-boycott-midterm-elections/
title: Trump Did Not Tell Supporters to Boycott Midterms Because DOJ 'Treating Him So Unfairly'
review_date: 2022-08-15T04:48:26Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2022, former U.S. President Donald Trump told his supporters to boycott the midterm elections because of how the U.S. Department of Justice was "treating him so unfairly."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-barack-obamas-stylist-reveal-he-is-a-gay/
title: Did 'Barack Obama's Stylist' Reveal He Is 'a Gay'?
review_date: 2017-10-03T08:36:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former President Barack Obama's stylist revealed to a conservative web site that he caught Obama in the middle of a gay tryst.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michael-jordan-disney/
title: Did Michael Jordan Turn Down $120M Ad Deal with Disney?
review_date: 2023-04-10T10:03:55Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michael Jordan turned down a $120 million offer from Disney "to be the new name and face of the company."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/adding-stamp-to-ballot/
title: Does Adding a Stamp to Your Ballot 'Force' USPS To Deliver as First-Class?
review_date: 2020-08-24T10:11:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Adding a stamp to a postage-paid ballot "forces" the U.S. Postal Service to treat that ballot as first-class mail.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harvard-employee-pic-body-parts-trafficking/
title: Is This a Real Pic of Harvard Morgue Employee Charged with Trafficking in Body Parts?
review_date: 2023-06-19T12:33:17Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An photograph authentically shows a Harvard morgue employee charged in connection with trafficking in human remains in spring 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevy-volt-battery-invoice/
title: Is This Estimate for a Chevy Volt Hybrid Battery Replacement Real?
review_date: 2022-08-29T09:58:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An estimate authentically shows a price of nearly $30,000 for parts and labor on a new hybrid battery for a Chevy Volt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/85-percent-americans-biden-speech/
title: Did 85% of Americans Approve of Biden's Speech?
review_date: 2021-04-29T02:57:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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85% of Americans approved of U.S. President Joe Biden's first speech before a joint session of Congress.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-social-media/
title: Is Trump Planning To Launch His Own Social Media Site?
review_date: 2021-03-22T03:50:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
On March 21, 2021, an adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump said he was preparing to launch his own social media platform.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lobster-love/
title: Lobster Love
review_date: 2000-01-26T14:47:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The lobster with which a woman was masturbating defecated into her vagina, implanting brine shrimp eggs which hatched inside


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harry-von-zell-hoobert-heever/
title: Did Harry von Zell Introduce the President as 'Hoobert Heever'?
review_date: 2021-06-24T01:58:09Z
textual_rating: Mixture
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Radio announcer Harry von Zell once introduced U.S. President Herbert Hoover during a broadcast of a live address or inauguration ceremony as "Hoobert Heever."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-world-georgia-florida/
title: Is Disney World Moving to Georgia?
review_date: 2023-04-25T09:35:30Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2023, the Walt Disney Company announced its theme parks in Orlando, Florida, would be relocating to Atlanta.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/do-rocks-contribute-sea-rise/
title: Do Rocks Falling Into the Ocean Contribute to Global Sea Level Rise?
review_date: 2018-05-18T10:49:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Rocks falling into the ocean" is a factor that contributes to observable sea level rise on human time scales.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/road-runner-tunnel-crash-rumor/
title: Road Runner Tunnel Crash
review_date: 2016-03-24T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A driver drove into a wall painted to look like a tunnel in a manner similar to Looney Tunes' Road Runner cartoons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cat-sitting-like-a-human/
title: Is This a Real Photo of a Cat Sitting Like a Human?
review_date: 2023-01-19T14:43:14Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A genuine photograph circulating online in late 2022 and early 2023 shows a cat sitting in an eerily human-like posture.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-wins-pennsylvania/
title: RUMOR ALERT: Trump Was Not Declared Winner of Pennsylvania
review_date: 2020-11-04T05:49:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Nov. 4, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump was declared the winner of Pennsylvania in the presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christine-blasey-ford-cia/
title: Is Christine Blasey Ford 'Deeply Tied' to the Central Intelligence Agency?
review_date: 2018-10-02T08:55:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Christine Blasey Ford is closely linked to the CIA, and her sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are part of a CIA plot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunter-biden-girls-couch/
title: Online Photo Does Not Show Hunter Biden with Underage Girls
review_date: 2022-07-12T05:49:25Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture from an alleged iCloud account hack of Hunter Biden shows him lying shirtless on a couch while being surrounded by five young girls.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lady-gaga-liza-minnelli-oscars/
title: Did Lady Gaga Say ‘I Got You’ to Liza Minnelli While Presenting at the Oscars?
review_date: 2022-03-29T02:03:15Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Lady Gaga said “I got you,” to a frail Liza Minnelli in a wheelchair, while they were presenting an award at the 2022 Oscars. Minnelli said, “I know,” in response.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bus-crash-super-tuesday/
title: Was a Crashed Bus Carrying Non-Citizens to Texas to Vote for Biden?
review_date: 2020-03-03T09:43:43Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A bus that crashed in Texas was found to be carrying undocumented persons into the state to support Joe Biden during a primary election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-returning-puerto-rico-to-spain/
title: Is the United States Returning Puerto Rico to Spain?
review_date: 2018-01-02T02:41:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States government has secretly negotiated a deal to return the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to Spain.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/starbucks-christmas-cups-satanism/
title: Starbucks CEO Admits Plot to Lure Customers Into Satanism
review_date: 2016-11-03T05:24:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz admitted that he was using the chain's "holiday cup" design to lure customers to Satanism.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/satanic-temple-missouri-abortion/
title: Did The Satanic Temple Sue Over Missouri Abortion Law?
review_date: 2020-08-10T08:53:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A member of The Satanic Temple filed a lawsuit in 2018 arguing that a Missouri law that requires a woman seeking an abortion to receive a pamphlet asserting that life begins at conception violated her religious beliefs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-trump-tweet-iran-strike/
title: Did Eric Trump Tweet About Iran Strike Before It Was Made Public?
review_date: 2020-01-03T05:57:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Eric Trump tweeted about the airstrike that killed Iran Gen. Qassem Soleimani in early 2020 before the military operation took place.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fortnite-predators-grooming/
title: Are Sexual Predators Using 'Fortnite' to Groom Children?
review_date: 2018-09-28T04:43:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Law enforcement officials said parents should be worried about sexual predators using gaming apps such as Fortnite to groom children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-votes-troops-overseas/
title: Did Pelosi Call For Votes To Be Removed From U.S. Troops Overseas?
review_date: 2020-08-25T01:20:43Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said U.S. troops stationed overseas should no longer be allowed to vote in U.S. elections.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fda-covid-monovalent-vaccines/
title: FDA No Longer Authorizes Use of Monovalent COVID Vaccines. Here's What That Means
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textual_rating: True
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text:
On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration updated existing guidelines to no longer authorize the use of monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-penis-injection/
title: Did Doctors Recommend Genital COVID-19 Vaccination Injections for Men?
review_date: 2021-01-04T07:00:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Two scientific studies found that men should inject the COVID-19 vaccine into the penis, and that the vaccine increased penis size among some men.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ilhan-omar-terrorists-photograph/
title: Does a Photo Show U.S. Rep. Omar Sitting With Armed Terrorists?
review_date: 2019-08-30T07:59:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A photograph shared on social media in August 2019 shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar sitting among armed terrorists.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-killed-trump-immigration/
title: Did an Undocumented Immigrant Kill a Man Who Criticized Trump's Immigration Policies?
review_date: 2019-10-16T08:14:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Sean Buchanan criticized President Donald Trump's immigration policies, before dying in a car crash caused by an undocumented immigrant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-posts-made-public/
title: Will Posting This Notice Stop Facebook or Instagram from Making Your Posts Public?
review_date: 2012-06-04T03:40:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Posting a legal notice on your Facebook wall or Instagram feed will protect you from having all your posts and photos made public.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-more-testing-look-bad/
title: Did Trump Say More COVID-19 Testing Makes the US Look Bad?
review_date: 2020-05-14T05:32:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump said that increased COVID-19 testing makes the U.S. look bad by increasing coronavirus case numbers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/feb-30-real-date-on-calendar/
title: That Time Feb. 30 Was a Real Date on the Calendar
review_date: 2023-03-13T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1712, Sweden added an extra leap day, Feb. 30, to its calendar, for that year and that year alone.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/youtube-removing-skip-ad-button/
title: Fake Tweet Says YouTube Will Be 'Removing the Skip Ad Button'
review_date: 2022-10-27T03:23:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
YouTube announced on its official Twitter account that it would be removing the ability to skip ads during videos.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/athletes-assigned-female-transitioned-mens-sports/
title: Are There No Athletes Assigned Female at Birth Who Transitioned and Competed in Men’s Sports?
review_date: 2022-06-21T01:43:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
There have been no male athletes who were assigned female at birth, transitioned, and later competed in professional men’s sports.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-able-bodied/
title: Mike Pence: Gay People Aren't 'Able Bodied' Enough for Military Service
review_date: 2016-10-07T03:21:40Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said homosexuals are "not as a group able-bodied" and "known to carry extremely high rates of disease brought on because of the nature of their sexual practices."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oath-keepers-ohio-mall/
title: Did 'Oath Keepers' Charge an Ohio Woman to Walk Across a Mall?
review_date: 2017-07-11T07:07:21Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Members of an Ohio 'Oath Keepers' group tried to charge a woman and her son to walk through a shopping mall during an event.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/diahann-carroll-donald-trump/
title: Did Diahann Carroll Praise President Trump, Plead with Democrats to Stop Criticizing Him?
review_date: 2019-02-04T02:09:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Between January 2017 and March 2018, Diahann Carroll publicly praised and defended President Donald Trump and pleaded with Democrats to end their criticism of him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-obama-harvey-weinstein/
title: Did Michelle Obama Praise Harvey Weinstein as a 'Wonderful Human Being' in 2013?
review_date: 2020-02-27T04:21:08Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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In 2013 then-first lady Michelle Obama praised Harvey Weinstein as a "wonderful human being" and a "good friend."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gretchen-whitmer-bar-photo/
title: Did Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Violate Her Own COVID-19 Restrictions?
review_date: 2021-05-24T04:31:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated her own COVID-19 restrictions by visiting a bar and sitting at a table with a group of a dozen people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-belichick-mac-jones/
title: Did Bill Belichick Shake His Head at Mac Jones' Overthrow?
review_date: 2021-04-01T03:23:37Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Cameras caught Bill Belichick shaking his head at quarterback Mac Jones' overthrowing a football at a University of Alabama Pro Day showing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/all-saints-church-crude-sculpture/
title: Does All Saints Church in Hereford, England, Really Have This Crude Figure?
review_date: 2021-08-03T05:10:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an 800-year-old crude relief sculpture of a man exposing himself on the ceiling of All Saints Church in Hereford, England.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schumer-pelosi-150-billion/
title: Did Schumer and Pelosi Help Obama Hand $150 Billion to an 'Enemy of the US'?
review_date: 2019-01-08T09:37:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer helped former Barack Obama give an "enemy of the U.S." $150 billion in cash.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cops-take-knee-redskins-stranded-locker-room/
title: Did Cops 'Take a Knee' and Leave the Washington Redskins Stranded Overnight in Their Locker Room?
review_date: 2017-10-26T01:42:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Washington Redskins were stranded in their locker rooms overnight by Philadelphia police angry that players "took a knee" during a game against the Eagles on 23 October 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abraham-lincoln-window-quorum/
title: Did Abraham Lincoln Jump Out a Window to Prevent a Quorum?
review_date: 2021-07-15T05:12:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1840, Abraham Lincoln, then a state legislator in Illinois, jumped out of a window in an attempt to prevent a quorum.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/apple-letter-san-bernardino/
title: Apple CEO Tim Cook Writes Open Letter to Customers About Court Order
review_date: 2016-02-18T07:32:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote an open letter to customers explaining why the company was fighting a court order to unlock an iPhone tied to the San Bernardino attack.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paris-canal-drained/
title: Did Draining the Paris Canal for First Time in 200 Years Yield 'Frightening Finds'?
review_date: 2021-03-27T01:00:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, France, was drained for the first time 200 years, leading to "frightening finds."


text: Bill Clinton was disbarred and fined over actions related to the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
title: Bill Clinton was Fined, Disbarred Over the Monica Lewinsky Scandal
review_date: 2016-07-29T06:07:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-clinton-fined-and-disbarred-over-the-monica-lewinsky-scandal/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-washington-gun-quote/
title: Did George Washington Want Citizens Armed Against the Government?
review_date: 2016-01-07T05:53:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Washington said that a free people need "sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence" from their own government.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/army-green-card-enlistment/
title: Did the United States Military Ban Green Card Holders From Enlisting?
review_date: 2017-10-25T08:14:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States Army will no longer accept lawful permanent residents, also called "green card" holders, as recruits.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boy-scouts-mormons/
title: Did the Boy Scouts Lose 425,000 Members Because of a Gender-Inclusive Name Change?
review_date: 2018-05-10T08:35:31Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Boy Scouts of America lost 425,000 members in May 2018, in response to a decision to integrate more girls into the organization, and to give the "Boy Scouts" program a new, gender-neutral name.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sarah-palin-russia-house/
title: Did Sarah Palin Say: 'I Can See Russia from My House'?
review_date: 2011-01-28T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the 2008 presidential campaign, VP candidate Sarah Palin said: "I can see Russia from my house."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/otter-genetically-inferior/
title: FALSE: Idaho Governor C.L. Otter Calls Poor People Genetically Inferior
review_date: 2015-12-21T05:27:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Idaho Governor Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter said that poor people were genetically inferior to rich people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jerry-springer-say-he-didnt-watch-own-show/
title: Did Jerry Springer Once Say He Didn't Watch His Own Show?
review_date: 2023-04-28T09:25:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video authentically depicts daytime television talk show host Jerry Springer, who died on April 27, 2023, once saying he didn’t watch his own show.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-meeting-no-masks/
title: Does This Photo Show Biden Meeting Government Officials Without Masks?
review_date: 2020-10-12T00:42:45Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph captures Joe Biden meeting with several government officials in September 2020, with none of those present wearing masks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukrainian-ambassador-war-criminals/
title: Yes, Ukraine's UN Ambassador Said This About War Criminals
review_date: 2022-02-24T03:06:11Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya said war criminals go "straight to hell" when confronting his Russian counterpart.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-harris-celebrate-trumps-indictment/
title: Do Photos Show Biden and Harris Celebrating Trump’s Indictment?
review_date: 2023-03-31T15:10:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs shared to Twitter authentically show President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating in the White House as news broke of former President Trump’s indictment.


title: Supreme Court Confirms 20-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-VP Dick Cheney?
review_date: 2016-10-24T07:29:53Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Supreme Court has upheld former Vice President Dick Cheney's sentence of 20 years in prison on charges related to war crimes.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/supreme-court-confirms-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ex-vp-dick-cheney/


title: Dolly Parton Said California’s 'Biblical Disasters' Were Punishment For 'Embracing Satan?'
review_date: 2018-01-12T02:12:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dolly Parton said that the people of California were being punished with droughts, fires, mudslides and other natural disasters as punishment for embracing Satan.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolly-parton-said-californias-biblical-disasters-punishment-embracing-satan/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/presidents-day/
title: What Is Presidents Day?
review_date: 2003-02-16T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The federal holiday observed in the United States on the third Monday of February is officially designated as "Presidents' Day."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/santiago-flight-513-wormhole/
title: Did Santiago Flight 513 Disappear in 1954 Only to Land in 1989?
review_date: 2019-12-17T04:23:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A missing airliner (Santiago Flight 513) mysteriously landed 35 years later with a cockpit and passenger cabin full of skeletons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cancer-update/
title: Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins Hospital
review_date: 2007-04-03T16:21:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Johns Hopkins Hospital issued a "cancer update" detailing how cancer spreads and recommending methods for treating the disease.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/handkerchiefs-kissing-covid/
title: Was Kissing Through Handkerchiefs Advised During 1918 Pandemic?
review_date: 2021-01-15T06:59:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The New York State Department of Health advised people to kiss through handkerchiefs during the 1918 flu pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/impossible-burgers-dogfood/
title: Are Ingredients in 'Impossible' and 'Beyond Meat' Burgers Indistinguishable from Dog Food?
review_date: 2019-08-16T08:01:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The ingredients of two popular plant-based burgers, Impossible Burgers and Beyond Meat burgers, are indistinguishable from dog food.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boebert-mass-shootings/
title: Did Boebert Say Mass Shootings Are 'Small Price To Pay' for 2nd Amendment?
review_date: 2023-01-23T11:09:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rep. Lauren Boebert said that "a mass shooting is a small price to pay to protect our 2nd Amendment rights."


title: Did Hillary Clinton Call the Trans-Pacific Partnership the 'Gold Standard' in Trade Agreements?
review_date: 2016-09-29T13:08:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton once lauded the Trans-Pacific Partnership (which she later opposed) as setting the "gold standard" in trade agreements.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-called-trans-pacific-partnership-the-gold-standard/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schwarzenegger-bush-sled-crash/
title: Did Schwarzenegger and President Bush Sled into Barbara Bush, Breaking Her Leg?
review_date: 2021-02-20T02:06:04Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Barbara Bush broke her leg in a sledding accident involving actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and her husband President George H.W. Bush in 1991.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ye-raelian-symbol/
title: Did Ye's Tweet Contain the Symbol of a UFO-Based Religious Movement?
review_date: 2022-12-02T17:55:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The tweet that got Ye suspended for "incitement of violence" actually contained a symbol associated with the UFO-focused religion known as the International Raëlian Movement.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michael-savage-removed/
title: Michael Savage Removed from the Airwaves for Discussing Clinton's Health
review_date: 2016-09-28T03:51:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Radio personality Michael Savage was fired because he talked about Hillary Clinton's health on the air.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melinda-gates-upside-down-cross/
title: Did Melinda Gates Wear an Upside-Down Cross?
review_date: 2020-05-15T10:07:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Melinda Gates wore an upside-down cross in broadcast interviews in May 2020 to denounce Christianity.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dakotas-steakhouse-debbie/
title: Did Dakota's Steakhouse in Texas Defend an LGBTQ Server?
review_date: 2021-12-06T06:01:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dakota's Steakhouse in Hereford, Texas, defended an LGBTQ server after a Facebook user named Debbie made a negative post.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/electric-cars-abandoned-france/
title: Were These Electric Cars Abandoned Because Their Batteries Failed?
review_date: 2021-05-16T13:55:25Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show a "boneyard" of electric vehicles abandoned because their battery storage cells gave out.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-file-treason-charges-against-trump/
title: Democrats File Treason Charges Against Trump
review_date: 2016-12-12T04:23:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democrats have filed treason charges against President-elect Donald Trump, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Rudy Giuliani.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-education-intelligence-quote/
title: Did Musk Say 'I Hate When People Confuse Education with Intelligence'?
review_date: 2022-05-09T04:11:39Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Elon Musk once said: "I hate when people confuse education with intelligence. You can have a bachelor's degree and still be an idiot."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stephen-moore-child-labor/
title: Did Conservative Commentator Stephen Moore Advocate Child Labor Beginning at Age 11?
review_date: 2019-05-03T04:32:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Conservative commentator Stephen Moore once said: "I'd get rid of a lot of these child labor laws, I want people starting to work at 11, 12."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-way-forward-deportations/
title: Would the New Way Forward Act Protect Criminals from Deportation?
review_date: 2020-02-12T08:04:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The New Way Forward Act, according to Tucker Carlson, would "protect criminals from deportation" if it were implemented.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nra-celebrate-boulder-shooting/
title: Did NRA Celebrate the Overturning of Weapons Ban in Boulder Days Before Mass Shooting?
review_date: 2021-03-23T08:54:16Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In mid-March 2021 — before 10 people were fatally shot at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado — the NRA celebrated a court decision to overturn a ban on "assault weapons" in that city.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hearseay/
title: Was Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Hearse Used for Brigham Young's Funeral?
review_date: 2001-02-24T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The horse-drawn hearse in front of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion is the actual hearse used to carry Brigham Young’s body.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-animal-brothel/
title: Were 20 Koalas Rescued from an Animal Brothel in Australia?
review_date: 2017-01-05T03:03:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Australian authorities saved 20 koalas from what is believed to be one of several underground animal brothels in the area.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teamkraken-georgia-injunction/
title: Debunking Trump Tweets: No Big Win in Georgia for #TeamKraken
review_date: 2020-11-29T11:40:29Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Trump's legal supporters won "a major injunction" in their quest to overturn election results in Georgia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-kenosha-black-looting/
title: Did Biden Tweet 'Fewer Black People' in Kenosha Resulted in Less Looting?
review_date: 2020-09-09T03:49:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tweeted that there was less looting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, because the area had "fewer Black people."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-statue-slovenia/
title: Was a Statue of Melania Trump Set on Fire in Slovenia?
review_date: 2020-07-10T04:52:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A statue of first lady Melania Trump in her native country of Slovenia was damaged in a fire during the 2020 Independence Day weekend in the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/i-can-breathe-shirts/
title: Did Members of the NYPD Wear 'I Can Breathe' Shirts in 2020 Protest?
review_date: 2020-06-01T08:58:53Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows members of the NYPD wearing "I Can Breathe" shirts mocking the death of George Floyd.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/booster-after-infected-omicron/
title: Yes, You Still Need a Booster After Being Infected with Omicron
review_date: 2022-01-19T06:05:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If you’ve recently been infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19, you are immune to the virus and don’t need to receive the booster shot at all.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zika-virus-gmo-mosquitoes/
title: Zika Virus Caused by GMO Mosquitoes?
review_date: 2016-01-29T06:43:55Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A recent uptick in Zika virus infections is linked to the introduction of a genetically modified mosquito farm in Brazil in 2012.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/homeland-security-indicts-hillary/
title: Department of Homeland Security Chairman Officially Indicts Hillary Clinton of Treason
review_date: 2016-11-04T06:59:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The Department of Homeland Security chairman has officially indicted Hillary Clinton on charges of treason.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-covid19-statements/
title: Did Trump Say This About the COVID-19 Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-03-26T07:10:04Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A meme documents U.S. President Donald Trump's statements about the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sam-elliott-endorse-biden/
title: Did Actor Sam Elliott Endorse Biden for President in 2020?
review_date: 2020-10-28T07:34:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Sam Elliott publicly expressed his personal support for Joe Biden's presidential candidacy in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/second-aide-doxing/
title: Did a Second Aide to Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan Admit Role in Doxing GOP?
review_date: 2019-08-01T07:57:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Samantha Davis, a former staff assistant to Sen. Maggie Hassan, pleaded guilty to crimes related to the hacking of government computers and the release of GOP senators’ addresses during Brett Kavanaugh’s final U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/southwest-airlines-slogan/
title: Did Southwest Airlines Change Their Slogan After United Airlines Controversy?
review_date: 2017-04-12T07:34:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Southwest Airlines changed their slogan to capitalize on the public relations misfortunes of competitor United Airlines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/keanu-reeves-trump-successful-man/
title: Did Keanu Reeves Say 'Trump Is the Symbol of a Successful Man'?
review_date: 2019-12-17T08:57:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Keanu Reeves said, "For me, Trump is the symbol of a successful man and a role model for every young American."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/navy-seals-ship-smuggled-children/
title: Did Navy SEALs Raid Cargo Ship Full of Smuggled Children?
review_date: 2021-11-10T05:29:00Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Navy SEALs raided a cargo ship off the coast of Long Beach, California, and rescued hundreds of smuggled foreign children.


title: National Security Agencies on High Alert After Trump Caught Telling Dangerous Lie
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textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. national security agencies went on "high alert" after President-Elect Donald Trump was caught telling "a dangerous lie."

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-security-agencies-on-high-alert-after-trump-caught-telling-dangerous-lie/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/toilet-mask-face-glove-1890/
title: Is This a Real ‘Toilet Mask’ or ‘Face Glove’ from Late 19th Century?
review_date: 2022-12-16T05:00:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An authentic advertisement from the late 19th century includes a sketch of a woman in a “toilet mask” or “face glove” intended to “beautify,” “bleach,” and “preserve the complexion.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carmageddon/
title: JATO Car Embedded in Cliff?
review_date: 2002-02-19T19:03:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The remains of a smoldering JATO-equipped Chevrolet Impala were found embedded in the side of a cliff in the Arizona desert.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nascar-noose-bubba-wallace/
title: Did NASCAR Say a Serpentine Belt, Not a Noose, Was Found in Bubba Wallace's Garage?
review_date: 2020-06-23T07:11:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
NASCAR announced that Black driver Bubba Wallace mistook a serpentine belt for a noose in his stall.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dallas-jones-voter-fraud/
title: Was Biden Staffer Dallas Jones Arrested for Voter Fraud?
review_date: 2020-11-17T00:38:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Dallas Jones, a member of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's campaign team, being arrested for voter fraud.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-the-snake/
title: Donald Trump Reads 'The Vicious Snake'
review_date: 2016-04-29T08:26:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video showcasing footage of violent refugees features audio of Donald Trump reciting the lyrics to a song entitled "The Snake."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/katy-perry-cannibalism/
title: Katy Perry Reveals Penchant for Cannibalism?
review_date: 2017-11-03T00:44:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an interview with a French radio station, Katy Perry revealed a preference for eating human meat.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-bloomberg-clinton-golf-photo/
title: Is This Photo of Trump, Bloomberg, Clinton, and Giuliani Real?
review_date: 2020-02-21T00:50:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows U.S. President Donald Trump, former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former President Bill Clinton, and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani together on a golf course.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johnny-depp-charged-patriot-act/
title: Johnny Depp to Be Charged and Held Under the Patriot Act?
review_date: 2017-06-26T04:04:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Johnny Depp will be charged with conspiracy to assassinate the president and held as a terrorist enemy combatant after joking about assassinating President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-twitter-account-disappear/
title: Did the ICE Twitter Account Mysteriously Disappear?
review_date: 2020-11-12T06:02:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Nov. 12, 2020, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Twitter account appeared to have been briefly removed from the social network.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fedex-driver-fired-biden-blm-signs/
title: Did FedEx Fire a Driver Who Refused To Deliver to Pro-Biden Homes?
review_date: 2021-09-27T06:01:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2021, Vincent Paterno, a FedEx Ground driver in Washington state, was fired for bragging online that he did not deliver packages to customers he perceived as politically left-leaning.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivanka-trump-coffins-trademark/
title: Does Ivanka Trump Hold a Trademark on Coffins in China?
review_date: 2020-04-14T02:11:54Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
First daughter Ivanka Trump was granted a trademark on coffins in China and stands to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-slaves-great-grandfather/
title: Did Joe Biden's Great-Grandfather Own Slaves?
review_date: 2020-06-25T04:30:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Joe Biden's great-grandfather, Joseph J. Biden, a Confederate soldier who owned slaves in the 1800s.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-segura-everywhere-tour/
title: Tom Segura Not Done Announcing Cities for 'I'm Coming Everywhere' Tour
review_date: 2021-06-08T04:02:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Comedian Tom Segura had announced all cities for his "I'm Coming Everywhere" world tour as of May 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whole-foods-close-transgender-customers/
title: No, San Francisco Whole Foods Didn't Close Due to 'Hostile Transgender Customers'
review_date: 2023-04-11T11:17:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Whole Foods location in downtown San Francisco announced its closure due to "hostile transgender customers."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/human-zoo-1958-worlds-fair/
title: Is This a Photograph of a 'Human Zoo' at the 1958 World's Fair?
review_date: 2019-03-04T01:46:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an African child on display in a "human zoo" at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oksana-chusovitina-eight-olympics/
title: Did Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina Compete at 8 Olympics?
review_date: 2021-07-29T01:28:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Between 1992 and 2021, Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina competed at eight consecutive Olympic games.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/robin-williams-role-the-shining/
title: Was Robin Williams Considered for the Role of Jack Torrance in 'The Shining'?
review_date: 2023-01-20T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Before choosing Jack Nicholson for the role, director Stanley Kubrick considered hiring Robin Williams to play the main character, Jack Torrance, in the horror film "The Shining."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/controversial-beverly-hillbillies/
title: No 'Controversial Scene' Took 'The Beverly Hillbillies' Off the Air
review_date: 2020-12-19T00:30:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The popular sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" was canceled due to the fallout from a controversial scene.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/draketown-swastika-nazis/
title: Does This Photograph Show Neo-Nazis Posing Under a Burning Swastika in Draketown, Georgia?
review_date: 2018-10-15T00:59:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows American neo-Nazis performing a Nazi salute in front of a burning swastika in Draketown, Georgia, in 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pumpernickel/
title: What Does Pumpernickel Mean?
review_date: 2001-05-19T19:02:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pumpernickel bread is so named because a Frenchman derisively declared it was fit only for his horse, Nicol. ("C'est du pain pour Nicol.")


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chris-wallace-receives-cease-and-desist/
title: Chris Wallace Receives Cease-and-Desist Letter from Trump Organization
review_date: 2016-10-20T03:45:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Moderator Chris Wallace received a "cease and desist" letter from Trump about groping allegations in the midst of a presidential debate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dodger-stadium-flooded-video/
title: Video Does Not Show Dodger Stadium Flooded After Tropical Storm Hilary
review_date: 2023-08-22T14:39:41Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An aerial video authentically shows that the grounds of Dodger Stadium flooded in August 2023 due to rain from Tropical Storm Hilary.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-joe-frazier-vote-pa/
title: Did Boxing Champ Joe Frazier Vote 'From His Grave'?
review_date: 2020-11-12T06:20:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
One or more people used the identity of American boxer Joe Frazier, who died in 2011, to illegally vote in Philadelphia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lauren-boebert-posed-ar-15/
title: Did Rep. Lauren Boebert Repeatedly Pose With AR-15s?
review_date: 2021-03-23T10:28:27Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has posed several times with AR-15 style guns, and that weapon was used in a March 2021 mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coughing-on-produce/
title: Is Teens Coughing on Produce a 'Disturbing Trend' in the US?
review_date: 2020-03-21T03:51:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Youngsters deliberately coughing on produce in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic is a nationwide trend in the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunting-children-photo/
title: Do White Businessmen Pay to Hunt African Children?
review_date: 2014-11-24T13:15:30Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a white businessman posing with the body of a small black child he hunted for sport in Africa.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frau-blucher-horses/
title: Why Does Frau Blücher's Name Scare Horses in 'Young Frankenstein'?
review_date: 2001-03-17T13:31:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The horses in 'Young Frankenstein' react violently to mention of Frau Blücher's name because it means 'glue' in German.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/karl-rove-biden-inauguration/
title: Was Karl Rove 'Offended' by Biden’s Inauguration Speech?
review_date: 2021-01-22T01:05:27Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an interview on Fox News, conservative pundit Karl Rove criticized U.S. President Joe Biden’s inauguration speech, saying, “The racism thing to me is — I was offended in the speech.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oxford-letter-to-students/
title: 'Dear Scrotty Students' Letter to Oxford University Students
review_date: 2016-04-12T10:28:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A letter criticizing students at Oxford University for their desire to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes was penned by a school official.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/interschools-whatsapp-warning/
title: 'Interschools' WhatsApp Group Warning
review_date: 2017-06-05T00:46:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
ISIS/Daesh created a WhatsApp group called "Interschools," and once users join it they cannot leave.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/secret-sisters-gift-exchange/
title: Secret Sisters Gift Exchange
review_date: 2015-11-02T06:39:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
By participating in a Facebook "secret sister" gift exchange, you'll receive 36 gifts, books, or bottles of wine in exchange for one $10-15 contribution.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/west-point-trump-message/
title: Did a West Point Grad Sport Anti-Trump Shirt?
review_date: 2020-06-15T04:01:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a graduating West Point cadet displaying a crude anti-Trump message on his shirt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-tip-for-education/
title: A Tip for Education
review_date: 2016-04-21T11:02:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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An 18-year-old waitress in Texas received a $1,000 tip after a man overheard her discussing her college plans with a couple at another table.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-witchcraft/
title: Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Pushing an Anti-Witchcraft Law?
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is pushing an anti-witchcraft bill that would create a Department of Anti-Witchcraft (DAW).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/detained-children-pledge-of-allegiance/
title: Are Detained Immigrant Children Required to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance?
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Immigrant children separated from their parents and held in detention centers around the country are required in some cases to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-aoc-purge-tweet/
title: No, AOC Didn't Tweet About 'The Purge'
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text:
AOC tweeted after the 2020 election that now that Joe Biden is president, Democrats can commence with "the Purge."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sean-combs-twitter-handle/
title: Did Musician Sean Combs Fail to Buy a Twitter Handle from Comb-Seller 'Sean's Combs'?
review_date: 2018-08-29T11:06:03Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
Screenshots document musician Sean P. Diddy Combs' futile attempts to secure a Twitter handle from comb-seller 'Sean's Combs.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tesla-cell-phones-1926/
title: Did Nikola Tesla Describe Cell Phones in 1926?
review_date: 2021-02-07T08:54:57Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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In 1926, scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla described a future "when wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth" in a way that allows humans "to communicate with one another instantly irrespective of distance" with the clarity of a face-to-face meeting using a device that "will fit in our vest pockets."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tennessee-rep-meth-lab/
title: Police Don't Find Fake Democratic Congressman’s Non-Existent Meth Lab
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text:
A police raid on a Tennessee congressman's property turned up a meth lab and fourteen pounds of methamphetamine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-gas-pump-bag-meme/
title: Viral Gas Pump Photo with Biden Sticker Was Digitally Altered
review_date: 2021-09-17T07:34:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A photograph shows a woman attempting to pump gas with a "sorry, out of service" bag covering the handle into a car with a Joe Biden bumper sticker.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-of-mushroom-dog-hair/
title: Is This 'Eco-Friendly' Shoe Made of Mushroom and Dog Hair?
review_date: 2021-03-12T07:49:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
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text:
An eco-friendly shoe design released in 2021 proposed the item be made of mushrooms, corn leaves, and both human and dog hair.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harrods-santa/
title: Did a Fired Santa Send an Obscene Message to Harrods?
review_date: 2010-12-21T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A fired department store Santa gained revenge on his former employer by spelling out a crude message in lights.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/georgia-verify-2020-election/
title: Does Georgia Have 'No Way to Verify' 2020 Presidential Election Results?
review_date: 2021-11-10T08:07:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Georgia has "no way to verify" its 2020 presidential election results because Fulton County doesn't have digital images of ballots.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hunter-biden-cocaine-white-house/
title: Does 4th of July Video Show Hunter Biden Sniffing Cocaine at White House?
review_date: 2023-07-06T15:11:38Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A video captured on July 4, 2023, authentically showed Hunter Biden sniffing cocaine in front of his family on the White House balcony.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sadiq-khan-video/
title: Did London Mayor Sadiq Khan Defend 9/11 Terrorists?
review_date: 2017-06-06T02:58:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A video depicts London Mayor Sadiq Khan defending September 11th terrorists, either verbally and ideologically or as their lawyer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hindenburg-adorned-swastika/
title: Was the Hindenburg Adorned With a Swastika?
review_date: 2021-07-22T01:34:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The German airship Hindenburg, known for crashing into a New Jersey township in May 1937, was adorned with a swastika symbol, the logo of the German Nazi Party.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-naacp-want-replace-national-anthem/
title: Does the California NAACP Want to Replace the National Anthem?
review_date: 2017-11-08T11:56:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The California NAACP is seeking to replace "The Star-Spangled Banner' as the national anthem of the United States due to concerns over its racist overtones and history.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tree-of-life-muslim-groups-donations-mosque/
title: Did Muslim Groups Keep Money Intended for Victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting?
review_date: 2018-11-29T02:11:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Muslim organizations or a mosque kept most of the $238,634 raised for the victims of an October 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/felina-breaking-bad-blood-meth-tears/
title: Does ‘Felina,’ Title of Last Episode of ‘Breaking Bad,’ Mean ‘Blood, Meth, and Tears’?
review_date: 2022-07-12T07:42:36Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
“Felina,” the title of the final episode of the show “Breaking Bad,” means “Blood, meth, and tears.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jfk-plot-in-this-country-to-enslave/
title: Did JFK Warn 'There's a Plot in This Country to Enslave Every Man, Woman, and Child'?
review_date: 2018-12-10T12:35:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
President John F. Kennedy said: "There's a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/campus-halloween-murders/
title: Did Psychic Predict Campus Halloween Murders?
review_date: 1998-10-30T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A psychic predicted on a popular television talk show that a mass murder would take place on Halloween at a college campus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/progressive-donations-lewis/
title: Does the Owner of Progressive Insurance 'Donate Millions to the ACLU'?
review_date: 2010-09-08T14:28:06Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Progressive Insurance chairman Peter Lewis has donated millions of dollars to the ACLU and liberal political causes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/glitter-spray-mishap/
title: Did a Woman Mistakenly Use Glitter Spray Instead of Feminine Deodorant?
review_date: 1999-07-14T22:48:08Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman mistakenly used her daughter's glitter spray instead of feminine deodorant in preparation for a visit to the gynecologist.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/miley-cyrus-nuked-trump-president/
title: Miley Cyrus Would 'Rather Get Nuked' by North Korea Than Have Donald Trump as President?
review_date: 2017-05-25T05:00:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Miley Cyrus said she would prefer a North Korean nuclear attack on the US to the presidency of Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-army-cats-spot-sniper-lasers/
title: Are 'Ukrainian Army Cats' Trained To Spot Sniper Lasers?
review_date: 2022-03-01T04:24:34Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a Ukrainian army cat, dubbed the "Kharkiv Panther," that was trained to spot sniper rifle lasers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/snowflake-nazi-term-holocaust/
title: Is 'Snowflake' a Nazi Term for the Remains of Cremated Victims?
review_date: 2017-01-23T05:04:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Snowflake" was a Nazi term used to describe the remains of those who were incinerated during the Holocaust.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-care-how-sick-coronavirus/
title: Did Trump Say 'I Don't Care How Sick You Are ... Get Out and Vote'?
review_date: 2020-04-10T08:44:30Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump said "I don't care how sick you are. [...] Get out and vote" during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-team-statement-dog/
title: Did Biden’s Team Release a ‘Statement’ From His Dog?
review_date: 2020-12-03T04:35:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The staff of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden released a “statement” from Major, the first family’s adopted German shepherd, wishing his “adopted father” a “speedy recovery” from hairline fractures in his foot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/candi-cdebaca-tweet-coronavirus/
title: Did Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca Tweet '#Solidarity' for This Coronavirus Comment?
review_date: 2020-03-04T05:48:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Denver councilwoman Candi CdeBaca tweeted "#solidarity" in response to a post suggesting that, if infected with new coronavirus, a person would attend as many Trump rallies as possible.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/methane-tax-cattle-pigs/
title: Does 2021 Infrastructure Bill Include 'Methane Tax' on Cattle, Pigs?
review_date: 2021-11-02T04:46:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Build Back Better Act of 2021 included proposals to introduce a "methane tax" that would equate to $2,600 per head of cattle and $500 per head of swine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/immigrants-stimulus-checks/
title: Are US Citizens Married to Immigrants Excluded from COVID-19 Stimulus Checks?
review_date: 2020-04-24T09:05:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. citizens married to immigrants will not receive stimulus checks via the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.


