# claims

url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/magic-johnson-donate-blood/
title: No, Magic Johnson Didn't Donate Blood to the Red Cross
review_date: 2022-08-23T03:28:01Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former NBA superstar Magic Johnson gave blood to the Red Cross to help underprivileged communities help fight COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/islamberg-raid/
title: Did President Trump Send Feds to Raid Islamberg, New York?
review_date: 2017-07-19T08:38:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2017, President Trump dispatched federal investigators to the hamlet of Islamberg, New York, where they uncovered "America's worst nightmare".


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/immigrants-nobel-prize/
title: Did Immigrants Dominate the U.S. Nobel Prize Tally in 2016 and 2017?
review_date: 2018-01-31T07:34:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Of the six U.S.-based Nobel science laureates in 2017, all were immigrants; every U.S.-based laureate in 2016 was also born outside the country.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-coca-cola-tweet/
title: Did Biden Tweet About Coca-Cola's Diversity Training?
review_date: 2021-02-24T02:08:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden posted a message on Twitter saying he was "proud to see Coca-Cola educate their staff in cultural reappropriation."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/american-thinker-vote-fraud/
title: Did a Conservative News Site Admit Its Voter-Fraud Claims Were False?
review_date: 2021-01-15T07:03:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The conservative news site American Thinker admitted in January 2021 that it spread false claims about U.S. voter fraud.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/newspaper-rioters-photo-antifa/
title: Did a Newspaper Incorrectly Identify Capitol Rioters as Antifa?
review_date: 2021-01-10T02:38:05Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Texas newspaper incorrectly identified rioters storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as “members of Antifa dressed as supporters of President Donald Trump."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/babe-ruth-replaced-george-halas/
title: Did Babe Ruth Replace George Halas in the Yankees' Outfield?
review_date: 2021-03-20T04:04:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The New York Yankees outfielder displaced by the arrival of Babe Ruth in 1920 was NFL legend George Halas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anheuser-busch-fire-entire-marketing-team/
title: Did Anheuser-Busch Fire Its Entire Marketing Team?
review_date: 2023-04-06T10:44:04Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On April 5, 2023, Anheuser-Busch fired its entire marketing department over the "biggest mistake in Budweiser history."


title: First Recorded Marijuana Overdose Occurs Hours After Massachusetts Legalization?
review_date: 2016-12-15T01:31:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hours after Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana, the state had its first cannabis overdose.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/first-recorded-marijuana-overdose-occurs-hours-after-massachusetts-legalization/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-williams-security-guard/
title: Did Cellist Perform Mini-Concert of John Williams’ Music For Security Guard?
review_date: 2021-04-16T02:16:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After a performance in June 2018 with composer John Williams himself conducting, a cellist for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performed Williams’ music in a stairwell for a security guard on duty.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dr-oz-trolled-sideways-sign/
title: Was Dr. Oz Trolled With Sideways 'NO' Campaign Sign?
review_date: 2022-08-29T06:23:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photo taken during a campaign stop authentically shows Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz being trolled by a bystander holding an "OZ" sign sideways so that it reads "NO."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/minneapolis-police-advisory/
title: Did Minneapolis Police Tell Residents to 'Cooperate' With Robbers After City Defunded Cops?
review_date: 2020-08-04T10:00:44Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Minneapolis police advised residents to submit to robbers after the city defunded the police department.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/image-abandoned-military-bases-experimentation-room/
title: Is This an Abandoned Military Base's Deadly 'Experimentation Room'?
review_date: 2016-06-13T04:43:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an abandoned military base that was abandoned after "something" escaped from the facility's "experimentation room."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gas-thief-mouthful-sewage/
title: RV Gas Siphoner Gets Mouthful of Sewage
review_date: 1998-12-30T19:47:34Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A gas-siphoning thief got a mouthful he'll never forget when he tried to drain the wrong tank on an RV.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pregnant-turkey/
title: 'OMG, We Cooked a Pregnant Turkey!'
review_date: 2022-11-24T08:00:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As a Thanksgiving prank, cooks have stuffed their roast turkeys with Cornish game hens to convince gullible family members they were about to dine on a "pregnant turkey."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/juice-jacking-real-security-issue/
title: Is 'Juice-Jacking' via Public USB Ports a Real Security Threat?
review_date: 2019-11-18T07:20:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People should avoid plugging their phones into a public USB port due to a security threat called "juice-jacking."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/berkeley-instructor-rural-usa/
title: Did a UC Berkeley Instructor Say Rural Americans Are 'Bad People'?
review_date: 2019-11-20T06:05:39Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jackson Kernion, a graduate instructor in philosophy at UC Berkeley, wrote on Twitter that rural Americans are "bad people who have made bad life decisions."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hockey-pucks-shooting-defense/
title: Did a College Give Students Hockey Pucks to Use Against Mass Shootings?
review_date: 2018-11-28T07:25:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Students and faculty at Oakland University were given hockey pucks to use in the event of a mass shooting attack.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kate-middleton-cake-king-charles/
title: Does Video Show Kate Middleton Supporters Throwing Cake in King Charles’ Face?
review_date: 2023-05-06T09:00:02Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Kate Middleton supporters throwing a cake baked by her in King Charles’ face, as Prince William and Queen Consort Camilla look on without trying to stop them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rochestersilver-lake-park-abduction-warning/
title: Rochester/Silver Lake Park Abduction Warning
review_date: 2016-07-11T02:15:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police in Rochester, Minnesota, assessed that an encounter with three Middle-Eastern men at Silver Lake Park was an attempted human trafficking incident.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-cancels-rally-due-to-lock-her-up-chants/
title: Clinton Cancels Rally Due to 'Lock Her Up' Chants
review_date: 2016-11-02T06:16:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton refused to exit her vehicle at an event in Florida after the crowd started chanting "lock her up."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-over-clapboard/
title: The Dragged Roofer
review_date: 2000-03-17T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A roofer who foolishly tied his safety rope to the bumper of his wife's car is dragged off the roof and down the street.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/republicans-1928-control/
title: Republicans Last Controlled U.S. Government in 1928 and Depression Followed?
review_date: 2016-11-10T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The last time Republicans controlled the presidency and Congress was in 1928, and the U.S. sunk into the Great Depression within a year.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cheese-phone-pocket/
title: Did This Dutch Politician Put a Grilled Cheese Sandwich in His Pocket Before an Interview?
review_date: 2017-03-18T04:05:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Dutch politician Tunahan Kuzu putting a grilled cheese in his pocket before an interview.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-and-red-ants-attenborough/
title: Did the 'Black and Red Ants in a Jar' Quote Come from David Attenborough?
review_date: 2021-06-08T05:14:00Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Naturalist David Attenborough once said: "If you collect 100 black ants and 100 red ants and put them in a glass jar nothing will happen, but if you take the jar, shake it violently and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cuomo-vaccine-bad-news-trump/
title: Did Gov. Cuomo Say It Was 'Bad News' Pfizer Vaccine Progress Came Under Trump?
review_date: 2020-11-17T04:49:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Nov. 9, 2020, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it was "bad news" that Pfizer had developed what appeared to be a successful COVID-19 vaccine, during U.S. President Donald Trump's tenure.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/recall-serenade-chicken-salmonella/
title: RECALL: Serenade Chicken Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
review_date: 2021-08-11T01:42:52Z
textual_rating: Recall
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2021, Serenade Foods issued a recall for almost 60,000 pounds of chicken products, over fears of salmonella contamination.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giuliani-sex-animals-covid/
title: Did Giuliani Tweet That Sex With Barnyard Animals Was Spreading COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-12-08T00:57:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani tweeted that it was "likely that all these people that have contracted the China Virus got it from having sex with barnyard animals."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-quote-fear-media/
title: Did Mark Twain Say 'Fear the Media, for They Will Steal Your Honor'?
review_date: 2018-07-01T02:48:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mark Twain said, "Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your HONOR."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-wilkes-booth-brother-abraham-lincoln-son/
title: Did John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Save the Life of Abraham Lincoln’s Son?
review_date: 2022-12-24T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Edwin Booth, the brother of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth, saved the life of Robert Todd Lincoln, the president’s son.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kroll-settlement-administration-tmobile/
title: Is the Kroll Settlement Administration LLC Text Message a Scam or Legit?
review_date: 2022-10-24T04:04:49Z
textual_rating: Legit
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A text message, email, or letter from Kroll Settlement Administration LLC directs recipients to visit the website t-mobilesettlement.com.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-degrasse-tyson-twitter/
title: Did Neil deGrasse Tyson Address Gender Inequality in Science on Twitter?
review_date: 2016-08-29T07:02:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Neil deGrasse Tyson addressed gender inequality on Twitter by tearing apart a joke about women in science.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-caught-smuggling-cactus/
title: Was a Woman Caught Smuggling Nearly 1,000 Cacti and Succulents Strapped to Her Body?
review_date: 2021-02-06T01:00:19Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A New Zealand woman was sentenced to a year of “intensive supervision” after attempting to smuggle 947 succulents and cacti strapped to her body in 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-supporters-map/
title: Does Video Show Bernie Supporters Unable to Identify One Country on a Map?
review_date: 2020-02-27T02:29:17Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video clip shows supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders failing to identify a single country on an unlabeled world map.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kaley-cuoco-keto-weight-loss-gummies/
title: Kaley Cuoco Never Endorsed Weight Loss Gummies or 'Intermittent Keto Routine'
review_date: 2023-06-20T17:12:34Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A social media post or website reports that actor Kaley Cuoco had endorsed CBD or keto weight loss gummies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/casino-tokens-chip-monks/
title: Are Casino Tokens Donated to Churches Redeemed by Catholic 'Chip Monks'?
review_date: 2006-07-10T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Casino tokens collected by Las Vegas churches are sent to a monastery for sorting and redeemed by 'chip monks.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-substation-marines/
title: Did Marines Catch and Kill FBI Agents Trying To Sabotage a Substation in Idaho?
review_date: 2023-02-20T16:26:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Marines "gunned down criminal FBI agents trying to sabotage an electrical substation in Meridian, Idaho."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-discover-know-everything/
title: Did Trump Ask, 'How Can You Possibly Discover Anything If You Already Know Everything?'
review_date: 2020-04-19T08:40:47Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump once questioned, "How can you possibly discover anything if you already know everything?"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-copies-tweet/
title: Trump Copies Obama's Congratulatory Tweet
review_date: 2016-07-19T00:17:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump's tweet congratulating his wife Melania on her speech at the Republican Convention was identical to the message Barack Obama sent Michelle in 2012.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-pollack-parkland-trump/
title: Did People 'Attack' the Father of a School Shooting Victim for Wearing a Donald Trump T-Shirt?
review_date: 2018-02-21T05:08:41Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A significant number of internet users 'attacked' Andrew Pollack, a man mourning the death of his daughter, on the basis of his support for Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/metal-fit-together-perfectly/
title: Are These Pieces of Metal Engineered to Fit Together 'Perfectly?'
review_date: 2019-03-28T09:13:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows metal pieces that fit together so well that they appear to be single unmodified blocks of metal when combined.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/three-square-market-microchip/
title: Is a Wisconsin Company Offering to Microchip its Employees?
review_date: 2017-07-25T06:00:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2017, Three Square Market announced it was offering employees the option of having a microchip implanted in their hands.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steve-irwin-fred-rogers-bob-ross/
title: Is This a Pic of Steve Irwin Hanging Out with Mr. Rogers in Bob Ross T-Shirt?
review_date: 2021-03-18T02:35:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Mr. Rogers in a Bob Ross T-shirt while hanging out with crocodile hunter Steve Irwin.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-krugman-internets-effect-economy/
review_date: 2018-06-07T05:19:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Economist Paul Krugman wrote that by 2005, it would become clear that the Internet's effect on the economy is no greater than the fax machine's.

title:
Did Paul Krugman Say the Internet's Effect on the World Economy Would Be 'No Greater Than the Fax Machine's'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/illinois-house-bill-prohibiting-book-bans-libraries/
title: Did Illinois State House Pass a Bill Prohibiting Book Bans in Libraries?
review_date: 2023-03-24T13:03:52Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Illinois state House passed a bill that prohibits public libraries and school libraries from banning or restricting access to books and other materials, allowing the secretary of state to deny grant funding to those who do.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/djokovic-simone-biles-pressure-privilege/
title: Did Novak Djokovic Tell Simone Biles That 'Pressure Is a Privilege'?
review_date: 2021-08-03T03:42:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic commented on American gymnastics star Simone Biles’ mental health struggles by saying, “Pressure is a privilege, my friend ... If you are aiming to be at the top of the game you better start learning how to deal with pressure.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/millions-mail-in-ballots/
title: Were Millions of Mail-in Ballots Wrongly Sent to People Who Didn't Request Them?
review_date: 2020-11-20T08:51:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Millions of mail-in ballots were improperly sent to people who did not request them in the 2020 election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jumanji-class-action-lawsuit/
title: Did Makers of Jumanji Settle a $729B Class Action Lawsuit?
review_date: 2022-01-03T07:03:00Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The makers of Jumanji settled a $729 billion class action suit alleging that paranormal forces inside the video game threatened to kill everyone who played it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barbed-wire-crib/
title: Did a Serial Killer Babysitter Place Barbed Wire Around a Baby Crib?
review_date: 2018-07-19T03:34:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows serial killer and babysitter Nancy James, hired by the Peerc family, placing barbed wire around a baby crib.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/remains-kilimanjaro-bible-story/
title: Do Remains Found on Mt. Kilimanjaro Parallel a Biblical Story?
review_date: 2020-12-09T00:37:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Remains discovered on Mount Kilimanjaro provide evidence to support the story of Joseph, a well-known Bible passage about a drought in what is now Egypt nearly 4,000 years ago.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-news-missing-scientist-found/
title: Scientist Missing for Over 20 Years Found Living Inside Secret LSD Drug Lab Hidden in Basement
review_date: 2015-05-17T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A scientist missing for over 20 years was found living in a secret drug lab in a Minnesota couple's basement.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-obama-slave-ancestor/
title: Is This a Monument to Michelle Obama’s Former Slave Ancestor?
review_date: 2021-11-01T07:17:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A monument commemorates former slave Melvinia Shields, an ancestor of former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-logo-change/
title: What Obama Just Did to the White House Logo
review_date: 2016-06-29T04:10:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama altered the White House logo to replace the U.S flag with a white flag (commonly associated with surrender).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michael-jordan-sue-grocery-store-10-million/
title: Did Michael Jordan Sue a Grocery Store for $10 Million?
review_date: 2017-12-24T03:46:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former NBA superstar won a hefty award in 2015 after filing suit against a grocery chain that used his name in an advertisement without his permission.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-mars-portal-door/
title: Does This NASA Photo Show a ‘Portal’ and ‘Wall’ on Mars?
review_date: 2022-05-11T08:26:12Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph captured by NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover on May 7, 2022, showed a “portal and a wall nearby that looks artificial.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/30000-scientists-reject-climate-change/
title: Did 30,000 Scientists Declare Climate Change a Hoax?
review_date: 2016-10-24T05:26:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
30,000 scientists have signed a petition arguing that there is no convincing scientific evidence for anthropogenic climate change.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pepto-xylitol/
title: Does Pepto-Bismol Contain Xylitol, Which is Harmful to Dogs?
review_date: 2017-08-03T04:28:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2017, the makers of Pepto-Bismol added xylitol, a sugar substitute harmful to dogs, as an ingredient


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-sanction-russia-pipeline/
title: Did Biden Waive Sanctions on Russia-to-Germany Pipeline?
review_date: 2021-05-21T02:09:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In May 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced it would waive some sanctions on the corporate entity and CEO overseeing the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/food-stamps-rfid-mandatory/
title: Must Citizens Who Want to Receive Government Benefits Agree to Be Microchipped?
review_date: 2016-01-28T07:05:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. citizens who receive government benefits will soon be required to have microchips surgically implanted in them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tower-chicago-no/
title: Trump Tower Chicago 'No' Pic
review_date: 2016-02-22T02:24:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Residents of Trump Tower Chicago demonstrated their disdain for Donald Trump via a clever display of lights.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hawking-einstein-galileo/
title: Did Stephen Hawking's Life Have an Eerie Symmetry With Galileo and Einstein?
review_date: 2022-04-13T06:48:16Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Stephen Hawking died on Albert Einstein's Birthday, March 14, and was born on the anniversary of Galileo's death, Jan. 8.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-t-robbed-at-gas-station/
title: Did Ice-T Say He Was 'Robbed at a Gas Station in NJ'?
review_date: 2022-03-24T05:56:58Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a Twitter post shared on March 24, 2022, rapper Ice-T said that he was “robbed at a gas station in NJ.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sheriff-message-el-paso-killings/
title: Was a Statement About El Paso Mass Shooting Written by Sheriff?
review_date: 2019-08-05T02:23:56Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles wrote a viral piece of text about the August 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nra-events-guns/
title: Did the NRA Ban Guns at Their Own Leadership Forum?
review_date: 2018-05-01T03:49:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The National Rifle Association banned attendees from carrying firearms into their "2018 Leadership Forum" in Dallas, Texas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/republicans-medals-capitol-police/
title: Did 12 GOP House Members Vote Against Medals for Capitol Police?
review_date: 2021-03-19T08:18:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
12 Republican House members voted against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Capitol Police for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chris-christie-vetoes-equal-pay/
title: Chris Christie Vetoes Equal Pay for Women as 'Against Religious Freedom'
review_date: 2016-07-06T08:42:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New Jersey governor Chris Christie vetoed a parity bill because it violated religious freedom protections.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-omar-calls-out-aoc/
title: Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Criticize AOC for Getting COVID-19 Vaccine?
review_date: 2020-12-23T06:37:12Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In late December 2020, U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar criticized federal politicians including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for getting a COVID-19 vaccine before most Americans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/diesel-car-charging-station/
title: Is This a 'Diesel Car Charging Station' for Electric Cars?
review_date: 2021-07-12T03:03:43Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an electric car charging at a diesel generator, which uses 36 gallons to provide a 200-mile charge.


title: Did a Candy Company Put Out an Edible Pod After the 'Tide Pod Challenge' Controversy?
review_date: 2018-02-14T02:20:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mars, Incorporated released a "Pods" product shortly after the Tide Pod Challenge went viral in 2018.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-mars-release-a-pod-product-in-the-wake-of-the-tide-pod-challenge-controversy/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pop-rocks-soda/
title: Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'?
review_date: 2000-07-31T11:18:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Little Mikey of LIFE cereal fame died from the explosive effects of mixing Pop Rocks candy with soda pop.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goldeneye-007-super-nes/
title: Was Goldeneye 007 Originally Intended for Super NES?
review_date: 2021-04-29T02:42:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Nintendo 64 video game Goldeneye 007 (1997) was originally intended to be developed for Super NES.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-australia-ban/
title: Did Facebook Ban Its Own Page in Australia?
review_date: 2021-02-18T05:47:37Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In February 2021, Facebook banned its own page while implementing an initiative to ban all news publications on its Australian platform.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/british-mom-co-sleeping-custody/
title: Did a British Mom Lose Custody of Her Kids for 'Co-Sleeping'?
review_date: 2017-04-18T05:09:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A British mother lost custody of her children because she ignored warnings about 'co-sleeping' with her children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pat-robertson-boycott-hillary/
title: Pat Robertson Says Husbands Must Boycott Sex with Wives Voting Hillary
review_date: 2016-10-03T01:21:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pat Robertson advised men whose wives are voting for Hillary Clinton to "boycott sex" until they changed their minds.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-riot-taser-death/
title: Did Man at Capitol Riot Die After Accidentally Tasing Himself?
review_date: 2021-01-10T04:16:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Alabama man who was in attendance during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol suffered a fatal heart attack after accidentally tasing himself in the testicles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-stewart-ptsd-world-war-ii/
title: Did Jimmy Stewart Suffer PTSD from World War II Bombing Missions?
review_date: 2019-12-06T08:43:25Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Jimmy Stewart suffered what would in 2019 be diagnosed as PTSD due to his experience as a World War II bomber pilot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mountain-ewww/
title: Will Mountain Dew Dissolve a Mouse?
review_date: 2012-01-04T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A veterinary pathologist testified that being immersed in a can of Mountain Dew would turn a mouse into a "jelly-like" substance.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carlson-gun-control/
title: 'If people have guns, they are pretty likely to commit a crime'
review_date: 2015-03-20T09:29:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Vermont state senator Mary Ann Carlson once said that people who own guns "are pretty likely to commit a crime."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sloan-kettering-mrna-cancer/
title: No, Sloan Kettering Scientists Did Not Discover That mRNA Vaccines 'Promote Cancer'
review_date: 2021-03-08T21:43:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
According to research by scientists at the Sloan Kettering Institute, mRNA vaccines may interfere with tumor-suppressing genes in a way that could promote cancer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-close-trump-plaza-hotel/
title: Did Pelosi Have Health Department Close Trump Plaza Hotel?
review_date: 2019-11-06T04:06:01Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed a warrant ordering the New York Health Department to close Trump Plaza Hotel.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ella-fitzgerald-arrested/
title: Does Pic Show Ella Fitzgerald Arrested for Singing to Integrated Audience?
review_date: 2022-02-13T00:00:06Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photo taken in 1955 depicts Ella Fitzgerald in police custody for allegedly violating segregation laws by singing to a mixed-race audience.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cruz-churchgoers-looters/
title: Did Ted Cruz Say Democrats Wanted to 'Arrest Churchgoers' but Not 'Looters'?
review_date: 2020-06-08T07:55:51Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz criticized Democratic legislators for wanting to "arrest" churchgoers but not "looters."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flight-crew-takes-knee/
title: Flight Crew Takes a Knee, Leaving New Orleans Saints Stranded on Runway?
review_date: 2017-10-03T03:24:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The flight crew of the New Orleans Saints' team plane decided to "take a knee" and refuse to fly the team to their destination in protest of players kneeling during the national anthem.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-appointees-immigrants/
title: Do 1 in 3 Biden Appointees Have an Immigrant Background?
review_date: 2021-01-28T07:14:11Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
One-third of U.S. President Joe Biden's appointees, as of Jan. 20, 2021, were first- or second-generation immigrants.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eighth-grade-textbook-slave-owner/
title: Does Louisiana Textbook Teach Civil War from Perspective of Wealthy, White Slave Owner?
review_date: 2021-06-15T07:16:44Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A textbook called "Louisiana Our History, Our Home" — which is available to Louisiana eighth-grade teachers to incorporate into their social studies curriculum — introduces readers to the Civil War via the perspective of a wealthy white woman whose family owned more than 100 slaves.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jacques-attali-pandemic-euthanasia/
title: Did Jacques Attali Encourage Pandemic-Driven Euthanasia?
review_date: 2021-05-11T04:21:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jacques Attali, a former adviser to French President François Mitterrand, supported a pandemic-driven mass killing in his 1981 book "Verbatim."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/female-blackout-facebook/
title: Is a 'Female Blackout' Taking Place on Facebook Tomorrow?
review_date: 2018-10-02T03:52:28Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Women can partake in a social media campaign against domestic abuse by "blacking out" their Facebook profile pictures "tomorrow."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tragically-hip-cancels-tour/
title: Tragically Hip Cancels Tour After Band Members Unable to Acquire Tickets
review_date: 2016-06-06T07:05:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The band Tragically Hip has cancelled their tour after members failed to get tickets to their own shows.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/missouri-propane-tank-bomb-warning/
title: Missouri Propane Tank Bomb Terror Warning
review_date: 2015-12-16T02:19:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An FBI field agent quietly warned a Missouri sheriff's department that a propane bomb attack is expected around Christmas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/petri-dishes-coughed-on-mask/
title: Are These Petri Dishes Coughed On With and Without a Mask?
review_date: 2020-05-28T08:45:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows one petri dish that was coughed on by a person not wearing a mask and another petri dish coughed on by the same person wearing a mask.


title: Charlotte Tells Rioters Anyone Caught Looting Will Lose Welfare and Food Stamps Permanently
review_date: 2016-09-23T00:50:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Charlotte "rioters" will lose all government benefits if caught "looting" during protests after the death of Keith Lamont Scott.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlotte-tells-rioters-anyone-caught-looting-will-lose-welfare-and-food-stamps-permanently/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/isis-killing-babies-syndrome/
title: Is ISIS Killing Babies with Down Syndrome?
review_date: 2015-12-14T04:25:14Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Islamic State (ISIS) militants have killed at least 38 babies and children with disabilities or Down syndrome.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hot-dog-dog-meat/
title: Was a Chinese Man Arrested in New York for Selling Hot Dogs Made from Dog Meat?
review_date: 2017-06-27T08:31:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2017, police arrested a 57-year-old Chinese immigrant for selling dog meat in New York City.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johns-hopkins-covid-deaths/
title: Did Johns Hopkins Student Newspaper Retract Article Claiming COVID-19 Deaths 'Not Above Normal'?
review_date: 2020-12-02T01:10:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An article titled “COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data” was published in the Johns Hopkins student-run newspaper on Nov. 22, 2020, and subsequently retracted.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/more-mass-shootings-el-paso/
title: Did Authorities Warn of More Attacks on Target and Walmart Stores in El Paso?
review_date: 2019-08-06T10:24:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Authorities warned about more attacks on Walmart and Target stores in El Paso after a mass shooting there in August 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/restaurant-refuse-soldier-massapequa/
title: Did a New York Restaurant Refuse to Serve a United States Soldier?
review_date: 2017-04-21T02:24:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Massapequa, New York pizza restaurant Villaggio's refused to serve a soldier named John Welch because he visited with a service dog.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pink-slip-origins/
title: Where Did the Term 'Pink Slip' Originate?
review_date: 2001-06-04T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The term 'pink slip' came about because companies used to dismiss employees by distributing notices printed on pink slips of paper.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/massachussetts-gun-laws-deaths/
title: Does Massachusetts Have Strict Gun-Ownership Requirements, Low Firearm-Death Rates?
review_date: 2019-08-09T05:03:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Massachusetts has certain strict gun-ownership requirements and the lowest rate of gun deaths in the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-rally-arrested-tweet/
title: Did Trump Say People Who Didn't Attend His Rally Should Be Arrested?
review_date: 2020-06-22T02:54:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that, "Anyone who ordered a ticket to my rally and didn't attend should be arrested and face very powerful charges."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-retweets-photo-of-black-supporters/
title: Trump Retweets Fake Photograph of Black Supporters
review_date: 2016-06-06T05:13:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump retweeted a purported photograph of black supporters of his campaign, even though the depicted people aren't Trump fans.


text: A new California law bars employers from inquiring about criminal backgrounds.
title: New California Law Bars Employers From Asking About Criminal History?
review_date: 2018-01-23T00:19:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-law-bars-employers-from-asking-californians-about-criminal-history/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/antifa-teachers-arrested-portland/
title: Did Mugshots Show 13 'Antifa Teachers' Arrested in Portland?
review_date: 2020-08-05T03:57:09Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme correctly identified 13 individuals arrested in Portland, Oregon, as public school teachers and Antifa members.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/riot-mall-of-america-georgefloyd/
title: Is This Video of a Riot at the Mall of America?
review_date: 2020-05-28T05:18:25Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Viral video shows a riot taking place in the Mall of America as protests erupted in response to the death of George Floyd in May 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-bill-police-imitation-weapons/
title: Would a California Bill Stop Police From Shooting People Carrying 'Imitation Weapons'?
review_date: 2018-04-09T01:55:43Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A California bill would unduly penalize police if they shot people carrying pellet guns or malfunctioning firearms.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/febreze-contains-peanut-oil/
title: Does Febreze Contain Peanut Oil?
review_date: 2016-02-07T04:24:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Febreze and other Procter & Gamble products contain undeclared peanut and tree nut oils or byproducts, posing a risk to individuals with nut allergies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5g-tower-torn-down-china-covid/
title: Was a 5G Tower Torn Down in China To Stop COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-04-02T04:23:01Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows people in China tearing down a 5G tower in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/take-team-kavanaugh/
title: Did a School Employee Tweet 'Who's Gonna Take One for the Team and Kill Kavanaugh?'
review_date: 2018-10-09T11:44:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Minnesota education worker asked on Twitter whether someone would "take one for the team" by killing a newly-confirmed Supreme Court justice.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-19-bat-quarters/
title: Do Bats on 2020 U.S. Quarters Demonstrate a Government COVID-19 Plot?
review_date: 2020-04-23T10:25:16Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bats are pictured on the reverse of a U.S. quarter issued in 2020, an indicator that COVID-19 is connected to a government plot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/washington-to-be-alone/
title: Did George Washington Say, 'It Is Better To Be Alone Than In Bad Company'?
review_date: 2022-11-29T13:29:14Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Washington, the first president of the U.S., once said, "It is better to be alone than in bad company."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amazon-delivery-drivers-thank-alexa/
title: Is Amazon's 'Thank My Amazon Driver' Tip Program Real?
review_date: 2022-12-08T10:34:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If you say “Thank my Amazon driver” to Alexa, Amazon will give your delivery driver $5 at no cost to the customer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/roku-secret-screen/
title: Does the Roku Player Have a 'Secret Screen'?
review_date: 2021-02-04T02:26:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pressing a specific sequence of buttons on a Roku player remote control makes a "secret screen" appear.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-dont-come-border/
title: Did Biden Tell Migrants 'Don't Come' to US-Mexico Border?
review_date: 2021-03-25T07:49:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During an interview broadcast on March 16, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden said "don't come" to migrants considering trips to the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum in America.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-gives-obama-ultimatum/
title: Putin Gives Obama Ultimatum
review_date: 2016-10-24T09:17:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Putin issued an ultimatum to President Obama to stop "smearing" Russia, or risk starting World War III.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/irs-satan-clubs/
title: Did the IRS 'Fast Track' Tax-Exempt Status for 'After School Satan' Clubs?
review_date: 2017-03-28T13:50:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The IRS gave preferential "fast tracking" for tax exempt status to After School Satan clubs run by the Satanic Temple.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maxine-waters-guncontrolnow-tweet/
title: Is This Maxine Waters #GunControlNow Tweet Real?
review_date: 2018-02-20T00:02:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters tweeted that there was no reason for anyone to own a gun because she has an armed security detail.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-molly-weight-loss/
title: 'Mike & Molly' Cancelled Due to Melissa McCarthy's Weight Loss?
review_date: 2016-08-04T04:48:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actress Melissa McCarthy admitted that the TV sitcom Mike & Molly was cancelled due to her weight loss.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nz-prime-minister-massacre-aid/
review_date: 2019-03-18T10:13:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wore a hijab and offered financial assistance in support of Christchurch shooting victims.

title:
Did New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Don a Hijab and Offer Aid to Families of Massacre Victims?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-capital/
title: Religious Symbols in the U.S. National Capital
review_date: 2003-11-05T18:54:28Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
There are religious symbols and references in U.S. capital buildings and the words of America's founders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/consumer-rebate-program/
title: $42.4 Billion Consumer Rebate Program
review_date: 2016-09-18T09:07:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new government program gives all taxpaying Americans the right to collect ‘cash rebates’ on nearly every single purchase.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nanobot-inseminate-egg-sperm/
title: Does This Video Show a Nanobot Inseminating Egg with ‘Lazy’ Sperm?
review_date: 2021-09-23T03:41:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video filmed at the microscopic level shows a nanobot as it “picks up a lazy sperm by the tail and inseminates an egg with it.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/craigslist-minority-actors-trump-tulsa/
title: Did a Craigslist Ad Seek 'Minority Actors' for Trump's Tulsa Rally?
review_date: 2020-06-15T04:58:43Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Craigslist ad offered to pay "minority actors" to hold signs at a Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20, 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-selleck-jason-aldeans-music-video/
title: No, Tom Selleck Did Not Voice Support of Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' Video
review_date: 2023-08-10T11:40:44Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Tom Selleck spoke out in support of country singer Jason Aldean after accusations that the music video for Aldean's song “Try That in a Small Town” promoted white nationalism. Selleck supposedly said, “I grew up in a small town and let me tell you, Jason’s song was spot on.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-melania-spell-help-tweet/
title: Did Melania Trump Spell 'HELP' in a Tweet?
review_date: 2018-06-01T05:12:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
First Lady Melania Trump posted a tweet that was arranged in a way that the first letters of each line spelled out the word "HELP."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dawn-clorox-lethal/
title: Could Mixing Dawn Dish Soap with Clorox Bleach Kill You?
review_date: 2020-06-28T03:00:17Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dawn dish soap contains ammonia even though it's not listed as an ingredient, and when mixed with Clorox bleach products, the results could be lethal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/student-suspended-staying-in-class/
title: Was a Student Suspended for Staying in Class During National Walkout Day?
review_date: 2018-03-18T03:31:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Ohio high school student was suspended for not participating in a walkout protest over gun violence.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sunscreen-chemicals-harmful/
title: Does Sunscreen Contain Harmful Chemicals?
review_date: 2020-08-10T07:34:11Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sunscreen contains certain chemicals that have been linked to adverse human health effects, including neurological issues and seizures.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pluto-officially-reclassified-planet/
title: Has Pluto Been Officially Reclassified as a Planet?
review_date: 2018-01-29T00:46:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) issued a press release stating that Pluto has been reclassified as a planet.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-nurses/
title: Did Trump Hire 'Fake Nurses’ to Pose With Him During His Visit to Dayton?
review_date: 2019-08-09T05:56:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump hired “fake nurses” to pose with him during his visit to Miami Valley Hospital following the August 2019 Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/energy-ceo-disparages-dirty-natives/
title: Did an Energy Co. CEO Disparage Native Americans as 'Dirty Natives'?
review_date: 2016-10-24T07:13:41Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren said "America's freedom" would not be disrupted by "dirty natives" engaged in a DAPL protest.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-lie-wife-killed-drunk-driver/
title: Did Joe Biden Lie About a Drunken Driver's Killing His Wife?
review_date: 2020-09-28T06:04:22Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joe Biden lied in claiming that the accident that killed his wife and daughter involved a driver who had been drinking.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/burned-stake-salem-witch-trials/
title: Were Accused Witches Burned at the Stake During Salem Witch Trials?
review_date: 2021-10-22T04:44:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People accused of witchcraft were burned at the stake during the 1692 Salem witch trials in New England.


title: Fukushima Radiation Causes 100% Infant Mortality Among Orca Whales
review_date: 2016-09-26T03:18:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has caused 100% infant mortality among orca whales.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fukushima-radiation-causes-100-infant-mortality-among-orca-whales/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/northam-meme/
title: Did Virginia Governor Say He Would Cut Power, 'Have You Killed' for Not Turning Over Guns?
review_date: 2019-12-26T08:41:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said the National Guard would cut power and communications before killing anyone who didn't comply with new gun legislation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dove-criticize-the-whale-fat-suit/
title: Did Beauty Brand Dove Criticize 'The Whale' for Use of Fat Suit?
review_date: 2023-03-16T17:06:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a tweet critical of the movie "The Whale," in which actor Brendan Fraser wore a prosthetic fat suit, the beauty products brand Dove said, "Stop giving fat suits awards!! We want better representation in Hollywood."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/omicron-deaths/
title: Is It True That No One Has Died with Omicron Variant?
review_date: 2021-12-09T07:33:00Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of early December 2021, no one worldwide who tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus had died.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/truman-socialism-scare-word/
title: Did Harry Truman Denounce the Use of 'Socialism' as a 'Scare Word'?
review_date: 2019-03-15T04:34:46Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Truman denounced the use of "socialism" as a "scare word ... for almost anything that helps all the people."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/u-s-caught-repainting-fighter-jets-to-russian-colors/
title: U.S. Caught Repainting Fighter Jets to Russian Colors?
review_date: 2016-10-10T10:17:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States was caught repainting some of their fighter jets in Russian air force colors for a false flag bombing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wnba-mvps-trophy/
title: Did WNBA MVP Kelsey Plum Receive a Trophy That Cost Only $18?
review_date: 2022-07-15T04:21:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On July 10, 2022, WNBA player Kelsey Plum, the league's All-Star Game MVP, received a generic $18 trophy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-brady-bill-belichick-kiss/
title: Did Tom Brady Kiss Bill Belichick on the Lips?
review_date: 2019-02-05T01:30:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows quarterback Tom Brady kissing New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick on the lips.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-text-food-get-free-meals-children/
title: Will Texting 'FOOD' Help Provide Free Summer Meals for Children?
review_date: 2017-06-02T03:52:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Texting "FOOD" to 877-877 will provide a nearby location where free meals are available for children during the summer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chuck-grassley-women-equal-rights/
title: Did Chuck Grassley Warn About 'Giving Americans the False Impression That Women Have Equal Rights?'
review_date: 2018-09-22T01:54:33Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sen. Chuck Grassley warned that investigating "every" allegation of sexual assault would create the "false impression that women have equal rights."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sabrina-pasterski-physics-girl/
title: The Remarkable Sabrina Pasterski
review_date: 2017-12-27T10:21:50Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Four claims document remarkable characteristics about Harvard University graduate student Sabrina Pasterski.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ohio-license-plate/
title: Did Ohio Unveil Inaccurate Wright Brothers' Design on New License Plate?
review_date: 2021-10-21T05:53:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In October 2021, officials in Ohio unveiled a new state license plate design that featured an inaccurate representation of the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer aircraft.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/threat-against-black-people-walmart/
title: Rumors of Threat Against Black People at Walmart Unfounded, Police Say
review_date: 2022-05-26T04:13:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Police in Bowie, Maryland, arrested two white men who threatened to kill Black people at Walmart and Target stores in May 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-world-fifth-theme-park/
title: Is Disney Creating a 5th Theme Park at Disney World?
review_date: 2023-05-09T13:32:56Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Walt Disney Company is creating a fifth theme park at Disney World and naming it Force World, after the "Star Wars" franchise.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abc-video-syrian-war-footage/
title: Did ABC Mistakenly Label a Video from a US Gun Range as Syrian War Footage?
review_date: 2019-10-15T08:52:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
ABC News mistakenly aired a video from a Kentucky gun range during its coverage of Turkey's attack on northern Syria in October 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dallas-shooter-jeffrey-harris-harris/
title: Dallas Shooter Not Identified as Neo-Nazi Jeffrey Harris
review_date: 2016-07-07T23:35:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Neo-Nazi Jeffrey Harris was identified as the man who shot and killed several police officers at a protest in Dallas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thieves-masks-hoax/
title: Are Thieves Handing Out Masks With Chemicals That Make You Pass Out?
review_date: 2020-04-03T06:38:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thieves are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic by dousing masks in chemicals that render people unconscious and then robbing them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/turkey-dinner-candy-corn/
title: Yes, 'Turkey Dinner Candy Corn' Is a Real Thing
review_date: 2021-09-25T02:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Brach's, the candy company, produces bags of candy corn in which each piece is flavored like foods in a traditional Thanksgiving meal.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/live-abortion-for-bitcoin/
title: Is a Popular Teen YouTuber Planning ‘Live On-Camera Abortion’ for Bitcoin Donations?
review_date: 2018-04-17T11:29:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A popular teen YouTuber planning a “live on-camera abortion” to raise Bitcoin donations for Planned Parenthood.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-uncle-purple-heart/
title: Did Joe Biden Award His Uncle a Purple Heart During Vice Presidency?
review_date: 2022-12-19T10:32:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After he became vice president in 2008, current U.S. President Joe Biden gave his uncle, Frank H. Biden, a Purple Heart for his military service in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-sb-17/
review_date: 2019-04-09T07:36:07Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If implemented, the provisions of Texas Senate Bill 17 would "allow doctors to refuse LGBTQ patients."

title:
Did Republican Texas Legislators Advance a Bill That Would 'Allow Doctors to Refuse to Treat LGBT People'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wd-40/
title: What Does 'WD-40' Stand For?
review_date: 2001-12-05T18:47:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The lubricating spray WD-40 is so named because it was the product of the 40th attempt at creating a water displacing substance.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-walking-boot-gps/
title: No, Joe Biden's Walking Boot Isn't Concealing a GPS Ankle Bracelet
review_date: 2020-12-07T09:12:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's walking boot conceals a GPS ankle bracelet that monitors people under arrest.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alex-jones-biden-removed/
title: Did Alex Jones Say Biden Would Be 'Removed' From Office 'One Way or Another'?
review_date: 2020-12-14T04:19:53Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said President-elect Joe Biden will be "removed" from office "one way or another."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/juliane-koepcke-plane-crash/
title: Was Teenager Juliane Koepcke the Lone Survivor of a 1971 Plane Crash?
review_date: 2019-11-05T04:49:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Juliane Koepcke survived 10 days alone in the Amazon rainforest after falling nearly two miles during a plane crash.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-hack/
title: Zoinksberg
review_date: 2015-09-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Facebook users can check to see whether their accounts have been hacked by commenting "@[4.0]" on posts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mypillow-mike-lindell-frank-god/
title: Did MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Say His Social Network Would Ban 'Taking God's Name in Vain'?
review_date: 2021-04-15T05:02:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2021, Mike Lindell said his forthcoming social network Frank would not allow users to take "God's name in vain."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/samantha-bees-husband-school/
title: Is Samantha Bee's Husband Fighting to Keep Poor People Out of His Child's School?
review_date: 2017-05-02T04:57:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Samantha Bee's husband, Jason Jones, is fighting to keep poor people out of the school his children attend.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-beautiful-covid-19-vaccine/
title: Did Trump Take Credit for 'Beautiful' COVID-19 Vaccine?
review_date: 2021-03-11T01:52:49Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Donald Trump released a statement saying that he hopes "everyone remembers" that he was responsible for the "beautiful" COVID-19 vaccine shot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suitcase-dead-birds-seized/
title: Was a Suitcase Full of Dead Birds from China Seized at Dulles Airport?
review_date: 2020-02-14T06:58:06Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A traveler from Beijing was caught at Dulles International Airport with a suitcase full of dead birds that the person tried to disguise as pet food.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-fined-sotu/
title: Was AOC Fined a Year's Salary for Skipping the February 2020 SOTU?
review_date: 2020-02-05T03:19:57Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was fined a year's salary for not attending the Feb. 4, 2020, State of the Union address.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maxine-waters-north-korea/
title: Maxine Waters Fears a Trump-led War After Nuclear Attack by North Korea?
review_date: 2017-08-18T02:32:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Maxine Waters said she fears that Donald Trump would lead the United States into a war, if North Korea launched a nuclear attack.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boston-police-officer-kills-black-man-over-marijuana-cigarette/
title: Boston Police Officer Kills Black Man Over Marijuana Cigarette
review_date: 2016-09-25T14:04:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An African American man living in the Boston area was shot by police officers following a dispute regarding a marijuana cigarette.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/friends-take-thee-rachel-schwimmer/
title: Did the Famous 'Friends' Wedding Gaffe Result from a Real Mistake?
review_date: 2022-04-01T01:19:16Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In "Friends," Ross's mix-up between Emily and Rachel originated by accident, in a mistake by the actor David Schwimmer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-911-public-see-photos/
title: Did AOC Say the Public Shouldn't See 9/11 Photos Because They're 'Triggering'?
review_date: 2019-09-13T07:25:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that the public shouldn't see photographs of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. because they're "triggering."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-parent-trap-october-11/
title: The Rumor About 'The Parent Trap' and October 11 Is True
review_date: 2021-07-21T10:01:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lisa Ann Walter, the actress who played Chessy the nanny in the 1998 film "The Parent Trap," had identical twins on October 11, the same birthday as the film's fictional identical twins Annie and Hallie, played by Lindsay Lohan.


title: Pokémon Enthusiast Stabbed, Turns Down Medical Treatment to Keep Playing
review_date: 2016-07-13T06:02:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Pokémon GO player in Oregon was stabbed and turned down medical treatment so that he could keep playing.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pokemon-enthusiast-stabbed-turns-down-medical-treatment-to-keep-playing/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hilary-bidens-america/
title: Did Fox News Say Hurricane Hilary Entered Country 'Because It’s Biden’s America'?
review_date: 2023-08-21T14:55:50Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2023, Fox News reported in a newscast, "They let [Hurricane Hilary] right into the country because it’s Biden’s America."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/al-baghdadi-low-risk/
title: Did Obama Claim Released ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Was 'Low-Risk'?
review_date: 2020-01-17T06:37:52Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Barack Obama said he released future ISIS leader al-Baghdadi from custody because he deemed the captive to be "low-risk."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johan-eliasch-buy-amazon-rainforest/
title: Did Swedish Millionaire Johan Eliasch Buy 400K Acres of Amazon Rainforest?
review_date: 2021-08-02T07:01:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Swedish multimillionaire Johan Eliasch purchased around 400,000 acres of Amazonian rainforest in Brazil from a logging company for $14 million, solely to conserve the forest.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ten-commandments-mississippi/
title: Did a Mississippi Democrat Propose a Law to Force Teachers to Recite the Ten Commandments?
review_date: 2018-01-25T12:58:01Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mississippi House Bill 1100 would force public school teachers to recite the Ten Commandments at the start of each school day.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simone-biles-quit-tokyo/
title: Did Simone Biles Say She Should Have ‘Quit Way Before Tokyo’?
review_date: 2021-09-28T03:23:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a Sept. 2021 interview, Simone Biles said she should have “quit [gymnastics] way before Tokyo,” after being sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-rnc-speech-plagiarized-hitler/
title: Trump's RNC Speech Plagiarized Hitler
review_date: 2016-07-22T02:10:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump plagiarized his speech at the Republican National Convention from Adolf Hitler's inaugural address in 1933.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-clinton-allegations-disqualify/
title: Did Bill Clinton Say 'Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Should Disqualify a Man from Public Office?'
review_date: 2018-09-27T02:24:04Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bill Clinton said that "allegations of sexual misconduct should disqualify a man from public office."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prince-harry-spare-father-king-charles/
title: Does Prince Harry Say His Father Traumatized Him By Playing 'Got Your Nose'?
review_date: 2023-01-16T13:41:06Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In Price Harry's 2023 memoir "Spare," he wrote that his father's "I've got your nose" joke resulted in "torment" that "haunts me to this day."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liar-in-hillary-clintons-name/
title: Arkansas Ballot Typo Puts 'Liar' in Hillary Clinton's Name
review_date: 2016-11-05T07:17:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Hillary Clinton's first name was spelled "Hilliary" on election ballots printed for use in Lonoke County, Arkansas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-supporter-stands-on-american-flag/
title: Hillary Clinton Supporter Stands on American Flag
review_date: 2016-07-19T03:42:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
An image depicts a Hillary Clinton supporter standing on an American flag while waving a "Hillary for President 2016" banner.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-blue-java-bananas-real/
title: Are Blue Java Bananas Real?
review_date: 2021-07-20T07:17:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
With an outer blue skin, the brightly hued “blue java banana” depicted in various online photographs is a real fruit and it tastes like vanilla ice cream.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-of-zelenskyys-home/
title: Is This a Real Photograph of Zelenskyy’s Home?
review_date: 2023-07-19T13:50:07Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph authentically shows a multistory white mansion with a swimming pool and rooftop gym that is the home of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jada-husband-quote/
title: Did Jada Pinkett Smith Say, 'Don't Let Your Husband Stop You from Finding the Love of Your Life'?
review_date: 2022-04-13T06:18:07Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Jada Pinkett Smith said: "Don't let your husband stop you from finding the love of your life."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-hat-trump-maga/
title: Was Biden’s Hat a Response to Trump’s MAGA Slogan?
review_date: 2020-11-09T06:11:07Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s hat answers Donald Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” with the phrase, “We Just Did.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hhs-allow-doctors-to-refuse-lgbtq/
title: Will Health and Human Services Allow Doctors to Refuse to Treat LGBTQ Patients?
review_date: 2018-01-18T08:12:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new division of the Department of Health and Human Services will allow doctors to refuse to treat LGBTQ patients for religious reasons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pregnancies-protest-south-korea/
title: Did 125 Women Terminate Their Pregnancies During a Protest in South Korea?
review_date: 2018-09-05T02:08:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
About 125 women took Mifepristone to terminate their pregnancies during a protest demanding the legalization of abortion in South Korea.


text: Alexandria shooter James Hodgkinson protested with a sign featuring a Rand Paul tweet.
title: Did Alexandria Shooter James Hodgkinson Hold a Sign With a Rand Paul Tweet?
review_date: 2017-06-16T04:19:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alexandria-shooter-james-hodgkinson-protested-with-sign-rand-paul-tweet/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johnny-depp-tour-kyle-rittenhous/
title: Fake CNN Headline Reports Johnny Depp Organizing 'Defamation' Tour With Kyle Rittenhouse
review_date: 2022-06-03T09:02:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Johnny Depp is organizing a tour with Kyle Rittenhouse to "spread awareness" about the "dangers" of defamation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cia-files-ufos/
title: Can You Now Download Thousands of CIA Files on UFOs?
review_date: 2021-01-19T00:42:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thousands of CIA files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were made available on the agency's website and on the Black Vault, a clearinghouse for declassified documents, in January 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-rally-fire-hose-tampa/
title: Were Trump Supporters Injured by a Fire Hose at Tampa Rally?
review_date: 2020-10-29T10:15:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Twelve people were transported to the hospital after being injured by a fire truck hose at a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dayton-shooter-warren/
title: Was Dayton Mass Shooter a Self-Described 'Pro-Satan Leftist Who Supported Elizabeth Warren'?
review_date: 2019-08-05T05:21:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Connor Betts, the suspect in the Dayton mass shooting in August 2019, has on social media described himself as a leftist, expressed “pro-Satan” views, and has stated support for Elizabeth Warren.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloomberg-elderly-cancer/
title: Did Bloomberg Say Elderly Cancer Patients Should Not Be Treated To Alleviate Health Care Costs?
review_date: 2020-02-21T07:44:33Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In 2011 Mike Bloomberg said health care providers should not treat elderly prostate cancer patients in order to alleviate health care costs and overcrowding.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/parcel-delivery-service/
title: 'Parcel Delivery Service' Telephone Scam
review_date: 2006-04-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Cards from a "Parcel Delivery Service" notifying recipients of parcels awaiting delivery are part of a premium rate telephone scam.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/georgia-black-voter-registration/
review_date: 2018-10-17T10:39:25Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of October 2018, the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp put on hold 53,000 voter registration applications, nearly 70 percent of them submitted by African Americans.

title:
Did Georgia's Secretary of State 'Block' the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-un-secretary-general/
title: Did Barack Obama Announce a Bid to Become UN Secretary General?
review_date: 2018-02-25T04:47:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Former U.S. president Barack Obama has announced a bid to become Secretary General of the United Nations.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bread-erase-pencil-marks/
title: Was Bread Once Used To Erase Pencil Marks?
review_date: 2021-04-08T07:39:54Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People initially used bread to erase pencil marks until 1770, when Edward Nairne accidentally picked up a piece of rubber instead of bread to erase some marks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-hanks-films-after-death/
title: Did Tom Hanks Say He Will Use AI to Make Films After His Death?
review_date: 2023-05-19T11:55:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
In May 2023, actor Tom Hanks said he planned to use artificial-intelligence (AI) technology to keep making films after his death.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-created-more-jobs-trump/
title: Did Obama's Last 3 Years See More Jobs Created Than Trump's First 3?
review_date: 2020-02-19T06:43:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
During the final three years of Barack Obama's presidency, the number of jobs added was 1.5 million greater than the number added during President Donald Trump's first three years in office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/equifax-data-breach-settlement-email/
title: Is the Equifax Data Breach Settlement Email Legit?
review_date: 2022-01-31T07:22:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Equifax data breach settlement emails offering a free membership for Experian IdentityWorks are legitimate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bbb-senior-photos-message/
title: Did BBB Warn Against Sharing High School Senior Photos?
review_date: 2020-04-17T08:47:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The Better Business Bureau advised Facebook users to reconsider posting high school senior photos in spring 2020 to help protect their online privacy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivana-trump-czech-1972-olympics/
title: Was Ivana Trump an Alternate for Czech Ski Team in '72 Olympics?
review_date: 2021-07-08T06:42:15Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Ivana Trump was an alternate for the Czechoslovakian ski team during the 1972 Winter Olympics in Japan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gouverneur-morris-whalebone-catheter/
title: Did Constitution Author Gouverneur Morris Die From a Whalebone Catheter?
review_date: 2022-05-18T09:21:07Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The 1816 death of Gouverneur Morris, a signer of the Constitution, was caused by an infection after his urinary blockage was treated with a whalebone catheter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nazi-flag-menorah-hanukkah/
title: Does a Photo Show a Menorah Displayed in Defiance of Nazism?
review_date: 2019-12-24T07:22:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A widely shared image is an authentic photograph that shows a Hanukkah menorah (hanukkiah) displayed in the home of a Jewish family in Nazi Germany in 1932.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pay-bridge-electrical-bill/
title: Did a Man Discover He Was Paying a Bridge's Electric Bill?
review_date: 2018-05-01T06:58:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A Kentucky business owner found out he had been paying the electric bills of an Ohio River bridge, in addition to his own, for five months.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dominos-pizza-ethiopia-pirates/
title: Did a Domino's Pizza in Ethiopia Sustain Attacks from Pirates?
review_date: 2021-02-12T06:59:50Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A Domino's pizza restaurant in Ethiopia was forced to mount an armed defense against an attack from pirates.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-and-msnbc-ratings/
title: CNN and MSNBC in Ratings Freefall, Fox Soundly Beating Both Combined?
review_date: 2016-12-21T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Fox News is well above both CNN and MSNBC in television viewership and has increased their lead since the 2016 election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/presidents-younger-2020-candidates/
title: Are 3 Previous US Presidents All Younger Than 2020 Candidates?
review_date: 2020-03-05T05:43:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
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publisher_name: Snopes
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The three previous U.S. presidents are all younger than the current field of 2020 presidential candidates.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ladimir-elensky-fake-time-cover/
title: Ladimir Elensky? Fake Time Magazine Cover Omits 'Z' and 'V'
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textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows a genuine Time magazine cover featuring "Ladimir Elensky," omitting the letters "V" and "Z" in Volodymyr Zelenskyy's name.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christine-grady-pfizer-vaccine/
title: Did Christine Grady Personally Approve the Pfizer Vaccine?
review_date: 2021-09-09T02:40:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Christine Grady, who is married to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is also the chief of bioethics for the National Institutes of Health and personally gave final approval of the Pfizer vaccine to fight COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taco-bell-false-advertising-lawsuit/
title: Were These Photos Used in a False Advertising Lawsuit Against Taco Bell?
review_date: 2023-08-02T10:24:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Images of Taco Bell items that went viral on July 31, 2023, were from a lawsuit against the fast-food chain for alleged false advertising.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rivers-of-blood-in-dhaka-bangladesh/
title: 'Rivers of Blood' Flow in Bangladesh After Muslim Festival of Sacrifice
review_date: 2016-09-20T03:32:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The streets in some parts of Dhaka, Bangladesh were awash in bloody water after mass animal sacrifices took place on the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-tweet-charlottesville/
title: Melania Trump Criticizes Charlottesville Violence, Plagiarizes Michelle Obama?
review_date: 2017-08-13T03:38:59Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
First Lady Melania Trump again copied words from Michelle Obama while denouncing violence in Charlottesville.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-blow-off-trump-haircut/
title: Did Mitch McConnell Blow Off President Trump to Get a Haircut?
review_date: 2018-01-09T01:40:37Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2017, when tensions between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were at their highest, the latter blew off an invitation to meet with the president because he had a haircut appointment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/salmon-burger-recall/
title: Costco Salmon Burgers Being Recalled Over Fears They ‘May Contain Small Pieces of Metal’
review_date: 2021-04-04T02:16:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Salmon burgers sold at some Costco stores were recalled in March 2021 because they “may contain small pieces of metal.”


title: Obama Signs Executive Order Declaring Investigation Into Election Results
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textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama has overruled Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election and ordered a revote.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-signs-executive-order-declaring-investigation-into-election-results/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1912-article-global-warming/
title: Did a 1912 Newspaper Article Predict Global Warming?
review_date: 2016-10-18T02:55:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 14 August 1912 article from a New Zealand newspaper contained a brief story about how burning coal might produce future warming by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-19-found-in-toilet-paper/
title: Was COVID-19 Found in Packages of Toilet Paper?
review_date: 2020-03-11T06:09:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus, had been found in toilet paper, and that people should use wet cloths instead.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-abolish-second-amendment/
title: Does Biden Want To Abolish the Second Amendment?
review_date: 2020-10-07T08:34:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If elected, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to abolish the Second Amendment, regarding the “right of the people to keep and bear Arms.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-clinton-republicans-simple-americans-miserable/
title: Bill Clinton Said Republicans Are ‘Simple’ and Want Americans To Be ‘Miserable’?
review_date: 2023-09-02T08:00:02Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said in 2022, “The Republicans are pretty simple actually, and pretty straightforward. They say, ‘I want you to be very miserable, and I want you to be very angry. And I want you to vote for us, and we’ll make it worse, but we’ll blame them.’”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-wayne-airport/
title: Are California Dems Trying to Change the Name of John Wayne Airport?
review_date: 2020-06-29T06:48:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic leaders in Orange County, California, are trying to change the name of John Wayne Airport.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/glastonbury-greta-thunberg/
title: Does Photo Show Trash at Glastonbury After Greta Thunberg's Speech?
review_date: 2022-06-27T06:33:18Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows the aftermath of environmentalist Greta Thunberg's June 2022 speech at the Glastonbury Music Festival.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-congress-virus-quote/
title: Did Pelosi Say Congress Would Not Return 'Unless There Is an Emergency'?
review_date: 2020-04-21T08:10:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared during the COVID-19 pandemic that Congress would be out of session "unless there is an emergency."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-so-funny/
title: Did John Jacob Astor Joke About Ice After Titanic Struck an Iceberg?
review_date: 2000-07-18T06:20:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Multi-millionaire passenger John Jacob Astor made an archly humorous quip when the Titanic struck an iceberg.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/glass-slippers/
title: Glass Slippers Mistranslations
review_date: 1998-12-31T09:34:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Cinderella's slippers were made of fur in the original version of the fairy tale, but they became glass slippers as the result of a mistranslation.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pastor-eaten-by-crocodiles/
title: Was a Pastor Eaten by Crocodiles While Trying to Walk on Water?
review_date: 2017-05-15T05:28:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A pastor was eaten by crocodiles in front of horrified parishioners during his attempt to walk on water.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-unvaccinated-camps/
title: No, Biden Did Not Say Unvaccinated Americans 'Will Be Put in Camps'
review_date: 2021-07-20T05:56:47Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden announced his intention to place in "camps" anyone not vaccinated against COVID-19 by 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-king-tell-trump-hague/
title: Did the King of the Netherlands Tell Donald Trump That The Hague Is Waiting for Him?
review_date: 2018-06-22T04:40:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The king of the Netherlands tweeted that the International Court of Justice in the Hague is ready and waiting for Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chick-fil-a-gift-basket/
title: No, Chick-fil-A Isn't Giving Away Gift Baskets
review_date: 2020-10-26T05:15:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A is giving away a gift basket to customers who share or comment on a Facebook post.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chestfeeding-breastfeeding/
title: Were UK Midwives Encouraged To Say 'Chestfeeding' To Be More Inclusive?
review_date: 2021-02-10T09:09:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A maternity department at a U.K. hospital announced in February 2021 that it was expanding terms it used in maternity care to include, for example, "chestfeeding" and "pregnant people," in order to be more inclusive of trans and nonbinary patients.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-military-national-draft/
title: Did Biden Call for a Military National Draft?
review_date: 2023-02-28T13:25:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a February 2023 video message, U.S. President Joe Biden invoked the Selective Service Act, which will draft 20-year-olds through lottery to the military as a result of a national security crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/susan-bride-wedding/
title: Did a Woman Cancel Her Wedding Because Guests Refused to Pay $1,500 Each to Attend?
review_date: 2018-08-28T09:52:01Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman named Susan posted an angry tirade blaming the cancellation of her wedding on her guests' refusal to contribute $1,500 each towards it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dude-youre-getting-the-boot/
title: Firing of the Dell Dude
review_date: 2003-02-15T23:04:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The 'Dell Dude' commercials ended because pitchman Benjamin Curtis was arrested for marijuana possession.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-the-view/
title: Did Elon Musk Offer to Buy ABC's 'The View'?
review_date: 2022-05-10T05:32:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered $17 and a coupon for a free appetizer at Applebee's to buy the "The View" talk show.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/child-heartworm-dog/
title: Did a Child Die from Heartworm Contracted from a Dog?
review_date: 2019-03-25T10:24:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows the heart of a child who contracted a fatal case of heartworm from kissing and sleeping with a dog.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-young-homophobic-aids/
title: Did Neil Young Use Homophobic Slurs When Talking About AIDS?
review_date: 2022-02-02T05:50:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a 1985 interview with Melody Maker, musician Neil Young said of AIDS and gay men, “It is scary. You go to a supermarket and you see a faggot behind the fuckin’ cash register, you don’t want him to handle your potatoes.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/janaye-ervin/
title: Was a Navy Reservist Discharged for Protesting the National Anthem?
review_date: 2017-09-25T10:48:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Navy discharged a black sailor named Janaye Ervin for refusing to stand for the National Anthem.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/linkin-kennedy/
title: Are These 'Coincidences' Linking Lincoln to Kennedy Real?
review_date: 1999-06-11T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
List describes a number of amazing coincidences that can be found between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-raspberry-chocolate-chip-oreos/
title: Nabisco Announces 'Graeter's Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip Oreos'?
review_date: 2017-04-17T03:53:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nabisco has announced the release of a 'Graeter's Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip' flavor of Oreo Cookies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anesthesia-covid19-vaccines/
title: Copypasta Falsely Claims Anesthesia May Kill Those Vaccinated Against COVID-19
review_date: 2022-01-04T07:06:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are prohibited from receiving any type of anesthesia, supposedly because it's a "great hazard" and could cause a vaccinated patient to "die immediately."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/childs-play/
title: Did Julia Child Drop a Turkey on the Floor and Cook It Anyway?
review_date: 2000-12-30T07:17:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During an episode of Julia Child's television program, she dropped a turkey on the floor and then picked it up and put it back on the counter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pennsylvania-205000-votes/
title: Did Pennsylvania Record 205,000 More Votes Than Voters?
review_date: 2020-12-29T08:11:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The state of Pennsylvania recorded "205,000 votes more than they had voters" in the 2020 U.S. election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-kidnapping-yahtzee/
title: Did Florida Man Kidnap People, ‘Forcing Them To Play Yahtzee’?
review_date: 2021-01-22T03:51:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A 37-year-old Florida man who was arrested for kidnapping 27 people and “forcing them to play Yahtzee for 36 hours straight.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/skinned-flick/
title: Did the Ghosts of Two Teens Return to Kill and Skin Their Parents?
review_date: 2005-09-01T00:20:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ghosts of two murdered teen girls return to kill and skin parents who failed to tell their subsequent son of the girls' existence.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/caleb-lee-pizza-hut/
title: Did a Pizza Hut Manager Disparage U.S. Servicemembers?
review_date: 2017-02-02T05:02:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man named Caleb Lee asked for a military discount and was berated by a Pizza Hut manager for his purported sense of entitlement.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/22-clinton-foundation-employees-arrested/
title: Were 22 Clinton Foundation Employees Arrested on First Day of FBI Investigation?
review_date: 2018-01-08T05:23:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FBI arrested 22 employees of the Clinton Foundation on the first day of an investigation into alleged illegal activities.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnells-hands/
title: Is This a Photograph of Mitch McConnell's Bruised and Discolored Hands?
review_date: 2020-10-22T02:35:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An AP-distributed photograph shows Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hands looking bruised and discolored.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moab-radioactive-fallout/
title: Could the 'Mother of All Bombs' Produce Radioactive Fallout?
review_date: 2017-04-17T10:59:39Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Massive Ordnance Air Blast, first used by the United States military in April 2017, is capable of releasing toxic radiation into the atmosphere on a global scale.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/for-the-people-act-43-million/
title: Do Senators Who Support Voting Reform Bill Represent 43M More People Than Those Against?
review_date: 2021-06-23T05:33:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The 50 U.S. senators who voted in support of the For the People Act on June 22, 2021, effectively represent 43 million more people than those who voted against it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/who-director-arrested/
title: No, WHO Director-General Tedros Was Not Arrested
review_date: 2022-07-25T02:36:29Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was arrested for crimes against humanity.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scytl/
title: Obama Sold Vote Processing Rights to SCYTL?
review_date: 2012-04-11T10:35:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama has sold the tabulating of votes in U.S. national elections to Scytl, a Spanish company run by a donor to his campaign.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pence-rainbow-flags-iceland/
title: Was Mike Pence Greeted by a Widespread Display of LGBT Rainbow Flags in Iceland?
review_date: 2019-09-06T07:15:08Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was greeted by a widespread display of LGBT rainbow flags on his visit to Reykjavík, Iceland, in September 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/firing-squad-south-carolina/
title: Did South Carolina Legislators Pass a Bill Allowing Firing Squad Executions?
review_date: 2021-05-06T08:19:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2021, South Carolina lawmakers passed a bill that could allow for some death penalty executions to be carried out by firing squad.


text: President Trump refused to give federal support to California due to state's sanctuary cities.
url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-federal-aid-california/
review_date: 2017-02-13T02:55:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
title:
Did President Trump Refuse to Give Federal Aid to California Because of the State's Sanctuary Cities?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fentanyl-overdose-death/
title: Did Fentanyl Overdose Become Top Cause of Death for Adults Aged 18-45 in the US?
review_date: 2021-12-21T03:13:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2020 and 2021, CDC data showed that fentanyl overdose was the single leading cause of death among 18-45 year-olds in the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drag-queen-library/
review_date: 2017-10-18T02:37:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In October 2017, a "demonic" drag queen read a "sexually explicit" book to children at a Long Beach public library named after Michelle Obama.

title:
Did a Drag Queen in a 'Demonic' Outfit Read a Sexually Explicit Book to Children at a Public Library?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jill-biden-school-video/
title: 3 Million Views: Fake Video Depicts Schoolchild Yelling 'Shut the F*ck Up' at Jill Biden
review_date: 2023-08-29T13:53:18Z
textual_rating: Fake
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video from August 2023 authentically shows a child in a school yelling "Shut the f*ck up" at first lady Jill Biden.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/matt-gaetz-tweet-defund-fbi/
title: Did Matt Gaetz Suggest Defunding the FBI?
review_date: 2021-06-24T01:50:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz posted — and then deleted — a message on Twitter saying: "If Democrats want to defund the police, they should start with the FBI."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-grope-photograph/
title: Did Joe Biden Grope Stephanie Carter During a Government Ceremony?
review_date: 2017-10-27T03:27:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture shows Vice President Joe Biden groping Stephanie Carter, wife of former defense secretary Ash Carter, during a government ceremony.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-supremacist-democrat/
title: Was White Supremacist Who Killed Protester a Democrat Who Visited Obama in Oval Office?
review_date: 2017-08-16T05:30:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man who was either the organizer of the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia or the driver of the car that ran down protesters, killing one, is a Democrat who was photographed meeting President Obama in the Oval Office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-beat-biden/
title: Did Joe Biden Say He's 'Going to Beat Joe Biden'?
review_date: 2020-07-15T09:59:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said during a May 2020 interview with CNBC that "I'm going to beat Joe Biden."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-zimmerman-found-dead/
title: Was George Zimmerman Found Dead After Posting Pics of Trayvon Martin's Body?
review_date: 2016-01-22T04:48:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Zimmerman was found dead in January 2016, several months after a Twitter controversy involving photographs of Trayvon Martin's body.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lewis-carroll-magical-solution/
title: Did Lewis Carroll Say 'Everyone Wants a Magical Solution for Their Problem'?
review_date: 2020-01-16T08:47:59Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Author Lewis Carroll wrote that "Everyone wants a magical solution for their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/phone-outage-covid19-tracking-apps/
title: Did a Phone Service Outage Enable COVID-19 Tracking Apps To Be Placed in Phones?
review_date: 2020-06-23T05:39:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A cellular service outage on June 15, 2020, enabled Apple and Google to covertly install COVID-19 tracking apps onto phones.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mississippi-fractions/
title: Mississippi Fractions
review_date: 1999-08-13T04:06:00Z
textual_rating: Lost Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Mississippi state legislature removed fractions and decimal points from the mathematics curriculum of public secondary schools.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/red-lobster-facebook-post-scam/
title: This Facebook Post Offering Free Red Lobster Is a Scam
review_date: 2022-02-21T08:03:30Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Red Lobster is offering two free meals to Facebook users who click a link, share, and comment on the post.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zoo-animals-escape-floyd-protests/
title: Did Zoo Animals Escape During George Floyd Protests?
review_date: 2020-06-01T08:58:28Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show tigers, hippos, and giraffes that escaped from various zoos during widespread protests in May 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/our-deepest-fear/
title: Our Deepest Fear
review_date: 2012-08-23T18:53:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nelson Mandela said that "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maxine-waters-london-attack-climate-healthcare/
title: Did Maxine Waters Blame the London Attack on Climate and Healthcare 'Inaction'?
review_date: 2017-06-06T00:38:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Representative Maxine Waters said Muslims were being "pushed" into terrorism by "inaction" on climate change and healthcare.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-when-something-important-quote/
title: Did Elon Musk Say, 'When Something Is Important Enough, Do It, Even if Odds Are Not in Your Favor'?
review_date: 2023-02-12T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Elon Musk once said, "When something is important enough, you do it, even if the odds are not in your favor."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mother-shoots-pedophile-burglar/
title: Did a Mother 'Blow the Head Off' a Pedophile Attempting to Rape Her Child?
review_date: 2018-04-03T07:48:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A notorious pedophile was killed by a mother who blew his head off with a shotgun when he tried to rape her 12-year-old child.


title: Democratic Party Holding Emergency Meeting to Discuss Replacing Hillary Clinton?
review_date: 2016-09-12T08:48:45Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Democratic National Committee is meeting to consider replacing presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democratic-party-holding-emergency-meeting-to-discuss-replacing-hillary-clinton/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/super-blue-blood-moon/
title: Will There Be A 'Super Blue Blood Moon' This Week?
review_date: 2018-01-29T04:29:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A rare confluence of celestial events will bring what NASA terms a “super blue blood moon” to the skies on 31 January 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zero-heroes/
title: How Often Did the 1960s Dodgers 'Steal' 1-0 Victories?
review_date: 2004-08-21T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Los Angeles Dodgers of the Koufax/Drysdale era often won 1-0 games in which Maury Wills scored the lone run.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-microchips-tweet/
title: Bill Gates Tweets Joke About Microchips Conspiracy Theory
review_date: 2022-06-15T09:17:15Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates tweeted the joke, "I guess we finally ran out of microchips," in response to a previous tweet from "The Daily Show's" Twitter account.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-military-deaths-covid/
title: Did Biden Claim 6,114 Military COVID-19 Deaths When There Were 7?
review_date: 2020-10-05T03:57:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
While at a Michigan campaign event in September 2020, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden incorrectly stated that there had been 6,114 "military COVID deaths" and 118,984 "military COVID [infections]." There had been only seven.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/yoda-grover-miss-piggy-actor/
title: Were Yoda, Grover, and Miss Piggy All Voiced by the Same Actor?
review_date: 2022-05-02T07:06:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Frank Oz was the voice actor and performer behind the popular film/television characters of Yoda, Grover, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster, and Bert.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wing-and-a-prayer/
title: Wing and a Prayer
review_date: 2009-03-05T03:22:44Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The pilot of a disabled bomber went down with the plane in order to comfort a gunner trapped in a turret.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/serena-williams-sick-of-covid/
title: Did Tennis Star Serena Williams Write the Viral 'I'm Sick of COVID-19' Post?
review_date: 2020-06-24T02:29:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tennis star Serena Williams posted a message on social media that began, "I'm sick of COVID-19. I'm sick of black vs. white. I'm sick of Republicans vs. Democrats."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/church-mock-trump-sign/
title: Did Hampton United Methodist Church Mock Trump on its Sign?
review_date: 2017-01-19T03:41:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Hampton United Methodist Church called Donald Trump a pervert, a con artist, and a fascist on their church sign.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/among-us-chicken-nugget-sale/
title: Did 'Among Us'-Shaped Chicken Nugget Sell for Almost $100K?
review_date: 2021-06-05T02:47:20Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An "Among Us"-shaped McDonald's chicken nugget was listed on eBay as sold, with a winning bid of nearly $100,000.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wearing-kobe-jersey-battle/
title: Does a Photo Show a Man Fighting IS in a Kobe Jersey?
review_date: 2020-02-04T04:15:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a man fighting against the Islamic State with a rocket launcher while wearing a Kobe Bryant jersey.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/leftist-activists-loot-target/
title: Did 'Leftist Activists Loot Target To Protest Right-Wing Boycott of Target'?
review_date: 2023-05-26T17:48:46Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In May 2023, "leftist activists" looted a Target store in response to conservative boycotts of Target.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marisa-tomei-awarded-oscar-mistake/
title: Was Marisa Tomei Awarded an Oscar by Mistake?
review_date: 2000-01-17T11:53:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Marisa Tomei was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 because Oscar presenter Jack Palance read the wrong name by mistake.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/red-bull-bang-drug-tests-meth/
title: Do Energy Drinks Show Up as Various Illicit Substances in Drug Tests?
review_date: 2019-09-09T09:58:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Red Bull and Bang energy drinks test positive for various illicit or prescription drugs in substance or urine tests


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gander-housed-stranded-passengers/
title: Gander Hosted Stranded 9/11 Passengers
review_date: 2001-11-18T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Newfoundland town of Gander played host to thousands of airline passengers stranded there when American airspace was closed after the September 11 terrorist attacks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/supreme-court-islam-schools/
title: First Full Supreme Court Ruling in Over a Year Has Obama Furious?
review_date: 2017-04-17T13:46:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that " the only Islam taught to our children in public schools will be the history of Radical Islam and what they can do to help stop it."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-temperature-check-arrest/
title: Was Disney Guest Arrested After Refusing Temperature Check?
review_date: 2021-04-05T04:00:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man was arrested after skipping a temperature check screening tent at Disney Springs, and then refusing to leave the property.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-233-vote-steal-social-security/
title: Did 233 Representatives Vote to 'Steal' Social Security's $2.9 Trillion Surplus?
review_date: 2018-06-25T10:47:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
233 U.S. Representatives voted in April 2018 to use funds from Social Security's $2.9 trillion surplus in an effort to balance the budget.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russias-got-talent-accident/
title: Is This a 'Russia's Got Talent' Fatal Accident?
review_date: 2009-07-17T08:12:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video clip shows a 'Russia's Got Talent' contestant accidentally shooting his partner in the head with an arrow.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shipping-disruptions-communist-plot/
title: Are Container Ship Backups and Supply Chain Disruptions a Communist Plot?
review_date: 2021-10-18T05:15:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Increasing numbers of backed up cargo ships and supply chain disruptions across the United States were all manufactured as part of a communist plot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/psychedelic-grasshopper/
title: Is This an Authentic Photo of a Psychedelic-Colored Grasshopper?
review_date: 2021-09-18T03:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shared to Reddit in September 2021 showed a vibrantly hued grasshopper that was seen in Michigan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teddy-roosevelt-patriotic-quote/
title: Did Teddy Roosevelt Say 'Patriotism Means to Stand by the Country ... Not the President'?
review_date: 2020-01-15T02:34:57Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gates-foundation-building/
title: Is 'Center for Global Human Population Reduction' Inscribed on a Gates Foundation Building?
review_date: 2020-04-30T08:05:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows the words "Center for Global Human Population Reduction" inscribed on a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation building.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denver-airport-masked/
title: Does a 1994 Denver Airport Mural Show a Masked Global Population?
review_date: 2020-06-29T06:12:36Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows a mural painted in 1994 at Denver International Airport that shows citizens of the world wearing masks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-sheriffs-office-miami-dolphins-national-anthem/
title: Florida Sheriff’s Office Will Not Escort Miami Dolphins Until They Stand For National Anthem?
review_date: 2017-09-06T07:04:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A sheriff's department in Florida announced that they would not protect the Miami Dolphins during the 2017 season in retaliation to a player boycott of the National Anthem.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-army-holistic-medics/
title: Are New Army ‘Holistic Medics’ Treating Gunshot Wounds with Crystals and Essential Oils?
review_date: 2018-01-18T03:48:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New U.S. Army medics will be treating battlefield injuries with "alternative medicine" such as homeopathic dilutions and prayer beads.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-guns-confiscation/
title: Did Kamala Harris Say She'd Sign an Executive Order to Confiscate Guns?
review_date: 2019-04-30T10:33:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris said, "If elected [president] and you don't surrender your guns, I will sign an executive order and the police will show up at your door."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-samir-al-hajeed-sam-hyde/
title: Was the Texas Church Shooter a Muslim Convert Named 'Samir Al-Hajeed'?
review_date: 2017-11-06T02:34:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The gunman in a November 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas was identified as a Muslim convert named "Samir Al-Hajeed."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kareem-abdul-jabbar-will-smith/
title: Did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Criticize Will Smith for Slapping Chris Rock?
review_date: 2022-03-31T07:06:06Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2022, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a widely-shared message in which he strongly criticized Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/toyota-4runner-anniversary-giveaway-scam/
title: Toyota 4Runner 'Anniversary Giveaway' on Facebook Is a Scam
review_date: 2022-05-23T06:33:05Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Toyota announced on Facebook that it was giving away a 2021 Toyota 4Runner in celebration of the company’s 68th anniversary.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-rally-omaha/
title: Were Omaha Trump Rally Attendees Stranded in the Cold?
review_date: 2020-10-28T10:19:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Some attendees at U.S. President Donald Trump's October 2020 campaign rally in Nebraska were temporarily stranded in the cold after the event.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pearl-harbor-photographs/
title: Were Pearl Harbor Photographs Recently Found in an Old Camera?
review_date: 2006-11-08T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show images of the Pearl Harbor attack taken by a sailor in December 1941 and recently found in an old Brownie camera stored in a foot locker.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/submerged-roman-mosaic-turkey/
title: Is This an Authentic Photo of Submerged Roman Mosaics in Turkey?
review_date: 2021-05-17T04:32:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs that circulated online in May 2021 showed 2,000-year-old Roman mosaics submerged in Zeugma, Turkey.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-has-parkinsons-disease/
title: Did a Physician Confirm Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson's Disease?
review_date: 2016-09-08T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photos and video clips narrated by a medical doctor demonstrate that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton likely has Parkinson's disease.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/keanu-reeves-tragedy-quote/
title: Quoth Keanu?
review_date: 2015-11-20T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Keanu Reeves posted a message on his personal Facebook page about the difficulties he has overcome in life.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simpsons-predict-tom-hanks/
title: Did 'The Simpsons' Predict Tom Hanks' Role on Biden's Inauguration Day?
review_date: 2021-01-20T09:24:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"The Simpsons" predicted that Tom Hanks would host a television special on Inauguration Day in 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-abcs-vp-programming-cancel-roseanne/
title: Did ABC's Senior Vice President of Programming Mutafa Ka'Plese Decide to Cancel 'Roseanne'?
review_date: 2018-05-31T05:23:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The decision to cancel the show 'Roseanne' was made by ABC Senior Vice President of Programming Mutafa Ka'Plese.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/memphis-poll-black-lives-matter/
title: Was a Poll Worker Fired for Stopping Voters in 'Black Lives Matter' Shirts?
review_date: 2020-10-28T07:06:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In October 2020, an employee at a polling station in Memphis, Tennessee, was fired for targeting early voters wearing shirts with “Black Lives Matter” and other related language, and asking them to remove the messaging.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/meme-show-nancy-pelosi-district/
title: Does a Meme Show U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi's District in San Francisco?
review_date: 2019-08-08T09:02:16Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme shows the effects of "big government policies" on San Francisco, which is U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ufo-new-mexico-nevada-video/
title: Is This an Authentic Video of 3 UFOs Spotted over New Mexico or Nevada?
review_date: 2023-08-02T09:10:25Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video that went viral in August 2023 authentically depicted three UFOs spotted either over New Mexico or Nevada.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/smirnoff-trump-vodka-ad/
title: Did Smirnoff Troll President Trump in a Vodka Advertisement?
review_date: 2018-12-04T02:04:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows an advertisement for Smirnoff vodka containing an apparent dig at President Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-homework-trump-bias/
title: Is the Florida Homework Assignment About Trump and Media Bias Real?
review_date: 2022-09-07T09:41:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture shows a real homework assignment given to students at a Florida middle school, part of which cited press coverage of former U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that the 2020 election was "stolen" as an example of "bias."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/target-shop-with-a-cop/
title: Did Target End Its 'Shop with a Cop' Program?
review_date: 2020-07-27T09:50:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Target canceled its annual "Heroes & Helpers" program that pairs children with local police officers for holiday shopping trips.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fiercefemtivist-nurse-racist-parents/
title: Racist Parents Allowed Their Child to Die?
review_date: 2015-11-10T05:16:09Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A baby died at an unnamed medical facility because its parents refused to allow a black nurse to care for the child.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sheriffs-deputies-point-guns-teens/
title: Did LA Sheriff's Deputies Point Guns at Teenage Assault Victims?
review_date: 2020-08-12T07:57:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
While responding to a 911 assault report, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies pointed firearms at teenagers — two of whom were Black — after witnesses said the teens themselves were the victims of an attack by a knife-wielding man.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/indiana-egg-farmer-chicken-rectum/
title: Was Indiana Egg Farmer Taken to Hospital With Live Chicken in Rectum?
review_date: 2022-03-21T04:17:37Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Indiana egg farmer was transported to the hospital with a live, adult chicken stuck in his rectal cavity.


title: Democrat Principal Defecates In Front Of Students During Pledge Of Allegiance?
review_date: 2017-10-10T06:28:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A principal in Springfield, Ohio, was arrested for defecating on his desk during the Pledge of Allegiance.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrat-principal-defecates-in-front-of-students-during-pledge-of-allegiance/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/home-depot-coleman-tents/
title: Dangerous Home Depot Scam Promises Coleman Tent Giveaway
review_date: 2023-08-31T16:59:24Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A website says Home Depot is giving away Coleman-brand camping tents for free, as long as customers pay a small shipping and handling charge.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/does-trump-loving-celebrity-want-critics-to-move/
title: Does This Trump-Loving Celebrity Want Critics to Move Out of the United States?
review_date: 2017-11-27T05:32:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A famous actor defended President Donald Trump and said that people who criticize the chief executive should leave the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-abc-fire-joy-behar-from-the-view/
title: Did ABC Fire Joy Behar from 'The View'?
review_date: 2018-03-05T00:41:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
ABC fired Joy Behar from her job co-hosting "The View" after she made comments about Vice President Mike Pence's religious beliefs.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-soros-destroy-united-states/
title: Did George Soros Say His Life's Mission Is to Destroy the United States?
review_date: 2018-02-02T07:24:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Soros said "I've made my life's mission to destroy the United States. I hate this country and I hate all of the people in it."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-19-trump-tulsa-rally-june/
title: Do Tulsa Trump Rally Attendees Have To Sign COVID-19 Waiver?
review_date: 2020-06-16T03:25:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The reelection campaign for U.S. President Donald Trump required attendees reserving tickets for a June 20, 2020, rally in Tulsa to agree they will not sue the campaign or event organizers should they be exposed to COVID-19 at the event.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukrainian-armed-forces-bollywood/
title: Did Members of Ukraine's Armed Forces Help Make This Bollywood Video?
review_date: 2023-06-13T10:15:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces helped produce a Bollywood-style video that started going viral in May 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-maher-smokes-joint/
title: Bill Maher Smokes a Joint on 'Real Time'?
review_date: 2016-02-19T06:18:05Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bill Maher smoked a joint during a live broadcast of 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' and the FCC imposed a hefty fine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unobtainium-real/
title: Is 'Unobtainium' a Real Element?
review_date: 2020-12-17T08:22:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A substance dubbed "unobtainium" is a real chemical or a valid element included in the periodic table.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/submarine-toilet-paper-requisition/
title: Is This a Real Military Toilet Paper Requisition?
review_date: 2001-04-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A WWII submarine commander issued an archly humorous letter when his requisition for toilet paper was cancelled.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/time-magazine-cover-warnings/
title: Did Time Magazine Warn About Global Warming, Pandemic Years Ago?
review_date: 2020-04-09T03:04:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Time magazine covers from 2006 and 2017 highlighted articles warning about global warming and a pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-anthem-stance/
title: Obama Explains National Anthem Stance?
review_date: 2008-02-14T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Barack Obama said he would replace the U.S. national anthem with the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-pearls-election-day/
title: Did Voters Wear Pearls on Election Day To Honor Kamala Harris?
review_date: 2020-11-03T08:15:40Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the days leading up to the 2020 general election, social media users encouraged one another to wear pearls in honor of Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris, not the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mueller-report-no-obstruction/
title: Did Mueller Conclude Trump Committed 'No Obstruction' in the 2016 Election Probe?
review_date: 2019-07-26T05:05:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump is correct to say that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 presidential election found "no obstruction of justice."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-pulling-out-of-un/
title: Is the U.S. Pulling Out of the United Nations?
review_date: 2017-01-22T07:03:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
One of the first acts of the Trump administration was to seek the end of U.S. participation in the United Nations.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/44-cottonmouth-alabama-photo/
title: Is the '44-Inch Cottonmouth' Snake Photo on Facebook Real?
review_date: 2022-06-09T06:33:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture of a man using a pole to hold out a 44-inch cottonmouth snake in Lowndes County, Alabama, is real.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nike-rehire-michael-vick/
title: Did Nike Just Re-Hire Michael Vick?
review_date: 2019-04-08T02:47:47Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2019, Nike re-hired Michael Vick, a former NFL player who served prison time for facilitating dogfighting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-elite-average-games/
title: Are Australia's 'Elite Average Games' Real?
review_date: 2022-02-04T06:20:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Australia's "Elite Average Games," a real Olympic-style competition featuring average people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paula-white-vision-trump-horse/
title: Did Paula White Have a Vision of Trump Riding Alongside Jesus on a Golden Horse?
review_date: 2020-02-10T07:21:48Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
White House spiritual adviser Paula White said that God showed her a vision of "Trump riding alongside Jesus on a horse made of gold and jewels."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nicotine-non-fit/
title: Nicotine in Tim Hortons Coffee
review_date: 2003-01-19T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Tim Hortons chain of coffee and baked goods stores adds nicotine to its coffee to keep customers hooked on it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kfc-dearborn-shariah-law/
title: Does a KFC in Dearborn, Michigan Abide by 'Sharia Law'?
review_date: 2017-06-29T03:40:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
KFC in Dearborn uses separate lines for men and women, a menu written in Arabic, and abides by Shariah Law.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cigar-smoking-child/
title: Did Welfare Officials Have No Problem With This 3-Year-Old Cigar Aficionado?
review_date: 2022-12-03T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs from the 1920s show 3-year-old Bobby Quigley smoking a cigar after public welfare officials decided they had no problem with the practice.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steubenville-hacker-sentence/
title: Did Hacker Who 'Helped Expose' Steubenville Rape Face More Prison Time than Rapists?
review_date: 2019-12-11T00:52:31Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The hacker who "helped expose" the infamous Steubenville High School rape in Ohio faced more prison time than the rapists themselves.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maui-wildfires-caused-by-direct-energy-weapon/
title: Were 2023 Maui Fires Caused by a 'Direct Energy Weapon'?
review_date: 2023-08-10T17:25:48Z
textual_rating: Unfounded
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The August 2023 wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui were caused by a "direct energy weapon."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/el-indio-rancher/
review_date: 2019-01-21T04:39:31Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A group of migrant men who had kidnapped and raped a Mexican girl held a Texas rancher in El Indio at gunpoint.

title:
Did a Group of Migrant Men With a Kidnapped Mexican Girl Hold a Texas Rancher in El Indio at Gunpoint?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/halyna-hutchins-documentary-pedophile-rings/
title: Was Halyna Hutchins' Next Project a Sex Trafficking Documentary?
review_date: 2021-10-26T03:25:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Before her untimely death on a movie set in October 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was scheduled to start working on a documentary about Hollywood pedophile rings.


text: A woman's IQ skyrocketed to an historic 220 after she drank sperm or semen for a year.
title: Woman Develops IQ of 220 After Drinking Sperm Every Day for a Year
review_date: 2016-11-21T05:23:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-develops-iq-of-220-after-drinking-sperm-every-day-for-a-year/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/snowfall-in-the-sahara/
title: Snowfall in the Sahara
review_date: 2016-12-21T01:30:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On 19 December 2016 an amateur photographer snapped pictures of snow on the ground of the Algerian city of Ain Sefra, which borders the Sahara desert.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whistleblower-dating-schiff/
title: Is the Trump Whistleblower Dating Rep. Adam Schiff's Daughter?
review_date: 2020-02-04T02:54:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff's daughter is dating the alleged whistleblower at the center of the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aldi-facebook-scam/
title: SCAM ALERT: Aldi 75th Anniversary Facebook Giveaway
review_date: 2021-03-24T05:53:08Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Grocery store chain Aldi is offering a gift card plus "surprises" to Facebook users to commemorate its 75th anniversary.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-george-floyd-great-day/
title: Did Trump Say 'This Is a Great Day' for George Floyd?
review_date: 2020-06-05T05:28:07Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On June 5, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump stated during a talk about employment numbers that it was a "great day" for George Floyd, a black man who was killed May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-multiple-languages/
title: Is Melania Trump Fluent in Five Languages?
review_date: 2019-12-30T02:08:09Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
First lady Melania Trump speaks five languages fluently: Slovenian, English, French, Italian, and German.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elizabeth-warren-staff-pay/
title: Elizabeth Warren Pays Female Staffers Less Than Their Male Counterparts?
review_date: 2017-04-06T04:54:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An analysis determined that Senator Elizabeth Warren pays her female staffers less than their male counterparts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/germany-fine-twitter-hate-speech/
title: Was Twitter Fined $30B for Violating Hate Speech Laws in Germany?
review_date: 2023-04-12T16:53:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In mid-April, 2023, Twitter, under Elon Musk's leadership, was fined $30 billion for allegedly violating hate speech laws in Germany.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-florida-school-shooter-democrat/
title: Was the Florida School Shooter a Registered Democrat?
review_date: 2018-02-16T01:49:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The gunman suspected of killing at least seventeen people at a school in Florida in February 2018 was a registered Democrat.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-rudd-seth-rogen-massage/
title: Did Paul Rudd Prank Seth Rogen With a Surprise Massage?
review_date: 2021-07-06T07:10:50Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Paul Rudd pranked Seth Rogen by sneaking in and pretending to be his masseuse while Seth Rogen was getting a massage in a Las Vegas hotel.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tower-name-changed-to-dump-tower-in-google-maps/
title: Trump Tower Name Changed to 'Dump Tower' In Google Maps
review_date: 2016-11-26T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A prankster changed the name of Trump Tower to Dump Tower in Google Maps briefly on 26 November 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-hanks-volleyball-coronavirus/
title: Was Tom Hanks Given a Wilson Volleyball in Coronavirus Quarantine?
review_date: 2020-03-12T01:54:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Staff at Gold Coast Hospital in Australia rolled in a Wilson volleyball to keep Tom Hanks company in quarantine after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ohio-voter-fraud/
title: Did Ohio's 12th Congressional District Have 170 Fraudulent 'Voters' Over 116 Years Old?
review_date: 2018-08-16T03:55:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ohio's 12th Congressional District recorded 170 fraudulent votes cast in August 2018 by persons with birthdates earlier than 1902.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-payroll-tax/
title: Is Trump Blocking COVID-19 Aid in Favor of Tax Cuts That Would Drain Social Security?
review_date: 2020-07-28T09:28:03Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump is withholding coronavirus relief until Congress agrees to payroll tax cuts that would effectively jeopardize Social Security funding.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/squarespace-scam-email-membership/
title: Don't Fall for This Squarespace-Wix Email Scam — Your Payments are in Danger
review_date: 2023-08-29T13:13:52Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An email from squarespace_usa@icloud.com authentically claims, "Your Squarespace Membership Is On Hold."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fema-hazard-pay-covid-19/
title: Is FEMA Offering Hazard Pay Due to COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-07-30T05:28:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing $4,800 in hazard pay to those who have been working during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-officials-iran-policy/
title: Were Ex-Obama Officials 'Caught Advising Iran How to Defeat US Foreign Policy'?
review_date: 2020-01-07T05:54:26Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former Barack Obama administration officials were "caught advising Iran how to defeat U.S. foreign policy."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/don-sutton-never-missed-start/
title: Don Sutton Never Missed a Start in His Career?
review_date: 2021-05-22T02:00:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pitcher Don Sutton never missed a start due to illness or injury in his 23-year major league career.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-plans-reverse-marriage-equality-elected-president/
title: Trump Plans to Reverse Marriage Equality as President?
review_date: 2016-02-01T01:24:01Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump said he'd overturn the Supreme Court's marriage equality decision if elected president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/surgeon-general-against-masks/
title: Did the US Surgeon General Recommend the Public Not Wear Masks?
review_date: 2020-05-13T07:13:31Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has said that the general public should not wear or buy masks to protect against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-release-gmo-mosquitoes/
title: Bill Gates Releasing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in Florida? Here's the Whole Story
review_date: 2021-06-03T06:05:51Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided funding to genetically modify — and release — mosquitoes in various locations, including Florida.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/forever-stamps-slower-mail/
title: (Takes) Forever Stamps
review_date: 2016-03-14T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
USPS "Forever Stamps" are considered "second-class mail," and items sent with those stamps are processed more slowly.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/partial-solar-eclipse-over-giza/
title: Is This a Real Image of a Partial Solar Eclipse Over the Great Pyramid of Giza?
review_date: 2022-11-06T06:00:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photograph online is an authentic depiction of a partial solar eclipse seen over the Great Pyramid of Giza.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barbara-bush-beautiful-mind/
title: Barbara Bush 'Beautiful Mind' Quote
review_date: 2005-08-15T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Barbara Bush said of the war in Iraq: 'Why should we hear about body bags and deaths? It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/canada-dry/
title: Why Is Canada Dry?
review_date: 2006-10-05T16:06:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Canada Dry beverage company got its name because it produced alcohol-free beverages during Prohibition.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-death-penalty/
title: Did Trump Admin Execute More People in 5 Months Than Feds Did in Past 50 Years?
review_date: 2020-11-30T09:11:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trump administration executed more people in five months than the federal government executed during the previous five decades.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tweet-echo-mein-kampf/
title: Does This Trump Tweet Echo 'Mein Kampf'?
review_date: 2020-02-12T04:16:32Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump attacking the press echoes a passage from Hitler's "Mein Kampf."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-roe-v-wade-quote/
title: Did Joe Biden Once Say That Roe v. Wade "Went Too Far"?
review_date: 2019-05-17T07:13:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joe Biden once said that Roe v. Wade — the U.S. Supreme Court case that protects a pregnant woman's freedom to choose whether to have an abortion — went too far.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russell-johnson-44-combat-missions/
title: Did Actor Russell Johnson Fly 44 Combat Missions in WWII?
review_date: 2022-06-17T09:40:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Russell Johnson, who played "The Professor" in the U.S. television series "Gilligan's Island," flew 44 combat missions as a bombardier during World War II.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-police-opened-gates/
title: Does Video Show Capitol Police Opening Gates for Rioters?
review_date: 2021-01-06T09:08:43Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shot from the north side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, showed police opening "gates" to allow rioters in.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rhode-island-governor-seize-guns/
title: Did Rhode Island's Governor Sign an Executive Order to Seize Guns?
review_date: 2018-03-03T01:30:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The governor of Rhode Island signed an executive order allowing the federal government to confiscate people's firearms.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dash-baby-cradle/
title: Did Old Chevy Corvairs Have a 'Dash Baby Cradle'?
review_date: 2023-02-14T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Chevrolet promoted the portion of the 1960 Corvair behind the passenger seats as a "baby cradle" that was "a safe, comfortable way to carry your baby" because it was the "warmest place in the car … and the vibrations from the engine would lull the baby to sleep."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jim-jordan-abortion-tweet/
title: Jim Jordan's Tweet Scoffing at Story About 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Deleted
review_date: 2022-07-13T09:08:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A tweet later deleted from Republican Rep. Jim Jordan's Twitter account dismissed the claim that a 10-year-old girl was raped in his home state of Ohio and had to cross state lines to receive an abortion as "another lie."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joanna-gaines-keto-weight-loss-gummies-scam/
title: Joanna Gaines Never Endorsed Keto Gummies for Weight Loss
review_date: 2023-05-26T12:47:55Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online post or article says that "Fixer Upper" television star Joanna Gaines endorsed keto gummies for weight loss or an "intermittent keto routine."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/baby-ibuprofen-2019-recall/
title: Did the FDA Announce a Baby Ibuprofen Recall in December 2019?
review_date: 2019-12-31T07:14:10Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In December 2019, the FDA reported that Tris Pharma had announced a voluntary recall of several infant ibuprofen products.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/norway-surplus-apples-for-free/
title: Are Surplus Apples Hung for Free From Fences in Norway to Feed the Hungry?
review_date: 2019-08-19T06:00:33Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
It's common practice in Norway to give away surplus apples to help feed the hungry by hanging them in bags from a fence.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-steal-election-day-red-mirage/
title: Did ABC News Reveal the States Democrats Would ‘Steal’ on Election Day After ‘Red Mirage’?
review_date: 2022-11-08T12:29:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
ABC News revealed that a “red mirage,” or an apparent GOP win, could occur in battleground states in 2022 midterm elections until those states were "stolen" by the Democrats.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coca-cola-nazi-ad-germany/
title: Did Coca-Cola Run 'Coke Ist Es' Ads in Nazi Germany?
review_date: 2021-06-03T06:01:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A design containing the phrase "Coke ist es" ("Coke is it") was an authentic, Nazi-era advertisement for Coca-Cola.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/newsom-french-laundry/
title: Did Gavin Newsom Dine in Napa with Lobbyists During COVID?
review_date: 2021-03-16T03:51:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom dined with lobbyists at a Napa Valley restaurant in November 2020 during the COVID pandemic and was photographed without a protective mask while away from the table.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/turkey-earthquake-old-unrelated-photos/
title: Turkey Earthquake: Watch Out for Old, Unrelated Photos
review_date: 2023-02-07T14:12:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A tweet shows four pictures from the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria in early February 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-trump-accuser/
title: Does This Photo Show Trump With E. Jean Carroll?
review_date: 2019-06-25T07:18:36Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photograph shows Donald Trump with E. Jean Carroll, who's accused him of past sexual assault, proving he was lying when he said he didn't know her.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/journal-endorses-911-conspiracy-theory/
title: Did a European Scientific Journal Conclude 9/11 Was a Controlled Demolition?
review_date: 2016-10-09T15:44:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The European Scientific Journal, a peer-reviewed academic publication, concluded that the collapse of the Twin Towers and World Trade Center Building 7 on 11 September 2001 was the result of a controlled demolition.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/historical-illustration-meteor-shower/
title: Is This a Historical Illustration of a Real Meteor Shower?
review_date: 2022-11-15T15:28:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A fiery illustration of a celestial event shows an actual, particularly intense meteor shower that took place 1833.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/recurring-donation-dec/
title: Is Trump Campaign Auto-Checking A "Recurring Donation" Option That Ends in December?
review_date: 2020-11-06T06:32:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trump Campaign's fundraising platform is soliciting recurring donations until mid-December and automatically checking the box that authorizes this option.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fat-boy/
title: Harley-Davidson Fat Boy
review_date: 2000-11-07T16:05:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Harley-Davidson's 'Fat Boy' motorcycle was designed to represent the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-cuomo-pay-raise/
title: Did Gov. Cuomo Just Get a $71,000 Pay Raise?
review_date: 2020-05-20T06:37:58Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York recently received a little-publicized $71,000 pay raise that made him the highest paid governor in the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-wwii-chairs/
title: Abandoned Polish Wedding Chairs
review_date: 2015-07-14T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph depicts chairs left in a Polish forest after a 1939 wedding was canceled due to the start of World War II.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-photo-kids-trump/
title: Did Biden Take Photo with Kids in Trump Hats?
review_date: 2021-09-14T02:44:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows U.S. President Joe Biden with several children wearing memorabilia for former President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/malia-obama-streaking-harvard/
title: Was Malia Obama Busted While Streaking at Harvard?
review_date: 2018-01-21T12:31:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Malia Obama was arrested after being caught drinking while underage and running naked across the Harvard campus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/monthly-refugee-benefits/
title: Do 'Illegal' Refugees Receive $3,874 Per Month from the Government?
review_date: 2017-11-15T07:33:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Each refugee in Canada receives $3,874 every month from the government under the Resettlement Assistance Program.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-blocked-investigating-russian-hacks/
title: Mitch McConnell Blocked New Bipartisan Panel From Investigating Russian Hacks?
review_date: 2016-12-27T04:18:27Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell blocked a bipartisan committee from investigating purported Russian hacks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-hold-bible-upside-down/
title: Did Trump Hold the Bible Upside Down?
review_date: 2020-06-25T02:06:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump was photographed holding the Bible upside down outside St John's Episcopal church on June 1, 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/navy-destroyer-collides-building-downtown-houston/
title: Navy Destroyer Collides with Building in Downtown Houston?
review_date: 2017-08-30T03:32:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Navy Destroyer crashed into a building in downtown Houston after Hurricane Harvey flooded the city in August 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-jumped-in-bird-box-stunt/
title: Did a Man Performing the ‘Bird Box Challenge’ Get Jumped and Mugged?
review_date: 2019-01-04T01:35:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Anthony Hanes was mugged in a "drug dealing neighborhood" while doing an online challenge inspired by the movie "Bird Box."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/martin-luther-king-stamp/
title: Martin Luther King Stamp
review_date: 2000-06-07T03:50:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United States Postal Service's new "I Have a Dream" stamp honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be discontinued and recalled if not enough postal customers purchase them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-karason-colloidal-silver/
review_date: 2022-01-14T07:26:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Publicity surrounding Paul Karason, who turned blue from using colloidal silver as a health remedy, was disinformation to scare people away from using it.

title:
No, the Case of Paul Karason Wasn't 'Disinformation' To Scare People Away from Using Colloidal Silver


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uganda-murder-gay-chick-fil-a/
title: Did Chick-fil-A Help Fund an Anti-LGBT Death Penalty Law in Uganda?
review_date: 2019-10-15T03:55:56Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In October 2019, Chick-fil-A's charitable donations were contributing to efforts to introduce the death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tweet-doctored-racist-baby/
title: Did Trump Tweet a Doctored Video of a 'Racist Baby'?
review_date: 2020-06-19T02:58:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted a doctored video with a manipulated CNN chyron of a supposedly "racist baby" chasing a Black toddler.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-bill-growing-food/
title: Were Australian Lawmakers Considering Ban on People Growing Food?
review_date: 2022-05-17T01:40:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In spring 2022, officials in the Australian state of Victoria were considering legislation that would prohibit people from growing their own food.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-snuff-film/
title: Frazzledrip: Is a Hillary Clinton 'Snuff Film' Circulating on the Dark Web?
review_date: 2018-04-16T11:23:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An "extreme snuff film" in which Hillary Clinton and aide Huma Abedin are seen raping and mutilating a prepubescent girl is circulating on the dark web under the code name "Frazzledrip."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/raw-water-provide-probiotic-health-benefits/
title: Does 'Raw Water' Provide Probiotic Health Benefits?
review_date: 2018-01-11T04:13:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Drinking untreated spring water, marketed as "raw water," provides health benefits because they are "probiotic."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/demon-appear-biden-speech/
title: Did a Demon Appear at Biden's Speech?
review_date: 2021-05-03T06:33:19Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a demon standing in the back of the room during President Joe Biden's 2021 joint address to Congress.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gun-deaths-wars/
title: Do U.S. Gun Deaths Since 1968 Outnumber Deaths in All American Wars?
review_date: 2017-10-12T12:59:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Since 1968, more Americans have been killed by guns than have been killed in all wars in U.S. history.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joel-osteen-resigned-lakewood/
title: Did Joel and Victoria Osteen Resign from Lakewood Church?
review_date: 2023-06-07T16:55:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joel Osteen and his wife, Victoria Osteen, announced in June 2023 that they would be resigning from their pastorship with Lakewood Church.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wisconsin-clerk-blocks-campus-voting/
title: Wisconsin Clerk Blocks Campus Voting Because Students Lean Democratic?
review_date: 2016-10-25T07:34:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An e-mail proves that a Wisconsin city clerk was trying to prevent students from voting because they are Democrats.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/put-paid/
title: Were Stocks of Airlines Suspiciously Shorted Just Before 9/11?
review_date: 2001-10-03T15:47:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the days just prior to the September 11 attacks, large quantities of stock in United and American Airlines were traded by persons with foreknowledge of the upcoming 9/11 attacks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simpsons-mayor-bahamas-trip/
title: Did 'The Simpsons' Mayor Say He Canceled Trip to the Bahamas While in the Bahamas?
review_date: 2021-02-18T03:27:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an episode of "The Simpsons," Mayor Quimby says he is canceling a trip to the Bahamas while he's in the Bahamas, because of an ongoing epidemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/irs-impersonation-telephone-scam/
title: IRS Impersonation Telephone Scam
review_date: 2015-05-06T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Callers pretend to be IRS fraud division employees and tell victims they owe tax monies that must be paid immediately to avoid arrest or other criminal penalties.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sinking-library/
title: The Sinking Library
review_date: 2000-05-04T15:45:30Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A famed college library is sinking into the ground because its architect failed to take the weight of the books into account.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-relief-funds-us-uk/
title: Does Meme Accurately Compare US COVID Relief Funds to Other Countries'?
review_date: 2020-12-11T03:01:14Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme accurately shows how countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, U.K., and the U.S. are providing stimulus relief funds to their economies reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/superman-bisexual/
title: Yes, the New Superman Came Out as Bisexual
review_date: 2021-10-17T02:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Superman of Earth Jon Kent, son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, joins the DC Comics Multiverse and comes out as bisexual.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schumer-500k-donation/
title: Did Chuck Schumer Receive $500K Donation from 'Pro-Illegal Alien' Group Just Before Vote?
review_date: 2018-01-21T10:32:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New York senator Chuck Schumer accepted a campaign donation of half a million dollars from pro-immigration groups just prior to a crucial Congressional vote.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-120million-deaths-covid19/
title: Did Biden Say 120 Million People Had Died from COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-06-29T07:17:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On June 25, 2020, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden incorrectly said 120 million people had died of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-carlson-dan-white-society/
title: Was Tucker Carlson in the Dan White Society?
review_date: 2021-04-22T02:40:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fox News host Tucker Carlson was listed as a member of the "Dan White Society" in his college yearbook.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-rfk-comment/
title: Hillary Clinton Referenced RFK Assassination as Reason to Continue 2008 Campaign
review_date: 2016-08-10T06:59:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton cited Robert F. Kennedy's June 1968 assassination as a reason to remain in the presidential race against Barack Obama in 2008.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/darlings-democratic-party/
title: Does This Photograph Show 'Darlings of the Democrat Party'?
review_date: 2019-01-27T14:16:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows four Democratic congresswomen posing with a portrait of Osama bin Laden and an ISIS flag.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lightning-striking-christ-redeemer-statue/
title: Does Viral Photo Show Lightning Striking the Christ Redeemer Statue?
review_date: 2023-02-16T10:06:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photo authentically shows lightning striking the Christ Redeemer Statue near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/halloween-friday-13th/
title: Does Halloween Fall on Friday the 13th for the First Time in 666 Years?
review_date: 2014-10-07T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a particular year, Halloween did (or will) fall on Friday the 13th for the first time in 666 years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-executive-order-colds-er/
title: Did the President Sign an Order Prohibiting Emergency Room Visits for Colds?
review_date: 2017-02-01T05:06:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump signed an Executive Order prohibiting ER visits for patients complaining solely of a cold.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-tyson-anti-vaccine-shirt/
title: Mike Tyson's Anti-Vaccine Shirt Photo Is Fake
review_date: 2021-07-01T02:21:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows former boxer Mike Tyson wearing a shirt that says "I believe in God, not in vaccines."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nfl-refunds/
title: Cleveland Browns Forced to Issue Refunds to 90 Percent of Season Ticket Holders?
review_date: 2017-09-25T03:02:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In September 2017, the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers refunded season tickets in light of protests by players during the National Anthem.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/castle-monty-python-holy-grail/
title: Were Castle Scenes in ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ Shot at One Castle?
review_date: 2021-04-17T04:21:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
All of the castles depicted in the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” are actually just Scotland’s Castle Doune, shot from numerous creative angles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-walkers-ghost/
title: Was Paul Walker's Ghost Spotted on a 'Fast and Furious' Movie Set?
review_date: 2017-04-21T01:39:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image shows the ghost of Paul Walker on the set of the eighth movie in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/garbage-truck-woman/
title: Did a Garbage Truck Violently Throw a Woman off a Bench?
review_date: 2021-05-17T04:19:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a woman being violently thrown off a bus stop bench by a garbage truck collection arm.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bruce-lee-ping-pong/
title: Did Bruce Lee Play Ping-Pong with Nunchaku?
review_date: 2012-11-27T08:20:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video clip shows martial arts star Bruce Lee expertly playing ping-pong using nunchaku rather than a paddle.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmy-carter-woman-president-quote/
title: Jimmy Carter on the First Woman President
review_date: 2016-06-17T04:36:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jimmy Carter said that the novelty of electing a woman president should not outweigh the duty of electing an honest president.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/military-trump-60-days/
title: Does Trump Control US Military for 60 Days After Leaving Office?
review_date: 2021-02-12T07:26:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Under former U.S. President Donald Trump, Congress passed a law that gives outgoing presidential administrations control of American armed forces after Inauguration Day, for up to 60 days.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-social-security-blm-defense/
title: Did Pelosi Move $2.4B from Social Security for BLM Legal Defense?
review_date: 2020-11-04T04:03:45Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi diverted $2.4 billion from Social Security to cover the legal defense of Black Lives Matter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/starbucks-plastic-straws/
title: Is Starbucks Replacing Plastic Straws with Paper Straws Wrapped in Plastic?
review_date: 2018-08-01T03:31:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Starbucks is replacing single-use plastic straws with paper straws wrapped in single-use plastic packaging.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nick-saban-endorse-joe-biden/
title: Did Nick Saban Endorse Joe Biden?
review_date: 2020-09-03T05:58:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden touted University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban's endorsement on Facebook.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/val-kilmer-im-your-huckle-bearer/
title: Did Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday Say 'I'm Your Huckle Bearer,' Not 'Huckleberry'?
review_date: 2022-09-30T09:59:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Val Kilmer, while portraying gunslinger Doc Holliday in the 1993 Western film "Tombstone," repeated the catchphrase, "I'm your huckle bearer," not "I'm your huckleberry," as is commonly thought.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-solar-panels-night-power/
title: Could ‘Anti-Solar Panels’ Use Deep Space to Generate Power at Night?
review_date: 2021-03-03T01:48:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new technology known as “anti-solar panels” could one day produce energy at night from deep space in much the same way that solar panels operate during the day.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pyramid-scotland-mountain/
title: Mysterious 'Pyramid' Was Caught on Camera Atop Scottish Mountain?
review_date: 2023-09-04T09:28:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shared to X (formally Twitter) in August 2023 genuinely showed a “pyramid” on top of a mountain in Scotland.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vote-for-trump-or-else/
title: Did Dem Voters Receive 'Vote for Trump or Else' Emails Linked to Overseas Servers?
review_date: 2020-10-26T06:50:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Some registered Democratic Party voters in Alaska and Florida received emails U.S. authorities say were part of a foreign disinformation campaign threatening recipients to “Vote for Trump or else!”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-exotic-prostate-cancer/
title: Did Joe Exotic Say He Had Prostate Cancer?
review_date: 2021-05-16T04:44:12Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Joe Exotic, the reality star behind the Netflix “Tiger King” docuseries, announced in May 2021 that he had prostate cancer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-passport-salisbury-poison-attack/
title: Did British Police Find Putin's Passport at the Scene of the Salisbury Poison Attack?
review_date: 2018-03-19T04:02:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
British police found Russian president Vladimir Putin's passport at the scene of a chemical attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-berkeley-busing/
title: Did Kamala Harris 'Lie' About Being in the Second Integrated Class in Berkeley?
review_date: 2019-06-28T09:57:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sen. Kamala Harris lied about being in the second racially integrated class at Berkeley Public Schools.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-t-tweet-comparing-trump-to-satan/
title: Did Ice-T Tweet This About Comparing Trump to Satan?
review_date: 2022-11-24T10:00:01Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ice-T once tweeted, "I can't believe people are comparing Trump to Satan. Yes, he's evil, but he's certainly not as evil as Trump."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pandemicide-trump-covid/
title: Is 'Pandemicide' a New Word Coined To Describe Trump's COVID-19 Response?
review_date: 2021-02-25T08:09:09Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The word "pandemicide" was coined in response to the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anderson-cooper-laughing-at-kellyanne-conway/
title: Is Anderson Cooper Laughing at Kellyanne Conway?
review_date: 2017-02-06T02:40:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Anderson Cooper laughing uncontrollably after Kellyanne Conway used the phrase "alternative facts."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/guess-bag-sales-rip-off-telfar/
title: Did Guess Stop Bag Sales After Being Accused of Ripping Off the Telfar Bag?
review_date: 2021-03-30T07:27:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In late March 2021, fashion company Guess, Inc. discontinued sales of one of its bags after the company was accused by many on the internet of ripping off the Telfar bag’s look.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/las-vegas-raiders-i-can-breathe/
title: Yes, the Las Vegas Raiders Tweeted 'I Can Breathe' After Chauvin Conviction
review_date: 2021-04-21T01:30:22Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In April 2021, the Las Vegas Raiders tweeted out the words "I can breathe," after ex-cop Derek Chauvin's conviction for killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck. .


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chad-nishimura-mandalay-bay-las-vegas/
title: Did a Mandalay Bay Hotel Worker 'Vanish' After Giving an Interview?
review_date: 2017-10-16T11:18:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mandalay Bay Hotel worker Chad Nishimura "vanished" after giving a reporter a description of the suspected Las Vegas gunman that clashed with the "official narrative."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ultimate-slip-n-slide-diarrhea/
title: Did NBC's ‘Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide’ Delay Shooting Due to ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak?
review_date: 2021-06-14T09:04:31Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2021, NBC’s new reality show “Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide” delayed filming after an outbreak of giardia caused “explosive diarrhea.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-suppressed-haitis-minimum-wage/
title: Did Hillary Clinton Suppress Haiti's Minimum Wage?
review_date: 2016-04-05T05:05:11Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton artificially depressed Haiti's minimum wage; that action was part of a larger plan by the Clinton Foundation to profit from the country.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-build-cages-immigrants/
title: Did Obama Admin Build Cages That House Immigrant Children at U.S.-Mexico Border?
review_date: 2019-07-02T03:15:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Obama administration, not the Trump administration, built the cages that hold many immigrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fallen-angel/
title: Did a Woman Fall Upon and Kill Her Husband in a Suicide Attempt?
review_date: 2001-07-22T04:13:20Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A disconsolate abandoned wife tries to end it all by jumping out the apartment window; she accidentally lands on her errant husband and kills him but walks away unscathed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ford-kaepernick-ad-campaign/
title: Did Ford Make Colin Kaepernick the Face of Their New Ad Campaign?
review_date: 2018-09-10T09:31:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ford USA announced in September 2018 that Colin Kaepernick would star in their new "Built Ford Tough" advertisements.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-nothing-to-worry-about/
title: Did Fauci Say There Was 'Nothing to Worry About' in Regards to COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-04-14T08:14:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Anthony Fauci said there was "nothing to worry about" in late February 2020 in regards to COVID-19 and it was "safe" to do things like go to the movies and the gym.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gareth-southgate-waistcoat/
title: Did Gareth Southgate Wear an 'It's Coming Home' Waistcoat?'
review_date: 2018-07-06T03:43:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Gareth Southgate wearing a waistcoat with the words "It's Coming Home" repeatedly written on it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zuckerberg-musk-cheating-tweet/
title: Did Zuckerberg Tweet to Musk, 'Speaking of Cheating, You Had an Affair with Sergey Brin's Wife'?
review_date: 2023-07-07T10:43:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mark Zuckerberg responded to a tweet from Elon Musk about cheating by posting, "Speaking of cheating, you had an affair with Sergey Brin's wife last year."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-good-news-list-accurate/
title: Is This 'Good News' List About the COVID-19 Pandemic Accurate?
review_date: 2020-03-19T08:39:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral list notes numerous "good news" items related to the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/secret-service-testify-against-trump/
title: Were Trump's Secret Service Agents Called in To 'Testify Against' Him?
review_date: 2023-04-04T16:13:37Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Secret Service agents for Donald Trump were called in by a grand jury investigating Trump's handling of classified documents to "testify against" him.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/equifax-breach-settlement/
title: Can Eligible People Get Money From the Equifax Breach Settlement?
review_date: 2019-07-26T04:03:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Equifax compensation settlement reported in July 2019 was authentic and potentially allowed members of the public to claim monetary benefits.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bodes-very-well-mcdaniel/
title: Did RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Say Possible Debt Default 'Bodes Very Well' for GOP Field?
review_date: 2023-05-26T14:03:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said that a possible U.S. debt default "bodes very well for the Republican field in 2024."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-text-tax/
title: Is California Imposing a 5-Cent Tax on Text Messages to Fund Free Phones for Immigrants?
review_date: 2018-12-17T12:04:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
California plans to tax residents 5 cents per text message, with the money going toward free phones for undocumented immigrants.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/poop-diving-job-australia/
title: Is 'Poop Diving' a Real Job in Australia?
review_date: 2021-02-01T06:40:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In Australia, some people have to conduct repairs on machines used to help decompose sewage by diving into poop and other kinds of refuse.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-tweet-willie-mays/
title: Did Pelosi Tweet Use Photo of Wrong Athlete in Tribute to Willie Mays?
review_date: 2021-05-08T04:30:37Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On May 6, 2021, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Twitter account shared a 90th birthday tribute to baseball player Willie Mays but included a picture of Willie McCovey, another Black athlete.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sweden-consent-sex/
title: Do People in Sweden Have to Sign a 'Consent Form' Before Having Sex?
review_date: 2018-01-26T03:42:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A forthcoming law means people in Sweden will have to carry a signed "sex consent card" to avoid allegations of rape.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-words-national-anthem/
title: Does Donald Trump Not Know the Words to the National Anthem?
review_date: 2018-01-10T07:56:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video of President Donald Trump apparently struggling to get the words right while singing along with the national anthem proves that he doesn't know what they are.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-india-earthquake/
title: Did NASA Warn of an Impending Earthquake in India?
review_date: 2018-03-22T09:09:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In March 2018, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration "predicted" a major earthquake for Delhi, India, several weeks in advance.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tlaibs-son-arrested-christmas-tree/
title: Was US Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Son Arrested For Setting Fire To City Hall Christmas Tree?
review_date: 2019-12-30T05:49:53Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's son was arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a municipal Christmas tree.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-u-s-military-forced-observe-ramadan/
title: U.S. Military Forced to Observe Ramadan?
review_date: 2014-03-31T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. troops stationed in Muslim countries are being ordered to fast and practice Sharia law during Ramadan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bad-medicine/
title: Fraud at the CDC Uncovered?
review_date: 2014-08-25T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Data suppressed by the CDC proved that the MMR vaccine produces a 340% increased risk of autism in African-American boys.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-fall-poland/
title: Did Biden Fall While Going Up Stairs to Air Force One in Poland?
review_date: 2023-02-23T12:49:58Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Joe Biden tripped and fell while climbing up stairs to Air Force One as he left Poland on Feb. 22, 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mussolini-equal-voting-rights/
title: Did Mussolini Say This About Equal Voting Rights?
review_date: 2022-11-04T14:12:03Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini once said, "When I said I supported equal voting rights, I meant men shouldn't vote either."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/porsche-suv-police-truck-video/
title: Video of SUV Driving Up Truck Ramp To Escape Cops Is Digital Animation
review_date: 2022-09-21T07:46:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a real, high-speed police chase in which a Porsche Cayenne SUV drove up a ramp to hide in the back of a truck.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trophy-hunter-eaten-by-lions/
title: Was a Trophy Hunter Eaten Alive by Lions after He Killed 3 Baboon Families?
review_date: 2019-03-25T04:27:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A trophy hunter was eaten alive by lions in March 2019 after he killed three baboon families at the Ingwelala Private Nature Reserve.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/video-mlk-republican/
title: Does This Video Prove Martin Luther King Was a Republican?
review_date: 2019-01-23T04:38:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s niece saying he was a Republican proves he the civil rights leader was affiliated with that party.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/orca-in-flooded-street/
title: This Is Not a Real Pic of an Orca in a Flooded City Street
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textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A viral photograph authentically shows an orca (killer whale) in a city street flooded by Hurricane Ian.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-woman-choice/
title: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweet a Woman's 'Greatest Choice' Is Becoming a Mother?
review_date: 2022-05-18T08:57:44Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
On May 17, 2022, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, tweeted: “The greatest choice a woman can make is becoming a mother.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/galapagos-military-air-base/
title: Did Ecuador Give the U.S. Military Permission to Use Galápagos Island Airfield?
review_date: 2019-06-19T02:33:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In June 2019, Ecuador's government announced a plan for U.S. military aircraft to use the Galápagos Island of San Cristóbal for refueling.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oregon-bill-starving-people/
title: Is an Oregon Bill Designed to “Allow Starving Mentally Ill Patients to Death”?
review_date: 2019-03-05T09:44:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A bill before the Oregon state legislature is “designed to allow for the starving of patients with dementia or mental illness" to death.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/minkus-became-chanel-west-coast/
title: Did Stuart Minkus Become Chanel West Coast?
review_date: 2015-07-20T03:47:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The actor who played Stuart Minkus on the television series Boy Meets World become the actress Chanel West Coast.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mueller-yanukovych-photo/
title: Is This a Photograph of Robert Mueller Meeting with Viktor Yanukovych?
review_date: 2018-12-10T03:51:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows former FBI director Robert Mueller meeting with former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych in 2013.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/great-lakes-crossing-human-trafficking-rumor/
title: Great Lakes Crossing Human Trafficking Rumor
review_date: 2016-01-08T00:57:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Human traffickers are targeting young girls near the Great Lakes Crossing theater with a powdered drug that incapacitates them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/justice-burger-2nd-amendment-meme/
title: Did Justice Burger Call Gun Lobby's Take on 2nd Amendment a Fraud on the American Public?
review_date: 2022-05-26T01:39:55Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger once said, "The gun lobby's interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American people by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/congress-french-freedom-fries-iraq/
title: Did Congress Rename Their French Fries to ‘Freedom Fries’ Before the Iraq War?
review_date: 2021-02-05T07:12:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In 2003, the U.S Congress renamed french fries sold in their cafeterias to “freedom fries” after France expressed opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/do-airport-scanners-rip-apart-dna/
title: Did a Study Prove That Airport Scanners 'Rip Apart' Your DNA?
review_date: 2017-02-24T07:07:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A study performed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory found that millimeter wave body scanners commonly used by airport security can alter your DNA.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-cream-registration-notice/
title: Did the Selective Service Harvest Names from a 'Free Ice Cream' List?
review_date: 1998-12-30T21:39:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A few years after a couple of kids used a made-up name to sign up for a free yearly ice cream cone, they received a Selective Service registration notice for their non-existent friend.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/danske-bank-text-scam/
title: Are Danske Bank Customers Being Specifically Targeted Via Text?
review_date: 2020-03-31T08:44:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Law enforcement officials and Danske Bank are cautioning that a "smishing" scam is taking money directly out of people's bank accounts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michael-cohen-tweet-hillary-clinton/
review_date: 2018-08-22T03:35:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump's long-time personal lawyer tweeted at Hillary Clinton that her room and board would be free in prison.

title:
Did Michael Cohen Tweet at Hillary Clinton That Room and Board Will Be Free When She Goes to Prison?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-surrender-world-order/
title: Did Obama Say 'Americans Must Surrender to the New World Order'?
review_date: 2014-10-16T15:22:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
President Obama told an audience in Europe ordinary Americans are "too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and should "surrender their rights" to an "all-powerful sovereign."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paid-protesters-kavanaugh-hearings/
title: Do These Photographs Show a Protester Paid to Disrupt the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings?
review_date: 2018-10-01T22:57:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show a protester being paid to disrupt the Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cannibal-restaurant/
title: Do Celebrities Dine at a Cannibal Restaurant in Los Angeles?
review_date: 2018-01-10T07:16:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Katy Perry, Meryl Streep, and Chelsea Clinton are members at an elite cannibal restaurant in Los Angeles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumps-latest-staff-pick-outed-dying-gay-brother/
title: Trump's Latest Staff Pick Outed Dying Gay Brother?
review_date: 2016-11-29T08:46:41Z
textual_rating: Unproven
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
KT McFarland, Trump's pick for his national security team, outed her gay brother as he was dying from AIDS.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alleged-colorado-springs-shooter-dad/
title: Is This a Real Interview with Dad of Colorado Springs Shooting Suspect?
review_date: 2022-11-30T11:31:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In a news interview, Aaron Brink, the father of the suspected Colorado Springs mass shooter, spoke out about his child’s actions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uniformed-veteran-deemed-offensive/
title: Uniformed Veteran Kicked Out of Child's School
review_date: 2016-06-15T09:21:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A military veteran picking his child up from school was ejected lest other students find his uniform offensive.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/austria-mandatory-covid-vaccination/
title: Yes, Austria Announced Compulsory Nationwide COVID-19 Vaccination
review_date: 2021-11-19T01:17:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In November 2021, Austria's federal government announced it would impose mandatory nationwide COVID-19 vaccination from February 2022 onwards.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-soros-1-8-billion-intercepted/
title: Is George Soros Facing Prison Over $1.8 Billion in 'Intercepted' Campaign Contributions?
review_date: 2018-07-17T09:09:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Billionaire political activist George Soros could go to prison for years because of $1.8 billion in "intercepted" campaign contributions to candidates in local district attorney elections.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gwen-berry-olympics-anthem-protest/
title: Did US Olympian Gwen Berry Turn Away from Anthem in Protest?
review_date: 2021-06-29T02:18:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
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text:
Hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned away in protest at the playing of the national anthem at U.S. Olympic trials on June 26, 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronaldo-snub-cost-coke-billions/
title: Did Ronaldo's Coca-Cola Snub Cost the Company Billions?
review_date: 2021-06-18T05:18:08Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Coca-Cola's stock dropped more than $4 billion after soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo moved two Coke bottles out of view of the camera during a news conference, opting for a bottle of water instead.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wisconsin-transgender-students-force-to-wear-green-bracelets/
title: Wisconsin Transgender Students Forced to Wear Green Bracelets?
review_date: 2016-07-25T11:39:04Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Students in Wisconsin are forced to wear armbands, wristbands, or pink triangles to identify them as transgender.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/potus-greeting-card-100-birthday/
title: Does the POTUS Send People a Greeting Card on Their 100th Birthday?
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textual_rating: Mostly True
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. president will send a “letter of congratulations” or birthday greeting card to Americans who turn 100 years old.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/william-kate-throne-photo-racist/
title: Do Photos Show Prince William and Kate Being Carried by People of Color?
review_date: 2021-03-13T00:51:16Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs showing Prince William and Kate Middleton being carried on portable thrones by people of color were authentic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-trading-cards/
title: Is Trump Selling Digital Trading Cards Featuring Himself in Superhero Garb?
review_date: 2022-12-15T10:00:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
After hyping a "major announcement" in December 2022, former President Donald Trump announced he is selling "Donald Trump Digital Trading Cards" for $99 apiece.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tank-top-jurassic-park/
title: Does Lex's Tank Top Change Inexplicably in 'Jurassic Park'?
review_date: 2022-07-21T08:45:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the original "Jurassic Park" movie, the pattern on the tank top worn by character Lex Murphy inexplicably changes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kavanaugh-fatal-shooting-verdict/
review_date: 2018-10-01T13:27:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After an off-duty police officer shot Brian Hundley, a jury found the officer had acted negligently and lied about the event, but Judge Brett Kavanaugh overturned the finding.

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Did a Jury Find That a Cop Had Lied About a Fatal Shooting, But Brett Kavanaugh Threw Out the Verdict?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bunker-boys-vietnam-vets-brittney-griner/
title: Did a 'Bunker Boys' Vietnam Vet Group Write a Letter to Brittney Griner?
review_date: 2022-12-14T14:20:10Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A group of U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War named the "Bunker Boys" penned an open letter to WNBA star Brittney Griner.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giant-penis-coronation-party/
title: Was a Giant Penis 'Drawn' Into Lawn Where a King Charles Coronation Party Was Planned?
review_date: 2023-05-05T12:58:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In May 2023, the outline of a giant penis was created in a lawn in Bath, England, where residents' parties and gatherings were scheduled to be held to mark the coronation of King Charles.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vladimir-putin-to-sing-at-trumps-inauguration/
title: Vladimir Putin to Sing at Trump’s Inauguration?
review_date: 2017-01-09T05:36:39Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Due to the difficulties President-Elect Donald Trump has had in lining up singers for his inauguration ceremony, Russian president Vladimir Putin has volunteered to sing “for my comrade”.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolly-parton-record-album-slipknot/
title: Is Dolly Parton Recording an Album with Heavy Metal Band Slipknot?
review_date: 2023-01-27T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2019, Dolly Parton announced she is recording songs for a new album with the heavy metal band Slipknot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/easter-island-moai-discovered/
title: Does Photo Show a Newly Discovered Easter Island Statue?
review_date: 2021-06-16T08:42:27Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph that circulated on social media in June 2021 depicted a newly discovered Easter Island maoi statue.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-change-donated/
title: Did a Walmart Customer's Change Get Donated Without Consent?
review_date: 2020-08-25T06:22:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2020, a Walmart customer in Massachusetts had the change from her purchase donated to charity without her consent.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/josh-mandel-photoshop-hands-ad/
title: Did Mandel 'Forget To Photoshop His Hands' in Campaign Ad?
review_date: 2022-04-06T02:01:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a photo used in a campaign ad, Senate candidate Josh Mandel's face was pasted over that of a Black U.S. Marine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buried-treasures/
title: Were Muslim Girls Buried Alive by Their Father, Then Fed and Comforted by Jesus?
review_date: 2007-08-17T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Muslim girls buried alive by their father are fed and comforted by Jesus until rescuers come for them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-id-audrey-hale/
title: No, These Photos Don't Show the Nashville School Shooting Suspect
review_date: 2023-03-28T16:45:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs, including one in which a person is holding a "trans rights or else" sign, authentically show the Nashville school shooting suspect Audrey Hale.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-jockey-win-belmont-1923/
title: Did a Dead Jockey Win a Race at Belmont in 1923?
review_date: 2021-07-22T02:24:12Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Jockey Frank Hayes won a 1923 race at Belmont Park despite suffering a fatal heart attack.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deblasio-nicaragua-warren-wilhelm/
title: Did NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Once Support the Sandinista Govt. in Nicaragua?
review_date: 2019-05-20T07:45:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was previously named "Warren Wilhelm Jr." and once supported the socialist government of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-pence-dog-pet/
title: Did Trump Call Pence 'a Dog that Belongs on the Street'?
review_date: 2022-04-12T06:38:06Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an April 11, 2022, official statement, former U.S. President Donald Trump called former Vice President Mike Pence "a dog that belongs on the street."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liz-warren-zuckerberg-trump/
title: Did Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Say Mark Zuckerberg Had Endorsed Trump?
review_date: 2019-11-08T07:07:51Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign claimed in October 2019 that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had endorsed President Donald Trump for re-election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-executive-orders/
title: Executive Orders
review_date: 2012-09-03T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama has issued a whopping 923 executive orders, many of which give the government unprecedented power to take over control of civilian institutions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-remakes-ten-years/
title: Did Walt Disney's Will Require His Movies to Be Remade Every 10 Years?
review_date: 2018-12-05T03:11:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Walt Disney put a clause in his will requiring that the Walt Disney company remake classic movies every ten years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jim-bakker-trump-porn-star/
title: Did Jim Bakker Say ‘Trump Was Merely Sharing the Gospel with That Porn Star’?
review_date: 2018-01-21T11:31:50Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A televangelist disclaimed Donald Trump's alleged affair with a porn actress as "sharing the gospel."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jason-aldean-national-anthem/
title: Jason Aldean Refuses $1M Paycheck To Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl?
review_date: 2023-09-01T10:12:44Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Country singer Jason Aldean refused a $1 million paycheck to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, adding, "I'll do it for free."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tampax-tweet-in-women/
title: Did Tampax Post This Tweet About Being ‘In’ Women?
review_date: 2022-11-22T13:29:33Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tampax’s official Twitter account posted on Nov. 21, 2022: “You're in their DMs. We're in them. We are not the same.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moderna-ceo-dump-400-million-stock/
title: Did Moderna CEO Suddenly Dump $400M in Stock?
review_date: 2022-02-14T08:02:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In February 2022, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel suddenly dumped $400 million worth of the company's stock over worries that it was about to lose value because of "bad news," and deleted his Twitter account.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-orca-russian-coast/
title: Was an All-White Orca Recently Spotted Off The Russian Coast?
review_date: 2021-07-15T07:30:57Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online article shows a rare, all-white orca recently spotted off the coast of Russia by researchers with the Far East Russia Orca Project.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-al-sharptons-brother-arrested-for-murder/
title: Was Al Sharpton's Brother Arrested for Murder After Speaking at a March for Our Lives Rally?
review_date: 2018-03-30T10:01:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Al Sharpton's brother has been arrested for murder after participating in a March for Our Lives rally in Alabama.


text: A landline disengaged from its cradle will eventually self-dial 911.
title: Will Landlines Eventually Dial 911 or Emergency Services if Left Off the Hook?
review_date: 2016-12-12T02:09:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/will-landlines-eventually-dial-911-or-emergency-services-if-left-off-the-hook/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bubba-watson-blm/
title: Did Golfer Bubba Watson Write an Anti-BLM Facebook Post?
review_date: 2020-07-16T08:15:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bubba Watson composed a widely shared message that criticized Black Lives Matter and included various conservative talking points.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/election-results-certified/
title: Are US Election Results Required To Be Certified on Election Night?
review_date: 2020-10-27T06:07:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
It is legally required for the winner of a U.S. presidential election to be declared on the same day as the election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/legleitner-lloyd-florida-race-sentence/
review_date: 2018-08-20T09:22:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Florida 19th Judicial Circuit judge Sherwood "Chip" Bauer gave a black man 26 years in prison and a white man two years' time served, for the same crime, in the same circumstances.

title:
Did a Florida Judge Give Vastly Different Sentences to Two Men, Whose Only Difference Was Their Race?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bruce-reinhart-ghislaine-maxwell/
title: Fake Photo Shows Fla. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart with Ghislaine Maxwell
review_date: 2022-08-11T09:40:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture shows Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell massaging the foot of Florida Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, the man who signed off on the warrant that allowed the FBI to search Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022.


title: Newsweek Proves That WikiLeaks Is Leaking Phony 'Hillary Clinton Emails'
review_date: 2016-10-12T07:32:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
WikiLeaks was caught by Newsweek fabricating e-mails with the intent of damaging the campaign of Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/newsweek-proves-that-wikileaks-is-leaking-phony-hillary-clinton-emails/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shake-phone-facebook-jail/
title: Does Facebook Have 'Shake-to-Report' Feature That Lands Users in 'Facebook Jail'?
review_date: 2019-06-14T06:32:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new Facebook feature enabling users to report problems by shaking their phones has caused some users to be inadvertently reported for abuse and suspended.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-lives-matter-plaza/
title: Did the White House's Address Change to 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza?
review_date: 2020-06-09T02:15:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The address to the White House changed from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christmas-tree-probably-not-full-lyme-disease-bearing-ticks/
title: Your Christmas Tree Is (Probably) Not Full of Lyme Disease Bearing Ticks
review_date: 2016-12-05T12:23:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If you use a real Christmas tree, you run the risk of bringing Lyme disease-transmitting ticks into your home.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tallest-family-in-the-world/
title: Is This the ‘Tallest Family in the World’?
review_date: 2022-04-15T08:29:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trapp family of Esko, Minnesota, was confirmed as the “tallest family in the world” by Guinness World Records.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-virgin-of-guadalupe-living/
title: Has NASA Called the Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe 'Living'?
review_date: 2017-08-11T09:14:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In August 2017, NASA scientists declared that Mexico's "Our Lady of Guadalupe" artifact is "living."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/poison-perfume-samples/
title: Have Women Been Killed by Poisoned Perfume Samples?
review_date: 2001-11-03T00:05:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Glen Eagles hospital issued an urgent warning because seven women have died after sniffing perfume samples received in the mail.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ground-zero-cross-memorial/
title: Do American Atheists Oppose the Ground Zero Cross?
review_date: 2003-09-11T14:49:38Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
American Atheists are opposing the incorporation of a steel-beam cross found in the World Trade Center rubble into a September 11 memorial and museum.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gates-of-heaven/
title: 'Gates of Heaven' Photograph
review_date: 2016-01-21T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Scientists are stumped by a photograph taken by the Hubble Telescope, and some believe it shows "the gates of heaven."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dr-dre-mtg-cease-and-desist-letter/
title: Yes, Dr. Dre Sent Marjorie Taylor Greene a Cease-and-Desist Letter Over Use of Song
review_date: 2023-01-10T12:03:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Dr. Dre's attorney sent U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a cease-and-desist letter over the use of one of his recordings in a tweeted video.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-michelle-obama-abc-fire-roseanne/
title: Did Michelle Obama Tell ABC to Fire Roseanne Barr?
review_date: 2018-06-01T02:35:49Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former First Lady Michelle Obama orchestrated the cancellation of "Roseanne" and firing of its titular star, Roseanne Barr.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/healthcare-profit-1973-hmo-act/
title: Was It Illegal to Profit from Healthcare Prior to the HMO Act of 1973?
review_date: 2018-12-03T19:00:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Before the 1973 HMO act was signed into law by Richard Nixon, it was illegal to profit from healthcare.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-melbourne-antifa-claim-responsibility-for-the-vegas-massacre/
title: Did 'Melbourne Antifa' Claim Responsibility for the Vegas Massacre?
review_date: 2017-10-04T05:36:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An Antifa group in Melbourne, Australia claimed responsibility for the September 2017 Las Vegas massacre.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-rogan-trump/
title: Did Trump Criticize 'Lyin' Joe Rogan' and Say He Turned Down Show Invites?
review_date: 2022-07-06T02:12:27Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On July 5, 2022, former U.S. President Donald Trump released an official statement critical of podcast host "Lyin' Joe Rogan."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zone-of-death-yellowstone/
title: Does the Lawless Yellowstone ‘Zone of Death’ Exist?
review_date: 2021-01-27T01:11:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A legal loophole makes it possible to commit crimes without punishment and even “get away with murder” in a 50-square-mile stretch of Yellowstone National Park known as the “Zone of Death.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-secret-presidential-pardons/
title: Could Trump Have Issued Secret Presidential Pardons?
review_date: 2021-01-20T06:36:31Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Donald Trump could have issued secret pardons that he could reveal later to protect his family members or himself, if ever charged with a crime.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/global-sea-ice-at-a-record-breaking-low/
title: Global Sea Ice at a Record-Breaking Low
review_date: 2016-11-21T03:51:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Daily sea ice data from 1979 to the present show a record-breaking low amount of global sea ice coverage beginning around October 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-ag-say-if-inflict-fear-pain-children/
title: Did Jeff Sessions Say 'If We Inflict Fear and Pain on Children, Adults Won’t Want to Come Here'?
review_date: 2018-06-14T02:12:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said "if we inflict fear and pain on children, adults won’t want to come here."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rnc-chairwoman-deleted-tweet/
title: Did the RNC Chairwoman Delete a Tweet Suggesting Biden Won?
review_date: 2020-11-16T00:29:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel published and later deleted a tweet that suggested a U.S. future under a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris presidential administration.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/omar-condolences-al-baghdadi/
title: Did Omar Offer Condolences to Loved Ones of ‘Austere Scholar’ al-Baghdadi?
review_date: 2019-10-30T01:36:36Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar offered her condolences to the friends and family of deceased Islamic State leader and "austere scholar" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-adams-quote-conquer-enslave-country/
title: Did John Adams Say, 'There Are Two Ways to Conquer and Enslave a Country'?
review_date: 2023-02-05T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
John Adams once said, "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goldwater-girl/
title: Goldwater Girl
review_date: 2016-01-19T05:42:55Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1964, Hillary Clinton campaigned and voted for Barry Goldwater, who promised to overturn the Civil Rights Act and "re-segregate" America.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pp-abortion-harvest-brain/
title: Did Planned Parenthood Harvest the Brain from a Living, Late-Term Fetus?
review_date: 2019-02-26T04:30:04Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video documents that Planned Parenthood harvested the brain from a living, late-term aborted fetus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-closure-conspiracy/
title: Walmart Closure Conspiracy Theories
review_date: 2015-04-23T12:40:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Various military- and legal-related conspiracy theories explain why several Walmart stores suddenly closed in April 2015.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-lives-matter-emergency-crews-hurricane/
title: Black Lives Matter 'Thugs' Blocked Emergency Crews from Reaching Hurricane Victims?
review_date: 2017-08-28T02:43:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A group of Black Lives Matter protesters blocked emergency crews from providing aide to those stranded by Hurricane Harvey.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ipads-covid-virtual-visits/
title: Did a Photo Show iPads Used for Virtual End-of-Life Visits Due to COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-12-11T05:22:02Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photograph posted in December 2020 showed dozens of iPads required for virtual visits with COVID-19 patients.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-administration-unable-arrange-release/
title: Was the Obama Administration Unable to Arrange the Release of Three Hostages in North Korea?
review_date: 2018-05-07T10:32:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Obama administration failed to secure the release of three men being detained by North Korea in 2018.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/allen-iverson-40000-strip-club/
title: Did Allen Iverson Say He Spent $40K at TGI Friday's, Not a Strip Club?
review_date: 2020-12-24T03:00:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former NBA player Allen Iverson denied spending $40,000 at a strip club, saying he actually spent that amount at a TGI Friday's restaurant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stating-the-oblivious/
title: Hillary Clinton Describes Her Major Accomplishments as Secretary of State
review_date: 2014-07-29T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A statement reproduces Hillary Clinton's response when asked to identify her major accomplishments as Secretary of State.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/plumbers-day-after-thanksgiving/
title: Is a Plumber's Busiest Day the Friday After Thanksgiving?
review_date: 2022-11-25T09:00:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Historically, U.S. plumbers have received more calls for help on the day after Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amazing-duck-story/
title: Spokane Man Saves Ducklings Jumping from Building Ledge
review_date: 2008-07-30T10:52:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show ducklings that survived a 10-foot jump from an office building in downtown Spokane.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sewing-discontent/
title: Is This Advice from a 1949 Singer Sewing Manual?
review_date: 2015-01-22T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image reproduces women's housekeeping and grooming instructions from a 1949 Singer sewing manual.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abc-news-poll-trump-clinton/
title: ABC News Poll Shows Trump with Wide Lead on Clinton
review_date: 2016-08-15T08:35:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A live poll conducted by ABC News in August 2016 shows Donald Trump, Jill Stein, and Gary Johnson all well ahead of Hillary Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-shaking-hands-rouhani/
title: Is This a Real Photo of Obama Shaking Hands with Iranian President Rouhani?
review_date: 2020-01-07T00:31:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows former U.S. President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/merriam-webster-anti-vaxxer-definition/
title: Did Merriam-Webster Change Definition of 'Anti-Vaxxer' Amid COVID-19?
review_date: 2021-05-13T04:58:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Merriam-Webster changed or expanded its definition of "anti-vaxxer" in 2021, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-ted-cruz-qanon-doritos/
title: Did CNN Issue Correction That Ted Cruz's 'QAnon Pin' Was Actually a Doritos Chip?
review_date: 2021-01-16T00:40:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CNN issued a correction that read, "Sen. Ted Cruz was seen wearing a pin featuring a QAnon symbol. It was later discovered that this was not a QAnon pin, but a Doritos snack chip stuck to his suit."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-salute-north-korean-general/
title: Did Trump Salute a North Korean General?
review_date: 2018-06-15T07:19:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
While greeting North Korean dignitaries during his summit meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un, then-President Trump returned the military salute of a North Korean general.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/whatsapp-privacy-settings/
title: Did WhatsApp Secretly Change Privacy Settings?
review_date: 2021-05-25T07:27:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In May 2021, the multiplatform messaging app WhatsApp issued an update that changed its privacy settings to include “everyone” by default, allowing any user to add a person to a group without the person's knowing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prescription-for-elvis-presley/
title: Is This a Prescription Written for Elvis One Day Before He Died?
review_date: 2018-12-05T03:39:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a prescription for several stimulants, sedatives, and narcotic painkillers issued to singer Elvis Presley the day before he died.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-vladimir-putin-anti-muslim-speech/
title: Did Vladimir Putin Give an Anti-Islam Speech?
review_date: 2014-04-03T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A February 2013 speech by Russian president Vladimir Putin demanded that Muslim immigrants speak Russian and conform to Russian culture.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zuckerberg-beg-elon-musk-buy-facebook/
title: No, Mark Zuckerberg Did Not Beg Elon Musk To Buy Facebook
review_date: 2023-02-13T13:18:42Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mark Zuckerberg begged Elon Musk to buy Facebook while begging forgiveness for the company’s past mistakes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wild-when-wet/
title: Is Using Cruise Control on Wet Roads Dangerous?
review_date: 2002-11-18T12:44:24Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Using cruise control on wet roads or during heavy rain can cause you to lose control of your vehicle.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/he-loved-lucy/
title: Did Arizona Man Keep Dead Wife in Glass Coffee Table?
review_date: 2001-10-26T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photograph authentically shows an Arizona man who preserved his dead wife's corpse in a glass-enclosed coffee table.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/violence-at-home-signal-for-help/
title: Is This an International Signal for Help?
review_date: 2021-03-30T06:16:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Folding four fingers over the thumb on one hand has been publicized internationally as the Violence at Home Signal for Help.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ashley-biden-leaked-diary-accusation/
title: Did Ashley Biden Accuse Joe Biden of Inappropriate Behavior in a 'Leaked Diary'?
review_date: 2022-12-07T14:35:48Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A diary authored by U.S. President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley, describes inappropriate actions toward her taken by the president when she was a child.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-50-states-armed-protest/
title: Did the FBI Warn of Armed Protests at 'All 50 State Capitols'?
review_date: 2021-01-12T04:56:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FBI warned officials of armed protests planned at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol for the days preceding the inauguration of Joe Biden.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bra-twang-punch/
title: After Getting Her Bra Twanged, A Young Girl Punched Her Classmate
review_date: 2015-03-01T01:41:22Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An angry mother delivered a scathing response to school officials after her daughter was punished for punching a classmate who snapped her bra.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/peter-dinklage-seinfeld/
title: Was Peter Dinklage the Voice of the Wake-Up Call Guy in a 1995 'Seinfeld' Episode?
review_date: 2023-03-10T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the 1995 "Seinfeld" episode "The Wink," a wake-up call to Elaine is voiced by Peter Dinklage in an uncredited role.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lucille-ball-fillings-spies/
title: Did Lucille Ball's Fillings Help Capture Japanese Spies?
review_date: 1999-07-24T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Lucille Ball picked up radio transmissions on her fillings that led to the capture of Japanese spies in California in 1942.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-mortality-statistics/
title: Did CDC 'Quietly Update' COVID-19 Deaths To Say Only 6% Are Legitimate?
review_date: 2020-09-03T03:48:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The CDC "quietly updated" its COVID-19 mortality statistics in summer 2020 to show only 6% of previously reported deaths were actually due to the coronavirus, while the remaining 94% died from preexisting health conditions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/go-ask-alice-2/
title: Dwarfs on Drugs
review_date: 2002-06-17T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The personalities of the dwarf characters in Disney's animated film version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs represent the seven stages of cocaine addiction.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mexico-seizes-us-cocaine/
title: Did Mexico Seize 800 Pounds of U.S. Government Cocaine?
review_date: 2017-11-20T11:52:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Authorities in Mexico have seized a massive shipment of cocaine headed towards a U.S. government facility.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nancy-pelosi-english-only-bill/
title: Did Nancy Pelosi Stop a Bill to Make English the Official U.S. Language?
review_date: 2019-07-25T07:05:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stopped a bill that would make English the official language of the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nixon-watergate-details-illegally-leaked/
title: Did President Nixon Say Watergate Details Were 'Illegally' Leaked by Deep Throat?
review_date: 2017-02-16T09:46:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the Watergate scandal, President Nixon blamed all of the controversy on the illegality of the actions of leaker "Deep Throat."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/women-witchcraft-china/
title: Were These Women Found Guilty of Witchcraft in Early 20th Century China?
review_date: 2017-05-24T05:02:28Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows three women being punished after they were found guilty of witchcraft in China in 1922.


title: Trump Donates 50k to Charleston Shooter Family to Move Him to Safer Prison
review_date: 2016-08-08T01:22:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump donated $50,000 to ensure suspected Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was transferred to a "safer" prison.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-donates-50k-to-charleston-shooter-family-to-move-him-to-safer-prison/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/toilet-paper-on-toilet-seat/
title: You Should Never Put Toilet Paper on a Toilet Seat?
review_date: 2017-04-06T02:27:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Using toilet paper as a barrier between your derriere and a toilet seat poses more health risks than just sitting down without a barrier.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/piscine-of-the-crime/
title: Does a Urine-Revealing Pool Chemical Exist?
review_date: 2000-12-14T12:39:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A special compound added to the water in swimming pools will reveal the presence of urine and catch those who pee in the pool.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lori-lightfoot-adam-toledo-gun/
title: Did Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Claim Adam Toledo Had a Gun When Cop Shot Him?
review_date: 2021-04-16T07:40:15Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Adam Toledo had a gun in his hand when he was fatally shot by a police officer, or words to that effect.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/july-fourth-parade-russia-flyover/
title: Did Trump's Fourth of July Parade Feature a Flyover by Russian Planes?
review_date: 2019-07-05T09:02:27Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Russian military planes performed a flyover during U.S. President Donald Trump's Fourth of July parade in 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/allen-west-colin-kaepernick/
title: Allen West Pens Open Letter to Colin Kaepernick
review_date: 2016-08-30T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The former Florida representative and wrote an angry column about 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick on his personal blog.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/peanut-butter-cups/
title: Three Reasons You Should Stop Eating Peanut Butter Cups
review_date: 2017-03-31T05:45:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Three additives in peanut butter cups, soy lecithin, PGPR, and TBHQ, are inherently dangerous and should be avoided.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/isis-terrorists-guatemala-caravan/
title: Were 100 ISIS Terrorists Caught in Guatemala as a Central American Caravan Headed to the US?
review_date: 2018-10-23T00:46:43Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A hundred ISIS terrorists were caught in Guatemala as a migrant caravan headed north to the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goya-ceo-praise-trump/
title: Did Goya Foods’ CEO Praise Trump?
review_date: 2020-07-13T05:46:44Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a July 2020 press conference, Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue said, "We are all truly blessed" to have a leader like Donald Trump, leading to online calls for a boycott of the company’s products.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teacher-fired-meow-student-cat/
title: Was a Teacher Fired for Not 'Meowing at Student Who Identifies as a Cat'?
review_date: 2022-01-25T09:44:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2022, California substitute teacher Bridget Maas was fired or faced censure because she refused to accept a student's expressing their feline alter ego.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-1978-resolution/
title: Is This Bernie Sanders' 1978 New Year's Resolution?
review_date: 2020-10-06T09:02:34Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image reproduces Bernie Sanders' 1978 New Year's resolution, as given to a local Vermont newspaper.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/call-police-new-guinea-flatworm/
title: Should People Call the Police if They See a New Guinea Flatworm?
review_date: 2017-03-27T08:08:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A recent invasion of New Guinea Flatworms in Florida poses a significant risk to human health and a sighting of this non-native animal should be reported to authorities by calling 911.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drink-young-blood-health/
title: Will Drinking a Young Person’s Blood Provide Anti-Aging Health Benefits?
review_date: 2018-09-11T09:22:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A scientific study has concluded that “drinking young people’s blood” provides health and longevity benefits.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/school-bans-u-s-flag-t-shirts-cinco-de-mayo/
title: School Bans U.S. Flag T-Shirts on Cinco de Mayo
review_date: 2014-02-28T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A federal court upheld a ruling that school officials acted correctly in requiring students to remove clothing featuring U.S. flag designs on Cinco de Mayo.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alabamas-slice-of-pi/
title: Alabama's Slice of Pi
review_date: 1998-10-28T12:34:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Responding to pressure from religious groups, Alabama's state legislature redefined the value of pi from "3.14159..." to "3" in order to bring it in line with Biblical precepts.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/has-donald-trump-been-arrested/
title: Was Donald Trump Arrested in March 2023?
review_date: 2023-03-21T11:39:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On March 21, 2023, former U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested on suspicion of his alleged involvement in hush-money payments made on his behalf.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drinking-tequila-health-benefits/
title: Drinking Tequila Provides Many Health Benefits?
review_date: 2016-11-02T02:31:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tequila fights viruses, aids weight loss, and is beneficial for people afflicted with gastrointestinal illness.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/farmers-can-sue-monsanto/
title: Can Farmers Sue Monsanto Over Invasive GMO Crops?
review_date: 2020-02-03T09:32:15Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A bill before the Oregon Legislature would allow farmers to sue Monsanto if GMO crops invade their property.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muslims-declare-december-24th-islamic-holiday/
title: FALSE: Muslims Declare December 24th an Islamic Holiday
review_date: 2015-12-17T08:29:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Muslims recently decided to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed on 24 December (Christmas Eve) in order to preempt Christmas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chuck-schumer-excessive-contributions/
title: Was Senator Chuck Schumer Caught Taking $1 Million in 'Excessive Contributions'?
review_date: 2019-01-08T04:58:51Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1998, Senator Chuck Schumer was caught taking $1 million in excessive campaign contributions and failing to properly disclose $4.6 million in expenses, for which he was fined $138,000.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-fauci-say-usa-pandemic-over/
title: Did Fauci Say US Is 'Out of the Pandemic Phase'?
review_date: 2022-04-27T06:32:52Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In an interview with PBS that posted on April 26, 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci said America was "out of the pandemic phase" in regards to COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-manwich-ban/
title: Did California Ban Hunt's 'Manwich' Sauce?
review_date: 2019-07-22T03:08:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In July 2019, the state of California banned the sale of Hunt's "Manwich" sauce, or the use of the word "Manwich."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michigan-bans-buying-flags/
title: Did Michigan's Governor Ban the Sale of American Flags?
review_date: 2020-04-13T03:53:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer banned the sale or purchase of American flags during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/14-us-cities-banning-meat-dairy-cars/
title: 14 US Cities Say Goodbye to Meat, Dairy, and Private Cars?
review_date: 2023-08-31T12:32:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fourteen U.S. cities are planning to ban meat, dairy products and private cars by 2030, according to a World Economic Forum treaty.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/west-virginia-guns-covid-vax/
title: Is West Virginia Giving Away Free Guns to Those Who Get COVID Vaccinations?
review_date: 2021-06-03T09:32:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The West Virginia government is giving away a number of free guns through a series of lucky draws in a lottery for people who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tomi-lahren-biden-supporters-loot/
title: Did Tomi Lahren Say Biden Supporters Would 'Loot and Riot' If He Lost Election?
review_date: 2021-01-08T03:06:22Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, conservative personality Tomi Lahren tweeted that then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s supporters would “loot and riot” if the former vice president lost.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-military-votes-florida/
title: Would a Proposal by President Trump Exclude Overseas Military Votes in Florida's Elections?
review_date: 2018-11-13T04:31:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
If carried out, President Donald Trump's 12 November proposal to finalize the election night results of two contests in Florida would exclude ballots mailed by U.S. military personnel overseas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/iss-test-marijuana-space/
title: Did Astronaut Chris Hadfield Test the Effects of Marijuana in Space?
review_date: 2018-11-26T00:41:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows astronaut Chris Hadfield holding a bag of marijuana aboard the International Space Station.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court/
title: Mitch McConnell Will Only Consider a White, Christian, Conservative, and Male Supreme Court Judge?
review_date: 2016-02-17T07:15:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mitch McConnell will only consider approving Supreme Court Justice who is white, Christian, conservative, and male.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-space-restaurant/
title: A New Restaurant at Walt Disney World Gives Guests a 'Space' Adventure
review_date: 2021-09-26T02:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new restaurant at Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center lets diners have an outer space-like experience.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-dick-measuring-contest/
title: Did Musk Tweet About Zuckerberg, 'I Propose a Literal Dick-Measuring Contest'?
review_date: 2023-07-10T11:08:38Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, "Zuck is a cuck," then later added, "I propose a literal dick-measuring contest."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-federal-pay-raise-cut/
title: Did Trump Propose Cuts to Federal Pay Raises, Citing 'Serious Economic Conditions'?
review_date: 2020-02-21T08:58:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump cited "serious economic conditions" while proposing a cut to federal pay raises.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cats-sit-on-laptops/
title: Do Cats Sit on Laptops To Be Closer to You?
review_date: 2020-10-17T01:00:20Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Our furry feline friends sprawl across laptops as a way to seek attention, and be closer to their owners.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-busted-using-empty-folders/
title: Trump Used Blank Sheets of Paper as Conflict-of-Interest Documents?
review_date: 2017-01-12T04:01:54Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Stacks of file folders presented as evidence that President-elect Donald Trump was turning his business holdings over to his children were empty and/or contained blank sheets of paper.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-barr-dominion/
title: Has Bill Barr Been Appointed to the Board of Dominion Voting Systems?
review_date: 2020-12-17T05:42:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr was appointed to serve on the board of a company that owns, operates, or is in some way related to Dominion Voting Systems.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-trump-biden-bus/
title: Is the FBI Investigating After Trump Fans Surrounded Biden Bus in Texas?
review_date: 2020-11-02T07:07:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FBI is investigating an incident in which Trump supporters in pickup trucks surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a highway in Texas on Oct. 30, 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rat-meat-chicken-wings/
title: Was Rat Meat Sold as Chicken Wings at the Super Bowl?
review_date: 2016-02-16T01:25:30Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Some 300,000 pounds of rat meat disguised as chicken wings were sold in the U.S. before the Super Bowl.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-place-medal-of-honor-backwards/
title: No, Biden Didn't Put Medal of Honor on Backwards
review_date: 2022-07-07T01:15:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows U.S. President Joe Biden placing the Medal of Honor on backwards around the neck of recipient Dwight W. Birdwell, a Vietnam War veteran.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quick-thinking-mom-saves-family/
title: Did a 'Quick-Thinking' Mom Save Her Family by Performing a Sex Act on a Robber?
review_date: 2017-01-18T01:51:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "quick-thinking mom" distracted a robber by performing a sex act on him in order to allow her family to safely escape.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charles-lieber-arrested-coronavirus/
title: Was Charles Lieber Arrested for Selling the COVID-19 Coronavirus to China?
review_date: 2020-02-18T04:11:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Harvard professor Charles Lieber was arrested for concealing funding from a Chinese lab connected to the origin of the new coronavirus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/atheist-holiday/
title: Holiday for Atheists
review_date: 2004-04-05T01:56:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A judge told an atheist plaintiff who challenged religious holidays that atheists already have their own holiday: April 1.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-loon-way-home/
title: Loonie Design Lost in Transit?
review_date: 2002-12-30T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A loon appears on Canada's one-dollar coin because the original dies, featuring a different design, were lost in transit.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/connor-betts-dayton-died-2014/
title: Did the Suspected Dayton Mass Shooter Actually Die in 2014?
review_date: 2019-08-05T08:47:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting suspect "Connor Betts" is or has assumed the identity of the same Connor Betts who died in Connecticut in 2014.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-nancy-reagans-funeral/
title: Did Barack Obama Skip Nancy Reagan's Funeral to 'Party'?
review_date: 2016-03-09T02:18:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama opted to skip Nancy Reagan's funeral in order to "party" at an "entertainment festival."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-demands-slavery-reparations/
title: UN Demands U.S. Pay Reparations for Slavery
review_date: 2016-09-28T08:38:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The United Nations (UN) ruled that the United States must pay slavery reparations to black Americans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-7-11/
title: Did Trump Refer to "7/11" Rather Than 9/11"?
review_date: 2016-04-20T08:43:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump mentioned "seven eleven" rather than "nine eleven" when referring to the September 11 terrorist attacks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pray-bow-golden-trump-statue/
title: Did CPAC Attendees Pray and Bow to a Golden Trump Statue?
review_date: 2021-03-01T04:25:46Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pictures shows evangelical leaders praying for and a man bowing to a gold-colored statue of former U.S. President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-tweet-jack-dorsey-democrats/
title: No, Musk Didn't Tweet That the Dems Paid Jack Dorsey to Block Anti-Biden Info
review_date: 2022-12-06T14:52:31Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted that Democrats paid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey "millions of dollars" to block negative information about the Bidens in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tall-barron-trump-photo/
title: 'Tall Barron Trump' Pic Was Already a Year Old When It Went Viral
review_date: 2022-06-20T01:05:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral photograph of former U.S. President Donald Trump's youngest and tallest son, Barron, is authentic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/oxford-butts-study/
title: Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?
review_date: 2016-04-18T05:30:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new study published by Oxford University researchers proved that women with big butts are smarter and healthier.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vindman-fired-nsc/
title: Was Lt. Col. Vindman 'Fired' from the National Security Council?
review_date: 2019-11-10T23:56:54Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien said that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was being removed from the NSC.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-pms-189-murders/
title: Was a Woman With 'Chronic PMS' Arrested on Suspicion of 189 Murders?
review_date: 2020-01-28T00:15:22Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman named Loretta Jones was arrested on suspicion of murdering 189 people in the United States and Mexico, crimes associated with her diagnosis of premenstrual dysphoric disorder.


title: Will a Deadline of 1 January 2017 Kill the Dakota Access Pipeline?
review_date: 2016-11-29T11:07:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Protests could permanently halt the Dakota Access Pipeline by blocking construction until 1 January 2017, when the project's contracts expire.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/will-a-deadline-of-1-january-2017-kill-the-dakota-access-pipeline/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/family-matters-house/
title: Was the 'Family Matters' House in Chicago Demolished?
review_date: 2021-02-04T06:40:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Chicago house that was used for exterior establishing shots on "Family Matters" was demolished and replaced by gray condominiums.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gas-prices-under-trump/
title: Did US Gas Prices Drop Below $2 Under Trump?
review_date: 2022-10-12T10:24:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
National gas price averages for regular fuel dropped below $2 per gallon during U.S. President Donald Trump's term of office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/floyd-statue-brooklyn/
title: Was George Floyd Statue in NYC Defaced With White Nationalist Symbol?
review_date: 2021-06-25T04:06:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In late June 2021, a statue of George Floyd in New York City was vandalized with a label representing a white nationalist group.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/valedictorian-drop-out-ceo/
title: Did a Valedictorian Drop Out Just Before Graduating to Become a CEO?
review_date: 2017-05-31T09:09:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gio Managadze dropped out of the University of Maryland just before graduating as valedictorian to become a CEO.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photo-dolphin-hurricane-dorian/
title: Did a Photograph Capture a Dolphin Stuck in Hurricane Dorian's Winds?
review_date: 2019-09-03T10:05:25Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photographer captured an image of a dolphin caught in strong winds from Hurricane Dorian in September 2019.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/melania-trump-copied-statement-from-hillary-clinton/
title: Melania Trump Copied Statement from Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-10-10T03:42:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Melania Trump had copied her statement regarding her husband's offensive statements about women from Hillary Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-trump_photo-delete/
title: Did the White House Delete an Unflattering 'Orange Face' Photo of Trump?
review_date: 2020-02-08T02:33:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The White House posted and then deleted an unflattering photograph of President Trump that displayed marked facial coloration.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pope-forbids-catholics-from-voting-for-hillary-clinton/
title: Did the Pope Forbid Catholics from Voting for Hillary Clinton?
review_date: 2016-10-21T03:47:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pope Francis decreed that Catholics cannot vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thieves-search-christmas-trash/
title: Do Thieves Use Trash to Case Homes for Expensive Christmas Presents?
review_date: 2016-12-27T09:33:20Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thieves select homes to break into after Christmas by taking note of boxes curbed as trash or recycling.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stallone-sold-his-dog/
title: Did a Struggling Sylvester Stallone Sell His Dog for $25?
review_date: 2015-07-22T00:51:26Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sylvester Stallone sold his dog for $25 to make ends meet before hitting it big with Rocky, then bought it back for $15,000.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marines-corps-rebuke-pelosi/
title: Did Marine Corps Tell Pelosi, 'We Don’t Work For You'?
review_date: 2021-01-15T06:49:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gen. David H. Berger, commandant of the U.S. Marines, refused U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request to use the Marines as security for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, saying, “We don’t work for you!” and adding that the Marines only take orders from President Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/queen-elizabeth-prank-american/
title: Did Queen Elizabeth Once Prank American Tourists?
review_date: 2022-09-20T05:34:01Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A former royal protection officer said Queen Elizabeth once pranked a pair of American tourists who did not recognize her and took photographs with them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ann-coulter-timothy-mcveigh-quote/
title: Did Ann Coulter Say This About the Oklahoma City Bomber?
review_date: 2019-02-02T02:03:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ann Coulter said her "only regret" about Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was that he didn't go to the New York Times.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mccains-vote-obamacare-repeal/
title: Did John McCain's Vote Stop the ACA Repeal for the 2017 Fiscal Year?
review_date: 2017-08-01T08:21:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sen. John McCain's vote against a "skinny repeal' health care proposal stopped attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act for FY `17.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shanell-rivers-put-blood-dog-feces-into-starbucks-products/
title: Were Blood, Dog Feces Hidden Inside Starbucks Products?
review_date: 2018-01-10T03:15:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A woman named Shanell Rivers put blood and dog feces into various products at a Starbucks in Atlanta.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/real-id-act/
title: Air Travelers Must Have REAL ID-Compliant Driver's Licenses by October 2020
review_date: 2007-04-08T16:23:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Some travelers may no longer be able to use their driver's licenses to board airplanes after 1 October 2020 due to the REAL ID Act.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-warning-trumps-tweet/
title: Did Twitter Slap a Warning Label on a Trump Tweet for 'Glorifying Violence'?
review_date: 2020-05-29T08:46:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Twitter added a warning label to and hid U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet about the Minneapolis protests against police brutality, saying it violated the platform's rules against "glorifying violence."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/proud-boys-name-aladdin-song/
title: Did the Proud Boys' Name Come from an 'Aladdin' Song?
review_date: 2021-02-09T02:10:29Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes said inspiration for the group’s name came from “Proud of Your Boy,” a song from the stage musical "Aladdin."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flu-shot-less-effective-season/
title: Less Effective Flu Shots 'Prove' You Shouldn't Get Them at All?
review_date: 2018-01-15T09:11:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The death from influenza of eight mostly vaccinated people over 65 in California's Santa Barbara County during the 2017-2018 flu season proves that you shouldn’t get the flu shot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pp-baby-parts-sale/
title: Does This Video Prove Planned Parenthood Sells Fetal Tissue Illegally?
review_date: 2015-07-14T04:15:48Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Dr. Deborah Nucatola admitting that Planned Parenthood engages in the illegal sale of tissue from aborted fetuses.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/william-harry-philips-funeral/
title: Did William and Harry Walk Apart at Philip’s Funeral Due To Tensions?
review_date: 2021-04-17T02:25:12Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On April 17, 2021, British Princes William and Harry walked separately at their grandfather Prince Philip’s funeral, on either side of their cousin Peter Phillips, because of tensions between the brothers.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cleveland-indians-baseball/
title: Were the Cleveland Indians Named To Honor Baseball's First Native American Player?
review_date: 2021-10-11T06:13:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Cleveland Indians were named to honor and celebrate baseball’s first acknowledged Native American player, Louis Sockalexis.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pam-bondi-impeachment/
title: Did ABC, CBS, and NBC Black Out Pam Bondi's Legal Defense of Trump?
review_date: 2020-01-31T04:54:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The "Big Three" networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC "blacked out" coverage of Pam Bondi's legal defense of U.S. President Donald Trump during his impeachment trial.


title: Did Jared Kushner Scrub His Twitter Account After Manafort Indictment?
review_date: 2017-10-30T08:24:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jared Kushner scrubbed his Twitter account shortly after Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III revealed charges against three former Trump campaign officials in October 2017.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-jared-kushner-scrub-his-twitter-account-after-manafort-indictment/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sour-honey-cure-cancer/
title: "Sour Honey' is a Cure for Cancer?
review_date: 2017-04-10T02:56:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
There is a proven natural cure for cancer called sour honey, but pharmaceutical companies and politicians are trying to keep it under wraps for financial gain.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bono-of-contention/
title: Did Bono Say Every Time He Clapped a Child in Africa Died?
review_date: 2006-11-11T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
When U2's Bono announced that every time he clapped a child in Africa died, someone from the audience told him to stop doing that.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/windfall-profits-tax/
title: Did Nancy Pelosi Advocate for a 100 Percent Windfall Tax?
review_date: 2006-11-30T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nancy Pelosi advocated implementing a 100% windfall tax on stock market profits and retirement income.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/washington-state-to-teach-transgenderism-to-kindergartners/
title: Washington State to Teach Transgenderism to Kindergartners
review_date: 2016-06-03T06:50:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Washington state has updated their curriculum standards to include teaching "transgenderism" to Kindergarteners.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trey-gowdy-admitted-benghazi/
title: Trey Gowdy Admitted Nothing Could Have Saved Benghazi Victims?
review_date: 2016-05-19T08:37:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During a Fox News appearance, Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy "accidentally admitted" that troops would not have been able to reach the four Americans killed in time to intervene.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kyle-rittenhouse-punch-woman-video/
title: Did Kyle Rittenhouse Punch a Woman in This Video?
review_date: 2020-08-31T05:20:21Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of killing two people at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, punching a woman.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barton-wind-finite/
title: Did Rep. Joe Barton Proclaim 'Wind Is a Finite Resource'?
review_date: 2015-02-25T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Rep. Joe Barton said "wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thomas-jefferson-tree-of-liberty/
review_date: 2019-09-11T09:32:30Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thomas Jefferson once said that "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

title:
Did Thomas Jefferson Say the Tree of Liberty Must Be Refreshed 'With the Blood of Patriots and Tyrants'?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soros-wuhan-lab/
title: Does George Soros Own a Lab That 'Developed' COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-04-02T05:04:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Financier George Soros owns the lab in Wuhan, China, where the COVID-19 coronavirus disease was "developed."


text: A photograph shows a young Carrie Fisher watching her mother Debbie Reynolds perform onstage.
title: Photograph Shows Young Carrie Fisher Watching Debbie Reynolds Perform
review_date: 2016-12-29T02:25:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-shows-young-carrie-fisher-watching-debbie-reynolds-on-stage/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-international/
title: Is There a Petition to Change a Scottish Airport's Name to 'Joe Biden International Airport'?
review_date: 2021-01-24T03:28:10Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
There is a petition to change the name of Glasgow Prestwick Airport — which Donald Trump flies into when visiting his golf course Trump Turnberry — to Joe Biden International Airport.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-college-students-castrating-trumps-wall/
title: Are California College Students Cutting Off Their Genitals Over Trump's 'Wall' Plan?
review_date: 2017-01-17T03:48:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Two college students have vowed to remove their own penises to protest a planned U.S.-Mexico border wall.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/queen-sword-trump/
title: Can the Queen Legally Kill President Trump with a Sword?
review_date: 2017-01-31T22:39:09Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Queen Elizabeth asserted she has the legal authority to kill President Trump with a sword should he enter Buckingham Palace.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/avoiding-future-plague-psa/
title: Is This 'Avoiding the Future Plague' Video a Real PSA From the 1950s?
review_date: 2020-10-05T01:26:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a genuine public service announcement from 1956 about how people can avoid a future plague.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ca-democrats-lgbtq-bill-pedophiles/
title: Did California Pass a Law Protecting Pedophiles Who Rape Children?
review_date: 2019-02-28T09:08:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
California Senate Bill 145, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September 2020, shields pedophiles who rape children from having to register as sex offenders.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-elected-four-people/
title: Did Democrats Elect Four Horrible People?
review_date: 2018-11-09T11:05:24Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democrats elected a domestic abuser, a woman who married her brother, a man who hired underage prostitutes, and a woman who is dumber than a salamander.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australia-government-shutdown/
title: Did a Government Shutdown in Australia Result in All Members of Parliament Getting Fired?
review_date: 2019-02-14T08:08:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A government shutdown in Australia in 1975 ended with the dismissal of the prime minister and all members of Parliament.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/exploding-pyrex/
title: Does Pyrex Brand Bakeware Shatter?
review_date: 2009-09-18T11:00:02Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pyrex brand glass bakeware is now manufactured from a different material and is more susceptible to breakage.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/egg-in-coca-cola-experiment/
title: Will Immersing an Egg in Soda for 24 Hours Dissolve Its Shell?
review_date: 2019-05-31T03:49:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video captures an experiment in which immersing an egg in soda for 24 hours dissolved its shell and turned the egg into a rubbery, squeezable substance.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soda-can-bug-infect-lip/
title: Did a Bug That Lives on Soda Cans Infect This Person's Lip?
review_date: 2021-08-26T02:15:31Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a larva being pulled from a person's lip after they were infected by a small bug that lives on soda cans.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-pulitzer-emmy-peabody/
title: Has Fox News Never Won a Pulitzer, Emmy, Peabody, or Edward R. Murrow Award?
review_date: 2022-08-23T02:29:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fox News Channel, the conservative cable news organization, has never won a Pulitzer, Emmy, Peabody, or Edward R. Murrow Award for journalism on the merits of its work.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gargling-eliminate-coronavirus/
title: Will Gargling with Salt Water or Vinegar 'Eliminate' the COVID-19 Coronavirus?
review_date: 2020-03-14T10:36:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Gargling with salt water or Vinegar 'eliminate' the COVID-19 coronavirus from the throat of an infected person's system.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-analytics-electoral-map-shows-trump-sweep/
title: 'Facebook Analytics' Electoral Map Shows Trump Sweep
review_date: 2016-11-04T05:11:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An electoral map based on Facebook analytics shows Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election in a "clean sweep."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1963-newspaper-phone-pocket/
title: Did 1963 Newspaper Anticipate Phones That Fit in a Pocket?
review_date: 2021-05-18T08:46:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A newspaper article from 1963 talked about a phone that you'd one day be able to put in your pocket.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/have-children-fined-lemonade-stands/
title: Have Children Been Fined for Operating Lemonade Stands?
review_date: 2018-06-08T06:46:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Children have been fined for operating lemonade stands without a permit, or ordered to obtain expensive permits.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/arma-game-clip-ukraine/
title: 'ArmA 3' Game Clip Miscaptioned as Ukraine Invasion Footage
review_date: 2022-02-24T07:58:24Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video shows a Russian fighter jet firing and the Ukrainian military exchanging fire in February 2022.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/onion-marjorie-taylor-greene/
title: Did an Onion Headline Mirror a Rep. Greene Tweet?
review_date: 2021-02-05T04:31:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Onion published a satirical article warning that removing U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments would leave her with more free time, shortly before Greene commented that being removed from committee assignments had given her more free time.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/el-paso-suspect-mylife/
title: Was the El Paso Shooting Suspect's MyLife Page Altered by 'Leftists'?
review_date: 2019-08-04T02:56:43Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The El Paso shooting suspect's MyLife page was altered by 'Leftists' to make him appear to be a Republican.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/first-photo-another-solar-system/
title: Is This the First Photo of Another Solar System?
review_date: 2021-10-15T07:42:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image is authentically the first photograph captured of a planetary system outside of our own solar system.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nsa-toilet-cameras-sign/
title: NSA Toilet Cameras Sign
review_date: 2016-05-23T09:52:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The National Security Agency puts toilet cameras in restrooms for "research purposes," and fines those who tamper with them.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/snapchat-facial-recognition/
title: Is Snapchat Building a Facial Recognition Database for the Feds?
review_date: 2017-07-26T11:13:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Snapchat is using its "Lenses" photo and video filtering technology to create a facial recognition database for use by law enforcement agencies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-cruz-january-6-description/
title: Did Ted Cruz Describe Jan. 6 as a 'Violent Terrorist Attack'?
review_date: 2022-01-06T01:17:00Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In January 2022, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz described the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol as "a violent terrorist attack."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-clinton-satisfy/
title: Did Trump Say 'Hillary Clinton Can't Satisfy Her Husband'?
review_date: 2019-12-06T05:14:08Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump once said, "If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?"


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-ryan-conducting-obamacare-phone-survey/
title: Paul Ryan Conducting Obamacare Phone Survey
review_date: 2016-11-21T04:23:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
House Speaker Paul Ryan is conducting a phone survey regarding experiences with the Affordable Care Act.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chauvin-floyd-club-employment/
title: Did George Floyd and Then-Officer Derek Chauvin Work Together in Minneapolis?
review_date: 2020-05-29T07:50:47Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Floyd and then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin once worked together at a club and knew each other.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-vaccinations-depopulation/
title: Did Bill Gates 'Admit' Vaccinations Are Designed So Governments Can 'Depopulate' the World?
review_date: 2017-03-10T08:55:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Bill Gates has openly admitted that vaccinations are designed so that governments can depopulate the world.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brenda-lee-removed-air-force-one/
title: Did Obama Have Journalist Brenda Lee Forcibly Removed from Air Force One?
review_date: 2018-11-12T07:24:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Brenda Lee was forcibly removed from Air Force One by order of President Obama due to her pro-life views.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/march-for-our-lives-permit/
title: Was the 'March for Our Lives' Permit Application Made Months Before the Parkland Shooting?
review_date: 2018-04-03T08:47:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The permit for the "March for Our Lives" rally was submitted several months before the Valentine's Day school shooting.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marine-white-house-detail/
title: Did Thousands of Marines Apply for White House Detail After Trump Became President?
review_date: 2017-02-24T00:37:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Thousands of Marines applied for White House detail after Trump became president, and none applied during President Obama's 8 years in office.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pentagon-military-sendoff-trump/
title: Did Trump Want a Military Send-Off on Inauguration Day?
review_date: 2021-01-19T06:51:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump wanted a military-style send-off, complete with a 21-gun salute, on Inauguration Day.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nfl-man-of-god-headband/
title: Was an NFL Player Fined for Wearing a 'Man of God' Headband?
review_date: 2019-10-08T04:43:12Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis was fined by the NFL for wearing a "Man of God" headband.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spoonful-of-sugar-polio-vaccine/
title: Did the Polio Vaccine Inspire 'A Spoonful of Sugar'?
review_date: 2020-12-08T01:57:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The song “A Spoonful of Sugar,” written for the Disney movie “Mary Poppins," was inspired by the experience of one of the songwriters' children receiving an oral polio vaccine with a sugar cube.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rittenhouse-lawyer-kenosha-war/
title: Did Lawyer for Alleged Kenosha Shooter Say He Will Be Known for Starting 2nd Revolutionary War?
review_date: 2020-09-04T08:31:09Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Attorney John Pierce, who is representing 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, said in a tweet his client will "go down in history" for starting a second American Revolutionary War.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/household-printers-tracking-code/
title: Do Household Printers Leave an Invisible Tracking Code on All Your Printed Documents?
review_date: 2017-06-06T09:41:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Household printers leave hidden yellow dots that provide identifying information about the printer and the date and time the document was printed.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boebert-restaurant-man-beaten/
title: Was a Man 'Beaten to Death' Outside Rep. Lauren Boebert's Restaurant?
review_date: 2021-03-11T09:32:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man was once "beaten to death" "outside" U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's restaurant in Rifle, Colorado.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/four-armed-ufo-spotted-by-international-space-station/
title: Four-Armed UFO Spotted by International Space Station?
review_date: 2016-10-25T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A four-pronged alien space craft was spotted by the International Space Station, but NASA is covering it up.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nazi-rally-madison-square-garden/
title: Do These Photos Show a 1939 Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden?
review_date: 2020-02-21T03:59:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs circulating online in February 2020 show a Nazi rally that was held at Madison Square Garden in 1939.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-antenna/
title: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Confuse 'Antenna' for a Country?
review_date: 2022-07-19T06:05:06Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., once said, "You know nothing is built in America these days. I just bought a TV that said 'Built in Antenna.' I don't even know where that is."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uncounted-california-ballots/
title: Uncounted California Ballots
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Days after the California primary, a large share of ballots had yet to be counted in several counties.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/land-grab-2/
title: The Louisiana Land Title Legend: Here's What We Know
review_date: 2000-07-09T22:06:14Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A lawyer provides a caustic response when asked to demonstrate that the title to a Louisiana property was held before 1803.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-mar-a-lago-invite/
title: Did GOP Congressmen Invite Trump Supporters to Mar-a-Lago?
review_date: 2021-01-27T01:39:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Five congressional Republicans invited Trump supporters to Mar-a-Lago with free lodging, meals, and prizes included.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-gender-ban-house/
title: Did Pelosi 'Remove' Gender-Specific Words from Use in the House of Representatives?
review_date: 2021-01-05T05:16:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In January 2021, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats proposed banning, eliminating, or removing gender-specific language from use in the U.S. House of Representatives.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sc-lesser-cut-quote/
title: Did a South Carolina Politician Call Women a 'Lesser Cut of Meat'?
review_date: 2015-02-13T00:43:52Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
South Carolina state Senator Thomas Corbin told a colleague at a dinner function that women are a "lesser cut of meat."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/franz-kafka-doll-girl-story/
title: Did Franz Kafka Invent Letters from a Missing Doll to Comfort a Little Girl?
review_date: 2021-03-09T07:52:32Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In the early 1920s, Franz Kafka consoled a little girl he met in the park by writing dozens of letters to her, posing as her missing doll.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breonna-taylor-statue-smashed/
title: Was a Breonna Taylor Statue Smashed in Oakland?
review_date: 2020-12-29T01:18:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In late December 2020, a ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor in downtown Oakland was smashed into pieces.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-tate-twitter-crypto-scams/
title: Is This Andrew Tate's Genuine Twitter Account?
review_date: 2023-06-22T11:37:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Twitter account @Cobarrtate, which bears Andrew Tate's name and promotes cryptocurrency scams, is legitimate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harry-admits-meghan-markle/
title: Did Prince Harry 'Admit' Meghan Markle Might Not Be 'The One'?
review_date: 2020-12-14T00:19:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A report confirmed that Prince Harry has changed his mind about Meghan Markle, and he believes she might not be "the one."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fareed-zakaria-jihad/
title: FALSE: CNN Host Fareed Zakaria calls for Jihad Rape of White Women
review_date: 2016-01-10T14:10:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CNN host Fareed Zakaria posted a blog entry calling for white women to be raped by Islamic minority groups.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aborted-fetuses-dumpster-michigan/
title: Aborted Fetuses Found in Michigan Dumpster?
review_date: 2016-02-08T17:30:40Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An image depicts multiple late-term aborted fetuses discovered in a dumpster behind a Michigan abortion clinic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-say-never-blame-yourself/
title: Did Donald Trump Say 'Never Blame Yourself'?
review_date: 2020-03-17T07:57:20Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump once said: "You never blame yourself; you have to blame something else. If you do something bad, never, ever blame yourself."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/strongest-dog-in-the-world/
title: Is This the 'Strongest Dog in the World'?
review_date: 2010-03-24T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows the "strongest dog in the world," who works "in the Russian army special forces."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-govt-censorship/
title: Did Obama Say, 'We Need Full-Blown Gov’t Censorship To Eradicate Independent Media'?
review_date: 2023-05-29T15:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Barack Obama said, "We need full-blown gov’t censorship to eradicate independent media."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-to-regain-friends/
title: Facebook Hoax Promises Way 'To Regain Friends and Get Rid of Ads'
review_date: 2022-10-20T04:56:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Copying and pasting text into a new Facebook post will remove ads and give users access to more content from friends.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kid-rock-dumbfckistan-t-shirt/
title: Kid Rock Wears 'Dumbf*ckistan' T-Shirt
review_date: 2016-11-18T03:36:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Kid Rock was photographed wearing a t-shirt featuring an electoral map in which blue states are labeled "Dumbfuckistan."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/delta-pilot-die-covid-19-vaccination/
title: Did a Delta Pilot Die Mid-Flight Due to COVID-19 Vaccination?
review_date: 2021-10-13T02:03:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Delta plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot died from a COVID-19 vaccination.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/netflix-n-word-party/
title: Did Netflix Publish a Poster That Read 'N Word Party'?
review_date: 2021-03-05T03:33:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A promotional poster for the Netflix children's show "Word Party," which appeared to some viewers as "N Word Party," was authentic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bobsled-team-biden/
title: No, the US Bobsled Team Didn't Name Their Sled 'Biden'
review_date: 2022-02-04T00:22:00Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The U.S. Olympic Bobsled team named their sled "Biden" because "nothing has taken America downhill faster."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/landing-of-hope-and-glory/
title: Interstate Highways as Airstrips
review_date: 2000-10-30T02:06:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The American interstate highway system was designed to be used for emergency airstrips in case of war.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/william-shatner-halloween-mask/
title: Who Was Michael Myers?
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The mass-murdering Michael Myers character in the Halloween series of films sports what was originally a Captain Kirk mask.


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review_date: 2018-03-17T09:47:11Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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A decision by the Justice Department under the Obama administration forced the FBI to purge the names of 500,000 fugitives from justice from the background check database for firearms purchases.

title:
Did Obama's Justice Department Force the FBI to Delete 500,000 Fugitives from a Background Check Database?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/handy-excuses-nixon-backers/
title: Handy Excuses for Nixon Backers?
review_date: 2017-05-19T04:08:58Z
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text:
A 1973 column by humorist Art Buchwald, which provided canned responses for people supporting Nixon as the Watergate scandal grew, is authentic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-syria-publicity/
title: White House Admits Syria Missile Attack Was a Publicity Stunt to Make Trump Look Good?
review_date: 2017-04-08T02:44:32Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
In the wake of a missile strike ordered by President Trump on Syria in April 2017, senior White House officials admitted that it served no actual purpose.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/epstein-coroner-foundation/
title: Was the Coroner Who Declared Epstein’s Death a ‘Suicide’ on Clinton Foundation Payroll?
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text:
The New York City coroner who signed Jeffrey Epstein’s death certificate was on the Clinton Foundation’s Board of Trustees until 2015.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/yeti-nra-business-ties/
title: Did YETI Brand Coolers Cut Ties with the NRA?
review_date: 2018-04-23T02:39:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
YETI told the NRA the brand no longer wishes to do business with the organization, demonstrating that YETI does not support the Second Amendment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/guinness-world-records-zion-clark/
title: Did Guinness World Records Pronounce Zion Clark the Fastest Man with No Legs?
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text:
Guinness World Records recognized Zion Clark, an American entrepreneur and motivational speaker, as the fastest man on two hands in the world.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kanye-west-shayk-kardashian/
title: Is Kanye West Dating Irina Shayk?
review_date: 2021-06-10T06:32:00Z
textual_rating: Research In Progress
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text:
In June 2021, billionaire rapper Kanye West began dating Irina Shayk, actor Bradley Cooper’s ex-girlfriend.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/old-barbie-botched-surgeries/
title: Is This a 68-Year-Old Human 'Barbie Doll' After Botched Plastic Surgeries?
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text:
A set of photographs shows a 68-year-old woman, or human "Barbie Doll," after a number of botched surgeries.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/noodles-freeze-cold-weather/
title: Did Noodles Freeze Mid-Air Due to Cold Weather?
review_date: 2020-12-29T05:38:56Z
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language_code: en
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text:
A photograph shows frozen noodles and a frozen egg suspended in air during extreme cold temperatures in Novosibirsk, Russia.


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title: Did Sen. Collins Say This About Trump?
review_date: 2020-09-02T08:39:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said, "Yes, I said that I wouldn't endorse him but that doesn't mean I don't fully support him" in regards to U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-all-female-responsible-bridge-collapse/
title: Was an All-Female Construction Company Responsible for the FIU-Sweetwater Bridge Collapse?
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textual_rating: False
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text:
Munilla Construction Management, the construction firm that built the bridge at Florida International University that collapsed in March 2018, is an all-female company.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bills-introduced-by-republicans/
title: Bills Introduced by Republicans While We Were Distracted by the 'Russian Spy Drama'
review_date: 2017-03-07T06:59:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
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text:
Legislation introduced by Republicans during President Trump's first two months in office included bills to: terminate the Environmental Protection Agency; redistribute federal school funding via voucher programs; terminate the Dept. of Education; repeal a wildlife protection rule; repeal the Affordable Care Act; defund Planned Parenthood; establish a national right-to-work law; strip federal funds from sanctuary cities; criminalize abortion; and place new sanctions on Iran.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/skinny-joey-merlino-biden/
title: Did Biden Hire 'Skinny Joey' Merlino To Rig Election?
review_date: 2020-11-19T02:52:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Reputed mobster "Skinny Joey" Merlino was hired by the Biden campaign to rig the 2020 U.S. election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bernie-sanders-won-nevada/
title: Bernie Sanders Won Nevada?
review_date: 2016-04-09T07:50:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A month after Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of Nevada's caucuses, Bernie Sanders retroactively collected more delegates to win the state.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/funvax/
title: Does a Leaked Video Reveal a Government Plot to Vaccinate Against 'Thoughts, Ideas, and Religion?'
review_date: 2014-01-21T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A leaked Pentagon video reveals a government plot to vaccinate people against thoughts, ideas, and religion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/math-test/
title: The L.A. Math Test
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textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Teachers have gotten into trouble over using 'The L.A. Math Test,' a piece of online humor, in the classroom.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fabio-hit-goose-rollercoaster/
title: Was Fabio Hit in the Face by a Goose While on a Roller Coaster?
review_date: 2023-06-18T09:00:01Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Fabio, the model, was hit in the face by a goose while riding a roller coaster in 1999, leaving his nose bloodied.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kent-cigarettes-asbestos-filters/
title: Did Cigarettes Ever Contain Asbestos Filters?
review_date: 2023-01-18T05:00:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A brand of cigarettes in the 1950s, Kent cigarettes, used extremely toxic asbestos in their filters.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/candy-man/
title: Did Terrorists Purchase Large Quantities of Halloween Candy in 2001?
review_date: 2001-10-24T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Terrorists purchased large amounts of candy from Costco stores in New Jersey just before Halloween 2001.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-trash-talk-obama/
title: Was Hillary Clinton Caught on a Hot Mic Trash-Talking Obama?
review_date: 2017-08-28T05:24:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Katie Couric banished Hillary Clinton from her set in August 2017 after Clinton used a racist word to describe President Obama.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-microphone-intern/
title: Was the 'Intern' Who Took Acosta's Microphone Actually the Deputy Press Secretary?
review_date: 2018-11-16T00:55:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The intern who took away Jim Acosta's microphone at a White House Press Conference was actually Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/high-chair-to-heaven/
title: Baby High Chair Death
review_date: 2001-03-22T17:01:03Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Baby left in a high chair to await the coming of the sitter is discovered dead by the vacationing parents when they return weeks later.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ar-15-bullet-hole-size-wound/
title: What Does the Effect of a Bullet Fired From an AR-15 Look Like?
review_date: 2018-06-15T03:11:19Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A large circle marked on a protester's poster is an accurate reflection of the size of the hole created by an AR-15 round.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/andrew-brown-jr-background/
title: Was Andrew Brown Jr. a 'Known Drug Dealer' Before NC Deputies Killed Him?
review_date: 2021-04-30T09:17:45Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by North Carolina deputies in April 2021, was a "known drug dealer" who sold to children and had a criminal record spanning decades.


text: Is the GOP's Obamacare Replacement Called 'World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017'?
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textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-the-gops-obamacare-replacement-titled-worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/arthur-cartoon-knitter-episode/
title: Did Kids Yell 'He's a Knitter' on the Cartoon 'Arthur'?
review_date: 2021-06-09T05:46:56Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An episode of the children's animated TV series "Arthur" featured Arthur having a nightmare set in colonial times in which he's called a "knitter."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/prayer-request-jimmy-coynes-grandson-walkout-attack/
title: Prayer Request for Jimmy Coyne's Grandson After Walkout-Related Attack?
review_date: 2018-03-20T01:58:38Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Jimmy Coyne's grandson" was assaulted for refusing to take part in March 2018 walkouts to protest lawmaker inaction over school shootings.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soldier-carrying-donkey/
title: Is This Soldier Carrying a Donkey to Keep It Out of a Minefield?
review_date: 2020-04-04T04:14:29Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a soldier carrying a donkey on his back during World War II to prevent the animal from inadvertently setting off landmines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drake-is-not-dead/
title: No, Drake Is Not Dead
review_date: 2020-11-14T09:53:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
TMZ reported that Drake was involved in a drive-by shooting and died at the age of 34. Genius also reported that Drake's family confirmed his passing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-nyma-iq/
title: Was Donald Trump's IQ Measured at 73?
review_date: 2019-05-06T02:55:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A document discovered in May 2019 reveals that Donald Trump's IQ was measured at 73 during his high school years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unsold-cars/
title: Where the World's Unsold Cars Go to Die
review_date: 2014-05-16T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Photographs show thousands and thousands of unsold new cars deteriorating in storage lots until they are scrapped.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obamas-divorce-pregnant-mistress/
title: Did Michelle Obama File for Divorce Over Barack Obama's Pregnant Mistress?
review_date: 2017-04-25T00:08:33Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michelle Obama filed for divorce after discovering former President Barack Obama had a pregnant mistress.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jay-z-beyonce-buy-dmx-masters/
title: Did Jay-Z and Beyonce Buy DMX's Masters to Benefit His 17 Kids?
review_date: 2021-04-11T04:01:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
After rapper DMX’s death in April 2021, music power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce bought the rapper’s original song recordings, known as “masters,” for $10 million in order to give all proceeds to his 17 children.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stockpile-website-change-kushner/
title: Was National Stockpile Website Edited After Jared Kushner's Comments?
review_date: 2020-04-09T04:44:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Text on a government website for the Strategic National Stockpile was altered after Jared Kushner's remarks during an April 2020 press conference.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/meghan-mccain-china-virus-covid/
title: Did Meghan McCain Once Say She Had 'No Problem' With 'Chinese Virus' Label for COVID-19?
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textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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As highlighted in a March 2021 episode of HBO's "Last Week Tonight," Meghan McCain once said she had no objection to racially inflammatory labels for COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-world-kidney-stones/
title: Does a Walt Disney World Attraction Help People Pass Kidney Stones?
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textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Taking one or more rides on the Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster at Walt Disney World can help dislodge kidney stones.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lisa-brown-crypto-scam/
title: 'Lisa Brown' Profile Pushes Crypto Scam with Stolen Photos
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textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Facebook profile with the username @Lisa.Brown.8888 offers legit guidance for bitcoin and other cryptocurrency investments.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-santos-martin-luther-king/
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textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
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In January 2023, Rep. George Santos tweeted, "When Martin Luther King encouraged me to run for Congress I didn't think much of it. But over time I've realized he was right. And now that I've been elected, I refuse to spit on his grave and resign."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/portugal-net-neutrality/
title: Is Portugal an Example of What Happens Without Net Neutrality?
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textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Portugal doesn't have net neutrality regulations, and is an example of what happens without such laws; for example, a Portuguese telecommunications company, MEO, is parceling out access to specific broadband apps and content on a fee-for-service basis.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jeff-sessions-disbarred/
title: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Disbarred for Misconduct?
review_date: 2017-03-29T06:10:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is to be disbarred from the Alabama State Bar Association due to a letter of complaint filed by 2,000 attorneys from across the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/terrorist-attacks-entry-restriction/
title: No Deadly Terrorist Attacks by People from Countries Included in Foreign Entry Restriction?
review_date: 2017-02-01T00:27:46Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A chart documents that nationals from the seven countries included in President Trump's U.S. entry restriction have not killed any American citizens since 1975.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-obama-donald-trump-book/
title: Did Michelle Obama's Book Sell More Copies in One Week Than Donald Trump's Did in 32 Years?
review_date: 2018-11-27T07:16:14Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michelle Obama's book "Becoming" sold more copies in its first week than Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" did in 32 years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-trump-protesters-block-ambulance/
title: Anti-Trump Protesters Block Ambulance; Father of 4-Year-Old Girl Dies?
review_date: 2016-11-15T00:16:48Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The father of a 4-year-old girl died after anti-Trump protesters blocked roads and delayed an ambulance from reaching the hospital.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/identifying-as-clovergender/
title: Are People Identifying as 'Clovergender'?
review_date: 2017-01-06T13:00:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Individuals are legitimately identifying as and calling for acceptance of a new identity known as "clovergender."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bonus-hole-health-professionals/
title: Are Health Professionals 'Urged' To Call Vaginas 'Bonus Holes' To Not Offend Trans Patients?
review_date: 2023-07-10T13:13:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of July 2023, health professionals were urged to call vaginas "bonus holes" to avoid offending trans or non-binary patients.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-blair-witch-hunt/
title: The Blair Witch Project
review_date: 1999-07-31T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The movie The Blair Witch Project is based on footage shot by three student filmmakers who mysteriously disappeared while making a documentary about the legend of the Blair Witch.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shooting-sandy-hook-elementary-school-newtown-connecticut/
title: Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
review_date: 2012-12-14T19:03:02Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
We investigated various rumors connected with the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shrimp-cereal-guy-married-topanga/
title: Is Shrimpgate Guy Married to Actor Who Played Topanga on 'Boy Meets World'?
review_date: 2021-03-24T06:38:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The man who claimed to find “shrimp tails” in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch is married to the actress who played Topanga in “Boy Meets World” and he purchased the cereal in question at a Costco located on Topanga Canyon Boulevard.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simpsons-predict-trump/
title: Did 'The Simpsons' Predict a Donald Trump Presidency?
review_date: 2015-09-23T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video documents that The Simpsons anticipated in 2000 how Donald Trump would announce his presidential candidacy in 2015.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/canadian-flag-origins/
title: The Origins of Canada's Maple Leaf Flag
review_date: 2008-07-01T11:06:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The eleven points on the maple leaf of Canada's flag represent the number of Canadian provinces and territories.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/viral-nova-kakovka-dam-video/
title: Does Video Show Proof That Ukraine Drowns Its Citizens on Purpose?
review_date: 2023-06-09T10:53:37Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video that went viral on June 7, 2023, showed proof that Ukraine was flooding the country on purpose after the Nova Kakhovka dam explosion.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/georgia-suitcases/
title: Did Georgia Poll Workers Hide 'Suitcases' of Ballots From Republican Observers?
review_date: 2020-12-04T07:55:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Video surveillance footage shows poll workers at Atlanta's State Farm Arena using suitcases to hide ballots from Republican observers on Nov. 3, 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mixture-bill-nye-booed-waco/
title: Bill Nye Booed in Waco?
review_date: 2015-12-17T03:40:02Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Residents in Waco, Texas booed Bill Nye The Science Guy for saying that the moon reflects light from the sun.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-australia-chemtrails-vaccinate-residents/
title: Is Australia Using Chemtrails to Forcibly Vaccinate its Residents?
review_date: 2018-01-25T07:49:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Australian officials are deploying a genetically-modified vaccine aerially without consent from residents.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kfc-kristallnacht/
title: Yes, KFC Apologized for Sending German Customers a Chicken Promotion Commemorating Kristallnacht
review_date: 2022-11-10T12:59:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
KFC apologized after sending German customers a promotion for cheesy chicken in commemoration of Kristallnacht.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumpets-and-a-circle-in-the-sky-above-israel/
title: Trumpets and a Circle in the Sky Above Israel
review_date: 2016-11-11T04:18:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Strange circular clouds formed over Israel shortly after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/burned-dog-facebook-photo/
title: Does This Photograph Show a Dog Burned While Rescuing Its Family?
review_date: 2015-12-30T04:23:23Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a dog with a badly burned face suffered when the canine rescued its family from a fire.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-taylor-swift-say-we-should-forgive-logan-paul/
title: Did Taylor Swift Say 'We Should FORGIVE' YouTube's Logan Paul?
review_date: 2018-01-08T03:13:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Taylor Swift said "We should FORGIVE" YouTube personality Logan Paul following his videos chronicling his visit to Tokyo.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/9-0-phone-scam/
title: Does #-9-0 Allow Scammers to Make Long-Distance Calls on Your Phone?
review_date: 1998-10-28T08:42:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pressing #-9-0 on your telephone will allow scammers to make long-distance calls and charge them to your phone bill.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sumner-brooks-beating/
title: Did a U.S. Congressman Brutally Beat a Senator in the 19th Century?
review_date: 2020-02-13T06:22:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 1856 U.S. House Rep. Preston Brooks brutally attacked Sen. Charles Sumner with a cane in the U.S. Senate chamber.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gay-men-proud-boys-hashtag/
title: Did Gay Men Take Over the #ProudBoys Hashtag on Social Media?
review_date: 2020-10-05T07:14:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Gay men reclaimed the hashtag #ProudBoys from the white supremacist organization of the same name in order to celebrate LGBTQ love.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-zuckerberg-is-david-rockefellers-grandson/
title: Is Mark Zuckerberg David Rockefeller's Grandson?
review_date: 2016-08-22T09:46:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mark Zuckerberg's real name is Jacob Michael Greenberg and he is the grandson of billionaire David Rockefeller.


title: New York Television Station Broadcasts Bizarre Warning Before Hoboken Train Crash
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
The night before a Hoboken train crash, an Upstate New York station aired a bizarre and unsettling Emergency Alert System test warning mentioning trains.

url:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-york-television-station-broadcasts-bizarre-warning-before-hoboken-train-crash/


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/couple-sex-church/
title: Photo Does Not Show Couple Unable To Conceive Having Sex in Church
review_date: 2022-07-29T08:31:46Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph in a meme shows a man and a woman who are unable to conceive children having sex onstage during an evangelical church service.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/effectiveness-face-masks/
title: Are These Claims About the Effectiveness of Face Masks True?
review_date: 2020-06-18T08:25:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
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A Facebook post is correct in saying N95 masks, surgical masks, and cloth masks can be dangerous and/or ineffective in protecting against the spread of COVID-19 based on CDC and U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wildfires-stop-borders/
title: Do North American Wildfires Stop at National Borders?
review_date: 2020-09-15T03:25:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
While the western U.S. was plagued by wildfires in September 2020, maps showed western Canada was experiencing no such fires.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-letters-succuess/
title: Did President Trump Send Letters Lauding Middle Schoolers on Their 'Succuess'?
review_date: 2017-06-12T04:42:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trump administration sent a letter to recipients of the President's Education Award, misspelling the word "success."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcconnell-greene-cancer-republican/
title: Did McConnell Say Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Opinions Are a ‘Cancer’ For Republican Party?
review_date: 2021-02-02T05:09:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said that conspiracy-pushing Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s views are a “cancer” for the Republican Party.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-say-no-elections-until-war-ends/
title: Did Zelenskyy Say There Would Be No Elections in Ukraine Until War Ends?
review_date: 2023-06-27T17:26:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said in June 2023 that the country would hold no elections until its war with Russia ends.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gazpacho-police/
title: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Speak of 'Nancy Pelosi's Gazpacho Police'?
review_date: 2022-02-09T08:22:02Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Marjorie Taylor Greene said: "Now we have Nancy Pelosi's gazpacho police spying on members of Congress."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goes-around-litigates-around/
title: Did a Man Sue Himself After Being Hit by His Boomerang?
review_date: 2015-07-08T03:21:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A man sued himself and was awarded $300,000 (paid by his insurance company) after he injured himself with a boomerang.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/connor-reid-eckhardt/
title: Connor Reid Eckhardt
review_date: 2015-08-20T03:08:33Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A California teen named Connor Reid Eckhardt was determined to have died after smoking a synthetic marijuana compound known as "spice" or K2.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ocasio-cortez-resume/
title: Did U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Graduate Cum Laude from Boston University?
review_date: 2019-04-03T08:37:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez graduated cum laude from Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences in 2011.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-owned-medical-supply/
title: Is Clinton-Owned Medical Supply Price Gouging During COVID-19 Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-04-09T03:10:58Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A medical supply company owned by the Clinton family quadrupled prices for ventilators and masks during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-to-drop-out-twitter/
title: Tweet Claims Clinton to Drop Out of Presidential Race
review_date: 2016-09-04T03:30:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CBS reporter Hannah Chanpong tweeted that Hillary Clinton was dropping out of the 2016 presidential race.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/canada-covid-travelers/
title: Will Canada Quarantine COVID-19-Positive Travelers in 'Government Facilities'?
review_date: 2021-04-01T05:29:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Restrictions announced by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March 2021 required that travelers entering the nation would be required to “immediately quarantine in designated government facilities” if they tested positive for COVID-19.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tim-kaine-ban-catholic-church/
review_date: 2016-10-15T11:11:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Tim Kaine threatened to ban the Catholic Church from the United States if they didn't change their stance on gay marriage.

title:
Tim Kaine: 'The Catholic Church Will Change Its Same-Sex Marriage Stance or It Will Be Banned from the U.S.'


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/manhattan-project-hispanos-forced-out/
title: Was Land Used for Manhattan Project Previously Inhabited by Hispanos Who Were Forced Out?
review_date: 2023-07-25T13:47:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In the early 1940s, Hispanic homesteaders in Los Alamos, New Mexico, were forced off their land by the U.S. government and offered little to no compensation to make way for the Manhattan Project, a weapons laboratory led by J. Robert Oppenheimer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brood-x-cicadas-emerge/
title: Will Billions of Brood X Cicadas Emerge in Spring 2021?
review_date: 2021-03-30T07:28:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In Spring 2021, a brood of billions of cicadas will emerge from the ground after 17 years underground near the Washington, D.C., metro area.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hawaii-official-no-obama-birth-certificate/
title: Hawaii Official Says No Birth Certificate for President Obama?
review_date: 2015-08-18T06:25:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Hawaii state official recently came forward with proof that President Barack Obama's birth certificate was not legitimate.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daniel-radcliffe-coronavirus/
title: Does Daniel Radcliffe Have Coronavirus?
review_date: 2020-03-10T06:28:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
BBC News reported that actor Daniel Radcliffe was the "first famous person" to contract the coronavirus.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-queen-knighted-me/
title: Did Trump Say the Queen 'Knighted Me in Private'?
review_date: 2022-09-12T03:48:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a Truth Social post that Queen Elizabeth II had "knighted me in private."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcafee-phishing-scam-email/
title: McAfee Phishing Scam Email Claims 'Device at Risk'
review_date: 2022-07-27T05:44:43Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In 2022, "McAfee Support" sent email messages claiming you need to "hurry up and update your license" because your device is "at risk."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hackers-stole-273-passwords/
title: Hackers Stole 273 Million Passwords, Login Credentials?
review_date: 2016-05-05T02:17:13Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Approximately 273 million passwords and login credentials were stolen by a Russian hacker and sold for $1.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/popcorn-turkey-stuffing-recipe/
title: Is This Popcorn Turkey Stuffing Recipe Real?
review_date: 2022-11-13T08:00:01Z
textual_rating: Originated as Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A turkey dressing recipe that contains unpopped popcorn and is done when "the popcorn blows the ass off the turkey" is real.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/san-antonio-ghost-tracks/
title: San Antonio Ghost Children
review_date: 1998-12-07T11:36:50Z
textual_rating: Legend
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The protective ghosts of little children killed at a railway crossing push stalled cars off the tracks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/how-four-presidents-celebrated-4th-of-july/
title: Does This Image Show How Four Different Presidents Celebrated the 4th of July?
review_date: 2018-07-09T08:55:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral image proves that former presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton celebrated the 4th of July by visiting U.S. soldiers, while President Trump spent the holiday golfing.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sayoc-van-false-flag/
title: Was Cesar Sayoc's Van 'Staged' as Part of a 'False Flag' Operation?
review_date: 2018-10-31T06:48:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A van belonging to the suspect arrested in the October 2018 series of mail bombings was created as part of a "false flag" plot.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-gas-prices-over-5-dollars/
title: Biden Falsely Claims Gas Prices Were 'Over $5' When He Took Office
review_date: 2022-10-31T09:29:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The most common price of U.S. gas was above $5 per gallon when U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/curb-your-enthusiasm-new-season/
title: Was 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Filming Season 11 During COVID-19 Pandemic?
review_date: 2020-12-23T06:52:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" began filming its eleventh season in November 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-private-truck-drivers-quote/
title: Did AOC Say 'Private Truck Drivers Are Destroying America'?
review_date: 2019-07-15T02:12:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that "private truck drivers are destroying America."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/texas-alien-anal-probe/
title: Did a Texas Man Confess to Kidnapping 79 People While Disguised as an Alien?
review_date: 2018-12-06T04:23:30Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Arnold White admitted he had kidnapped and sexually assaulted 79 people while he was disguised as an alien.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soros-refugee-debit-cards/
title: Is George Soros Funding U.N.-Distributed Debit Cards to Refugees?
review_date: 2018-11-06T09:48:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
George Soros is funding the distribution of prepaid MasterCard debit cards to refugees through the U.N.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/salman-rushdie-peaceful-muslims/
title: Did Rushdie Say 'Peaceful Muslims Don’t Matter' Because He Was Attacked by 'Just One Muslim'?
review_date: 2023-02-08T14:01:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Author Salman Rushdie said, “The large majority of peaceful Muslims don’t matter because I was attacked by just one Muslim who followed Quran. All religions are not the same because they have not codified death to whoever does not believe in their religion. On my life I want to warn the world that Islam will not rest until every other society, culture, or religion is either annihilated or converted.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-businesses-closed-tweet/
title: Did AOC Tweet That Businesses Should Be Shut Down Until the Election?
review_date: 2020-06-23T03:44:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that businesses should be kept closed until after the 2020 presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nancy-pelosi-voters-decide/
title: Did Pelosi Say It's 'Dangerous' to Let Voters Decide Trump's Fate in 2020?
review_date: 2019-11-25T08:17:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it's dangerous to let voters decide President Donald Trump's fate in the 2020 election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/students-brain-cancer-compound/
title: Did University Students Develop Compound That Kills Brain Cancer Cells?
review_date: 2021-11-02T01:54:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Students at University of Findlay College of Pharmacy in Ohio developed a compound that kills glioblastoma (brain cancer) cells.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-wash/
title: Did the White House Get Its Name After Being Burned by the British?
review_date: 2001-03-07T22:51:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The White House obtained its name because it was repainted white after the British burned it in 1814.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-tweet-elon-musk/
title: Did Elon Musk Say Twitter Employees 'Who Are a 7 or Below' Are Fired?
review_date: 2023-03-08T09:47:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On March 4, 2023, Elon Musk tweeted, "Effective immediately, all remaining twitter employees who are a 7 or below are now fired."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/megan-rapinoe-men-like-trump/
title: Did Megan Rapinoe Say 'Gross Men Like Trump' Are the Reason Women 'Go Gay'?
review_date: 2019-07-15T04:21:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. women's soccer forward Megan Rapinoe said "gross men" like U.S. President Donald Trump make women "go gay."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcgraw-weight-loss-gummies/
title: Tim McGraw Weight Loss Gummies Scam Ad Features AI-Generated Voice
review_date: 2023-05-31T16:16:11Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A social media post or website reports that Tim McGraw and Faith Hill endorsed CBD or keto weight loss gummies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bob-marley-corn-must-die/
title: Body of Homeless Man Found in Fast Food Restaurant Was Bob Marley
review_date: 2015-01-31T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The body of a homeless man found behind a Jamaica fast food restaurant was identified as that of Bob Marley.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/condom-consent-ban-california/
title: Would a California Bill Ban Removing a Condom Without Consent?
review_date: 2021-02-11T03:19:17Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In early 2021, California Assembly Member Cristina Garcia published legislation to include "stealthing" under the definition of sexual battery in the state's civil code.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/750-cash-app-haley-snoop-deen/
title: $750 Cash App Facebook Scams Feature Nikki Haley, Snoop Dogg, and Paula Deen
review_date: 2022-06-09T03:11:28Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Nikki Haley, Snoop Dogg, Paula Deen, and other people from the entertainment and politics world are giving away $750 prizes in the Cash App finance app.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-19-infection-aspirin/
title: Is COVID-19 a Bacterial Infection Easily Cured with Aspirin?
review_date: 2020-08-11T07:56:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
By ignoring a ban on performing COVID-19 autopsies, researchers in Italy discovered that the disease is caused by a bacteria — not a virus — and can simply be treated with aspirin.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pin-the-molotov-cocktail-on-a-cop-car/
title: Does This Photograph Show Children Playing 'Pin the Molotov Cocktail on a Cop Car?'
review_date: 2018-10-30T08:15:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a child playing "pin the Molotov cocktail on the cop car" at an anarchist book fair.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jon-bon-jovi-washing-dishes/
title: Does Viral Pic Show Jon Bon Jovi Washing Dishes at His Restaurant?
review_date: 2021-10-11T07:25:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph from March 2020 shows rock star Jon Bon Jovi of the band Bon Jovi washing dishes at his restaurant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-tiktok-drink-video/
title: Do All of McDonald's Drink Cups Hold the Same Amount of Liquid?
review_date: 2020-11-10T00:29:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video proves that McDonald's small, medium, and large drink sizes all hold the same amount of liquid.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gi-joe/
title: Did Starbucks Refuse Free Product to Marines Serving in Iraq?
review_date: 2004-08-08T05:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Starbucks refused free product to Marines serving in Iraq, saying the company didn't support the war or anyone taking part in it.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivanka-trump-disavows-her-father/
title: Ivanka Trump Disavows Her Father
review_date: 2016-11-08T00:47:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ivanka Trump disavowed her father Donald Trump during a press conference just before the 2016 presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ellen-facebook-amazon-ps5/
title: 'Ellen' Facebook Giveaway Scam Promises Amazon Gift Cards, PS5s, and iPhones
review_date: 2021-11-23T06:45:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" is giving away $1,000 Amazon gift cards, PlayStation 5 consoles, and iPhones, all on Facebook.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/beto-o-rourke-campaign-funds-migrants/
title: Did Beto O'Rourke's Staff Use Campaign Money to Help Migrants in El Paso?
review_date: 2018-11-02T16:52:29Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Undercover video footage shows that Beto O'Rourke campaign staff illegally used campaign resources to provide food, supplies and transportation to Central American migrants.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-tax-social-security/
title: Does Sanders Want to Tax Social Security Benefits at 47 Percent?
review_date: 2020-02-29T10:40:26Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders said he wants to tax Social Security benefits at 47 percent.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/darwin-strongest-species-survives-adaptable/
title: Did Darwin Say It Is ‘Not the Strongest of Species That Survives’ but the ‘Most Adaptable’?
review_date: 2022-10-12T06:23:46Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Charles Darwin said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most adaptable to change.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tampa-school-sex-book/
title: Does a Tampa School Library Book Teach About Gay Intercourse?
review_date: 2022-09-01T07:25:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"This Book Is Gay," a book with sections that teach and advise kids about anal sex, oral sex, and hookup apps, is available to be checked out by students at Pierce Middle School in Tampa, Florida.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-tump-ffa-farmers-president/
review_date: 2018-10-30T09:25:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In October 2018, Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president in 27 years to speak at the national Future Farmers of America national convention.

title:
Was Donald Trump the First President Since 1991 to Speak at the Future Farmers of America Convention?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-second-coming-king-israel/
title: Did Donald Trump Call Himself the 'Second Coming of God,' the 'Chosen One' or the 'King of Israel'?
review_date: 2019-08-22T07:09:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On Aug. 21, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump articulated a belief that he is "the chosen one," the "King of Israel," or the "second coming of God."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cia-woke-recruitment-video/
title: Did CIA Video Feature ‘Intersectional,’ ‘Cisgender,’ ‘Latina’ Woman?
review_date: 2021-05-05T08:16:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An April 2021 CIA promotional video showed a Latina agent describing herself as a “woman of color,” “mom,” “a cisgender millennial who has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder,” who is also “intersectional.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/will-smith-arsenio-hall/
title: Did Will Smith Make an Alopecia Joke on 'The Arsenio Hall Show'?
review_date: 2022-03-29T05:05:57Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A video shows Will Smith making a bald joke directed at a person with alopecia during an appearance on "The Arsenio Hall Show."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/klanbake-1924-democratic-convention/
title: Did the Ku Klux Klan March at the 1924 Democratic National Convention?
review_date: 2018-05-15T06:52:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Ku Klux Klan held a march and rally at the 1924 Democratic National Convention, which was thereafter popularly known as the "Klanbake."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-tons-ppe-china/
title: Did the Trump Administration Send 18 Tons of PPE to China in Early 2020?
review_date: 2020-03-31T09:14:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The U.S. facilitated the sending of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to China to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus in early 2020.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-smothers-brothers/
title: Did President Lyndon B. Johnson Applaud the Smothers Brothers for Mocking Him?
review_date: 2017-02-19T10:13:36Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Lyndon B. Johnson sent a letter to the Smothers Brothers for making Americans laugh by mocking him on their show.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-kkk-taliban-endorse-trump/
title: Did the Taliban Endorse Trump While Scientific Community Endorsed Biden?
review_date: 2020-10-14T10:30:18Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the Taliban and the Ku Klux Klan endorsed U.S. President Donald Trump while his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, was “endorsed by a broad bipartisan coalition and the New England Journal of Medicine.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russia-rt-tucker-carlson-job/
title: Was Russia's RT To Announce Tucker Carlson as New Washington Bureau Chief?
review_date: 2023-04-25T12:00:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On April 25, 2023, Russia Today "will announce ... that Tucker Carlson has joined the network as its Washington bureau chief."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-newsweek-cover/
title: 'Madam President' Hillary Clinton Newsweek Cover
review_date: 2016-11-07T04:23:38Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Newsweek-branded "Madam President" publication cover declared Hillary Clinton the winner of the presidential election prior to 8 November 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/papa-johns-nfl-advertising/
title: Did Papa John's Withdraw Their NFL Advertising Over Anthem Protests?
review_date: 2017-11-02T04:19:11Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
As of November 2017, Pizza chain Papa John's had pulled their advertising from the National Football League.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/animas-river-spill/
title: Did the EPA Cause the Animas River Spill?
review_date: 2015-08-10T02:56:11Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A spill by the Environmental Protection Agency rendered the normally pristine blue Animas River a terrifying mustard yellow.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-police-statements/
title: Did Kamala Harris Make These Contrasting Statements About Police?
review_date: 2020-08-12T07:56:34Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme documents contradictory statements about the value of enhanced police presence offered by Kamala Harris.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-1776-commission-plagiarism/
title: Did Trump's 1776 Commission Report Copy and Paste Old Content?
review_date: 2021-01-20T04:03:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The report of the 1776 Commission contained segments of text taken from earlier writings by two commission members.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-anniversary-coupon-scam/
title: No, Walmart Is Not Offering a Free $50 'Anniversary' Coupon on Facebook
review_date: 2019-12-03T04:15:03Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Walmart is offering a free $50 anniversary coupon to social media users who fill out an online survey.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gone-blonde/
title: Did WHO Study Conclude That Natural Blondes Are Likely To Be Extinct Within 200 Years?
review_date: 2006-03-08T04:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A study undertaken by the World Health Organization concluded that natural blondes are likely to be extinct within 200 years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tokyo-human-meat-restaurant/
title: Did Tokyo Open the First Human Meat Restaurant?
review_date: 2017-12-02T07:52:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A new restaurant recently opened in Japan is the first in the world to legally offer human meat to diners.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cheetos-changed-to-green/
title: Did Frito-Lay Change the Color of Cheetos to Avoid Association with Trump?
review_date: 2019-07-05T04:14:44Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Frito-Lay changed the original orange color of Cheetos to avoid association with U.S. president Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-vaccine-female-sterilization/
title: Did 'Head of Pfizer Research' Say COVID-19 Vaccine 'Is Female Sterilization'?
review_date: 2020-12-04T09:16:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The "head of Pfizer research" said the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company "is female sterilization."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flying-with-animals/
title: Flying with Animals
review_date: 2016-04-25T02:48:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
People can fly with dogs, pot-bellied pigs, turkeys, monkeys, and miniature horses if they claim that their pets are emotional support animals.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-abortion-until-birth/
title: Did Kamala Harris Support Abortion Until the Time of Giving Birth?
review_date: 2020-08-28T03:31:24Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., supports the ability to carry out abortions up until the time a woman gives birth.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/michelle-obama-plagiarized-stephen-r-covey/
title: Michelle Obama Plagiarized Her 2008 DNC Speech from Stephen R. Covey
review_date: 2016-07-19T13:47:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Michelle Obama plagiarized parts of her 2008 Democratic National Convention speech from 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' author Stephen R. Covey.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/real-clear-politics-biden/
title: Did Real Clear Politics Take Penn. 'Away' From Biden After Lawsuit News?
review_date: 2020-11-10T03:59:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Media outlet Real Clear Politics projected Joe Biden to win Pennsylvania in the 2020 U.S. presidential election but rescinded that call after news of a lawsuit that could "invalidate 300,000 or more" Democratic votes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/heinz-terrys-chocolate-orange-mayo/
title: Yes, Heinz Created a 'Chocolate Orange Mayo' in the UK
review_date: 2021-12-06T21:44:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In December 2021, Heinz produced a Terry's Chocolate Orange mayonnaise in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boring-mike-pence/
title: Did Trump Tweet About 'Boring Mike Pence'?
review_date: 2016-07-21T02:39:12Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the RNC, Donald Trump sent a tweet about his running mate describing him as "boring Mike Pence."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blind-girl-cane-school/
title: Was a Blind Girl in the UK Banned from Using Her Cane at School?
review_date: 2019-12-16T08:55:45Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A school in Bristol, England, banned a blind girl from using a walking cane at the school because it could be a safety hazard.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denzel-washington-police-state/
title: Did Denzel Washington Say Trump's Election Saved Us From an 'Orwellian Police State'?
review_date: 2018-02-05T06:45:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Denzel Washington said electing President Trump saved the U.S. from becoming an "Orwellian police state."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronald-reagan-taliban-photo/
title: Is This Ronald Reagan Meeting with Taliban Leaders at the White House?
review_date: 2016-03-10T05:59:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in 1985 and comparing them to the founding fathers of the United States.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/empire-state-building-green-911/
title: Was the Empire State Building Lit Green on 9/11 for a Muslim Holiday?
review_date: 2016-09-06T02:17:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Obama is planning on lighting the Empire State Building green to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr on 11 September 2016.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/servers-clinton-house-fire/
title: Was a Room Full of Servers and Hard Drives Destroyed in a Clinton House Fire?
review_date: 2018-01-05T03:12:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The FBI was on its way to a residence owned by the Clintons when a fire destroyed a room full of servers and hard drives.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-solar-wind-power/
title: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggest Solar, Wind Power Aren't Enough to Power a Home?
review_date: 2022-08-15T06:43:47Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that solar and wind energy don't provide enough electricity to power a home, and that she doesn’t “wanna have to go to bed when the sun sets.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-bic-lighter-deaths/
title: Did Several Musicians Die with White BIC Lighters in Their Pockets?
review_date: 2017-01-02T04:23:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Kurt Cobain all died with white Bic lighters in their pockets.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doomsday-seed-vault-flooded/
title: Did the 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Flood Due to Global Warming?
review_date: 2017-05-23T05:07:12Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built to maintain Earth’s botanical genetic diversity in the face of future calamities, flooded due to melting permafrost.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/horse-refuses-give-birth/
title: Did a Vet Call Police After a Horse 'Refused' to Give Birth?
review_date: 2022-04-14T05:44:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
An online ad said: "Horse Refuses To Give Birth - When The Vet Sees The Ultrasound He Calls The Police."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dpd-car-pregnant/
title: Did Officers Shoot at a Car After Being Told a Pregnant Woman Was Inside?
review_date: 2020-06-05T04:48:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A video taken at a George Floyd protest in Denver on the night of May 29, 2020 shows police officers firing pepper balls at a car after the driver told them the passenger was pregnant.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-lgbtq-pride-parade/
title: Is This a Real Pic of Zelenskyy in LGBTQ Pride Parade?
review_date: 2022-12-23T11:13:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was photographed wearing short shorts and an Afro hairdo at an LGBTQ Pride event.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-obama-ebola-tweet/
title: Did Trump Call for Obama to Resign After Ebola Doctor Returned to U.S.?
review_date: 2020-05-15T09:11:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In October 2014, Donald Trump tweeted that U.S. President Barack Obama should resign because a doctor who had treated Ebola patients in Guinea returned to the U.S.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-campaign-overcharging-donors/
title: Clinton Campaign Overcharging Poor Donors?
review_date: 2016-09-16T05:31:44Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton's campaign has been systemically overcharging small donors, including the elderly and poor people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stirring-response/
title: Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons?
review_date: 2008-08-06T09:56:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
McDonald's did away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jacob-walter-anderson/
title: Was Jacob Walter Anderson Fined $400 for Repeatedly Raping a Baylor Student?
review_date: 2019-02-15T11:03:42Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Jacob Walter Anderson repeatedly raped a young woman but received only a $400 fine and deferred probation as punishment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scared-chuteless/
title: Man Jumps Out of Airplane without Parachute onto Trampoline
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language_code: en
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text:
Video shows a man jumping from an airplane without a parachute and surviving by landing on a trampoline.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giuliani-misattributes-quote/
title: Giuliani Misattributes Quote to 2 Different Patriots on Election Day
review_date: 2020-11-03T05:17:46Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Paul Revere or Patrick Henry said, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jfk-senate-frontrunner/
title: Was JFK Jr. a U.S. Senate Frontrunner Before His 'Suspicious' Plane Crash?
review_date: 2016-08-29T10:39:09Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
John F. Kennedy Jr. was a frontrunner for a U.S. Senate seat from New York just before he was killed in a suspicious plane crash in 1999.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-general-greene-funeral/
title: Did the Obama Administration Break Precedent with Funerals for Generals?
review_date: 2014-08-25T05:00:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Barack Obama broke precedent by declining to attend the funeral of General Harold Greene and failing to send any administration officials to the ceremony.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-disappointed-womens-march/
title: Was Mike Pence Disappointed in Men for Allowing the Women's March?
review_date: 2017-01-22T00:46:14Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Mike Pence said that he was disappointed in husbands and fathers for allowing women to participaite in the Women's March.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/betsy-devos-yacht-cayman/
title: Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?
review_date: 2018-08-17T06:33:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Betsy DeVos owns a yacht called Seaquest, which she registered in the Cayman Islands to avoid U.S. taxes.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/skippy-peanut-butter-recall/
title: RECALL: Over 161K Pounds of Skippy Peanut Butter
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textual_rating: Recall
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
More than 161,000 pounds of three types of Skippy peanut butter were recalled on March 30, 2022, due to concerns over possible stainless steel contamination.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usatoday-hybrid-babies-ad-wrap/
title: Did USA Today Run a 'Front Page' Ad With Fake Stories About Hybrid Babies?
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
USA Today wrapped a weekend print edition in a full-page ad resembling that paper's actual front page that included fake news stories about hybrid babies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kehinde-wiley-painted-black-woman-severed-head/
title: Did Obama's Portraitist Paint an Image of a Black Woman Holding the Severed Head of a White Person?
review_date: 2018-02-13T04:29:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Kehinde Wiley, the artist who painted former President Barack Obama's official portrait, also produced a pair of paintings depicting black women decapitating white people.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harris-biden-debate/
title: Did Kamala Harris Tell Biden 'You Will Do Whatever the Chinese Tell You' During Dem Debate?
review_date: 2021-04-29T09:35:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
During a Democratic presidential primary debate, then-candidate Kamala Harris accused then-opponent Joe Biden of doing "whatever the Chinese tell you to" because they "gave your son over a billion dollars."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-19-denier-die-from-covid/
title: Did Ohio Man Who Called COVID-19 a 'Political Ploy' Die from the Disease?
review_date: 2020-04-22T05:31:24Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
An Ohio man died from complications related to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease weeks after he downplayed the virus on social media.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dick-morris-hillary-clinton/
title: Dick Morris on Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-01-19T16:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A column written by Clinton adviser-turned-opponent Dick Morris pointed out details elided in a 2007 Hillary Clinton campaign ad narrated by President Bill Clinton.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rudy-giuliani-disbarred/
title: Has Rudy Giuliani Been Disbarred?
review_date: 2021-01-12T08:24:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred for his role in inciting the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emily-murphy-feelings-trump-shirt/
title: Did Emily Murphy Attend a Trump Rally in a 'F*ck Your Feelings' Shirt?
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textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows U.S. GSA administrator Emily Murphy at a 2016 Trump rally in a "fuck your feelings" shirt.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-puppy-mills-inspection/
title: Did President Donald Trump End Public Access to 'Puppy Mill' Inspection Reports?
review_date: 2018-03-09T08:06:07Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The Trump administration blocked public access to USDA reports on safety and hygiene standards at facilities where animals are kept and bred.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-beyonce-say-descended-illuminati/
title: Did Beyoncé Say That She Is a Descendant of the 'Illuminati'?
review_date: 2018-01-17T08:00:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Beyoncé revealed that according to a DNA test, she is related to the Rockefellers and the British royal family.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hurricane-hillary-surfers/
title: Authentic Video of Surfers During Hurricane Hilary in California?
review_date: 2023-08-21T09:34:00Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A video that went viral in late August 2023 showed people surfing in California during Hurricane Hilary.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shelby-meijer-human-trafficking/
title: Shelby Township Meijer 'Human Trafficking' Warning
review_date: 2017-08-29T04:03:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A 25-year-old woman was drugged and nearly abducted by sex traffickers in the bathroom of a Shelby Township Meijer in August 2017.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-clean-coal-actually-reduce-carbon-emissions/
title: Can “Clean Coal” Actually Reduce Carbon Emissions?
review_date: 2016-11-14T05:58:09Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
“Clean coal technology” currently makes coal a clean source of energy and helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-trump-child-separation-meme/
title: Did President Obama Oversee the Separation of 89,000 Children from Their Parents?
review_date: 2018-06-29T02:56:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
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text:
Under President Barack Obama, 89,000 children were separated from their immigrant parents at the United States border.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trip-witless/
title: Did Congresspeople Make These Geographical Blunders?
review_date: 2003-02-04T04:37:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
List of howlers collected by a Washington travel agent proves members of Congress are hopelessly lost about even ordinary geography.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-or-trump-female-press-team/
title: Biden or Trump: Who Had All-Women Press Team First?
review_date: 2020-12-04T01:40:39Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
The Biden administration will have the first senior White House communications team entirely composed of women.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/duvet-shaking-heart-risk/
title: Does Shaking Duvets Increase Heart Attack Risk?
review_date: 2022-02-08T06:01:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
ITV News reported on a recent study that found people who vigorously shake their duvets are at an increased risk of heart attacks.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-scared-garbage-disposal/
title: Was U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez 'Scared' by Her Garbage Disposal?
review_date: 2019-05-09T09:33:53Z
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text:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a video of herself being "scared" at discovering a garbage disposal in her apartment.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-anti-gay-shunned/
title: Did Donald Trump Meet with an Anti-Gay Hate Group Shunned by Other Candidates?
review_date: 2016-09-14T09:26:48Z
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Donald Trump attended a hate group gathering "snubbed" by former GOP candidates Mitt Romney and John McCain.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/netflix-sharing-passwords-warning/
title: Did Netflix Send Test Warning to Customers About Sharing Passwords?
review_date: 2021-03-15T07:36:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
In mid-March 2021, Netflix sent out a test warning to an undisclosed number of users as a reminder that account holders should not be sharing passwords with others if they don’t live in the same house.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/back-to-the-future-predictions/
title: Back to the Future Rumors and Predictions
review_date: 2015-10-22T02:49:42Z
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language_code: en
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text:
Multiple social media rumors circulated on Back to the Future Day (21 October 2015): that Michael J. Fox was arrested for "insider sports betting," that Nike delivered a pair of self-tying sneakers, and that the Biff Tannen character was based on Donald Trump.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fistulated-cow-video/
title: Does a Video of a Fistulated Cow Document Abuse by the Dairy Industry?
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A video documents that the dairy industry has invented a new way to abuse cows: cutting holes in them to improve milk production.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doctors-media-hung-nuremberg-trial/
title: Were Doctors and Members of the Media Hanged in This Nuremberg Trial Photo?
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textual_rating: Miscaptioned
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publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
A photograph shows doctors and members of the media who were hanged in the aftermath of the Nuremberg trials.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jens-embarrassment/
title: 'Jen's Embarrassment'
review_date: 1998-03-14T20:02:05Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
A college student engages in cybersex with a man she encounters in a chat room. When the two finally agree to get together and consummate their relationship, they discover to their horror that they are father and daughter.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jefferson-government-corrupt-liars/
title: Did Thomas Jefferson Say 'The Government Will One Day Be Corrupt and Filled With Liars'?
review_date: 2019-05-10T05:08:47Z
textual_rating: False
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text:
U.S. President Thomas Jefferson said: "The government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars, and the people will flock to the one that tells the truth."


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title: Is the World Economic Forum Hiring Unvaccinated Pilots To Fly Elites To Davos?
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textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The World Economic Forum was hiring unvaccinated pilots to transport the wealthy and powerful to the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2023.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christine-blasey-ford-peter-strzok/
title: Did Christine Blasey Ford's Brother Work with a Close Relative of Peter Strzok's?
review_date: 2018-10-01T06:17:30Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Christine Blasey Ford's brother, Tom Blasey, worked in the same company as a close relative (wife, sister, or sister-in-law) of former FBI agent Peter Strzok.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pence-empty-boxes/
title: Did Pence Deliver Empty PPE Boxes to a Rehabilitation Center?
review_date: 2020-05-08T03:10:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Vice President Mike Pence was filmed delivering empty boxes that were supposed to be filled with personal protective equipment to a rehabilitation center in Virginia.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-al-capone-demand-inquiry-doj/
title: Did Al Capone Demand an Inquiry Into Whether the Justice Department Surveilled His Gang?
review_date: 2018-05-22T11:53:42Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Notorious mobster Al Capone demanded an inquiry into whether his gang was surveilled or infiltrated by the Department of Justice.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-dakota-pipeline-protest/
title: Suppressed North Dakota Pipeline Protest Photo
review_date: 2016-09-15T11:25:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph shows a large group of people protesting against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-rocky-tweet/
title: Did Trump Tweet a Picture of Himself as Rocky Balboa?
review_date: 2019-11-29T05:28:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted an image of his own head edited onto the body of the character Rocky Balboa from the "Rocky" series of movies.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woody-harrelsons-father-kill-judge/
title: Did Woody Harrelson’s Father Kill a Texas Judge in 1979?
review_date: 2021-06-05T01:44:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Actor Woody Harrelson’s father, Charles Harrelson, was convicted of murder in the May 1979 killing of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. in San Antonio, Texas.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/calvin-and-hobbes-worlds-problems/
title: Is This a Real Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon?
review_date: 2020-01-07T04:24:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A "Calvin and Hobbes" strip questioning how "soldiers killing each other solve's the worlds problems" is real.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/honey-browser-extension/
title: Does the Honey Browser Extension Work?
review_date: 2018-05-04T07:15:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The browser extension Honey provides coupons for online shoppers and enables consumers to accrue purchase rebates.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bakker-trump-line/
title: Did Televangelist Jim Bakker Say 'God Will Create a Holy Line of Trumps'?
review_date: 2020-02-19T04:44:04Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Televangelist Jim Bakker described a dream he had in which God showed him the "holy Trump line" that would "rule" for years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-crying-like-a-psychopath-meme/
title: Obama Crying Like a Psychopath Meme
review_date: 2016-01-07T05:18:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
According to a body language expert, a photograph of President Obama crying reveals he is a psychopath.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-jr-women-workforce/
title: Did Donald Trump Jr Say 'Women Who Can't Handle Workplace Harassment Shouldn't Work'?
review_date: 2016-10-17T09:09:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Donald Trump, Jr. said that if women can't handle harassment in the workplace, they should teach kindergarten.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zip-ties-cars-mailboxes/
title: Are Sex Traffickers Leaving Zip Ties on Cars, Mailboxes of Potential Victims?
review_date: 2019-07-29T09:02:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Sex traffickers are leaving zip ties on the cars, homes and mailboxes of potential targets of the crime.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/iowa-caucus-coin-toss/
title: Iowa Caucus Coin Toss
review_date: 2016-02-02T06:00:16Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During the Iowa caucuses, delegates are sometimes awarded through coin tosses, and Hillary Clinton won six coin tosses in the 2016 caucuses (awarding her a narrow victory).


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trans-kids-sexy-shirt/
title: Photo of Man Wearing 'Trans Kids Are Sexy' T-shirt Is Fake
review_date: 2023-06-08T12:52:57Z
textual_rating: Fake
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture that went viral in June 2023 authentically showed a man in a Pride parade wearing a T-shirt reading, "trans kids are sexy."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elf-shower-scene/
title: Did TBS Remove the Shower Scene in 'Elf'?
review_date: 2018-12-17T01:28:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
TBS removed the shower scene from the movie "Elf" due to a controversy over the song "Baby It's Cold Outside."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nieto-democrats-open-borders/
title: Is This a Picture of 'El Chapo' and U.S. Democrats Plotting Open Borders?
review_date: 2019-11-19T00:28:53Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A photograph captures Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" plotting with top Democrats to maintain "open borders."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/huma-abedin-ties-to-terrorists/
title: Top Clinton Aide Huma Abedin Has Ties to Terrorists?
review_date: 2016-11-01T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has ties to Muslim terrorists and Saudi funders of the 9/11 attacks through her family's business


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-another-number-scam/
title: 'So Far No One Has Found Another Number' Walmart Gift Card Facebook Scam
review_date: 2023-07-26T11:09:38Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Facebook post mentions a Walmart gift card giveaway and includes an image of a game with the words, "So far no one has found another number."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/somali-pirate-luxury-cruise/
title: Can You Shoot at Pirates on a Luxury Cruise Along the Somali Coast?
review_date: 2009-07-01T05:46:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A Russian company is offering luxury yacht cruises along the Somali coast which provide passengers with the opportunity to shoot pirates.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/green-moon/
title: Will a 'Green Moon' Appear in April 2018?
review_date: 2016-03-27T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
On 20 April 2018, a Green Moon will appear in the sky, a rare event that only occurs every 420 years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jeff-bezos-amazon-office-1999/
title: Is This a Real Picture of Jeff Bezos in Amazon's Office in 1999?
review_date: 2023-02-27T08:54:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A picture authentically shows a young Jeff Bezos in Amazon company offices during its early days in 1999.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-mistake-tim-allen-joel-osteen/
title: Did CNN Mistake Tim Allen for Joel Osteen?
review_date: 2017-09-01T04:48:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
CNN published a story about pastor Joel Osteen that mistakenly featured an image of actor Tim Allen.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-texting-driver-found-clutching-phone/
title: Was a Texting Driver Found Still Clutching a Phone After a Fatal Car Crash?
review_date: 2018-06-04T07:28:17Z
textual_rating: Miscaptioned
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Paramedics found the upper half of a woman's body clutching her phone in the aftermath of a car accident caused by texting while driving.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/little-timmy-facebook-flag/
title: Was 'Little Timmy Salutes the Flag' Banned by Facebook?
review_date: 2015-10-30T04:15:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Facebook removed an image of "Little Timmy" saluting the United States flag because "non-Americans" found it offensive.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-demand-kavanaugh-dna-test/
title: Did Democrats Demand That Brett Kavanaugh Submit to a DNA Test to Prove He’s Not Actually Hitler?
review_date: 2018-09-05T04:43:31Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
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publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
During confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, congressional Democrats demanded that the nominee undergo DNA testing to prove he is not Adolf Hitler.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brian-s-freeman-soleimani-iraq/
title: Did Soleimani Command Forces That Killed U.S. Capt. Brian S. Freeman?
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textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Qassem Soleimani commanded forces that killed five U.S. service members, including Capt. Brian S. Freeman, in an attack in Karbala, Iraq, in January 2007.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brunei-stoning-laws/
title: Did Brunei Announce a Law to Punish 'Gay Sex' with Death By Stoning?
review_date: 2019-04-03T05:36:08Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
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In 2019, Brunei confirmed their intention to introduce new laws that included a penalty of death by stoning for gay sex.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/james-dobson-transgender-fathers-shot/
title: James Dobson Urges Parents to 'Protect' Children from 'Tyrant Obama' and 'Transgender Bathrooms'
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James Dobson said that parents should shoot transgender individuals if they use the "wrong" restroom.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-bans-china-virus/
title: Did Biden Ban Saying 'China Virus' With Executive Order?
review_date: 2021-01-28T03:11:14Z
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language_code: en
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U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order in January 2021 banning any use of the term “China virus.”


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gop-debt-ceiling-trump-presidency/
title: Did GOP Vote To Raise Debt Ceiling 3 Times with No Preconditions During Trump Era?
review_date: 2023-05-03T12:19:25Z
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Republicans voted to raise the debt ceiling three times when Donald Trump was president, with no preconditions.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/just-the-facts/
title: Dragnet: 'Just the Facts. Ma'am'
review_date: 2002-03-29T02:32:28Z
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'Dragnet''s Sgt. Joe Friday character frequently implored female informants to provide "Just the facts, ma'am."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/father-of-man-accused-training-school-shooters/
review_date: 2018-08-11T04:55:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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Imam Siraj Wahhaj, the father of a suspect accused of training children to be school shooters at a compound in New Mexico, was the keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

title:
Was the Father of the Man Accused of Training School Shooters the Keynote Speaker at Obama's Democratic National Convention?


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-hurl-pregnant-woman-border-wall/
title: Did ICE Hurl a Pregnant Woman Over a Border Wall?
review_date: 2018-06-26T04:10:50Z
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement hurled a pregnant woman over a border wall so she wouldn't have her baby on U.S. soil.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mexico-voter-id/
title: How to Vote in Mexico
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language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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Mexican citizens are required to have government-issued photo ID cards in order to vote in federal elections.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vp-pfizer-arrested-document-dump/
title: Was VP of Pfizer Arrested After Document Dump?
review_date: 2022-05-07T05:09:31Z
textual_rating: Labeled Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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Rady Johnson, the executive vice president of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc., was arrested after the release of documents related to the development of the COVID-19 vaccine.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cut-onions-contamination/
title: Cut Onions Contamination Warning
review_date: 2009-02-16T07:31:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Bacteria formed on cut onions and potatoes are responsible for more food poisoning cases than spoiled mayonnaise.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/denzel-washington-sound-freedom/
title: Denzel Washington 'Rages at Hollywood' for Banning 'Sound of Freedom'?
review_date: 2023-08-09T11:56:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
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text:
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington publicly spoke out against Hollywood for the way the town had purportedly reacted to "Sound of Freedom."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rick-scott-shelter-dog/
title: Did Rick Scott Return a Rescue Dog After an Election?
review_date: 2014-10-26T17:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Florida governor Rick Scott adopted a rescue dog during his campaign and returned it once he was elected.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-control-quote/
title: Adolf Hitler on How to 'Take Control Over a People'
review_date: 2016-01-11T02:34:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Adolf Hitler said that the best way to control a people is to "take a little of their freedom at a time."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patrick-stewart-on-galaxy-quest/
title: Patrick Stewart on 'Galaxy Quest'
review_date: 2016-05-19T05:56:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
'Star Trek' star Patrick Stewart admitted he originally refused to see the 'Galaxy Quest' movie, but eventually he did so and greatly enjoyed the film.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-hitler-heritage-tweet/
title: Did Trump's Tweet About Saving 'Heritage' Echo a Hitler Speech?
review_date: 2020-07-13T09:37:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A tweet by President Trump about preserving American heritage and history echoed a speech given by Adolf Hitler in 1939.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jeff-sessions-marijuana-rock-band/
title: Did Jeff Sessions Praise Marijuana in a College Rock Band?
review_date: 2018-02-07T02:39:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
While in college, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was in a rock band whose lyrics and album titles championed the use of marijuana.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/canada-straight-marriage-ban/
title: Is Canada Banning Straight Marriage During Pride Month?
review_date: 2019-06-13T07:46:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that straight marriage would be banned during Pride Month.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sajid-muhammed-anti-muslim-meme/
title: Sajid Muhammed Sets Woman on Fire
review_date: 2016-04-11T04:11:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A meme claimed that a British Muslim man named Sajid Muhammed set a woman on fire for eating a bacon sandwich, and was jailed for only two years.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/military-plans-gun-confiscations/
title: Is the Military Drawing Up Plans for Nationwide Gun Confiscations?
review_date: 2018-02-26T01:40:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The military has secretly drawn up plans to round up large numbers of privately-owned firearms from American gun owners.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-lynch-pilot/
title: Clinton/Lynch Pilot Breaks His Silence on What Was Said?
review_date: 2017-07-16T12:25:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Pilot Dimitri Noonan revealed information about a secret meeting between Bill Clinton, Loretta Lynch, and Paul Ryan.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/doubletree-hotel-military-sign/
title: Did DoubleTree Hotels Display a Sign Denying Service to Military Members?
review_date: 2019-03-21T09:13:47Z
textual_rating: Outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
DoubleTree Hotels displayed a sign reading "no longer serving military personnel and their guest(s)."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fistpump-cancer-greeting/
title: Was President Trump's 9/11 'Fist Pump' a Greeting to a Cancer Victim?
review_date: 2018-09-16T04:21:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
President Trump's notorious 'fist pump' at a Pennsylvania airport on 9/11 was offered as a greeting to a cancer victim.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mr-rogers-black-police-pool/
title: Did Fred Rogers Invite a Black Police Officer To Join Him In a Pool?
review_date: 2021-05-22T03:27:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In a May 1969 episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Fred Rogers invited a Black police officer to soak his feet with him in a wading pool, breaking color barriers at the time.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-staged-hiking-photograph/
title: Hillary Clinton Staged Hiking Photograph?
review_date: 2016-11-15T06:03:45Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
Hillary Clinton staged a photo op encounter with a hiker the day after she lost the 2016 presidential election.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-usa-sovereignty-who/
title: Is Biden Preparing To Give Sovereignty of US to WHO?
review_date: 2022-05-17T09:17:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
In spring 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration was preparing to give the country's sovereignty over health issues to the World Health Organization (WHO), granting the organization the power to implement its own lockdowns.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daylight-savings-apology/
title: Did Daylight Saving Official Apologize for Making 2020 Longer?
review_date: 2020-10-27T09:12:46Z
textual_rating: Correct Attribution
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
The official responsible for implementing Daylight Saving Time in Norway apologized to Norwegians for making 2020 one hour longer.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/liberals-hunt-conservatives-film/
title: Does an Upcoming Movie Depict 'Liberals' Hunting Trump Supporters?
review_date: 2019-08-08T04:04:44Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes.com
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
"The Hunt," originally set for release in September 2019, will feature liberal or left-wing characters hunting supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump for sport.


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sinead-oconnor-piers-morgan-meghan-markle/
title: Is This a Real Email From Sinead O'Connor to Piers Morgan About Meghan Markle?
review_date: 2023-07-27T14:32:37Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
publisher_site: snopes.com
text:
A viral screenshot authentically depicted a 2022 email between Sinead O'Connor and Piers Morgan in which the Irish singer turned down an appearance on his show and accused him of "dying to be balls deep in Meghan Markle."


url: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/keanu-reeves-judge-quote/
title: Did Keanu Reeves Say 'No One Has the Right To Judge You'?
review_date: 2022-04-07T07:19:27Z
textual_rating: Misattributed
language_code: en
publisher_name: Snopes
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text:
Actor Keanu Reeves once said: "No one has the right to judge you, because no one really knows what you have been through. They might have heard the stories, but they didn't feel what you felt in your heart."


