Washington Post Gives Nelson ‘Four Pinocchios’ for False Claim About Florida Election Hacking

Jack Heretik
August 17, 2018 11:25 AM

The Washington Post gave Sen. Bill Nelson (D., Fla.) "Four Pinocchios" for his claim that Florida's elections systems are currently under siege by foreign entities and that Russia has access to voter rolls in Florida.

Fact Checkers Confirm GOP Rep Drove Number of Miles Democrats Deemed ‘Implausible’

Democrats attacked Kevin Cramer after he and wife listed 3,000 miles in campaign reimbursement claim

Jack Heretik
July 5, 2018 11:08 AM

Democrats jumped to attack a campaign reimbursement claim from Rep. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.) and his wife Kris that they drove 3,000 miles this year, but fact checkers proved the Cramers did, in fact, drive the claimed amount while campaigning.

WaPo Calls Out Pelosi for Misleading Claim That ‘Middle-Class’ Americans Will See Higher Taxes Under Trump Tax Law

Conor Beck
April 10, 2018 11:29 AM

The Washington Post fact checker on Tuesday gave House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) "two Pinocchios" for her misleading claim from last week that 86 million middle-class families will see a tax increase under the Republican tax reform law.

Washington Post Gives Ellison Four Pinocchios Over His Claims of ‘No Relationship’ With Farrakhan

Jack Heretik
March 9, 2018 9:02 AM

The Washington Post Fact-Checker has given Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.), the vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, its highest rating for falsehoods after the congressman claimed his relationship Louis Farrakhan ended in 2006.

WaPo Calls Out Tom Perez for False Claim That DNC Broke Fundraising Records in January

Conor Beck
March 7, 2018 10:20 AM

The Washington Post fact checker on Tuesday gave Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez "two Pinocchios" for falsely claiming last week that the DNC raised more money in January 2018 than any previous January in its history.

Facebook Threatens Satirical Site After Article Failed Snopes Fact-Check

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Paul Crookston
March 2, 2018 11:14 AM

Facebook’s attempts to crack down on fake news have targeted a well-known Christian satirical publication, the Babylon Bee.

Dems, Media Push Misleading Stat That There Have Been 18 School Shootings This Year

Figure includes incidents when no one was hurt

Jack Heretik
February 16, 2018 1:51 PM

Democratic politicians and several media outlets this week have pushed the misleading, but widely spread, claim that there have been 18 school shootings in the U.S. so far this year.

Washington Post Gives Schumer ‘Two Pinocchios’ for Misleading Claim About GOP Tax Plan

Cameron Cawthorne
November 16, 2017 9:56 AM

The Washington Post fact checker gave Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) "two Pinocchios" for claiming Wednesday that the Senate Republican tax plan is "kicking 13 million people off health insurance to give tax cuts to the wealthy" by adding a repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate to the most recent version of the bill.

Washington Post Gives Senate Dems Four Pinocchios for Claiming GOP Tax Plan Raises Taxes on Most Middle-Class Families

David Rutz
November 2, 2017 11:19 AM

The Washington Post "Fact Checker" blog gave Senate Democrats "Four Pinocchios" on Thursday for falsely claiming the Republican tax reform plan would raise taxes on most middle-class families.

Washington Post Fact-Checker Gives McCaskill Four Pinocchios for Claiming She ‘Wasn’t Here’ When DEA Bill Passed

'The reality is that she was there'

Charles Russell
October 17, 2017 4:01 PM

The Washington Post fact-checker on Tuesday gave Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) four Pinocchios for claiming she was not in the Senate last year when Congress passed a bill that weakened the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to go after drug distributors as opioid-related deaths in the country continued to rise.

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