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CLAIM ou Gehrig’s consecutive game streak begin when Yankee first baseman Wally Pipp sat out a game with a headache. FALSE RATING FALSE ORIGIN Few people who lived through events such as the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 or the terrorist attacks against America on 11 September 2001 would deny that …
CLAIM Banana Boat brand sunscreen is causing severe burns, particularly on toddlers and young children. UNPROVEN RATING UNPROVEN ORIGIN In May 2017, Rebecca Cannon, a Canadian woman, published a series of posts on Facebook, describing the second-degree chemical burns her 14-month-old daughter Kyla purportedly suffered after Cannon sprayed her with Banana Boat Kids SPF-50 sunscreen. Photos …
On 17 May 2017, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke said he will be accepting a position offered to him as an assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, where he expects to start in June 2017. Clarke, an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, started his career in law enforcement with the Milwaukee Police Department in …
CLAIM A dangerous new drug known as “gray death” can kill through the air and skin contact. TRUE RATING TRUE ORIGIN On 11 May 2017, TheFederalistPapers.org, a web site that often posts conservative click bait, reported on a new drug cocktail known as “Gray Death”: The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is warning about the …
CLAIM An American Muslim man raped a 13-year-old girl in Ohio, and then was beaten by Trump supporters. FALSE RATING FALSE ORIGIN On 26 April 2017, RedInfo.us posted a grisly picture of a badly battered man in a hospital bed with the inflammatory headline, “BREAKING: This is American Muslim who rape 13 years old girl …
CLAIM An American Muslim man raped a 13-year-old girl in Ohio, and then was beaten by Trump supporters. FALSE RATING FALSE ORIGIN On 26 April 2017, RedInfo.us posted a grisly picture of a badly battered man in a hospital bed with the inflammatory headline, “BREAKING: This is American Muslim who rape 13 years old girl …
CLAIM An American Muslim man raped a 13-year-old girl in Ohio, and then was beaten by Trump supporters. FALSE RATING FALSE ORIGIN On 26 April 2017, RedInfo.us posted a grisly picture of a badly battered man in a hospital bed with the inflammatory headline, “BREAKING: This is American Muslim who rape 13 years old girl …
On 9 May 2017, Admiral Michael Rogers, U.S. Cyber Command commander and director of the National Security Agency, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. intelligence watched Russian hackers attack French computer systems as the French presidential election approached. Rogers said that the NSA warned their peers in France before the stolen information became public: We …
CLAIM President Trump “vetoed” Argentina’s decision to honor Jimmy Carter in April 2017. UNPROVEN RATING UNPROVEN ORIGIN In late April 2017, rumors appeared that President Donald Trump had pressured the Argentinian government to “rescind” an award they planned to bestow upon former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. For example, the The Intellectualist reported: The Trump administration pressured …
CLAIM Ted Nugent was killed in a Montana hunting accident. false RATING false ORIGIN On 28 April 2017, a number of unreliable web sites began publishing stories reporting that rock musician and conservative icon Ted Nugent had been killed in a hunting accident in Montana: Ted Nugent, 70’s rocker turned hunting guide and conservative icon, …
Leading members of the House Oversight Committee announced on 25 April 2017 that they believe former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn not only violated the law by failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from Russia and Turkey, but that the Trump White House had refused their now month-old request to release …
CLAIM Three power outages that coincided in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York were caused by Russian hacking. unproven RATING unproven WHAT’S TRUE Two major power outages occurred on the morning of 21 April 2017 in New York and San Francisco. WHAT’S FALSE A third power outage in the Los Angeles area did not …
CLAIM Three power outages that coincided in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York were caused by Russian hacking. unproven RATING unproven WHAT’S TRUE Two major power outages occurred on the morning of 21 April 2017 in New York and San Francisco. WHAT’S FALSE A third power outage in the Los Angeles area did not …
The future of war lies in part with what the military calls “autonomous weapons systems” (AWS), sophisticated computerized devices which, as defined by the U.S. Department of Defense, “once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by a human operator.” Whether that’s a good idea or a bad one is debatable, but it isn’t a question of if, …
Sources: Arkin, William M., et al. “U.S. May Launch Strike if North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger.” NBC News. 13 March 2017. Park, Ju-min, and Kim, Jack. “North Korea Test-Fires Missile Into Sea Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit.” Reuters. 5 April 2017. Martina, Michael, and Wong, Sue-Lin. China warns against force as North Korea prepares celebration Reuters. 13 April 2017.
Sources: Collinson, Stephen. “FBI: Trump Campaign, Russia Ties Investigated, No Wiretap Evidence Found.” CNN. 21 March 2017. Hanna, Jason and Butenko, Victoria. “Ukraine’s Leader Calls Killing of Putin Critic a Russian Terror Act.” CNN. 24 March 2017. Kramer, Andrew E., McIntire, Mike and Meier, Barry. “Secret Ledger in …
Paul Manafort, who managed President Donald Trump’s victorious 2016 campaign, promised a Russian billionaire that he could “greatly benefit” that country’s president’s profile in the U.S. and other countries. On 22 March 2017, the Associated Press reported that Manafort had signed a contract to work for Oleg Deripaska in 2006 for $10 million a year. …
Monday, October 4th 2004 ended a six-year dispute involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart’s allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow residing.Stewart, a New Yorker who has resided in Salt Lake City for the past five years, …
CLAIM Canada, Norway, and Germany each offer federally paid family leave programs ranging from 35 weeks to 1 year in length. TRUE RATING TRUE ORIGIN On 14 March 2017, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) office posted an image on his Facebook page criticizing the lack of federally-funded family leave in the U.S. by highlighting how similar …
CLAIM Bill Gates has openly admitted that vaccinations are designed so that governments can depopulate the world. False RATING False ORIGIN On 21 January 2016, dubious news and conspiracy theory site YourNewsWire.com published a story with the headline “Bill Gates Admits ‘Vaccines Are Best Way To Depopulate’”. The article opens with a damning claim: Bill Gates …