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FactCheck.org→ American Crossroads/Crossroads GPS
2018-04-20 Political leanings: Republican Spending target: Unknown The Crossroads "twins" are affiliated conservative advocacy groups formed in 2010 with the help of two GOP power players: Ed Gillespie, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump's Numbers (First Quarterly Update)
2018-04-16 Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: Job growth slowed, but unemployment still sank to the lowest rate in 17 years. Economic growth quickened to 2.3 percent last year, but that was roughly half the rate Trump promised. The gro Go to site post…»
Snopes→ Animatronic T-Rex Bursts Into Flames
2018-03-23 A life-sized animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience in Canon City, Colo., was set ablaze after an electrical issue. Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Wind Energy's Carbon Footprint
2018-03-14 In observing that "every type of energy has consequences," Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke claimed the "carbon footprint on wind [energy] is significant." In fact, wind power's carbon footprint is among the smallest of any energy Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump's Power Puffery
2018-02-14 At a meeting on international trade, President Donald Trump falsely claimed his policies have reduced the cost of electricity for U.S. businesses. In fact, electricity costs have increased in Trump's first 10 months in office. The president made Go to site post…»
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump exaggerates energy exports
2018-01-31 The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Donald Trump exaggerates energy exports President Donald Trump put himself on the side of average Americans in his effort to reduce government regulations, particularly on energy. "We have ended the war o Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump's Numbers
2018-01-19 Summary Now that President Donald Trump has been in office for one day shy of a full year, it's time to take a look at how well his boasts — and his critics' complaints — stack up against hard data. Here we offer key measures Go to site post…»
Truth or Fiction?→ An Interesting Talk by the Head of Daimler Benz -Inaccurate Attribution!
2017-12-12 An Interesting Talk by the Head of Daimler Benz-Inaccurate Attribution! Summary of eRumor: A commentary titled "An Interesting Talk by the Head of Daimler Benz" has made the rounds in forwarded emails and discussion forums. The Truth: The & Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Smith Wrong About NSF Funding
2017-12-07 The head of the House science committee falsely claimed the National Science Foundation funds "more than twice as many graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences as in computer science, mathematics or material science." In fact Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Blackout or Ham Radio Drill?
2017-11-02 Q: Is the Department of Defense planning a drill that will cause a nationwide blackout? Is antifa involved? A: No and no. The Army is conducting a drill with ham radio operators, and it has nothing to do with antifa. FULL QUESTION I was wondering, d Go to site post…»
Climate Feedback→ Commentary in The Australian ignores evidence and misrepresents research while falsely claiming humans are not responsible for climate change
2017-10-26 SCIENTISTS' FEEDBACK SUMMARY This opinion in The Australian by Ian Plimer repeats a number of false but common claims to support an argument that human activities are not responsible for climate change, and that renewables like wind and solar Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Obama's Final Numbers
2017-09-29 Summary The numbers are nearly all in now. What they show about what really happened during the eight years that Barack Obama was president is sometimes different from what politicians claimed. The economy gained a net 11.5 million jobs. The unemploym Go to site post…»
Climate Feedback→ New York Times' "straightforward answers" to common climate questions are accurate, too
2017-09-28 SCIENTISTS' FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in The New York Times serves as a primer by briefly answering seventeen basic questions about the cause and consequences of—and possible solutions to—climate change. Twelve scientists reviewed the Go to site post…»
Snopes→ The Latest: Another Death Blamed on Gas from a Generator
2017-09-13 One person died and three others were treated at a hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning from an electric generator in Daytona Beach, Florida after Irma. Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Does Military Surplus Reduce Crime?
2017-09-01 In lifting the Obama-era restrictions on police acquisition of surplus military equipment, Attorney General Jeff Sessions misleadingly cited studies to claim that President Obama "went too far" and undermined public safety. Sessions said the studie Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump's Phoenix Fiction
2017-08-23 Summary President Donald Trump delivered a raucous, error-filled speech in Arizona on Aug. 22, just days after he was uniformly criticized for blaming "both sides" for the deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Vir Go to site post…»
Truth or Fiction?→ John McCain Started the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal Fire-Fiction!
2017-08-07 John McCain Started the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal Fire that Killed 134 Sailors-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Senator John McCain started the 1967 aircraft carrier USS Forrestal fire that killed 134 sailors. The Truth: John McCain wasn't to bla Go to site post…»
Truth or Fiction?→ Video Shows What Happens When Lightning Strikes a River-Fiction!
2017-08-03 Video Shows What Happens When Lightning Strikes a River-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A video showing lightning striking a river has left audiences captivated. The Truth: A video explosives being detonated in a river bed was misidentified as a lightn Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump's Iowa Rally
2017-06-23 The 2020 presidential campaign is more than 1,200 days away, but President Donald Trump held yet another Make America Great Again rally — this time in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And, as he did in past campaign speeches, Trump spoke for a long time and r Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump on Coal Jobs
2017-06-19 On NBC10 in Philadelphia's "@ Issue" program on June 18, FactCheck.org Deputy Managing Editor Robert Farley discussed President Donald Trump pointing to the opening of a new coal mine in Pennsylvania as evidence that his administrati Go to site post…»
Truth or Fiction?→ Bernie Sanders Drives $170,000 Audi R8 Sport Car-Fiction!
2017-06-19 Bernie Sanders Drives $170,000 Audi R8 Sport Car-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Photos show Bernie Sanders driving a $172,000 Audi R8 sport car that he purchased with donations to his 2016 presidential campaign. The Truth: An unidentified man with a pas Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump's Coal Spin
2017-06-12 President Donald Trump touted the opening of a new coal mine in Pennsylvania as evidence that his administration is "putting the miners back to work." But construction of the mine in question began before the 2016 election. And experts say Go to site post…»
Truth or Fiction?→ U.S. Pays $1 Billion into Green Climate Fund, Top Polluters Pay Nothing-Truth! & Misleading!
2017-06-07 U.S. Pays $1 Billion into Green Climate Fund, Top Polluters Pay Nothing-Truth! & Misleading! Summary of eRumor: The United States has paid $1 billion into the United Nation's Green Climate Fund while the world's top polluters — Chin Go to site post…»
Climate Feedback→ Playing semantics, misleading Breitbart article downplays US contribution to climate change
2017-06-06 SCIENTISTS' FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article at Breitbart argues that World Health Organization rankings of particulate matter air quality show that the United States is not one of the biggest polluters in the context of the Paris Agreement. Scie Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Scott Pruitt and Coal Jobs
2017-06-05 The Environmental Protection Agency head said that the "coal sector" added 7,000 jobs in May and "almost 50,000 jobs" since the fourth quarter of last year. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an increase of just 400 coa Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump on China, India and Coal
2017-06-02 Trump wrongly claimed that the Paris Agreement would allow China to "build hundreds of additional coal plants" and allow India to "double its coal production by 2020" but the United States "can't build the plants. Go to site post…»
Climate Feedback→ Trump's justification for withdrawing from Paris Agreement backed by a cherry-picked analysis
2017-06-02 On June 1, US President Donald Trump announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. In his remarks, he misrepresented the agreement itself as well as the economic and climatic effects of the greenhouse gas emissions reduct Go to site post…»
Climate Feedback→ In Paris Agreement op-ed, US Senator Ted Cruz misrepresents the costs and benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
2017-06-01 SCIENTISTS' FEEDBACK SUMMARY In an op-ed published by CNN, US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) argues for a US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, an international agreement with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming. S Go to site post…»
Climate Feedback→ Rand Paul argument for withdrawing from Paris climate agreement based on flawed information, Prof. Gary Yohe explains
2017-05-24 On May 22, 2017, Fox News published an opinion piece by Senator Rand Paul arguing that the United States should withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Sen. Rand Paul's opinion relies on the claim that the Paris Agreement would achieve little in the way o Go to site post…»
Snopes→ Did 'Nazis' Tape an Antifa Member to a Box?
2017-05-02 A photograph showing a person duct-taped to an electrical box is real, but the context with which it is offered is misleading. Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Pruitt on the Paris Accord
2017-03-28 Appearing on ABC's "This Week," Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt made two false claims about the Paris Accord, a global agreement aimed at addressing climate change: He claimed China and India are "the Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump Twists Jobs Numbers
2017-03-16 President Donald Trump says his agenda is all about "jobs, jobs, jobs." But at a rally in Nashville, and a speech earlier the same day in Detroit, Trump made several misleading claims about jobs, and the effect he has had on them since taki Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump's News Conference
2017-02-17 President Donald Trump offered his spin on the first weeks of his administration, and made some familiar false claims, during his Feb. 16 press conference: The president praised his administration's implementation of his anti-terrorism executive Go to site post…»
FactCheck.org→ Trump: Jobs Returning 'Because of Me'
2017-01-21 Two days before becoming president, Donald Trump tweeted that GM, Ford, Lockheed Martin and others announced investments and job creation in the U.S. "because of me!" But industry experts and company officials say the recent moves were larg Go to site post…»