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stated on June 22, 2020 in a viral image:
Aunt Jemima was photographed chained to a table.
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 23, 2020
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stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Former slave Nancy Green, the first Aunt Jemima model, died “as one of America’s first black millionaires.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2020
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stated on May 26, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Robert E. Lee opposed slavery and secession and has come to symbolize both slavery and secession.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • June 12, 2020
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stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says it was “a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 21, 2020
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stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Joe Biden was involved in a plot to kidnap JFK Jr. according to the just declassified FBI files, and also made several threats.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 27, 2020
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement:
Joe Biden “already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2020
Eric Burlison
stated on January 20, 2020 in a tweet:
“Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
Half-True
By Anna Peterson • March 18, 2020
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stated on January 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2020
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stated on January 11, 2018 in a Facebook post:
“Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2020
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stated on February 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“This is a 1927 News Article showing America was sold to five Billionaires The Rothschild’s, Rockefellers, DuPont’s, Harriman’s and Warburg’s.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2020
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stated on January 30, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says John F. Kennedy “smoked cannabis in the White House, while president, because he suffered from severe back pain and Addison’s disease.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2020
Jake Tapper
stated on February 4, 2020 in comments on CNN:
“Traditionally, the Speaker says: ‘Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States.’ (Tonight) Speaker Pelosi said, ‘Members of Congress, the President of the United States.’ “
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2020
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stated on November 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Up until 1913 Americans kept all of their earnings.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • January 21, 2020
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stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says after Australia passed a “new law” that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 13, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Trump volunteered his airline to bring troops home during Operation Desert Storm.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2020
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stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face.
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2019
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stated on December 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
An old image shows a drug store with a marijuana leaf sign.
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 18, 2019
Rick Range
stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
“George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 17, 2019
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stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing “to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2019
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stated on October 29, 2013 in a Facebook post:
Says former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has an outlaw horse thief ancestor and Reid’s office offered a spin-job biography about the man.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 9, 2019
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