The New York Times Makes Several False Claims to Accuse Trump of Making False Claiim at CPAC
In an article titled "Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at CPAC" The New York Times (NYT) made several false claims regarding a CPAC speech delivered by former President Donald Trump on March 4th. Many of the claims mimic the CNN article we checked earlier today. NATO Payments NYT stated that Trump was making a false claim when he metaphorically stated some countries were delinquent and not paying their bills. He misleadingly characterized members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as “delinquent” on payments. At the end of the…
CNN Fabricate Wildly Dishonest Fact Check to Accuse Trump of Being Wildly Dishonest
CNN published a fact check titled " Fact check: Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC" which went so far as to call the former Presidents CPAC speech a "doozy" and one of his "most dishonest speeches" . Trump delivered the speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, March 4tth, which was subsequently met with the accusations of falsehoods by CNN. The National Guard and Minnesota CNN claims that Trump is being "wildly dishonest" in stating "We saved Min…
No, Trump Did Not Call for the Termination of the Constitution
Snopes published a fact check titled "Did Trump Say Election Fraud Allows for 'Termination' of US Constitution?" to which they said was accurate, however, misleadingly. Others such as The Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, MSNBC, Fox News, and of course, CNN, made more direct claims that Donald Trump "called for the termination of the U.S. Constitution". The only problem with these claims is that they are inaccurate. Snopes Misleading Claim In Snopes "context" section, it states: In a Truth Social …
CNN Makes Misleading Claims in Joe Biden Fact Check
In a fact check titled "Fact check: Biden’s midterms message includes false and misleading claims", CNN makes some questionable calls. Social Security It's first claim is a two part claim related to Social Security, one of which states Biden misled people when he said “On our watch, for the first time in 10 years, seniors are going to get the biggest increase in their Social Security checks they’ve gotten.”. CNN claims this statement is misleading because "the increase in Social Security payments for 2023, 8.7%, is unusual…
Newsweek and Others Falsely Claim Ohio Abortion Illegal for 10-year Old Rape Victim
In an article titled "Fact Check: Could Pregnant 10-Year-Old Girl Get an Abortion in Ohio?" Newsweek makes a false claim that a 10-year old rape victim had to travel to Indiana for an abortion due to Ohio's "6-week ban" on abortion. Newsweek presents the claim of it's fact check as: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, claimed that an unnamed 10-year-old who crossed into Indiana for an abortion, "did not have to leave Ohio to find treatment." The news outlet ultimately decides that the Yost statement is "…
FactCheck.org Asserts Assumptions and Misconstrues Mental Health to Allege a False Claim
In a recent article titled "Ask SciCheck Files: The Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings", FactCheck.org (FCO) misleadingly describes mental health as mental illness to falsely claim that the mental health concerns of officials is irrelevant. In the article, FCO states that: In the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, some officials have cited mental illness as a reason for the unprovoked attacks. Subsequently, they list the views of former President Donald Trump, who is not an official n…
FactCheck.org Claim - Attorney General Never Called Parents Domestic Terrorists - is Misleading
In an article titled "Attorney General Never Called Concerned Parents ‘Domestic Terrorists’", FactCheck.org and Robert Farley, claim no such thing was ever said. They open with the Attorney General's statements to the accusation: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he couldn’t even “imagine a circumstance” where “parents complaining” at a school board meeting would be “labeled as domestic terrorism.” Yet, several Republicans have continued to falsely claim Garland called such parents “terrorists.” Further they acknowl…
