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…
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 …
Image: Insider The New York Times published an article (See Ref. 1) claiming former President Donald Trump's speech at the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) conference in Florida contained many false and misleading statements. The article titled "Trump Revives Familiar Falsehoods in CPAC Speech" made several accurate fact checks, however, a few of these were false claims . Historic Lows on Illegal Immigrants The New York Times (NYT) makes the claim that "Apprehensions of unauthorized migrants are the best ga…
The general headline "Texas abortion law goes into effect, banning abortions as early as 6 weeks into pregnancy" is the claim by NBC, ABC, CNN, and other media outlets. In this case, we are not checking a fact check, but the accuracy of the premise reporting a supposed "fact". NBC The dramatic headline NBC published read: " Texas abortion clinics turning away patients as strict new law takes effect The law, which bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, took effect at midnight." Looking no further…
Image Credit: The New York Times During the 2020 Presidential debate, multiple media sources reported that President Donald Trump refused to denounce "white supremacy". Here are just a few of the notable headlines. CNN White House shows no signs of backing down from Trump's refusal to condemn White supremacy NPR From Debate Stage, Trump Declines To Denounce White Supremacy The New York Times Trump Refuses to Denounce White Supremacy in Chaotic Debate CBS News Trump faces criticism for refusing to condemn white supremacists The Gu…
When the Supreme Court turned away Donald Trump’s appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case on June 29, 2026, several major outlets framed the moment as a sweeping judicial defeat. CNN told readers that “Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million after Supreme Court denies his appeal of sexual abuse verdict,” and the Wall Street Journal ran a similar line. Read quickly, those headlines suggest the nation’s highest court weighed the evidence, ruled against the president, and affirmed a finding of sexual abuse. That is not what happened, and the distanc…
Image: PHR.org In a Robert Farley piece titled "Trump’s Nobel Nonsense", FactCheck.org ("FCO") falsely presents media coverage, makes a false claim of Trump's statement based on a relative opinion and interpretation, and completely misquotes President Donald Trump subsequently falsely calling his statement premature. FactCheck.org spends several paragraphs denouncing the importance of the nomination and criticizes Trump and others for mentioning it, however this may not have been the intention. They state, not once, b…
On May 8th, 2025, a wave of articles emerged across various media outlets, alleging that Dr. Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, lacks a medical license and never completed her education—some even claiming she holds no medical degree at all. These claims are entirely false . The Claims and Claimants MSNBC referred to the nomination as a "dark joke" in a segment titled 'Dark joke': MAHA influencer with no medical license tapped as Trump surgeon general , both on-air and online. USA Today ass…
FBI Wanted for Capitol Building Siege In an article on FactCheck.org titles "" the author inaccurately claims that: Viral social media posts and a Republican House member have amplified claims wrongly identifying some right-wing figures at the U.S. Capitol riot as part of “antifa.” The claims feed into an unfounded conspiracy theory that anti-fascist activists in disguise orchestrated the event. Whereas they cover many social media posts that are indeed inaccurate evidence of any anti-Trump activist or activist group. They fail to…
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…