CNN Makes Blatant False Claims about Fox News on Mask/Vaccine Hypocrisy
While not exactly a fact check, CNN does a hypocrisy check. CNN aired a segment headlined "CNN: Fox New host spouts anti-mask venom while his staff wears masks." Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy discuss the discrepancy between Fox News' anti-mask and anti-vaccine coverage and the company's mask and vaccine protocols for its own employees. In the segment, the two personalities state that Fox has COVID-19 safety protocols in place, then blasts them for it, claiming they need to be held accountable. They premise this with the as…
POLITIFACT Falsely Claims Tucker Carlson "Falsely Claims"
Image: Fox News POLITFACT published an article, which was also promoted by CNN, titled "Tucker Carlson film falsely claims Jan. 6 is ‘pretext to strip millions’ of ‘constitutional rights’" , the author makes false claims. Constitutional Rights Carlson's paraphrasing "pretext to strip millions of constitutional rights" appear to refer to the "shaming" and "defaming" activity that the media and political figures have repeatedly taken part in. What Carlson appears to mean (in our opinion) is that many &…
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 …
Media Sources: Trump Refuses To Denounce White Supremacy
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…
POLITIFACT's Latest False Fact Check, Misinformation on Election Laws
In POLITIFACT's latest "fact check", an article titled "Steve Scalise’s flawed argument that states didn’t follow their own election laws"goes far beyond their usual mis-step. They assert that "Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., for months has said that states didn’t follow the election laws passed by their own legislatures.", which is the premise for the entire Trump "rigged election" claim as we have mentioned many times on this platform. Further they report that That’s what Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., repe…
FactCheck.org and Others Make Inaccurate Claim of "Baseless" Voter Fraud
Image: Factbase Mimicking what many media outlets have been saying since November 4th, FactCheck.org has joined the false claim of "baseless" and "no evidence of" voter fraud in a recent article under it's FACTCHECK POSTS category. To first address the talking point of "baseless" voter fraud and "no evidence" of voter fraud, there are over a thousand affidavits signed under the penalty of perjury that state otherwise. Under federal law his is legally admissible as evidence in federal court. Moreove…
CNN Makes False Claim Regarding Presidential Records Act and Trump
In a recent article ¹ titled "Fact check: Trump falsely claims Presidential Records Act requires prolonged ‘talk, talk, talk’ over returning documents" CNN falsely claims Trump made a false claim. The Claims CNN claims that president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to inaccurately described the Presidential Records Act stating that Trump said the following n Fox News. “It says you are going to discuss the documents,” Trump said. “You discuss everything – not only docu– everything – about what’s going in NAR…
