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checkyourfact_1838 | checkyourfact_1838 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/31/franz-kafka-follow-obsessions-mercilessly/ | Claims that Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka once stated, "Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-26 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/31/franz-kafka-follow-obsessions-mercilessly/ | This quote was actually penned by gothic novelist Anne Rice in the foreword of a collection of Kafka’s writings published in 1995. | 2019-07-26 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1838_ret_b10_gn | checkyourfact_1838 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/31/franz-kafka-follow-obsessions-mercilessly/ | Claims that Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka once stated, "Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-26 | https://writingcooperative.com/https-medium-com-carlapaton-how-to-write-like-kafka-96ad6e2a9c6b | How to write like Kafka: "Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly" | 2020-05-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1838_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_1838 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/31/franz-kafka-follow-obsessions-mercilessly/ | Claims that Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka once stated, "Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-26 | https://www.navigatethechaos.com/post/how-often-do-you-follow-your-intense-obsessions-mercilessly | People who navigate the chaos like Anne Rice, Santiago Lange, and Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson each understand the value of following their obsessions mercilessly. If you want to navigate the chaos and translate one dream after another into reality, one strategy to consider using is to follow your intense obsessions mercilessly. [...] What a beautiful tribute to Kafka! And what a wonderful reminder for anyone putting in the daily grind to navigate the chaos to "follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." [...] Another person who followed his intense obsessions mercilessly was Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson who managed the Manchester United football (soccer) team from 1986 to 2013. He is considered by many to be the greatest manager of all time since he has won more trophies than any other in the history of football. | 2023-09-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_1838_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_1838 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/31/franz-kafka-follow-obsessions-mercilessly/ | Claims that Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka once stated, "Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-26 | https://yourhappyplaceblog.com/2013/09/ | Don’t bend; don’t water it down; dont try to make it logical; dont edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. -Franz Kafka | 2013-09-30 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_1841 | checkyourfact_1841 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/05/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-action-delineate-define-witold-gombrowicz/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Do you want to know who you are? Act! Action will delineate and define you!" | Viral Quote | 2019-10-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/05/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-action-delineate-define-witold-gombrowicz/ | Jefferson’s estate at Monticello considers it a “spurious quotation.” It actually comes from Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz. | 2019-10-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1841_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_1841 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/05/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-action-delineate-define-witold-gombrowicz/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Do you want to know who you are? Act! Action will delineate and define you!" | Viral Quote | 2019-10-08 | https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/do-you-want-know-who-you-are-spurious-quotation/ | Sources consulted: Searching on the phrase "do you want to know who you are" [...] Earliest known appearance in print, attributed to Thomas Jefferson: 2003[3] [...] Status: We currently have no evidence to confirm that Thomas Jefferson ever said or wrote, "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. This statement can be unequivocally attributed to Witold Gombrowicz. How it came to be attributed to Thomas Jefferson is unclear. | 2003-01-01 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_1841_ret_bn_g10 | checkyourfact_1841 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/05/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-action-delineate-define-witold-gombrowicz/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Do you want to know who you are? Act! Action will delineate and define you!" | Viral Quote | 2019-10-08 | https://philosiblog.com/2011/11/16/do-you-want-to-know-who-you-are-dont-ask-act-action-will-delineate-and-define-you/ | The quote urges you to stop wondering and go out and do something. The things you actually do will define who you are, and who you will become. It will delineate (to draw or make a sketch of) what you are and what you want to be. In other words, that shoe company stole it’s catch phrase from the 3rd President of the United States of America. Just do it? Yep! [...] This quote doesn’t diminish the value of thought, but cautions against an excess of it. Yes, think before you act, but you must also act. Without action, no one can tell if you’re thinking deep thoughts or day dreaming, right? By acting, you become known for what you have done. [...] From: Twitter, @AR_Foundation confirmed at : http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasjeff120901.html | 2011-11-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_1841_ret_bn_g19 | checkyourfact_1841 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/05/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-action-delineate-define-witold-gombrowicz/ | Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Do you want to know who you are? Act! Action will delineate and define you!" | Viral Quote | 2019-10-08 | https://www.microassist.com/digital-accessibility/boston-marathon-showcases-accessibility-as-disabled-athletes-prepare-to-compete/ | Accessibility in the News- Knowledge is Power "Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Action will delineate and define you.." ― Thomas Jefferson | 2024-04-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_2_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_2 | https://checkyourfact.com/2024/10/03/fact-check-walz-hong-kong-tiananmen-square-massacre/ | President Donald Trump's campaign claimed that 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was wrong to say that he was in Hong Kong right before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. | Trump Campaign | 2024-09-30 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/07/tim-walz/was-tim-walz-right-that-violent-crime-was-up-under/ | In a viral moment from his introduction as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took a political and personal jab at former President Donald Trump over crime. [...] The last part of Walz’s statement referred to Trump’s May conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. [...] Tim Walz, remarks at a rally in Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 2024 | 2024-08-06 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_2_ret_bn_g11 | checkyourfact_2 | https://checkyourfact.com/2024/10/03/fact-check-walz-hong-kong-tiananmen-square-massacre/ | President Donald Trump's campaign claimed that 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was wrong to say that he was in Hong Kong right before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. | Trump Campaign | 2024-09-30 | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-01/walz-misleadingly-claims-to-have-been-in-hong-kong-during-period-tied-to-tiananmen-square-massacre | Walz misleadingly claimed to have been in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit. [...] Minnesota Public Radio reported Monday that publicly available accounts contradict a 2014 statement made by Walz, then a member of the U.S. House, during a hearing that commemorated the 25th anniversary of the massacre. Walz suggested that he was in the then-British colony of Hong Kong in May 1989, but he appears to have been in Nebraska. Public records suggest he left for Hong Kong and China in August of that year. | 2024-10-01 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_2_ret_bn_g19 | checkyourfact_2 | https://checkyourfact.com/2024/10/03/fact-check-walz-hong-kong-tiananmen-square-massacre/ | President Donald Trump's campaign claimed that 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was wrong to say that he was in Hong Kong right before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. | Trump Campaign | 2024-09-30 | https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/12/tim-walz-china-record-us-election-harris-trump/ | One of the striking elements of Walz’s biography is his unusually deep connections to China. Walz first visited the country in 1989, just months after the Tiananmen Square protests, and returned to the country some 30 times afterward. As an educator and then a small business owner, he facilitated student groups’ trips to China. As a legislator, he served on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which monitors human rights and the rule of law in the country, and co-sponsored resolutions urging the release of democratic activist Liu Xiaobo and remembering the Tiananmen Square victims. [...] Yet in context, it’s clear that Walz was no dupe. During his teaching year, he visited Beijing (a 40-hour trip by rail) and saw Tiananmen Square, according to the Record. As much as Walz loved China and the Chinese people, his attitude toward the Chinese Communist Party was bluntly critical. Tiananmen Square, he told the Record, "will always have a lot of bitter memories for the people." (Walz later chose June 4 as his wedding date so he could "have a date he’ll always remember," according to his wife.) | 2024-08-12 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_2_ret_bn_g4 | checkyourfact_2 | https://checkyourfact.com/2024/10/03/fact-check-walz-hong-kong-tiananmen-square-massacre/ | President Donald Trump's campaign claimed that 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was wrong to say that he was in Hong Kong right before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. | Trump Campaign | 2024-09-30 | https://apnews.com/article/walz-china-tiananmen-square-protests-8d433bf7184e8c430aa31d1f5460fe87 | Walz misleadingly claims to have been in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre [...] WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit. [...] Minnesota Public Radio reported Monday that publicly available accounts contradict a 2014 statement made by Walz, then a member of the U.S. House, during a hearing that commemorated the 25th anniversary of the massacre. Walz suggested that he was in the then-British colony of Hong Kong in May 1989, but he appears to have been in Nebraska. Public records suggest he left for Hong Kong and China in August of that year. | 2024-10-02 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_235_ret_bn_g17 | checkyourfact_235 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/14/fact-check-did-hunter-biden-take-money-from-china/ | Kevin McCarthy says Joe Biden was wrong that Hunter made no money from China | Viral post | 2023-08-06 | https://time.com/6254861/hunter-biden-laptop-investigations-charges/ | Comer claims the email text shows Joe Biden was aware of Hunter Biden’s business with a Chinese company. Comer also claims those business ties influenced President Biden’s policy choices toward China, but it is unclear how. Biden has kept the Trump-era tariffs on China in place and added new export controls on U.S. chipmaking technology since taking office. While he was campaigning for President in Iowa in September 2019, Joe Biden told reporters, "I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings." [...] It does not. What is known about Hunter Biden’s business deals with Ukrainian and Chinese companies creates an impression that he was making a lot of money off the prestige of being Joe Biden’s son, but there isn’t evidence that Hunter Biden’s business transactions have influenced decisions that Joe Biden made as Vice President or as President. There is also no clear evidence that money from Hunter Biden’s business dealings ever made their way to Joe Biden’s accounts. (House Republicans have alleged they don’t have that evidence because of obstruction from the Biden Administration.) | 2023-02-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_236 | checkyourfact_236 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/07/fact-check-george-bernard-shaw-apple-idea-exchange/ | claims that Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once stated, "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." | Viral quote | 2019-09-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/07/fact-check-george-bernard-shaw-apple-idea-exchange/ | There is no evidence that Shaw ever said or wrote this saying. | 2019-09-18 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_236_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_236 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/07/fact-check-george-bernard-shaw-apple-idea-exchange/ | claims that Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once stated, "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." | Viral quote | 2019-09-18 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/12/13/swap-ideas/ | … if you have an apple and I have an apple, and we swap apples — we each end up with only one apple. But if you and I have an idea and we swap ideas — we each end up with two ideas. [...] "If I have a dollar and you have a dollar and we exchange we will be even, but if I have an idea and you have an idea and we exchange you will have two ideas and I will have two ideas" –F. J. Smolka [...] Was it not George Bernard Shaw who once said, in words I perhaps paraphrase: "If two men each give one another an apple they still each have only one apple. But if each of them gives the other an idea, they each have two ideas." | 2011-12-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_236_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_236 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/07/fact-check-george-bernard-shaw-apple-idea-exchange/ | claims that Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once stated, "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." | Viral quote | 2019-09-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/07/fact-check-george-bernard-shaw-apple-idea-exchange/ | FACT CHECK: Did George Bernard Shaw Say A Quote Comparing Apples To Ideas? A post shared on Facebook said Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once stated, "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. There is no evidence that Shaw ever said or wrote this saying. | 2019-10-07 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_236_ret_bn_g12 | checkyourfact_236 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/07/fact-check-george-bernard-shaw-apple-idea-exchange/ | claims that Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once stated, "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." | Viral quote | 2019-09-18 | https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?/topic/24925-irish-scian/ | Petr Florianek Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 my favorite of yours! GULLINBURSTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... [...] J.Arthur Loose Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 That's imposing, Jake- I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes! jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... [...] thomas pludra Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 It´s not only the high level of your skills that makes me a fan of your works. Especially your historical knives have that certain breath of history, that only few makers are able to put into them. I´m very curious on the finished piece. Regards Thomas http://www.highland-dirk.ag.vu http://www.messermacher-thomaspludra.de "If I have an apple and you have an apple and we exchange these apples, then each will still have one apple. But if I have an idea and you have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas" (George Bernard Shaw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... | 2015-06-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_236_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_236 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/07/fact-check-george-bernard-shaw-apple-idea-exchange/ | claims that Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once stated, "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." | Viral quote | 2019-09-18 | https://harappa.education/harappa-diaries/what-is-brainstorming/ | But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas," said Irish playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw, who believed that putting ideas together gives you more food for thought. Exchange of ideas or brainstorming is a powerful technique used by organizations, groups and individuals to create new and meaningful ideas by sharing and discussing them. It can also be used to refine existing ideas, solve problems and encourage collaboration within teams. [...] Group sessions can be intimidating for those who work better alone - | 2021-08-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_240 | checkyourfact_240 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/05/fact-check-un-new-world-order/ | The United Nations have a New World Order Website | Viral Video | 2023-03-07 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/05/fact-check-un-new-world-order/ | The claim is inaccurate. The website and project is not affiliated with the UN. | 2023-03-07 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_240_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_240 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/05/fact-check-un-new-world-order/ | The United Nations have a New World Order Website | Viral Video | 2023-03-07 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/04/11/fact-check-no-un-has-not-made-new-world-order-website/11639967002/ | Fact check: UN has not made a 'New World Order' website, despite video's claim [...] A March 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a website with a header that reads, "United Nations New World Order." "Well, I was just informed that the United Nations has a new world order website," says a narrator, who continues by reading from the website's "About" section. "The United Nations New World Order Project is a global, high-level initiative founded in 2008." | 2023-04-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_240_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_240 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/05/fact-check-un-new-world-order/ | The United Nations have a New World Order Website | Viral Video | 2023-03-07 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-agenda-21-2030/ | The alleged document lists myriad so-called "anti-globalist" narratives or conspiracy theories rooted in the notion that international institutions like the U.N. and WHO seek control over the global order: NEW WORLD ORDER UN Agenda 21/2030 Mission Goals [...] The former is part of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The latter is a resolution adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 2015 that is focused around achieving 17 goals within 15 years. Neither document includes any of the items on the "New World Order" list. | 2023-04-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_240_ret_bn_g4 | checkyourfact_240 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/05/fact-check-un-new-world-order/ | The United Nations have a New World Order Website | Viral Video | 2023-03-07 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/23/fact-check-uns-agenda-21-2030-agenda-wont-create-new-world-order/5474884002/ | The claim: The United Nations will establish a 'new world order' under its Agenda 21/2030 Mission Goals Is a "new world order" part of the UN's plan? There is evidence that the claim has circulated on social media for years, but a May repost by Facebook user Vernon Adkinson recently went viral. Over 20 goals comprise the "new world order" the United Nations will focus on as part of its "Agenda 21/2030 Mission Goals," according to the claim. Items on the agenda include one world government; a single cashless currency; government-owned and controlled schools, colleges and universities and an end to single-family homes. | 2020-07-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_244 | checkyourfact_244 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/13/oscar-wilde-happiness-wherever-whenever/ | Claims that Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once stated, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-17 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/13/oscar-wilde-happiness-wherever-whenever/ | The Daily Caller News Foundation found no evidence that Wilde authored this quote. | 2019-06-17 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_244_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_244 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/13/oscar-wilde-happiness-wherever-whenever/ | Claims that Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once stated, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-17 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/13/oscar-wilde-happiness-wherever-whenever/ | A post on Facebook alleges that Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once said, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." [...] Wilde was a poet, novelist and playwright who featured prominently in the aestheticism movement, in which beauty was considered to be the primary purpose of art. Two of his best known works, the 1895 satirical play "The Importance of Being Earnest" and the 1891 philosophical novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray," are both considered literary classics. [...] The expression, attributed to an anonymous author, appeared below an actual Wilde quote in a 1947 book called "A Little Book of Aphorisms," according to the website Quote Investigator, though variations of the saying have appeared in print as early as 1908. | 2019-08-13 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_244_ret_bn_g14 | checkyourfact_244 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/13/oscar-wilde-happiness-wherever-whenever/ | Claims that Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once stated, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-17 | https://www.buboquote.com/en/quote/2108-wilde-some-cause-happiness-wherever-they-go-others-whenever-they-go | Quote of Oscar Wilde - Some cause happiness wherever they go... Biography - Oscar Wilde: [...] Oscar Wilde also said... | 2016-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_248 | checkyourfact_248 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/18/fact-check-florida-11000-teachers-civics-training/ | purports Florida has awarded 11,000 teachers more than $33 million for completing civics training offered by the Florida Dept. of Education | Post | 2023-07-09 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/18/fact-check-florida-11000-teachers-civics-training/ | A press release shared to both DeSantis’ and the Florida Department of Education’s websites indicates 11,000 teachers have received $33 million for completing the training. A March release from the Florida Department of Education noted that 4,500 teachers had completed the training at the time. | 2023-07-09 | False | true | true | supports |
checkyourfact_248_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_248 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/18/fact-check-florida-11000-teachers-civics-training/ | purports Florida has awarded 11,000 teachers more than $33 million for completing civics training offered by the Florida Dept. of Education | Post | 2023-07-09 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/18/fact-check-florida-11000-teachers-civics-training/ | In a post shared on Twitter, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis purports the state has awarded 11,000 teachers more than $33 million for completing civics training offered by the Florida Department of Education. [...] "Florida has awarded 11,000 teachers more than $33 million for completing civics training offered by @EducationFL," DeSantis wrote in a Jul. 9 tweet that has been viewed more than 500,000 times. "Congratulations to all the educators who have finished this training and received bonuses – we are glad you are taking civics seriously!" he said. A press release shared to both DeSantis’ and the Florida Department of Education’s websites indeed confirms that 11,000 teachers have received $33 million for completing the training. The teachers who received the money either participated in the Summer Civics Professional Learning Series or the Civics Seal of Excellence Endorsement, according to the same release. | 2023-07-18 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_248_ret_b10_gn | checkyourfact_248 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/18/fact-check-florida-11000-teachers-civics-training/ | purports Florida has awarded 11,000 teachers more than $33 million for completing civics training offered by the Florida Dept. of Education | Post | 2023-07-09 | https://capitalsoup.com/2023/07/03/more-than-11000-florida-teachers-receive-civics-seal-of-excellence-endorsement/ | Governor Ron DeSantis today announced Florida has awarded 11,000 teachers more than $33 million for completing civics training offered by the Florida Department of Education. The educators have completed either the Summer Civics Professional Learning Series or the first-of-its-kind Civics Seal of Excellence Endorsement, which equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to provide high-quality civics instruction. Governor DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) launched the Civics Seal of Excellence in January, and more than 10,000 teachers registered for the course within the first week. Course enrollment is at capacity with 20,000 teachers enrolled and an additional 11,000 educators on the waiting list. FDOE enlisted the assistance of nationally recognized civics experts to create the 50-hour online program that contains over 28 hours of high-quality video lessons focused on America’s history, civics, and government. "Understanding the founding principles of our nation is the key to protecting and maintaining our republic for generations to come," said Governor Ron DeSantis. "Florida teachers are leading the way in civics education, which is demonstrated by our student success, especially when compared to the rest of the nation. Congratulations to our educators who have taken advantage of Florida’s unique civics professional learning opportunities." | 2023-07-03 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_251 | checkyourfact_251 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/04/10/fact-check-facebook-thomas-jeffe-government-best-governs-least/ | Says Thomas Jefferson once said, "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves." | Turning Point USA | 2019-04-06 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/04/10/fact-check-facebook-thomas-jeffe-government-best-governs-least/ | There is no record of Jefferson ever saying this, though the quote is often misattributed to him. The first half of the expression was popularized by author Henry David Thoreau, although its earliest known appearance dates back to the 1830s, when it became the motto for a U.S. magazine. | 2019-04-06 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_251_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_251 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/04/10/fact-check-facebook-thomas-jeffe-government-best-governs-least/ | Says Thomas Jefferson once said, "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves." | Turning Point USA | 2019-04-06 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/sep/03/jody-hice/so-says-thomas-jefferson-you-might-reconsider/ | "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves," reads the quote attributed to Jefferson, over the image of a waving American flag. [...] To quote Anna Berkes, the research librarian at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello in Virginia, "That sounds like something that he might have said or written, but in fact, he did not." [...] Or, as librarian and Jefferson researcher Eyler Robert Coates concludes, the attribution may belie a misunderstanding of Jefferson’s views. Coates argues the quote does not represent Jefferson because of its vague, abstract use of "best" and "least." | 2014-01-24 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_251_ret_bn_g11 | checkyourfact_251 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/04/10/fact-check-facebook-thomas-jeffe-government-best-governs-least/ | Says Thomas Jefferson once said, "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves." | Turning Point USA | 2019-04-06 | http://www.fordification.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71957 | That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves. -Thomas Jefferson - - Blue Oval Fanatic - Posts: 772 - Joined: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:22 pm [...] That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves. -Thomas Jefferson - ToughOldFord - 100% FORDified! | 2013-06-10 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_252 | checkyourfact_252 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/07/fact-check-orthodox-relics-auctioned-france/ | purports Orthodox relics from Kyiv, Ukraine are set to be auctioned at the Osenat Auction House in France on Oct. 1 | Post | 2023-07-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/07/fact-check-orthodox-relics-auctioned-france/ | An Oct. 1 auction listed on Osenat’s website focuses on “The Interiors of Versailles,” not Orthodox relics from Kyiv, as the post suggests. An Osenat spokesperson denied the claim’s validity in an email to Reuters. | 2023-07-13 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_252_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_252 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/07/fact-check-orthodox-relics-auctioned-france/ | purports Orthodox relics from Kyiv, Ukraine are set to be auctioned at the Osenat Auction House in France on Oct. 1 | Post | 2023-07-13 | https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/08/have-the-treasures-from-a-kyiv-monastery-been-removed-to-be-auctioned-off-in-paris | A billboard in Paris is allegedly promoting the sale of precious icons that have been removed from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery. Many social media users are accusing Ukraine of selling these artefacts to raise money for the army. Euronews fact-checked these claims. [...] According to a billboard seen in an image on social media, the French auction house Osenat is allegedly organising a sale of relics from the Ukrainian monastery of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. [...] "Recently there was news that Orthodox relics were being removed from Kiev [sic] to be stored in the West. And now in Paris, they are announcing an auction "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Treasures. Now the Orthodox relics will be safely stored in the cellars of French collectors," said one Facebook user. | 2023-08-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_252_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_252 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/07/fact-check-orthodox-relics-auctioned-france/ | purports Orthodox relics from Kyiv, Ukraine are set to be auctioned at the Osenat Auction House in France on Oct. 1 | Post | 2023-07-13 | https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/26/russian-spy-chief-alleges-un-ukraine-plot-to-loot-famed-kyiv-monastery-a81640 | Russia’s spy chief claimed Monday that Ukraine and the United Nations have agreed to remove holy relics from a revered Kyiv monastery to Europe to protect them from alleged Russian attacks. Kyiv however denied that any relics would leave Ukrainian territory. [...] "According to the SVR, the Kyiv authorities and representatives of [the UN’s cultural cooperation body] UNESCO reached an agreement on the removal of Christian valuables, including holy relics, from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra," Naryshkin said. | 2023-06-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_252_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_252 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/07/fact-check-orthodox-relics-auctioned-france/ | purports Orthodox relics from Kyiv, Ukraine are set to be auctioned at the Osenat Auction House in France on Oct. 1 | Post | 2023-07-13 | https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-kyiv-europe-caves-0373c67a7c70f8585859c5c6ae4c6766 | Among the sites at risk in the Ukrainian capital are the nation’s most sacred Orthodox shrines, dating back nearly 1,000 years to the dawn of Christianity in the region. The sites, along with other landmark shrines in Kyiv, are religiously significant to both Ukrainian Orthodox and Russian Orthodox. They also stand as powerful symbols in the quarrel over whether the two groups are parts of a single people — as Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed — or are distinct but related Slavic nations. [...] Whether Kyiv’s Orthodox shrines come under direct attack or receive collateral damage, such an action would be a "total refutation" of another of Putin’s claims — to be defending Orthodox Ukrainians loyal to Moscow’s patriarch, Lassin said. | 2022-03-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_252_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_252 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/07/fact-check-orthodox-relics-auctioned-france/ | purports Orthodox relics from Kyiv, Ukraine are set to be auctioned at the Osenat Auction House in France on Oct. 1 | Post | 2023-07-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/07/fact-check-orthodox-relics-auctioned-france/ | An Oct. 1 auction listed on Osenat’s website focuses on "The Interiors of Versailles," not Orthodox relics from Kyiv, as the post suggests. An Osenat spokesperson denied the claim’s validity in an email to Reuters. [...] "Recently there was news that Orthodox relics were being removed from Kiev to be stored in the West. And now in Paris they are announcing an auction ‘Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Treasures.’ Now the Orthodox relics will be safely stored in the cellars of French collectors," the Facebook post purports. The post includes a photo of a purported billboard announcing the auction, which is scheduled for Oct. 1. The claim is false, however. An Oct. 1 auction listed on Osenat’s website focuses on "The Interiors of Versailles," not Orthodox relics from Kyiv, as the post suggests. In addition, the supposed auction involving the Orthodox relics from Kyiv is neither referenced on the auction house’s "News" section of its website nor on its social media accounts. | 2023-08-07 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_255 | checkyourfact_255 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/15/fact-check-vladimir-lenin-kill-national-pride-propaganda-teenagers-drugs-chaos-idleness/ | Claims that Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin once said, "If we can effectively kill the national pride and patriotism of just one generation, we will have won that country." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/15/fact-check-vladimir-lenin-kill-national-pride-propaganda-teenagers-drugs-chaos-idleness/ | The Daily Caller News Foundation found no evidence that Lenin ever said or wrote this quote. | 2019-06-23 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_255_ret_b17_gn | checkyourfact_255 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/15/fact-check-vladimir-lenin-kill-national-pride-propaganda-teenagers-drugs-chaos-idleness/ | Claims that Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin once said, "If we can effectively kill the national pride and patriotism of just one generation, we will have won that country." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-23 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_activity_of_Vladimir_Lenin | Revolutionary activity of Vladimir Lenin The Russian communist revolutionary and politician Vladimir Lenin began his active revolutionary activity in 1892, and continued till assuming power in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Following on from his early life, during which he had become devoted to the cause of revolution against the Tsarist regime in the Russian Empire and converted to Marxism, Lenin moved to St. Petersburg. There he joined a revolutionary cell, and became a vocal advocate for Marxism within the revolutionary socialist movement. Entering a relationship with fellow Marxist Nadezhda Krupskaya, he toured Western Europe to build ties with other Russian revolutionary emigres and learn more about the international Marxist movement. Upon returning to Russia, he was arrested for sedition in 1895 and exiled to Shushenskoye in the Minusinsky District of eastern Siberia for three years. There, he devoted his time to translating and writing revolutionary texts, marrying Krupskaya in July 1898. | 2024-08-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_255_ret_b9_gn | checkyourfact_255 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/15/fact-check-vladimir-lenin-kill-national-pride-propaganda-teenagers-drugs-chaos-idleness/ | Claims that Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin once said, "If we can effectively kill the national pride and patriotism of just one generation, we will have won that country." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-23 | https://academic.oup.com/yale-scholarship-online/book/17686/chapter/175370836 | Lenin as a Russian Revolutionary Daniels, Robert, 'Lenin as a Russian Revolutionary', The Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia (New Haven, CT, 2007; online edn, Yale Scholarship Online, 31 Oct. 2013), https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300106497.003.0004, accessed 9 Oct. 2024. | 2007-04-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_255_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_255 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/15/fact-check-vladimir-lenin-kill-national-pride-propaganda-teenagers-drugs-chaos-idleness/ | Claims that Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin once said, "If we can effectively kill the national pride and patriotism of just one generation, we will have won that country." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/15/fact-check-vladimir-lenin-kill-national-pride-propaganda-teenagers-drugs-chaos-idleness/ | The Daily Caller News Foundation found no evidence that Lenin ever said or wrote this quote. [...] An internet search revealed that the quote has been attributed to several Soviet-era figures, including Lenin, dictator Joseph Stalin and Stalin’s secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria. However, a search of the Marxist Internet Archive, an online database of the writings of various influential Marxists, turned up no instances where this statement appears. (RELATED: Did Vladimir Lenin Say ‘Socialized Medicine Is The Keystone To The Arch Of A Socialist State’?) [...] Multiple Lenin experts also dismissed the notion that he ever said the quote. "The content of the quote goes completely against Lenin’s ideas," Christopher Read, a professor at the University of Warwick and author of "Lenin: A Revolutionary Life," told TheDCNF. | 2019-07-15 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_256 | checkyourfact_256 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-swalwell-charges-lying-jordan/ | purports Rep. Eric Swalwell instantly faced charges after allegedly lying to Rep. Jim Jordan | Video | 2023-05-26 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-swalwell-charges-lying-jordan/ | The video’s caption does not match its contents. The original video shows a February 2023 House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress. | 2023-05-26 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_256_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_256 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-swalwell-charges-lying-jordan/ | purports Rep. Eric Swalwell instantly faced charges after allegedly lying to Rep. Jim Jordan | Video | 2023-05-26 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-swalwell-charges-lying-jordan/ | FACT CHECK: Did Eric Swalwell Face Charges After Allegedly Lying To Jim Jordan? A video shared on Facebook purports California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell instantly faced charges after allegedly lying to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan. [...] "‘THEY DEFUND F.BI’ Swalwell DESTROYS his career after lying to Jim Jordan…faces CHARGES INSTANTLY," the Facebook video, which has received over 3,000 likes at the time of publication, purports. | 2023-06-06 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_256_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_256 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-swalwell-charges-lying-jordan/ | purports Rep. Eric Swalwell instantly faced charges after allegedly lying to Rep. Jim Jordan | Video | 2023-05-26 | https://cdn01.checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-swalwell-charges-lying-jordan/ | A video shared on Facebook purports California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell instantly faced charges after allegedly lying to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan. [...] "‘THEY DEFUND F.BI’ Swalwell DESTROYS his career after lying to Jim Jordan…faces CHARGES INSTANTLY," the Facebook video, which has received over 3,000 likes at the time of publication, purports. [...] Once Swalwell is finished speaking, he yields back his time to Jordan, who does not bring any charges against him. New Jersey Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew speaks next but also does not reference Swalwell’s alleged lying or the supposed charges. (RELATED: Did A Fight Break Out During A House Committee Hearing?) | 2023-06-06 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_256_ret_bn_g18 | checkyourfact_256 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/06/fact-check-swalwell-charges-lying-jordan/ | purports Rep. Eric Swalwell instantly faced charges after allegedly lying to Rep. Jim Jordan | Video | 2023-05-26 | https://www.thedailybeast.com/sitemap/2023/1/cheat | Priscilla Presley Asks Judge to Invalidate "Purported" Amendment to Lisa Marie’s Trust [...] Texas Police Investigating Vulture’s ‘Suspicious’ Death at Dallas Zoo 16 Dead from Five-Story Building Collapse in Northern Syrian City of Aleppo 12 People Shot and Injured at Dior Bar and Lounge in Baton Rouge: Police [...] Man Allegedly Defrauded by George Santos Calls Him ‘Professional Liar’ | 2023-01-31 | False | false | false | not_applicable |
checkyourfact_261 | checkyourfact_261 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/17/fact-check-agatha-christie-secret-getting-ahead-started/ | claims American author Agatha Christie said, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-01 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/17/fact-check-agatha-christie-secret-getting-ahead-started/ | There is no evidence that this statement originated with Christie. | 2019-09-01 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_261_ret_b17_gn | checkyourfact_261 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/17/fact-check-agatha-christie-secret-getting-ahead-started/ | claims American author Agatha Christie said, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-01 | https://yourstory.com/2023/04/getting-started-entrepreneurial-success | [Morning Quote] The secret of getting ahead is getting started [...] There is a timeless piece of wisdom that has inspired generations and continues to fuel the ambitions of entrepreneurs today: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started," as eloquently put by the legendary American author, Mark Twain. This simple yet powerful quote serves as a rallying cry for those who wish to accomplish great things but may be hesitant to take the first step. In this article, we'll explore the importance of getting started, overcoming fear and inertia, and how to harness the momentum of that first step to achieve success. [...] So, take that first step, and remember, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." | 2023-04-19 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_261_ret_b4_gn | checkyourfact_261 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/17/fact-check-agatha-christie-secret-getting-ahead-started/ | claims American author Agatha Christie said, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-01 | https://www.motivateamazebegreat.com/2017/08/why-the-secret-of-getting-ahead-is-getting-started.html | "The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, then starting on the first one." [...] Why The Secret Of Getting Ahead Is Getting Started 1. Big Dreams Might Seem Unreachable [...] We hope now you know why the secret to getting ahead is getting started and you're inspired to start doing it! | 2024-05-14 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_261_ret_b9_gn | checkyourfact_261 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/17/fact-check-agatha-christie-secret-getting-ahead-started/ | claims American author Agatha Christie said, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-01 | https://writingtips-writingquotations.blogspot.com/2008/02/getting-ahead-in-writing-from-agatha.html | Are you the same way? Just think how much work we could get done if we actually worked constantly! Since that seems impossible, especially at the beginning of new pieces, here’s some writing advice from Agatha Christie and Anne Lamott to get things moving. [...] Writing tip: Agatha Christie says you need only get started in order to get ahead. Why? Because getting started will build momentum, and before you know it the article or poem is half written, or the book outline is finished. Just get started, even if you only have 15 minutes. | 2008-02-19 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_261_ret_bn_g17 | checkyourfact_261 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/17/fact-check-agatha-christie-secret-getting-ahead-started/ | claims American author Agatha Christie said, "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-01 | https://theproductivitypro.com/blog/2013/10/getting-started-translating-ideas-into-action/ | When it comes to productivity and success, execution trumps all. No matter how well you’ve designed your mission/vision statement or planned out your strategy, nothing happens if you don’t get it done. Ultimately, I think mystery writer Agatha Christie said it best: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." Christie took her own advice to heart, writing 72 books, 15 short story collections, and a long-running play, The Mousetrap. She’s still the best-selling novelist of all time, four decades after her death. And she accomplished all this while indulging her love for archaeology, spending many summers working digs in the Middle East. [...] Stop dragging your heels and get to it, selecting the easiest path to success, exercising simplicity, careful direction, practicality, speed, and flexibility on the way. | 2013-09-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_262 | checkyourfact_262 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/01/fact-check-fence-test-jeff-foxworthy-republicans-democrats/ | claims Jeff Foxworthy created a series of statements distinguishing Republicans from Democrats | Viral Post | 2019-07-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/01/fact-check-fence-test-jeff-foxworthy-republicans-democrats/ | Foxworthy debunked the attribution in a 2013 Facebook post. | 2019-07-23 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_262_ret_b10_gn | checkyourfact_262 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/01/fact-check-fence-test-jeff-foxworthy-republicans-democrats/ | claims Jeff Foxworthy created a series of statements distinguishing Republicans from Democrats | Viral Post | 2019-07-23 | https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2015/09/25/fact-check-was-comedian-jeff-foxworthy-author-viral-essay/15681581007/ | This essay was widely circulated around the Internet in early 2013 with an "Attributed to Jeff Foxworthy" tag at its start, leading many to believe it was actually the work of that comedian, Snopes.com said. [...] As Snopes.com notes, Foxworthy's material is typically self-deprecating, much more apolitical and non-partisan than the circulated list. But Foxworthy's name seems to be a popular one to attach to similar political pieces. | 2015-09-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_262_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_262 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/01/fact-check-fence-test-jeff-foxworthy-republicans-democrats/ | claims Jeff Foxworthy created a series of statements distinguishing Republicans from Democrats | Viral Post | 2019-07-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/01/fact-check-fence-test-jeff-foxworthy-republicans-democrats/ | A Facebook post credits comedian Jeff Foxworthy with creating a series of statements distinguishing Republicans from Democrats. [...] An award-winning comedian, Foxworthy is known for delivering "You Might Be a Redneck" one-liners during his standup routines. The Facebook post, which distinguishes Republicans from Democrats in a series of statements, seems to resemble the format of these popular jokes. (RELATED: Did Steve Harvey Author This Pro-Trump Statement?) Yet, while Foxworthy has supported at least one Republican political candidate in the past, there is no evidence that the comedian made this series of statements. A search of his verified social media accounts didn’t turn up any matches, except for a 2013 Facebook post debunking the attribution. | 2019-10-01 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_262_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_262 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/01/fact-check-fence-test-jeff-foxworthy-republicans-democrats/ | claims Jeff Foxworthy created a series of statements distinguishing Republicans from Democrats | Viral Post | 2019-07-23 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/which-side-of-the-fence/ | A list of "Which Side of the Fence?" items distinguishing Republicans from Democrats was widely circulated via the Internet at the beginning of 2013 with the name Jeff Foxworthy tagged on the end, leading many to believe it was the work of that nationally famous comedian: [...] However, this item bears little resemblance to anything produced by Jeff Foxworthy: his comedic material is typically affectionate and self-deprecating and involves poking fun at his own milieu; his brand of humor isn't about picking on or insulting "the other guys," nor is it as overtly political or partisan as the list reproduced above (although that hasn't stopped his name from being attached to other similar political pieces). This collection of political quips was originally circulated at least as far back as March 2011 and in its original incarnation was not attributed to Jeff Foxworthy (or anyone else). We don't know who the original author was, but only after the list had been circulating for several months did someone tack Jeff Foxworthy's name onto the end of it; and Jeff's brother, Jay, confirmed for us that this material was not written by his sibling. | 2013-01-29 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_263 | checkyourfact_263 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness/ | Claims that author Kurt Vonnegut said, "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness/ | This passage was actually written by Iain Thomas in 2007 and later published in his poetry collection “I Wrote This For You.” | 2019-06-13 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_263_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_263 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness/ | Claims that author Kurt Vonnegut said, "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-13 | https://amp.checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness | A post shared on Facebook credits author Kurt Vonnegut with saying, "Be soft. [...] Vonnegut was an American author best known for his satirical writing style. He wrote several novels that are considered classics, including "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat’s Cradle." [...] Besides Hertweck, Julia Whitehead, founder and CEO of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, and the museum’s curator, Chris Lafave, also confirmed that Vonnegut did not pen this quote. | 2019-06-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_263_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_263 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness/ | Claims that author Kurt Vonnegut said, "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness/ | ‘Do Not Let The World Make You Hard’ – Did Kurt Vonnegut Write This Poem About Bitterness? A post shared on Facebook credits author Kurt Vonnegut with saying, "Be soft. [...] Vonnegut was an American author best known for his satirical writing style. He wrote several novels that are considered classics, including "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat’s Cradle." | 2019-06-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_263_ret_bn_g10 | checkyourfact_263 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness/ | Claims that author Kurt Vonnegut said, "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-13 | https://16til26.com/2015/10/15/because-i-love-quotes-too-much-for-my-own-good/ | Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness." -Kurt Vonnegut "One day, I just woke up and realized that I can’t touch yesterday. So, why the heck was I letting it touch me?" -Steve Maraboli "No one is you and that is your power." -Dave Grohl "If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint’, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." -Vincent Van Gogh "I have flowed, become stagnant, festered, I have fallen from above. Mass, rhythmic, in harmony with my millions of drops, I have rained. I have been earth with the earths. Foaming, humid, I have slept a faceless face down. I have. Had. Lived. Done. Been. All the words that grow before the tip of the tongue, before I reach it. I am a body who has enjoyed creation." -Hélène Cixous "Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. | 2015-10-15 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_263_ret_bn_g8 | checkyourfact_263 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/25/fact-check-kurt-vonnegut-be-soft-hard-pain-hate-bitterness-sweetness/ | Claims that author Kurt Vonnegut said, "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness." | Viral Quote | 2019-06-13 | http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/make-your-soul-grow.html | Dear Tom, Loving all things Kurt, as I do, and working with kids all of my working life I was dee -lighted to find this post of yours (via twitter and retweeted) But even more than this it solidifies what I have been thinking, feeling and planning lately re the redirection of my career. [...] Here is my favourite Kurt quote: "Be soft. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place." Really I think it is my life's motto. - 1:04 AM | 2014-03-21 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_268 | checkyourfact_268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/08/fact-check-viral-images-claim-to-show-a-15-minute-city-speed-gate-in-vancouver/ | purports to show 15-minute city speed gates that have been installed in Vancouver | Photos | 2023-04-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/08/fact-check-viral-images-claim-to-show-a-15-minute-city-speed-gate-in-vancouver/ | The speed gates were installed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release from the City of Vancouver. A spokesperson for the City of Vancouver said they were aware of the unsanctioned stickers in an email to Check Your Fact. | 2023-04-18 | False | true | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_268_ret_b12_gn | checkyourfact_268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/08/fact-check-viral-images-claim-to-show-a-15-minute-city-speed-gate-in-vancouver/ | purports to show 15-minute city speed gates that have been installed in Vancouver | Photos | 2023-04-18 | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/512 | - Intertraffic 15 Minute City: Urban Mobility Solution to the Environment? Available online: https://www.intertraffic.com/news/15-minute-city-urban-mobility-solution-to-environment/ (accessed on 31 July 2021). [...] - Borneman, E. What Are 15-Minute Cities? Available online: https://www.geographyrealm.com/what-are-15-minute-cities/ (accessed on 31 July 2021). [...] - Sisson, P. What Is a 15-Minute City? Available online: https://citymonitor.ai/environment/what-is-a-15-minute-city (accessed on 1 August 2021). | 2023-02-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_268_ret_b7_gn | checkyourfact_268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/08/fact-check-viral-images-claim-to-show-a-15-minute-city-speed-gate-in-vancouver/ | purports to show 15-minute city speed gates that have been installed in Vancouver | Photos | 2023-04-18 | https://newcities.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-15-minute-cities/ | The 15-minute city isn’t about the minutes spent moving The 15-minute city should not be seen as a blueprint for development, but rather an aspiration. Similar concepts have been packaged and popularized for decades, from garden cities to new urbanism, all offering planners of the time principles for creating the "optimal city." Each has faced challenges accounting for diversity and conflict, and fall short of addressing social and economic issues through their focus solely on the design of space. The Proximity City will face a similar downfall if taken at face value and applied superficially; pasting a cookie cutter copy over the top of places manifested by years of path dependency and development history. Instead, as practitioners it’s crucial we view the Proximity City as simply a framework to uncover and explore the elements and amenities of a city, neighborhood, or street, that enriches our lives, and aim to create a relationship among these elements. | 2022-08-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_268_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_268 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/08/fact-check-viral-images-claim-to-show-a-15-minute-city-speed-gate-in-vancouver/ | purports to show 15-minute city speed gates that have been installed in Vancouver | Photos | 2023-04-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/08/fact-check-viral-images-claim-to-show-a-15-minute-city-speed-gate-in-vancouver/ | FACT CHECK: Viral Images Claim To Show A 15-Minute City Speed Gate In Vancouver Multiple photos shared on Facebook purport to show 15-minute city speed gates that have been installed in Vancouver. [...] Likewise, there are no credible news reports indicating the speed gates are specifically 15-minute city speed gates. The City of Vancouver also has not addressed the claim via its website or social media accounts. | 2023-05-08 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_272 | checkyourfact_272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/31/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-food-scarce-eat-pets/ | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." | Viral Post | 2020-04-20 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/31/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-food-scarce-eat-pets/ | There is no record of Ocasio-Cortez making the remark. The quote came from a satirical article. | 2020-04-20 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_272_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/31/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-food-scarce-eat-pets/ | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." | Viral Post | 2020-04-20 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/06/fact-check-aoc-did-not-say-if-food-runs-scarce-its-okay-to-eat-pets.html | Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets?" No, that's not true. This claim about the liberal New York congresswoman is in a satirical article published by a known network of satire writers who seek to rile up conservatives. Their articles are often stolen and republished without the satire labels by other websites. The story originated in an article (archived here) published by Daily World Update under the title "Ocasio-Cortez: 'If Food Runs Scarce, It's Okay To Eat Pets.'" The article opened: [...] There is no record of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ever recommending eating pets if there is a food shortage. | 2021-04-27 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_272_ret_b9_gn | checkyourfact_272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/31/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-food-scarce-eat-pets/ | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." | Viral Post | 2020-04-20 | https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2018/11/26/the-seven-craziest-things-alexandria-ocasiocortez-has-said-so-far-n2536456 | Ever since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked the world by upsetting long-time Democratic Rep Joe Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district last summer, the self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist has been the gift that keeps on giving - to conservative reporters and commentators. [...] So, without further ado and in no particular order, here are seven of the craziest things Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said thus far in her young political career. [...] There you have it, seven of the craziest things Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said so far. Now that she is firmly entrenched among the ranks of the highest profile elected Democrats, you can bet there will be plenty more where those came from. | 2018-11-26 | False | false | false | not_applicable |
checkyourfact_272_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_272 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/31/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-food-scarce-eat-pets/ | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." | Viral Post | 2020-04-20 | https://www.dailydot.com/debug/aoc-fake-quote-eat-pets/ | An article circulating online quotes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as saying that eating pets is permissible should food supplies run low. The quote, featured in a story, titled "Ocasio-Cortez: ‘If Food Runs Scarce, It’s Okay To Eat Pets,’" originated on the website BIZ News. [...] "Look, I don’t know why, if we’re closing everything and being all scared and piling up food and toilet paper, we should have to worry about some dumb dogs and cats too," the quote says. "Like, last time I checked, they didn’t do anything except sit around. And if food does start running short, I mean, sorry Charlie, right? Gawd these glazed are to die for." | 2020-05-14 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_273 | checkyourfact_273 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/04/fact-check-jimmy-carter-john-fugelsang-tax-dollars-poor-christian-values/ | Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-29 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/04/fact-check-jimmy-carter-john-fugelsang-tax-dollars-poor-christian-values/ | There is no record of Carter ever making the statement. Comedian John Fugelsang claimed credit for the quote in 2013. | 2019-10-29 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_273_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_273 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/04/fact-check-jimmy-carter-john-fugelsang-tax-dollars-poor-christian-values/ | Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-29 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/04/fact-check-jimmy-carter-john-fugelsang-tax-dollars-poor-christian-values/ | FACT CHECK: Did Jimmy Carter Say, ‘If You Don’t Want Your Tax Dollars To Help The Poor – Then Stop Saying You Want A Country Based On Christian Values, Because You Don’t’? An image shared on Facebook more than 1,200 times claims former President Jimmy Carter said, "If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian Values, because you don’t." [...] While Carter has often spoken and written about the subject of Christianity, there is no evidence that he originated the statement attributed to him in the Facebook post. It does not appear in the Carter Center’s archive of his many speeches and op-eds, nor in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum’s digital collection. | 2019-11-04 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_273_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_273 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/04/fact-check-jimmy-carter-john-fugelsang-tax-dollars-poor-christian-values/ | Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-29 | https://www.snopes.com/list/jimmy-carter-truth-behind-rumors/ | In 2016, a social media post went viral with an alleged quote from Jimmy Carter: "The novelty of electing a woman president should not outweigh the duty of electing an honest president." However, there’s no evidence Carter actually said this. [...] Jimmy Carter is no stranger to fake internet quotes, including this one: "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. While that sounds like a sentiment that Carter might endorse, it’s easy to prove that he didn’t actually say those words – because we know who did! The quote comes from comedian John Fugelsang, who said it on a 2013 episode of the TV show "Viewpoint." | 2024-03-05 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_273_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_273 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/04/fact-check-jimmy-carter-john-fugelsang-tax-dollars-poor-christian-values/ | Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-29 | https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/jimmy-carter-quote-hoax-tax-dollars-to-help-poor-country-based-on-christian-values-is-fake-535006 | Former President Jimmy Carter never was quoted as saying that U.S. tax dollars should help the poor or "stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values." Because you don’t!" the full quote reads. [...] "Fincher and the GOP ... cut services for the poor and taxes for the rich. And it’s a free country. They’re allowed. Because you don’t. And that’s why representative Fincher is our ’revoltingly fake Christian of the week'!" he said on a Current TV show in May 2013. | 2015-07-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_273_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_273 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/11/04/fact-check-jimmy-carter-john-fugelsang-tax-dollars-poor-christian-values/ | Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-29 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/02/facebook-posts/quote-about-tax-dollars-poor-and-christianity-was-/ | Quote about tax dollars, the poor and Christianity was not said by Jimmy Carter [...] The quote, posted on Facebook along with a photograph of Carter, says: "If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t." [...] Snopes, Jimmy Carter on Helping the Poor, Feb. 27, 2014 | 2019-05-01 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_276 | checkyourfact_276 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/09/fact-check-trump-quotes-ilhan-omars-comments-on-israel-in-viral-tiktok-video/ | purports Trump said 'Israel has hypnotized the world' | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/09/fact-check-trump-quotes-ilhan-omars-comments-on-israel-in-viral-tiktok-video/ | Trump was not making a statement about Israel, but rather referencing comments Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar had made about the country. | 2023-02-11 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_276_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_276 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/09/fact-check-trump-quotes-ilhan-omars-comments-on-israel-in-viral-tiktok-video/ | purports Trump said 'Israel has hypnotized the world' | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://www.factcheck.org/2023/10/viral-video-clip-misrepresents-trump-remarks-on-israel/ | The video shows Trump at a rally saying, "Israel has hypnotized the world. May Allah awaken the people and help them to see the evil doings of Israel and the United States." The post has received more than 116,000 likes. [...] Technically, Trump did say this. At a 2019 campaign rally in Minneapolis, while discussing Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Trump said, "Omar wrote that ‘Israel has hypnotized the world. May Allah awaken the people and help them to see the evil doings of Israel and the United States.'" [...] In November 2012, when fighting had erupted over the Gaza Strip, Omar wrote on Twitter, "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel." That was about six years before she took office in 2019, becoming one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. Omar has since called her words in that tweet "unfortunate." | 2023-10-17 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_276_ret_b14_gn | checkyourfact_276 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/09/fact-check-trump-quotes-ilhan-omars-comments-on-israel-in-viral-tiktok-video/ | purports Trump said 'Israel has hypnotized the world' | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2019-01-18/ty-article/.premium/omar-who-said-israel-hypnotized-world-appointed-to-foreign-affairs-committee/0000017f-e611-df5f-a17f-ffdf8f940000 | Ilhan Omar, Who Said Israel 'Hypnotized' the World, Appointed to House Foreign Affairs Committee | 2019-01-18 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_276_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_276 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/09/fact-check-trump-quotes-ilhan-omars-comments-on-israel-in-viral-tiktok-video/ | purports Trump said 'Israel has hypnotized the world' | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://forward.com/fast-forward/417929/ilhan-omar-admits-israel-hypnotizes-the-world-tweet-was-ugly/ | Ilhan Omar Admits ‘Israel Hypnotizes The World’ Tweet Was ‘Ugly’ Representative Ilhan Omar has apologized for a tweet she wrote in 2012, in which she said that "Israel has hypnotized the world" during the war with Gaza. | 2019-01-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_276_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_276 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/09/fact-check-trump-quotes-ilhan-omars-comments-on-israel-in-viral-tiktok-video/ | purports Trump said 'Israel has hypnotized the world' | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-israel-hamas-hypnotized-572863151602 | CLAIM: A clip shows former President Donald Trump saying at a rally that "Israel has hypnotized the world" and has committed "evil-doings." [...] THE FACTS: As fighting continued on the fourth day of the latest Israel-Hamas war, some on social media shared the misleadingly edited clip to suggest that Trump had spoken out against Israel. "Israel has hypnotized the world," the clip shows Trump saying amid boos from the crowd. "May Allah awaken the people and help them to see the evil-doings of Israel and the United States." | 2023-10-10 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_278_ret_b0_g1 | checkyourfact_278 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-no-hawaiians-are-not-being-evicted-from-their-properties-following-the-maui-wildfires/ | purports to show Hawaiians being evicted from their properties following the recent wildfires in Lahaina | Video | 2023-09-07 | https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-hawaii-maui-wildfires-eviction-814975375647 | CLAIM: A video shows native Hawaiians being evicted from their property after the Maui wildfires. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The video is from a trailer for a documentary made nearly 40 years ago. It shows law enforcement officials evicting Hawaiians who had been living in Waimanalo Beach Park on the island of Oahu. THE FACTS: A video is circulating on social media that purports to show native Hawaiians being forcibly removed from their homes in Maui in the aftermath of the devastating fires last month. | 2023-09-11 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_278_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_278 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-no-hawaiians-are-not-being-evicted-from-their-properties-following-the-maui-wildfires/ | purports to show Hawaiians being evicted from their properties following the recent wildfires in Lahaina | Video | 2023-09-07 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-no-hawaiians-are-not-being-evicted-from-their-properties-following-the-maui-wildfires/ | FACT CHECK: No, Hawaiians Are Not Being Evicted From Their Properties Following The Maui Wildfires A video shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, purports to show Hawaiians being evicted from their properties following the recent wildfires in Lahaina. [...] The video is not linked to the recent wildfires in Lahaina, however. The video clip shared via the X video originally stems from a trailer for the 1985 documentary, "Waimanalo Eviction." (RELATED: No, Video Does Not Show Lights In Maui Sky Before The Wildfires) | 2023-09-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_281 | checkyourfact_281 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/24/fact-check-did-chuck-schumer-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote/ | claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." | Viral post | 2020-01-30 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/24/fact-check-did-chuck-schumer-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote/ | There is no evidence Schumer ever made the statement. It appears to be a distortion of an August 2017 post Schumer published on Medium. | 2020-01-30 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_281_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_281 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/24/fact-check-did-chuck-schumer-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote/ | claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." | Viral post | 2020-01-30 | https://leadstories.com/mp/hoax-alert/2020/02/fact-check-chuck-schumer-did-not-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote.html | Fact Check: Chuck Schumer Did NOT Say, "It's Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote" Did U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say, "It's racist to only allow citizens to vote"? No, that's not true: Schumer never said that. Several sites are wrongly attributing this quote to him, but he did not say it. Lead Stories has traced the claim back to its original source, and the quote was entirely made up. | 2020-03-01 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_281_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_281 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/24/fact-check-did-chuck-schumer-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote/ | claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." | Viral post | 2020-01-30 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/02/fact-check-chuck-schumer-did-not-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote.html | Did U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say, "It's racist to only allow citizens to vote"? No, that's not true: Schumer never said that. Several sites are wrongly attributing this quote to him, but he did not say it. Lead Stories has traced the claim back to its original source, and the quote was entirely made up. [...] Chuck Schumer SLAMS President Trump : "It's Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote" [...] Chuck Schumer SLAMS President Trump : "It's Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote" https://t.co/ebWNZvuEcM pic.twitter.com/AexZ8HoQwn -- BlingNews (@BlingNews_com) August 26, 2017 | 2020-03-31 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_281_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_281 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/24/fact-check-did-chuck-schumer-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote/ | claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." | Viral post | 2020-01-30 | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/10/meme-repeats-false-schumer-quote/ | Q: Did Sen. Chuck Schumer say "it’s racist to only allow citizens to vote"? [...] In the year since that post was published, online headlines have continued to take liberty in interpreting Schumer’s opinion piece, saying that the senator was making the case that non-citizens should be able to vote — including by using a direct, incorrect quote. "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote," reads the supposed quote attributed to Schumer, repeated on a meme posted on Facebook this week. | 2018-10-02 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_281_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_281 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/24/fact-check-did-chuck-schumer-say-its-racist-to-only-allow-citizens-to-vote/ | claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." | Viral post | 2020-01-30 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/05/blog-posting/no-chuck-schumer-didnt-say-it-racist-only-allow-ci/ | No, Chuck Schumer didn't say it is racist to only allow citizens to vote [...] "Chuck Schumer slams President Trump: ‘it’s racist to only allow citizens to vote," said an April 3 headline on Federer Now, a right-wing blog. [...] Viral News Political, "Chuck Schumer SLAMS President Trump : "It’s Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote," Feb. 15, 2018 | 2018-04-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_284_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_284 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/22/fact-check-trey-gowdy-transgender-military-ban/ | Claims Trey Gowdy made a statement defending the transgender military ban | Viral Quote | 2019-11-08 | https://www.livescience.com/59945-transgender-individuals-military.html | Transgender Military Ban: 5 Facts That Rebut Trump’s Claims | 2017-07-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_284_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_284 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/22/fact-check-trey-gowdy-transgender-military-ban/ | Claims Trey Gowdy made a statement defending the transgender military ban | Viral Quote | 2019-11-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/22/fact-check-trey-gowdy-transgender-military-ban/ | FACT CHECK: Did Trey Gowdy Defend The Transgender Military Ban In An Interview With CNN? A post shared on Facebook more than 92,000 times claims that, when asked about the transgender military ban by a CNN reporter, former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy said, "Nobody has the right to serve in the military." [...] The Facebook post, which has been shared more than 92,000 times, alleges that Gowdy gave a statement defending the transgender military ban in an interview with a CNN reporter. It is accompanied by a photo of Gowdy. (RELATED: Will Sonic The Hedgehog Be Transgender In An Upcoming Movie?) | 2019-12-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_284_ret_bn_g12 | checkyourfact_284 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/22/fact-check-trey-gowdy-transgender-military-ban/ | Claims Trey Gowdy made a statement defending the transgender military ban | Viral Quote | 2019-11-08 | https://ballotpedia.org/Trey_Gowdy | Trey Gowdy is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of South Carolina. He served from 2011 to 2019. On January 31, 2018, Gowdy announced that he would not seek re-election. He said, "There is a time to come and a time to go. This is the right time, for me, to leave politics and return to the justice system."[1] [...] On January 31, 2018, Gowdy announced that he would not seek re-election. He said, "There is a time to come and a time to go. This is the right time, for me, to leave politics and return to the justice system."[1] [...] Gowdy was one of four members of congress who ranked 80th in the conservative rankings in 2011.[135] | 2016-08-11 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_284_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_284 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/12/22/fact-check-trey-gowdy-transgender-military-ban/ | Claims Trey Gowdy made a statement defending the transgender military ban | Viral Quote | 2019-11-08 | https://www.truthorfiction.com/trey-gowdy-transgender-military-ban/ | Trey Gowdy on Transgender Ban: Nobody Has Right to Serve in Military-Incorrect Attribution! Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said "nobody has the right to serve in the military" in defense of the transgender military ban announced by President Trump in July 2017. [...] After scouring news reports, we couldn’t find any public comments or statements released by Trey Gowdy on the transgender military ban. Of course, that doesn’t mean that he didn’t make them, but we can definitively say that the statement that "nobody has a right to serve in the military" did not come from Gowdy. | 2023-11-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_286_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_286 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/15/fact-check-new-york-times-director-ken/ | The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon | Viral Post | 2023-09-11 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/15/fact-check-new-york-times-director-ken/ | A photo shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, alleges the New York Times reported "Barbie" director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with men turning movie character Ken "into an icon." [...] An X image purportedly shows a New York Times article reporting that Gerwig is unhappy with the popularity of movie character Ken among her male audience. The tweet has almost 300k views. "Greta Gerwig is not happy with men turning Ken from her film ‘Barbie’ into an icon," the alleged headline reads. Text underneath claims Gerwig said, "You spend so much time crafting a film for women and girls around the world so you can inspire them and then incels online culturally appropriate it." | 2023-09-15 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_286_ret_bn_g15 | checkyourfact_286 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/15/fact-check-new-york-times-director-ken/ | The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon | Viral Post | 2023-09-11 | https://intheirownleague.com/2023/07/28/itol-roundtable-review-barbie/ | Greta Gerwig does not look at Mattel’s iconic doll, and her "boyfriend" Ken, strictly as archetypes of women and men. Barbieland seems like an idyllic haven for Margot Robbie’s Barbie and her friends, but when thoughts start to get heavy, and she finds herself faced with the real world, she realizes that nothing is as perfect as it seems. This film could have coasted by on being a silly comedy, or been a girl power adventure, but Gerwig and Noah Baumbach want to dig deeper into the ways in which society pigeonholes both women and men while also making a delightfully energetic comedy. The ways women can take different messages from Barbie as an icon, and how Ken represents both internalized and externalized forms of toxic masculinity, are profound thematic takeaways from this film, and Gerwig is a born filmmaker capable of juggling all of them in a film as beautifully visualized, and delightfully enjoyable, as this one. | 2023-07-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_286_ret_bn_g17 | checkyourfact_286 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/15/fact-check-new-york-times-director-ken/ | The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon | Viral Post | 2023-09-11 | https://people.com/greta-gerwig-addresses-barbie-backlash-talks-ryan-gosling-as-ken-7565790 | From the Magazine Digital Covers ‘Barbie’ Director Greta Gerwig Addresses Right-Wing Backlash and Reveals How She Knew Ryan Gosling was Her Perfect Ken The director wants "everybody to be part of the party" By Angel Saunders Angel Saunders Angel Saunders has been a writer at PEOPLE since 2023. She’s previously worked at iHeartMedia, IndieWire, and REVOLT. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on July 26, 2023 02:45PM EDT Close Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, and 'Barbie' director Greta Gerwig. Photo: Jaap Buitendijk Barbie has proven to be a box office hit. The Mattel-themed movie became the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman after earning a reported $162 million during its opening weekend, per Variety. But that doesn’t mean filmmaker Greta Gerwig has had it easy since the blockbuster’s July 21 release. "I wanted to make something anarchic and wild and funny and cathartic, and the idea that it’s actually being received that way, it’s sort of extraordinary," Gerwig, 39, said while discussing the inspiration for the film in an interview published by the New York Times on Tuesday. | 2023-07-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_286_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_286 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/15/fact-check-new-york-times-director-ken/ | The New York Times reported that “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig was unhappy with movie character Ken into an icon | Viral Post | 2023-09-11 | https://time.com/6287484/barbie-male-fragility-ken/ | Who knew that "He’s just Ken" was more than a marketing joke? The Barbie movie centers, of course, on its titular character played by Margot Robbie. But Ken (Ryan Gosling) plays an important role in the drama as he wrangles with the notion that he’s long been an accessory in Barbie’s dream life more than an equal partner. I’ll say the quiet part out loud: Even though this is a movie that leans heavily into a feminine aesthetic and is, as writer-director Greta Gerwig told me during an interview for TIME’s Barbie cover story, a film at its core for mothers and daughters, Ken has the most intriguing and funniest part to play, offering a searing social commentary on modern man’s insecurities dressed up in bubble-gum pink. [...] Gerwig isn’t the first director to wrestle with this problem in recent years. Watching Barbie, I couldn’t help but think of last year’s Olivia Wilde movie Don’t Worry Darling. These films seemingly have nothing to do with one another. One’s a musical romp, the other a sci-fi inspired psychodrama. [...] Ryan Gosling’s portrayal of Ken in Barbie is lighter and funnier than these more serious takes on the resentful man who works to repress the women around him. Heyman is right that we empathize with Ken when he’s ignored by Barbie and root for him to find his meaning. | 2023-07-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_289 | checkyourfact_289 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/06/fact-check-beto-orourke-40-percent-iowa-prisoners-black/ | Claims that 40 percent of Iowa's incarcerated population is black. | Beto O'Rourke | 2019-05-21 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/06/fact-check-beto-orourke-40-percent-iowa-prisoners-black/ | While Iowa’s incarcerated population is disproportionately black, a 2018 report from the state’s Department of Human Rights estimated that around 25 percent of those incarcerated are black, not 40 percent. About 4 percent of the population in Iowa is black, according to Census Bureau data. | 2019-05-21 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_289_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_289 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/06/fact-check-beto-orourke-40-percent-iowa-prisoners-black/ | Claims that 40 percent of Iowa's incarcerated population is black. | Beto O'Rourke | 2019-05-21 | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/racial-justice/2020-12-18/its-akin-to-a-death-why-racial-disparities-in-iowas-prisons-persist-and-the-toll-they-take | The racial disparities in Iowa’s prisons are more extreme than almost anywhere else in the country, with Black Iowans imprisoned at a rate 11 times that of white Iowans. As part of our series of reports on systemic racism in Iowa, IPR examines how Iowa got here and the role that prosecutors play in these disparities. [...] Census numbers show just 4 percent of the state’s population is Black. But as of 2016, 25 percent of incarcerated Iowans were Black. [...] Effectively one in every five Black Iowans in prison was convicted in Black Hawk County alone. | 2020-12-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_289_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_289 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/06/fact-check-beto-orourke-40-percent-iowa-prisoners-black/ | Claims that 40 percent of Iowa's incarcerated population is black. | Beto O'Rourke | 2019-05-21 | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2021-10-18/report-finds-racial-disparities-in-iowa-prisons-continue-to-rank-among-the-highest-in-the-nation | Iowa’s Black to white prison ratio is no longer the worst in the nation, as it was in 2007. According to the report released by The Sentencing Project, Iowa’s disproportionate rate of incarcerating Black residents now ranks seventh in the country. [...] According to the latest analysis, Black Iowans are incarcerated at 9.3 times the rate of white Iowans, a slight improvement from 2016, when the rate was 11.1 to 1. Still, Black Iowans continue to make up 25 percent of the state’s prison population, despite being just 4 percent of the total population. | 2021-10-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_289_ret_bn_g17 | checkyourfact_289 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/06/fact-check-beto-orourke-40-percent-iowa-prisoners-black/ | Claims that 40 percent of Iowa's incarcerated population is black. | Beto O'Rourke | 2019-05-21 | https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/18613/chapter/13 | Enumerating prisoners in this manner dilutes the votes of urban and rural areas that do not have a prison within their jurisdiction. For example, nearly 40 percent of the inmates in Pennsylvania’s state prisons come from Philadelphia, which has no state prisons in its city limits (Elliott-Engel, 2009). For census and redistricting purposes, these Philadelphia citizens—nearly all of whom are black or Latino—are considered residents of the counties where they are imprisoned. These tend to be predominantly white, rural districts.8 [...] Race and ethnicity play a crucial role in these developments. On one level, the disproportionate number of blacks, Hispanics, and other historically disadvantaged groups among the incarcerated, though striking, is not altogether surprising. The social deprivation and spatial isolation of the poor and the less educated, many of whom are members of minority groups living in urban areas, tend to foster criminal acts that result in a prison sentence or other penal sanctions. Members of these groups also are at heightened risk of drawing severe sanctions because of intense state surveillance in their communities (see, e.g., Duneier, 1999; Anderson, 1999; Bourgois, 1995; Wilson, 1968, Chapter 2; Herbert, 1997). The limited legal, social, and other resources available to them once they have become involved in the criminal justice system compound the problem. | 2014-04-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_294 | checkyourfact_294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-viral-facebook-romney-resigned-disgrace/ | claims Sen. Mitt Romney has purportedly 'resigned in disgrace' | Post | 2023-09-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-viral-facebook-romney-resigned-disgrace/ | There is no evidence supporting the claim. Romney recently announced he would not be seeking re-election in 2024, however, according to The Associated Press. | 2023-09-13 | False | true | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_294_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-viral-facebook-romney-resigned-disgrace/ | claims Sen. Mitt Romney has purportedly 'resigned in disgrace' | Post | 2023-09-13 | https://www.npr.org/2012/01/23/145627750/romney-criticizes-gingrich-he-resigned-in-disgrace | Romney Criticizes Gingrich: He Resigned In 'Disgrace' [...] ROMNEY: And at the end of four years it was proven that he was a failed leader. And he had to resign in disgrace. I don't know whether you knew that. [...] ROMNEY: He actually resigned after four years in disgrace. He was investigated under an ethics panel and had to make a payment associated with that, and then his fellow Republicans, 88 percent of his Republicans, voted to reprimand Speaker Gingrich. | 2012-01-23 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_294_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-viral-facebook-romney-resigned-disgrace/ | claims Sen. Mitt Romney has purportedly 'resigned in disgrace' | Post | 2023-09-13 | https://cdn01.checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-viral-facebook-romney-resigned-disgrace/ | A viral post shared on Facebook claims Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has purportedly "resigned in disgrace." [...] "BREAKING: Mitt Romney has resigned in disgrace!! Another RINO bites the dust!" the Facebook post, which has received over 2,000 likes, purports. The post does not provide a source to support the claim. The claim is false. Romney has neither released a statement on his website nor his verified social media accounts announcing his purported resignation. Likewise, Check Your Fact found no credible news reports suggesting the Republican Utah Senator had plans to resign. If the claim was actually true, multiple media outlets would’ve covered it, yet none have. | 2023-09-18 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_294_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_294 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-viral-facebook-romney-resigned-disgrace/ | claims Sen. Mitt Romney has purportedly 'resigned in disgrace' | Post | 2023-09-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/25/fact-check-post-romney-republican-party/ | FACT CHECK: Viral Post Falsely Claims Mitt Romney Has Threatened To Leave The Republican Party A post shared on Twitter claims Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has purportedly threatened to leave the Republican Party and join the Democrats. [...] "Senator #MittRomney Threatens to Leave Republican Party and Join Democrats," the Twitter post, which includes a photo of the Republican Utah Senator and has been viewed over one million times, purports. The post does not provide a source to support the claim. | 2023-07-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_295 | checkyourfact_295 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/24/fact-check-california-custody-refuse-gender-affirming/ | A bill would revoke custody from parents who refused gender-affirming care | Viral Post | 2023-04-10 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/24/fact-check-california-custody-refuse-gender-affirming/ | There is no evidence for this claim. The bill’s text does not mention revoking custody from parents. | 2023-04-10 | False | true | true | refutes |
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