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checkyourfact_403_ret_bn_g4 | checkyourfact_403 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/31/fact-check-nancy-pelosi-daughter-board-kennedy-center/ | one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Viral Post | 2020-03-30 | https://sfmayor.org/be-invincible-speakers | Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House. Now in her third term as Speaker, Pelosi made history again in January 2019 when she regained her position second-in-line to the presidency, the first person to do so in more than 60 years. For 31 years, Speaker Pelosi has represented San Francisco, California’s 12th Congressional District, in Congress. She has led House Democrats for 16 years and previously served as House Democratic Whip. A distinguished record of legislative accomplishment, Pelosi has led the Congress in passing historic health insurance reform, key investments in college aid, clean energy and innovation, and initiatives to help small businesses and veterans. She has been a powerful voice for civil rights and human rights around the world for decades. Pelosi comes from a strong family tradition of public service in Baltimore. | 2017-06-05 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_403_ret_bn_g8 | checkyourfact_403 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/31/fact-check-nancy-pelosi-daughter-board-kennedy-center/ | one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Viral Post | 2020-03-30 | https://time.com/5388347/nancy-pelosi-democrats-feminism/ | The youngest of seven children and the only girl, Pelosi grew up like royalty. Her father Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. was a member of Congress when she was born, in 1940, and the mayor of Baltimore by the time she was 7. When young Nancy wasn’t being ferried to a Catholic girls’ school, she was attending her father’s ceremonial events or helping him get out the vote. Her father’s ancestors had immigrated from Genoa, Venice and Abruzzo, her mother’s from the southern Italian city of Campobasso. The family lived in a three-story brick row house in the heart of Little Italy, a blue collar community near Baltimore’s industrial waterfront. The house appears vacant now; Pelosi points it out to me as we drive by. (We had planned to take a walking tour, but it’s a cold day, and she detests the cold.) A few blocks over, there are hipster restaurants and lofts, but in this part of town, the corners still feature traditional pasta houses. | 2018-09-06 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_421 | checkyourfact_421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/23/fact-check-trump-dancing-ai-generated/ | purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl | Image | 2023-06-14 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/23/fact-check-trump-dancing-ai-generated/ | A scan using Hive Moderation reveals the image is 99% likely to have been created using artificial intelligence (AI). | 2023-06-14 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_421_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/23/fact-check-trump-dancing-ai-generated/ | purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl | Image | 2023-06-14 | https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/donald-trump-caught-busting-out-dance-moves-at-lavish-florida-birthday-bash/video/0bc21a6d1c0b948b7edbdd65fab45a68 | Donald Trump caught busting out dance moves at lavish Florida birthday bash [...] Footage has captured former US president Donald Trump pulling out some of his signature dance moves to honour future daughter-in-law Kimberly Guilfoyle at her recent 54th birthday bash in Florida. | 2023-03-14 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_421_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_421 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/23/fact-check-trump-dancing-ai-generated/ | purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl | Image | 2023-06-14 | https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check/image-claiming-to-show-trump-dancing-with-underage-girl-is-fake-00000188e8ebdc10ad9bf8eb72850000 | CLAIM: An image shows former President Donald Trump dancing with a teenage girl at a party at Jeffrey Epstein’s private island. [...] Many are sharing an image that appears to show Trump dancing with a young girl at a party years earlier. Wearing a dark suit and tie, Trump appears to clutch the blonde-haired girl in a red dress as people mill around in the background. "Photo of Donald Trump at Epstein’s private island dancing with a 13 year old girl," the text superimposed over the photo reads, referring to the disgraced financier who killed himself in a New York City jail while facing federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges in 2019. | 2023-06-28 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_431 | checkyourfact_431 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/25/fact-check-winston-churchill-optimist-opportunity-every-difficulty/ | Claims that Winston Churchill once stated, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/25/fact-check-winston-churchill-optimist-opportunity-every-difficulty/ | The Daily Caller News Foundation found no record of Churchill ever saying or writing this expression. | 2019-07-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_431_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_431 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/25/fact-check-winston-churchill-optimist-opportunity-every-difficulty/ | Claims that Winston Churchill once stated, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/25/fact-check-winston-churchill-optimist-opportunity-every-difficulty/ | FACT CHECK: Did Churchill Say, ‘An Optimist Sees The Opportunity In Every Difficulty’? A post shared on Facebook claims that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once stated, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." [...] "The past history of an old walled city such as this leaves its legacy of ideas antiquated and out of date. These, as expressed in tangible form, are an embarrassment, and hinder the wheels of progress, but we view these, I hope, in the spirit of the optimist to whom every difficulty is an opportunity, and not as the pessimist, to whom every opportunity presents some difficulty." | 2019-07-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_431_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_431 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/25/fact-check-winston-churchill-optimist-opportunity-every-difficulty/ | Claims that Winston Churchill once stated, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-08 | https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings/winston-churchill-a-pessimist-sees-the-difficulty-in-every-opportunity-an-optimist-sees-the-opportunity-in-every-difficulty | Summary: Winston Churchill's quote, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty," encapsulates the contrasting perspectives of pessimism and optimism. While a pessimist tends to focus on the problems and challenges that come with each opportunity, an optimist views those difficulties as potential stepping stones for growth and success. This distinction is significant as it directly impacts one's outlook on life, problem-solving abilities, and overall happiness.Introduction: Beyond the plain meaning of Churchill's quote lies a deeper philosophical concept called "the paradox of duality." This concept suggests that contrasting elements, such as light and dark, good and evil, or in this case, pessimism and optimism, are inextricably intertwined. Exploring this paradox through the lens of Churchill's quote allows us to delve into the complexities of human perception and the power of mindset in shaping our lives. Let us embark on this intellectual journey, reflecting on the importance of this quote and uncovering the deeper meaning within.Body: Pessimism, defined as a tendency to see the worst in every situation, often stems from fear and a focus on potential risks or failures. | 2023-11-01 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_431_ret_bn_g5 | checkyourfact_431 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/25/fact-check-winston-churchill-optimist-opportunity-every-difficulty/ | Claims that Winston Churchill once stated, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-08 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/26/optimist/ | - An optimist finds an opportunity in every difficulty; a pessimist finds a difficulty in every opportunity - A pessimist is one who sees a disaster in every opportunity. [...] "A pessimist," says the Rev. F. W. Cole, president of the Cardiff Free Church Council, "is a man who takes every opportunity of seeing a difficulty, but the optimist is he who sees in every difficulty an opportunity." [...] An optimist is one who sees an opportunity in every difficulty. A pessimist is one who sees a difficulty in every opportunity. | 2017-07-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_431_ret_bn_g9 | checkyourfact_431 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/25/fact-check-winston-churchill-optimist-opportunity-every-difficulty/ | Claims that Winston Churchill once stated, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-08 | https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2019/01/administrative-professional-january-spotlight-aaron-woodruff/ | What is one fact about yourself that might surprise people? [...] What is your favorite quote? I have two favorite quotes: "If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude."—Maya Angelou "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."—Winston Churchill | 2019-01-11 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_432 | checkyourfact_432 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/22/fact-check-indigenous-australians-classified-animals-1960s/ | until the 1960s, Indigenous Australians were classified as animals under the Flora and Fauna Act | Viral post | 2020-06-28 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/22/fact-check-indigenous-australians-classified-animals-1960s/ | The Flora and Fauna Act did not exist, and there is no record of any other act legally classifying Indigenous Australians as animals. Experts said the claim is incorrect. | 2020-06-28 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_432_ret_b0_g4 | checkyourfact_432 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/22/fact-check-indigenous-australians-classified-animals-1960s/ | until the 1960s, Indigenous Australians were classified as animals under the Flora and Fauna Act | Viral post | 2020-06-28 | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/fact-check-flora-and-fauna-1967-referendum/9550650 | A regularly repeated claim in public debate is that Indigenous Australians were covered by a flora and fauna act, which did not classify them as human beings, and that this only changed when the constitution was amended following the 1967 referendum. [...] So, is it true that Indigenous Australians were classified according to a flora and fauna act until the 1967 referendum? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates. [...] Sources - Shareena Clanton, speaking on the ABC's Q&A program. February 19, 2018 - Federal Register of Legislation - Australian Legal Information Institute - Australian Government Office of Parliamentary Counsel - Reconfiguring History: The 'Flora and Fauna Act' and other myths of the Australian legislation, by Samuel Byrnand, Researchgate, May 2015 - Aborigines classified as animals under flora and fauna act? Wafflesatnoon, June 1, 2016 - Myths persist about the 1967 referendum, by Ron Sutton, sbs,com.au, March 11, 2014 - Were Indigenous (Aboriginal) Australians regulated by the flora & fauna act? By David Walker, Club Troppo, June 3, 2013 - Myths about 1967 referendum should be discarded, Anne Twomey, The Australian, May 26, 2017 - Indigenous recognition and constitutional myths by Helen Irving, Constitutional Critique blog, University of Sydney, June 9, 2015 - 'Right wrongs, write yes': what was the 1967 referendum all about? | 2018-03-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_432_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_432 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/22/fact-check-indigenous-australians-classified-animals-1960s/ | until the 1960s, Indigenous Australians were classified as animals under the Flora and Fauna Act | Viral post | 2020-06-28 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/22/fact-check-indigenous-australians-classified-animals-1960s/ | FACT CHECK: Were Indigenous Australians Legally Classified As ‘Animals’ Until The 1960s? A viral Facebook post shared over 14,000 times claims that until the 1960s, Indigenous Australians were classified as animals under the Flora and Fauna Act. [...] The Facebook post claims, "Until 1960s, Aboriginal Australians came under the Flora And Fauna Act, classified them as animals, not human beings. Featured alongside the claim is a black-and-white photo that, according to The Guardian, shows a white man standing above a group of chained Indigenous men sitting on the ground at a prison. | 2020-10-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_432_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_432 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/22/fact-check-indigenous-australians-classified-animals-1960s/ | until the 1960s, Indigenous Australians were classified as animals under the Flora and Fauna Act | Viral post | 2020-06-28 | https://clubtroppo.com.au/2013/06/03/were-indigenous-people-regulated-by-the-flora-fauna-act/ | "I know that until the 1967 referendum altered our constitution to include all Australians as enfranchised citizens, our first peoples were regulated by the Flora & Fauna Act." What I presume Pickering means is not just that the Flora and Fauna Act covered Indigenous people along with everyone else, or even that it mentioned them specially (say, to give them rights to hunt on the land), but that lawmakers classed Indigenous people as "fauna". [...] Minor update, January 2022: The Indigenous actor Shareena Clanton also made the flora and fauna claim on ABC TV’s Q&A, to Josh Frydenberg. "My mother was born in 1965 and she was not considered a human being until the referendum came through from the flora and fauna act in 1967." Nyunggai Warren Mundine pushed back. | 2013-06-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_432_ret_bn_g13 | checkyourfact_432 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/10/22/fact-check-indigenous-australians-classified-animals-1960s/ | until the 1960s, Indigenous Australians were classified as animals under the Flora and Fauna Act | Viral post | 2020-06-28 | https://socialfutures.org.au/january-26-the-meaning-and-impact-for-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-colleagues/ | - Until the mid-60s, Indigenous Australians came under the Flora and Fauna Act, which classified them as animals, not human beings. This also meant that killing an indigenous Australian meant you weren’t killing a human being, but an animal. "I was a child. It still staggers me that for the first 10 years of my life, I existed under the Flora and Fauna Act of NSW." Linda Burney MP - Forcibly removed from their parents under government policy. Children stolen from their families, creating the Stolen Generation. | 2024-07-04 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_444 | checkyourfact_444 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/24/fact-check-william-shakespeare-glory-daring-begin/ | Claims that William Shakespeare said, "All glory comes from daring to begin." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/24/fact-check-william-shakespeare-glory-daring-begin/ | The statement appears nowhere in Shakespeare’s writing. It actually comes from writer and politician Eugene Ware‘s 1889 poem. | 2019-09-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_444_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_444 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/24/fact-check-william-shakespeare-glory-daring-begin/ | Claims that William Shakespeare said, "All glory comes from daring to begin." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/24/fact-check-william-shakespeare-glory-daring-begin/ | FACT CHECK: Did Shakespeare Say, ‘All Glory Comes From Daring To Begin’? An image shared on Facebook claims that playwright William Shakespeare said, "All glory comes from daring to begin." The statement appears nowhere in Shakespeare’s writing. It actually comes from writer and politician Eugene Ware‘s 1889 poem. | 2019-09-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_444_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_444 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/24/fact-check-william-shakespeare-glory-daring-begin/ | Claims that William Shakespeare said, "All glory comes from daring to begin." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-08 | https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/shakepeare-quotes-commonly-misattributed/ | Fake quotes have been in the news lately, from the Republican National Committee’s Abraham Lincoln flub to the bogus Winston Churchill quote about supporting funding for the arts during World War II. Such misattribution is familiar to Shakespeare enthusiasts. Every day, fake Shakespeare quotes are being shared on social media. Here are a few examples: [...] This is a quote from poet, author, and politician Eugene F. Ware, not Shakespeare. "All glory comes from daring to begin." – William Shakespeare — Great Minds Quotes (@GreatestQuotes) February 21, 2017 4. "But for those who love, time is eternal." | 2017-02-21 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_444_ret_bn_g4 | checkyourfact_444 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/24/fact-check-william-shakespeare-glory-daring-begin/ | Claims that William Shakespeare said, "All glory comes from daring to begin." | Viral Quote | 2019-09-08 | https://www.onmycanvas.com/deep-powerful-quotes-on-life/ | "All glory comes from daring to begin." ― Ruskin Bond. | 2022-07-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_446 | checkyourfact_446 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-does-london-emission-zone-tax-target-particular-religions/ | London Mayor said travel to minority House of worship are exempt from emissions-zone charge | Viral post | 2023-08-01 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-does-london-emission-zone-tax-target-particular-religions/ | The claim is inaccurate. There is no evidence that this statement was made. | 2023-08-01 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_446_ret_b13_gn | checkyourfact_446 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-does-london-emission-zone-tax-target-particular-religions/ | London Mayor said travel to minority House of worship are exempt from emissions-zone charge | Viral post | 2023-08-01 | https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone | If your vehicle doesn't meet the ULEZ emissions standards and isn't exempt, you need to pay a £12.50 daily charge to drive within the zone. This applies to cars, motorcycles, vans and specialist vehicles (up to and including 3.5 tonnes) and minibuses (up to and including 5 tonnes). Lorries, vans or specialist heavy vehicles (all over 3.5 tonnes) and buses, minibuses and coaches (all over 5 tonnes) do not need to pay the ULEZ charge. They will need to pay the LEZ charge if they do not meet the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) emissions standard. | 2023-01-01 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_446_ret_b9_gn | checkyourfact_446 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-does-london-emission-zone-tax-target-particular-religions/ | London Mayor said travel to minority House of worship are exempt from emissions-zone charge | Viral post | 2023-08-01 | https://www.london.gov.uk/ultra-low-emission-zone-will-be-expanded-london-wide | The Mayor also announced new measures to support disabled people, including extending the existing exemption periods for London’s disabled drivers and community transport minibuses run by not-for-profit organisations to October 2027 and October 2025 respectively, and introducing new exemption periods for disabled drivers and wheelchair accessible vehicles. This will mean that over a quarter of a million disabled Londoners could be eligible for the new exemption periods, including those who automatically qualify for a Blue Badge. The Mayor is providing further support through scrapping the fee for drivers to sign up to Auto-Pay for the ULEZ and Congestion Charge. [...] The ULEZ charge is £12.50 a day. There are a number of options to avoid paying the charge if you own a non-compliant vehicle including, walking, cycling, taking public transport, using shared mobility such as a car club or upgrading to a cleaner vehicle. Whilst the Mayor is pleased to see so many people and organisations showing leadership by moving to electric vehicles, there is no need to purchase a brand-new or electric vehicle to meet the ULEZ standards. Petrol vehicles that meet the standards have been widely available since 2006. | 2022-11-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_446_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_446 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-does-london-emission-zone-tax-target-particular-religions/ | London Mayor said travel to minority House of worship are exempt from emissions-zone charge | Viral post | 2023-08-01 | https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-sadiq-khan-didn-t-announce-ulez-exemptions-for-minorities-for-travel-to-places-of-worship | A screenshot of a purported newspaper article has been circulating on social media, claiming the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is granting Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) exemptions for minorities. The headline of the viral report reads, "Journeys to Houses Of Worship Exempt From ULEZ." According to the screenshot, the mayor stated at a recent press conference that exemptions will be given, where absolutely necessary, for medical emergencies and travel to houses of worship by minorities. Khan confirmed that minorities, including Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Sikhs, will be exempted even if their vehicles do not comply with the guidelines. One such post on a U.K. Facebook group has garnered 41 shares and 36 likes, along with comments from several users complaining about discrimination. [...] The viral claim that Mayor Sadiq Khan is granting ULEZ exemptions for minorities is not true. Officials have confirmed that there are no exemptions specifically for journeys undertaken to places of worship provided to minorities. Therefore, we have marked this claim as false. | 2023-08-02 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_449 | checkyourfact_449 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-pope-francis-alcoholics-climate-change/ | purports Pope Francis said alcoholics, autistic and disabled people should be euthanized to 'fight climate change' | Post | 2023-08-01 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-pope-francis-alcoholics-climate-change/ | The claim stems from a July 28 article published on “The People’s Voice,” a website that is known for spreading “fake news.” There is no evidence Pope Francis made the purported remark. | 2023-08-01 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_449_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_449 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-pope-francis-alcoholics-climate-change/ | purports Pope Francis said alcoholics, autistic and disabled people should be euthanized to 'fight climate change' | Post | 2023-08-01 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-pope-francis-did-not-say-alcoholics-autistic-and-disabled-people-should-be-euthanized-to-fight-climate-change.html | Did Pope Francis, acting on behalf of the World Economics Forum, publicly support euthanasia for "alcoholics, autistic and disabled people" to "help humanity" fight climate change? No, that's not true: The pontiff never said that. Following the Roman Catholic Church's long-established policy, he has condemned euthanasia more than once in his public speeches. Pope Francis does not work for the nonexistent "World Economics Forum." The story making the claim used an apparent allusion to a different not-for-profit entity, the World Economic Forum (WEF), trying to link two unrelated things, euthanasia and climate change, and thus recycle a narrative previously debunked by Lead Stories. [...] Pope Francis has thrown his weight behind the World Economics Forum's campaign to euthanize people with autism, alcoholism and other minor illnesses and disabilities to help humanity fight so-called 'climate change.' [...] This article fails to mention where and when Pope Francis supposedly advocated for the euthanization of alcoholics, autistic and disabled individuals to combat climate change. | 2023-07-28 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_449_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_449 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-pope-francis-alcoholics-climate-change/ | purports Pope Francis said alcoholics, autistic and disabled people should be euthanized to 'fight climate change' | Post | 2023-08-01 | https://fullfact.org/online/pope-euthanasia-climate-change/ | Posts falsely claiming that Pope Francis said "disabled people should be euthanized to ‘fight climate change’" have been shared on Facebook and Instagram. [...] The People’s Voice article, which is a transcript of the nearly 10-minute video also shared by the site, does not give any indication of when or where the Pope supposedly called for disabled people to be euthanized to combat climate change. The only allegedly supporting points it provides are claims that the pontiff has "thrown his weight behind the World Economics Forum’s [WEF] campaign to euthanize people with autism, alcoholism and other minor illnesses and disabilities to help humanity fight so-called ‘climate change.’" | 2023-08-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_449_ret_b8_gn | checkyourfact_449 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-pope-francis-alcoholics-climate-change/ | purports Pope Francis said alcoholics, autistic and disabled people should be euthanized to 'fight climate change' | Post | 2023-08-01 | https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-12/pope-inclusion-of-disabled-people-must-not-remain-a-slogan.html | By Lisa Zengarini "Welcoming people with disabilities and responding to their needs is a duty of the civil and ecclesial communities," Pope Francis said during an audience on Saturday with a group of disabled people from Italy in the Vatican on the occasion of the annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), which is celebrated on December 3. [...] Concluding the Pope encouraged Christian communities in their work for people with disabilities, saying their testimony is a concrete sign of peace and hope for a more humane and fraternal world in these times of war. | 2022-12-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_449_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_449 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-pope-francis-alcoholics-climate-change/ | purports Pope Francis said alcoholics, autistic and disabled people should be euthanized to 'fight climate change' | Post | 2023-08-01 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/04/pope-francis-has-consistently-opposed-euthanasia-fact-check/70502398007/ | No, pope does not support euthanasia for 'alcoholics, autistic and disabled' | Fact check [...] "Pope Francis Says Alcoholics, Autistic and Disabled People Should Be Euthanized To 'Fight Climate Change,'" reads the article's headline. [...] The People’s Voice article says Francis’ position on euthanasia is in line with a purported World Economic Forum effort to euthanize people to prevent climate change. USA TODAY has previously debunked the idea that such a plan exists. | 2023-08-04 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_454 | checkyourfact_454 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/16/fact-check-video-u-s-canadian-ufo/ | purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/16/fact-check-video-u-s-canadian-ufo/ | The original video was uploaded to YouTube in 2012. A translation of the video’s description indicates the UFO was digitally added. | 2023-02-11 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_454_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_454 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/16/fact-check-video-u-s-canadian-ufo/ | purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Yukon_high-altitude_object | - ^ a b Alba, Monica; Romero, Dennis (February 11, 2023). "U.S. shoots down unidentified object in Canadian airspace". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023. [...] - ^ Newton, Paula (February 11, 2023). "US jet shoots down 'unidentified object' over northern Canada, Trudeau says". CNN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023. [...] - ^ Cooper, Helene (February 11, 2023). "U.S. Jet Shoots Down Flying Object Over Canada". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023. | 2024-07-30 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_454_ret_b6_gn | checkyourfact_454 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/16/fact-check-video-u-s-canadian-ufo/ | purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trudeau-ordered-takedown-unidentified-object-canadian-airspace-speakin-rcna70261 | A U.S. fighter jet shot down an unidentified object in the skies over Canada on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s orders Saturday, Canadian and U.S. officials confirmed. After U.S. and Canadian military aircraft were sent aloft, a U.S. F-22 shot down the object over the Yukon, Trudeau tweeted Saturday afternoon. [...] The object was shot down at 3:41 p.m. ET Saturday about 100 miles from the U.S.-Canada border and 40,000 feet aloft after crews in U.S. and Canadian aircraft put eyes on it, Anand said. She described the area as central Yukon. | 2023-02-12 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_454_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_454 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/02/16/fact-check-video-u-s-canadian-ufo/ | purports to show the U.S. chasing a Canadian unidentified flying object (UFO) in order to shoot it down | Video | 2023-02-11 | https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp81r00560r000100010001-0 | USAF F-84 chased UFO, turned back and [...] UFOs is a secret motion picture film purporting to show a saucerlike UFO climbing steeply over Port Moresby, New [...] Daily papers headlined story that Air Defense Command had ordered its jet pilots to pursue, and if necessary "shoot down, " UFOs sighted anywhere in country (15). | 2016-12-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_456 | checkyourfact_456 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-winston-churchill-attitude-little-thing-big-difference/ | Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." | Livestrong | 2019-06-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-winston-churchill-attitude-little-thing-big-difference/ | Though the expression sounds like something Churchill could have said, there is no evidence he actually said it. | 2019-06-19 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_456_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_456 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-winston-churchill-attitude-little-thing-big-difference/ | Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." | Livestrong | 2019-06-19 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18243283/ | "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" Winston Churchill - PMID: 18243283 - DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.12.011 "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" Winston Churchill | 2014-11-01 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_456_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_456 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-winston-churchill-attitude-little-thing-big-difference/ | Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." | Livestrong | 2019-06-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-winston-churchill-attitude-little-thing-big-difference/ | FACT CHECK: Did Winston Churchill Say, ‘Attitude Is A Little Thing That Makes A Big Difference’? The Livestrong Foundation posted an image on Facebook that claims Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." [...] While a positive mindset was Churchill’s "stock and trade," there is no evidence he ever called attitude a "little thing that makes a big difference." | 2019-06-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_456_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_456 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/06/24/fact-check-winston-churchill-attitude-little-thing-big-difference/ | Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." | Livestrong | 2019-06-19 | https://www3.uco.edu/CentralitiesArchive/Home/View/20379 | QUOTE OF THE DAY "Attitude is the 'little' thing that makes a big difference." — Winston Churchill, former British prime minister | 2024-03-06 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_458 | checkyourfact_458 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/17/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-classified-documents/ | Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents | Viral Video | 2023-01-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/17/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-classified-documents/ | This video has been digitally altered. The genuine video shows Jean-Pierre giving a response to the question instead of walking away. | 2023-01-13 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_458_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_458 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/17/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-classified-documents/ | Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents | Viral Video | 2023-01-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/17/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-classified-documents/ | FACT CHECK: Did Karine Jean-Pierre Leave A Press Conference After Being Asked About Classified Documents? A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre walking out of a press conference after being asked about classified documents. [...] A Facebook video allegedly shows Jean-Pierre walking out on a press conference after being asked a question about classified documents. The video opens with Jean-Pierre calling on Fox News journalist, Peter Doocy, to ask a question. The video was also shared to Twitter, where it garnered over 5,500 retweets. | 2023-01-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_458_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_458 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/17/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-classified-documents/ | Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents | Viral Video | 2023-01-13 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/karine-jean-pierre-said-search-documents-completed-wh-announced-more-classified-docs-found | White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a Thursday afternoon press conference lawyers had finished searching for classified documents after some were found in President Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, garage. [...] Biden was asked about the classified documents Thursday, telling Fox News' Peter Doocy they were in a locked garage. [...] "As the president said, he takes classified information and materials seriously. And, as we have said, we have cooperated from the moment we informed the Archives that a small number of documents were found. And we will continue to cooperate," Sauber said. | 2023-01-14 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_458_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_458 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/17/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-classified-documents/ | Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents | Viral Video | 2023-01-13 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/10/28/fact-check-video-white-house-press-conference-altered-misleading/10618930002/ | The claim: Video shows Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly ending press conference to avoid answering question Some social media users are sharing a video that appears to show White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly ending a press conference after a reporter asked a question critical of President Joe Biden's energy policies. [...] Based on our research, we rate ALTERED a video that appears to show Jean-Pierre abruptly ending a press conference to avoid answering a question. In the original exchange, Jean-Pierre responded to the question and didn't end the press conference until 10 minutes later. | 2022-10-28 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_458_ret_bn_g14 | checkyourfact_458 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/01/17/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-classified-documents/ | Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents | Viral Video | 2023-01-13 | https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/social-media-politicians-make-unfounded-claims-of-politicized-mar-a-lago-search/ | Biden got no advanced notice about the search, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Aug. 9. He "learned about this FBI search from public reports," she said. "The President was not briefed… was not aware of it," Jean-Pierre said, responding to a reporter’s question. "No one at the White House was given a heads-up," she said. [...] White House. Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. 9 Aug 2022. | 2022-08-11 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_463 | checkyourfact_463 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/29/fact-check-infinity-pride-flag-autism/ | The Progress Pride Flag has been updated to include an autism symbol | Viral Post | 2023-06-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/29/fact-check-infinity-pride-flag-autism/ | There is no evidence for this claim. The creator of the intersex-inclusive Progress Pride Flag created the image, but it does not officially represent the LGBTQ+ community. | 2023-06-19 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_463_ret_b17_gn | checkyourfact_463 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/29/fact-check-infinity-pride-flag-autism/ | The Progress Pride Flag has been updated to include an autism symbol | Viral Post | 2023-06-19 | https://www.sexualdiversity.org/edu/flags/1086.php | The Progress Pride flag includes black and brown stripes to represent marginalized LGBTQ+ communities of color, as well as the colors pink, light blue and white, which are used on the Transgender Pride Flag. The Progress Pride flag was created in 2018 by Oregon-based designer Daniel Quasar, both genderqueer and non-binary, in response to Philly's updated pride flag. Quasar added a five-colored chevron to the classic Rainbow Flag to emphasize inclusion and progression. The flag's design combines the colors and stripes from Philly's version of the pride flag and the colors of the transgender pride flag. [...] A newer version of the progress pride flag (as seen in the second image below) represents those who are intersex, people of color, and people living with AIDS was designed in 2021 by Valentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK, who added a yellow triangle with a purple circle (the design of the Intersex Pride Flag) to the Progress Pride Flag. | 2022-11-13 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_463_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_463 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/29/fact-check-infinity-pride-flag-autism/ | The Progress Pride Flag has been updated to include an autism symbol | Viral Post | 2023-06-19 | https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/progress-pride-flag/ | The Progress Pride Flag has emerged as a powerful symbol of inclusivity, representing the diverse identities within the LGBTQ+ community. This vibrant flag, designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018, builds upon the iconic rainbow flag and incorporates additional colors to highlight marginalized groups. [...] The Progress Pride Flag features a chevron pattern, which Quasar designed to separate these newer stripes from the traditional rainbow colors, emphasizing the need for ongoing progress and inclusion. Here’s what each stripe’s color means: [...] The Progress Pride Flag is more than just a symbol; it’s a call to action. It highlights the importance of intersectionality and the need to uplift all voices within the LGBTQ+ community, especially those who have historically been underrepresented. By embracing this flag, we acknowledge the diverse experiences and struggles that continue to shape the community. | 2022-06-24 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_463_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_463 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/29/fact-check-infinity-pride-flag-autism/ | The Progress Pride Flag has been updated to include an autism symbol | Viral Post | 2023-06-19 | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/06/fact-check-lgbtqia2s-plus-community-has-not-officially-added-autism-community-symbol-to-progress-pride-flag-as-of-june-18-2023.html | Has the LGBTQIA2S+ community officially added a purported symbol of the autism community to the Progress Pride flag as of June 18, 2023? No, that's not true: There is no such thing as an "official flag creator for prides and LGBT" organizations, and there are numerous versions of such flags. [...] Lead Stories contacted GLAAD, which clarified that the Progress Pride flag and Intersex Inclusive Pride flag have not been officially updated to include the Autistic Community and Autism Pride Day. In a June 23, 2023 email, a GLAAD spokesperson added: [...] While the Autistic Pride Flag does match the description Vecchietti gave, the Autism Society has begun a rebranding effort from the traditional rainbow-colored puzzle piece to the colorful interconnected threads logo. | 2023-06-26 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_463_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_463 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/29/fact-check-infinity-pride-flag-autism/ | The Progress Pride Flag has been updated to include an autism symbol | Viral Post | 2023-06-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/29/fact-check-infinity-pride-flag-autism/ | A post shared on Twitter claims that the Progress Pride Flag has been updated to show a symbol representing autism. [...] A tweet claims the LGBTQ+ flag has been officially updated to include autism. The image shows the Progress Pride flag with an infinity symbol. [...] Although the image does resemble the Autism Pride Flag, as outlined by Autistic Empire, there is no evidence the Progress Pride Flag has been officially updated to include the symbol shown in the Autism Pride Flag. | 2023-06-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_467 | checkyourfact_467 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-ramaswamy-pardon-hunter-biden/ | purports Vivek Ramaswamy did not say he would pardon Hunter Biden if elected president | Post | 2023-08-13 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-ramaswamy-pardon-hunter-biden/ | The claim appears to be misleading. Ramaswamy said he was “open to evaluating” pardons for the Biden family, according to an Aug. 12 article from the New York Post. Ramaswamy also appeared to float the idea of pardons for the younger Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and former President Donald Trump during a recent appearance on the “Timcast IRL” podcast. | 2023-08-13 | False | true | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_467_ret_b17_gn | checkyourfact_467 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-ramaswamy-pardon-hunter-biden/ | purports Vivek Ramaswamy did not say he would pardon Hunter Biden if elected president | Post | 2023-08-13 | https://www.thedailybeast.com/vivek-ramaswamy-says-hell-pardon-trump-if-elected-president | Long-shot 2024 GOP contender Vivek Ramaswamy has committed to pardoning Donald Trump—who was indicted in federal court Thursday for allegedly mishandling classified documents—should he win the 2024 presidency. "It would be much easier for me to win this election if Trump weren’t in the race, but I stand for principles over politics," Ramaswamy tweeted Thursday. "I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country." In the tweet, Ramaswamy lamented "two tiers of justice: one for Trump, another for Biden," and criticized the DOJ’s handling of "peaceful protestors on Jan. 6." The biotech entrepreneur didn’t stop at Trump, though. "I will pardon not just President Trump, but every victim of a politically motivated prosecution. Believe me, there have been others, too," he said in a video accompanying the Tweet. | 2023-06-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_467_ret_b9_gn | checkyourfact_467 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-ramaswamy-pardon-hunter-biden/ | purports Vivek Ramaswamy did not say he would pardon Hunter Biden if elected president | Post | 2023-08-13 | https://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2024/01/03/republican-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-says-he-wouldnt-pardon-hunter-biden/72099245007/ | GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says he wouldn't pardon Hunter BidenVivek Ramaswamy sits for an interview with Brianne Pfannenstiel of the Des Moines Register and Dasha Burns of NBC News in the Register newsroom. | 2024-01-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_468 | checkyourfact_468 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-trump-troops-border-2018/ | purports Donald Trump and Gen. James Mattis have recently sent troops to the U.S. border | Video | 2023-07-22 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-trump-troops-border-2018/ | The video stems from a 2018 Next News Network report. Since Trump is no longer the president, he does not have the authority to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. | 2023-07-22 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_468_ret_b14_gn | checkyourfact_468 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-trump-troops-border-2018/ | purports Donald Trump and Gen. James Mattis have recently sent troops to the U.S. border | Video | 2023-07-22 | https://time.com/5486300/james-mattis-disagree-donald-trump/ | Though Trump once revered Mattis as "one of the most effective generals that we’ve had in many, many decades," their relationship had clearly drifted in recent months. Trump went as far as saying he was "sort of a Democrat" in an October interview. [...] Troops at the U.S.-Mexico border When the White House released a memo authorizing troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border to use lethal force, if necessary, against what Trump called an "invasion" of migrants, Mattis clarified that the troops wouldn’t even have firearms. | 2018-12-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_468_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_468 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-trump-troops-border-2018/ | purports Donald Trump and Gen. James Mattis have recently sent troops to the U.S. border | Video | 2023-07-22 | https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/02/08/pentagon-president-controlling-the-chief/ | In October, after the deaths of four American army soldiers in an ambush in Niger focused attention on a build-up of hundreds of American forces there, a deployment that began under Obama and expanded under Trump, Mattis testified that the administration had sent the troops to be trainers and advisers who would help that nation resist incursions by Islamic State fighters: "Why did President Obama send troops there? Why did President Trump send troops there? It’s because we sensed that as the physical caliphate is collapsing, the enemy is trying to move somewhere." Mattis added, "We’re trying to build up the internal defenses of another country so they can do this job on their own." | 2018-02-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_470 | checkyourfact_470 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/28/fact-check-george-eliot-never-late-might-have-been-quote/ | claims that George Eliot said, "It's never too late to be what you might have been." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-12 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/28/fact-check-george-eliot-never-late-might-have-been-quote/ | The Daily Caller found no record of Eliot ever saying or writing this expression. | 2019-07-12 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_470_ret_b10_g1 | checkyourfact_470 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/28/fact-check-george-eliot-never-late-might-have-been-quote/ | claims that George Eliot said, "It's never too late to be what you might have been." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-12 | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/14/middlemarch-and-me | "I’ve always assumed it was apocryphal," she wrote. "It shows up nowhere in full text searches of G.E.’s work. What’s strange is not that the attribution is so persistent but that it starts very early." She sent me a link to an article in a New York periodical called The Literary News, published in 1881, less than a year after George Eliot’s death. There, the quotation—"It is never too late to be what you might have been"—is one of seventy-one winning entries in a readers’ competition to nominate "Gems from George Eliot." The terms of the competition were outlined in an issue of the journal from a couple of months earlier: readers were asked to "quote the most striking passage known to you from George Eliot’s writings: not to exceed thirty words." The quotation is No. 23 on the list, between a line from "Middlemarch" ("A woman’s choice usually means taking the only man she can get") and one from "Adam Bede" ("I’m not denyin’ the women are foolish: God Almighty made ’em to match the men"). But there was no reference to the source. Had the competition entrant come across the quotation in a review? Misremembered it? | 2011-02-14 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_470_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_470 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/28/fact-check-george-eliot-never-late-might-have-been-quote/ | claims that George Eliot said, "It's never too late to be what you might have been." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-12 | https://cdn01.checkyourfact.com/2019/08/28/fact-check-george-eliot-never-late-might-have-been-quote/ | FACT CHECK: Did George Eliot Say, ‘It’s Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been’? An image shared on Facebook claims British author George Eliot said, "It’s never too late to be what you might have been." [...] "George Eliot did not make that statement," said retired Boston College professor Rosemarie Bodenheimer in an email to the Caller. "Nor did she believe what it says." | 2019-08-28 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_470_ret_b4_gn | checkyourfact_470 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/28/fact-check-george-eliot-never-late-might-have-been-quote/ | claims that George Eliot said, "It's never too late to be what you might have been." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-12 | https://www.voicemagazine.org/2022/05/27/its-never-too-late-to-be-what-you-might-have-been/ | "It’s never too late to be what you might have been" is a quote from Victorian novelist George Eliot. [...] Better still, it’s never too late to become what you might’ve been—and then some more. | 2022-05-27 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_470_ret_bn_g16 | checkyourfact_470 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/28/fact-check-george-eliot-never-late-might-have-been-quote/ | claims that George Eliot said, "It's never too late to be what you might have been." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-12 | https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2011/04/08/familiar-misquotations | In a recent issue of The New Yorker (February 14/21), Rebecca Mead, in an essay called "Middlemarch and Me," describes her efforts to track down the origin of a saying attributed to George Eliot: "It is never too late to be what you might have been." Mead first encountered the quotation on a refrigerator magnet, "set in sans-serif type on an aquamarine starburst background." But, Mead writes, "the sentence didn’t sound to me like anything George Eliot would say." Uh oh, I thought to myself. This is going to end badly. Not only will the quote certainly prove a fake but also Mead is going to be bewildered by the discovery. No professional action will be taken. [...] With so many texts online, it may be easier than ever for amateur misquotations to breed, but it is just as easy for professionals to set the record straight. In other words, Rebecca Mead, "It is never too late to be the Wikipedia editor that you might have been." | 2011-04-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_477 | checkyourfact_477 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/04/fact-check-donald-trump-immigrants-not-americans-must-adapt-barry-loudermilk/ | President Donald Trump said, "Immigrants, not Americans, must adapt… Take it or leave it." | Viral Post | 2020-01-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/04/fact-check-donald-trump-immigrants-not-americans-must-adapt-barry-loudermilk/ | Trump did not say the remarks attributed to him in the post. The bulk of the text comes from an op-ed written by an Air Force veteran in the following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. | 2020-01-08 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_477_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_477 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/04/fact-check-donald-trump-immigrants-not-americans-must-adapt-barry-loudermilk/ | President Donald Trump said, "Immigrants, not Americans, must adapt… Take it or leave it." | Viral Post | 2020-01-08 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-donald-trump-demand-immigrants-adapt-or-leave/ | In September 2019, readers alerted us to text circulating online, attributing anti-immigrant statements to President Donald Trump without evidence. [...] "IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, MUST ADAPT.. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans. [...] "If you aren't happy here; then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country that accepted you." | 2019-09-09 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_477_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_477 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/04/fact-check-donald-trump-immigrants-not-americans-must-adapt-barry-loudermilk/ | President Donald Trump said, "Immigrants, not Americans, must adapt… Take it or leave it." | Viral Post | 2020-01-08 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/like-it-or-leave-it/ | In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001, opinion pieces expressing anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim viewpoints were rife on the internet, particularly one that eventually came to be attributed to Australia's then-prime minister Julia Gillard (and, much later, U.S. President Donald Trump): [...] Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT... I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.' [...] 'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.' | 2001-10-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
checkyourfact_477_ret_bn_g10 | checkyourfact_477 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/04/fact-check-donald-trump-immigrants-not-americans-must-adapt-barry-loudermilk/ | President Donald Trump said, "Immigrants, not Americans, must adapt… Take it or leave it." | Viral Post | 2020-01-08 | https://tnsr.org/2017/11/now-american-citizen-world-order-building-new-foreign-policy-consensus/ | Immigration has played an even more divisive role in U.S. politics. About 15 percent of the U.S. population is immigrant, the same share as in 1920 but higher than it was for much of the post-World War II period.32 Roughly 75 percent of that immigrant population is estimated to be here legally.33 Of those here illegally, most overstayed with expired temporary visas rather than illegally crossed borders.34 About 45 percent of respondents told Pew shortly before the 2016 election that having more immigrants hurts American workers, while 42 percent said having more immigrants helps — the deepest division of opinion Pew captured on the issue over the last decade, caused by an increase in the number of respondents who react positively about immigration’s effects on American workers.35 [...] It can be tempting for the U.S. foreign policy community to throw up its hands in frustration in the face of this set of circumstances, but these challenges are not unprecedented in their magnitude, either at home or abroad. Blindly holding to the past is no longer viable. Change is coming too quickly. The United States must adapt to secure its interests and in ways that build domestic support. Three factors are particularly important to helping the nation navigate effectively in the current environment. [...] The United States must adapt to secure its interests and in ways that build domestic support. | 2022-02-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_477_ret_bn_g3 | checkyourfact_477 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/05/04/fact-check-donald-trump-immigrants-not-americans-must-adapt-barry-loudermilk/ | President Donald Trump said, "Immigrants, not Americans, must adapt… Take it or leave it." | Viral Post | 2020-01-08 | https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2017/07/26/findings-from-pew-research-centers-2017-survey-of-us-muslims/ | The early days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been an anxious time for many Muslim Americans, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Overall, Muslims in the United States perceive a lot of discrimination against their religious group, are leery of Trump and think their fellow Americans do not see Islam as part of mainstream U.S. society. [...] We have to take extra caution scanning our surroundings – know where we are, who is around and what kind of thoughts they might hold for Islam, about Islam or against Islam. Especially when the Muslim ban was introduced the first time around, I literally felt like the persecution had started. Because we had read the history of Europe and what happened to the Jewish people in Germany. These little steps lead to bigger issues later on. So, we really felt like we were threatened. And, fortunately, the justice system stopped implementation. And later on people stopped talking about it, and after a while it seemed like things might be getting better." – Immigrant Muslim man "I see some immigrants – and not just Muslims, they could be Latinos too – who don’t adapt well to their new country and don’t want to be part of American society. They stick with others like themselves because they’re afraid and feel strange here. But that’s not me. I am completely American, and I feel at home here. When I first came here, I went to high school and that helped me to become more fully American and to adapt to the culture. | 2017-07-26 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_479_ret_b0_g0 | checkyourfact_479 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/26/fact-check-margaret-fuller-today-reader-tomorrow-leader/ | Claims that 19th century writer Margaret Fuller once stated, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-22 | https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/29/reader-leader/ | READERS ARE LEADERS … LEADERS ARE READERS [...] The driver’s side of the van displays the project’s motto: Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. [...] There is much truth to Author W. Fusselman’s quote: "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." | 2012-10-29 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_479_ret_bn_g10 | checkyourfact_479 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/26/fact-check-margaret-fuller-today-reader-tomorrow-leader/ | Claims that 19th century writer Margaret Fuller once stated, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-22 | https://www.bookey.app/quote-author/margaret-fuller | Margaret Fuller, born on May 23, 1810, in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, was an American writer, journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate. She is well-known for her influential contributions to the feminist movement and her significant role in shaping American literature and intellectual thought in the 19th century. [...] Margaret Fuller's quote, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader," encapsulates the profound potential that lies within the act of reading. By asserting that reading today can lead to leadership tomorrow, Fuller highlights the transformative power of knowledge and literature. She suggests that being an avid reader primes individuals to become informed and intelligent, fostering critical thinking and broadening their perspectives. Reading equips individuals with an array of ideas, insights, and historical knowledge that contribute to their personal growth and development. As a result, those who invest in reading become well-equipped to tackle complex challenges, make informed decisions, and influence others positively. Ultimately, Fuller's poignant quote serves as a reminder that reading isn't simply a leisure activity but a dynamic process that can shape individuals into the leaders of tomorrow. | 2023-09-11 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_479_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_479 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/26/fact-check-margaret-fuller-today-reader-tomorrow-leader/ | Claims that 19th century writer Margaret Fuller once stated, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-22 | https://unifyhighschool.org/category/school-innovation/ | What Are Fun Ways To Teach Reading? "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader," were the wise words of Margaret Fuller—an American activist and journalist of the late 19th century. To say Fuller had a good point would be an understatement. Teaching proper reading skills to... | 2021-02-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_479_ret_bn_g9 | checkyourfact_479 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/26/fact-check-margaret-fuller-today-reader-tomorrow-leader/ | Claims that 19th century writer Margaret Fuller once stated, "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." | Viral Quote | 2019-07-22 | https://www.amazon.com/Lives-Margaret-Fuller-Biography/dp/0393068056 | Sarah Margaret Fuller was the first-born child to Timothy and Margarett Crane Fuller. Hers was a unique childhood, with a father who made special demands when it came to his daughter's rigorous education. Margaret met the challenge; a century and a half later, she might have been classified as a prodigy, or as "gifted." We follow her family through moves in Cambridge and throughout eastern Massachusetts, and through times of having money and then of having little. As she grew older, Margaret became a teacher, a writer, a Goethe researcher, a translator, a leader of formal conversations, and a caretaker to her siblings. She found creative outlets as the premier editor of The Dial (a task akin to herding cats), as the author of Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 and Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and then as a columnist for the New-York Tribune. Naturally, we peek into her relationships with some of her friends and colleagues: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott, Sarah and James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, Horace Greeley, Frederic Henry Hedge, Sam and Anna Ward, Caroline Sturgis Tappan, and Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. | 2012-01-23 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_482 | checkyourfact_482 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/25/fact-check-in-n-out-hail-satan-soda-cups/ | claims the words "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of an In-N-Out Burger soda cup | Atheist Republic | 2020-02-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/25/fact-check-in-n-out-hail-satan-soda-cups/ | It has been digitally altered to replace the words “John 3:16” with the words “Hail Satan” on the bottom of the cup. | 2020-02-23 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_482_ret_b12_gn | checkyourfact_482 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/25/fact-check-in-n-out-hail-satan-soda-cups/ | claims the words "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of an In-N-Out Burger soda cup | Atheist Republic | 2020-02-23 | https://wafflesatnoon.com/in-n-out-hail-satan-cup/ | A graphic appears to show the phrase "Hail Satan" on the bottom of a cup from West Coast burger chain In N Out Burger. It’s not real. [...] A graphic which has circulated for several years appears to show an In N Out cup with the phrase "Hail Satan" in place of the usual Bible citation. The graphic, however, is not real. Someone simply superimposed the phrase "Hail Satan" over the original, which read "John 3:16." [...] In N Out Burger never printed "Hail Satan" on the bottom of its cups. The graphic is fake and has circulated for several years. | 2015-11-08 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_482_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_482 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/25/fact-check-in-n-out-hail-satan-soda-cups/ | claims the words "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of an In-N-Out Burger soda cup | Atheist Republic | 2020-02-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/25/fact-check-in-n-out-hail-satan-soda-cups/ | FACT CHECK: Did In-N-Out Burger Print ‘Hail Satan’ On Its Soda Cups? An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows the words "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of an In-N-Out Burger soda cup. [...] The photo of the In-N-Out Burger cup with the words "Hail Satan" allegedly printed on the bottom has circulated online since at least 2010, with this particular post resharing it on Feb. 23. (RELATED: Did Burger King Admit To Using Horse Meat?) | 2020-02-25 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_482_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_482 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/25/fact-check-in-n-out-hail-satan-soda-cups/ | claims the words "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of an In-N-Out Burger soda cup | Atheist Republic | 2020-02-23 | https://checkyourfact.com/2021/11/08/fact-check-image-in-n-out-burger-cup-lets-go-brandon/ | An image shared on Facebook over 800 times allegedly shows an In-N-Out Burger cup saying, "Let’s Go Brandon." [...] Now, social media users are sharing a picture of what looks like an In-N-Out Burger cup bearing the phrase "Let’s Go Brandon" on the bottom rim. However, the photo has been digitally altered to include the expression. (RELATED: Did In-N-Out Burger Print ‘Hail Satan’ On Its Soda Cups?) [...] In 2020, Check Your Fact debunked an image claiming to show the words "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of an In-N-Out soda cup. More recently, social media users shared a picture doctored to make it look like such cups have "F**k Joe Biden" printed on them. | 2021-11-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_482_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_482 | https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/25/fact-check-in-n-out-hail-satan-soda-cups/ | claims the words "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of an In-N-Out Burger soda cup | Atheist Republic | 2020-02-23 | https://thecount.com/2015/10/31/in-n-out-hail-satan-cups-hoax/ | A photograph posted to social media shows the phrase "Hail Satan" imprinted on the bottom of a paper cup doled out at the In-N-Out Burger chain. But is it real? Are french fries from France? [...] An image spoofing In-N-Out’s religious reputation by purportedly showing the phrase "Hail Satan" printed on the bottom of a cup from the restaurant chain has been circulating online since at least 2010, when it was posted to the web site Joyreactor. However, the "Hail Satan" phrase shown obviously just a digitally manipulated version of a photograph of an In-N-Out cup bearing the standard "John 3:16" imprint. h/t snopes When the image of the "Hail Satan" cup began circulating on the internet in October 2015, In-N-Out took to Facebook page to assure their customers that the photograph was a fake. | 2015-10-31 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_483 | checkyourfact_483 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/08/fact-check-alexis-tocqueville-american-republic-congress-bribe-public-money/ | Claim that Alexis de Tocqueville said, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-02 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/08/fact-check-alexis-tocqueville-american-republic-congress-bribe-public-money/ | It does not appear in any of de Tocqueville’s writings or speeches. Variations of the quote have appeared in print since at least 1951. | 2019-10-02 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_483_ret_b16_gn | checkyourfact_483 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/08/fact-check-alexis-tocqueville-american-republic-congress-bribe-public-money/ | Claim that Alexis de Tocqueville said, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-02 | https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings-french/alexis-de-tocqueville-the-american-republic-will-endure-until-the-day-congress-discovers-that-it-can-bribe-the-public-with-the-publics-money | Title: The Art of Governance: Balancing Public Welfare and DistrustIntroduction:In the world of politics, bribery has long been associated with corruption and the erosion of democratic institutions. Alexis de Tocqueville, a renowned political philosopher, once warned, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." This powerful statement encapsulates the potential dangers of exploiting public funds for political gain. While seemingly straightforward, it raises profound questions about the delicate balance between serving the public interest and succumbing to temptations. Exploring this concept against the backdrop of an unexpected philosophical concept reveals the multidimensional challenges faced by those in power. Let us navigate through the intricate tapestry of governance, as we delve into the implications of Tocqueville's statement.Summary and Significance:Tocqueville's quote essentially suggests that the American Republic can only thrive as long as those in Congress refrain from using public funds as a means of manipulating public sentiment for personal or partisan advantage. It serves as a warning against the perversion of the democratic process and highlights the fragile nature of political power. | 2023-11-18 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_483_ret_bn_g1 | checkyourfact_483 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/08/fact-check-alexis-tocqueville-american-republic-congress-bribe-public-money/ | Claim that Alexis de Tocqueville said, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-02 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/08/fact-check-alexis-tocqueville-american-republic-congress-bribe-public-money/ | FACT CHECK: Did Alexis de Tocqueville Say, ‘The American Republic Will Endure Until The Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe The Public With The Public’s Money’? An image shared on Facebook claims that French author and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville once said, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money." [...] The American republic will endure until the day Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the public’s money – Alexis De Tocqueville — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 3, 2012 | 2019-10-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_483_ret_bn_g15 | checkyourfact_483 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/08/fact-check-alexis-tocqueville-american-republic-congress-bribe-public-money/ | Claim that Alexis de Tocqueville said, "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." | Viral Quote | 2019-10-02 | https://vtdigger.org/2010/11/26/evslin-earmarks-bribe-us-with-our-own-money/ | "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money." – Quote often attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville. | 2010-11-26 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_485 | checkyourfact_485 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/11/01/fact-check-putin-drones-ammunition-iran-north-korea/ | President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. | Joe Biden | 2023-10-20 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/11/01/fact-check-putin-drones-ammunition-iran-north-korea/ | Putin is using attack drones from Iran. While it has not been definitively proven that North Korea is supplying ammunition to Russia, experts and media outlets have said it is likely happening. | 2023-10-20 | True | true | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_485_ret_b12_gn | checkyourfact_485 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/11/01/fact-check-putin-drones-ammunition-iran-north-korea/ | President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. | Joe Biden | 2023-10-20 | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/live-blog/biden-speech-poland-live-updates-rcna71485 | - Biden's speech called out Vladimir Putin by name, but he did not directly address the Russian president's announcement earlier Tuesday that Moscow was suspending participation in New START, a key nuclear arms control treaty and the last such agreement between the two countries. [...] "They’ve targeted civilians with death and destruction, used rape as a weapon of war, stolen Ukrainian children in an attempt to steal Ukraine’s future. Bombed train stations, maternity hospitals, schools and orphanages," Biden said. "No one could turn away their eyes from the atrocities Russia is committing against the Ukrainian people. It’s abhorrent." [...] Biden places the blame squarely on the shoulders of Putin in his speech. It’s a marked contrast to Donald Trump, who has essentially blamed Biden for being weak against the Russian leader. In a speech on Monday, Trump said, "Putin never, ever would have gone into Ukraine if I were president," Trump told supporters at a Florida rally, saying he "actually had a very good relationship" with Putin. | 2023-02-21 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_485_ret_b6_gn | checkyourfact_485 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/11/01/fact-check-putin-drones-ammunition-iran-north-korea/ | President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. | Joe Biden | 2023-10-20 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60895392 | Why Biden's off-script remarks about Putin are so dangerous [...] "The president's point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbours or the region," a Biden administration official said on background. "He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change." | 2022-03-27 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_485_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_485 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/11/01/fact-check-putin-drones-ammunition-iran-north-korea/ | President Joe Biden claimed in an Oct. 20 speech that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using drones and ammunition from Iran and North Korea. | Joe Biden | 2023-10-20 | https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-16-2024 | Russian Air, Missile, and Drone Campaign (Russian Objective: Target Ukrainian military and civilian infrastructure in the rear and on the frontline) [...] The Russian government continues efforts to discredit Ukraine to deter further Western military support for Ukraine and to justify the lethal military assistance Russia receives from North Korea and Iran. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) press service claimed on September 16 that Ukraine is preparing to conduct a false-flag attack against an unspecified children's institution in Ukraine to allow the West to accuse Iran and North Korea of supporting Russia's war effort.[97] Western officials have recently named North Korea, Iran, and the People's Republic of China (PRC) as enablers of Russia's war effort by providing shells, drones, and missiles to Russia.[98] Forensic and intelligence investigations have furthermore confirmed that Russia has already used Iranian drones and North Korean missiles at scale in Ukraine.[99] Ukraine already has plenty of proof that Russia is using these systems, undermining the SVR's attempt at setting up a false flag. | 2024-09-16 | True | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_486 | checkyourfact_486 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/25/andrew-jackson-one-man-courage-majority/ | alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." | Viral quote | 2019-08-15 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/25/andrew-jackson-one-man-courage-majority/ | While the saying is widely attributed to him, there is no evidence that it originated with Jackson. | 2019-08-15 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_486_ret_b0_gn | checkyourfact_486 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/25/andrew-jackson-one-man-courage-majority/ | alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." | Viral quote | 2019-08-15 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/25/andrew-jackson-one-man-courage-majority/ | FACT CHECK: Did Andrew Jackson Say, ‘One Man With Courage Makes A Majority’? A Facebook post alleges that former President Andrew Jackson once said, "One man with courage makes a majority." [...] The misattribution likely stems from usage of a slight variation of the quote in James Parton’s 1860 three-volume biography titled "Life of Andrew Jackson," according to Feller. The saying – "desperate courage makes one a majority" – appears on the title page of each volume in quotation marks. | 2019-09-25 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_486_ret_b3_gn | checkyourfact_486 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/25/andrew-jackson-one-man-courage-majority/ | alleges that President Andrew Jackson once stated, "One man with courage makes a majority." | Viral quote | 2019-08-15 | https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2011/02/21/133843232/sing-out-mr-president-andrew-jacksons-one-man-majority | Sing Out, Mr President: Andrew Jackson's One-Man Majority "One man with courage makes a majority." --Andrew Jackson [...] 'One Man With Courage Makes A Majority' by Nico Muhly [...] Clurman assigned the young composer a quotation from Andrew Jackson: "One man with courage makes a majority." | 2011-02-21 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_492 | checkyourfact_492 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-ichiro-suzuki-home-runs/ | claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' | Quote | 2023-08-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-ichiro-suzuki-home-runs/ | The quote appeared in a 2009 New York Times article about Suzuki. | 2023-08-08 | True | true | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_492_ret_b11_gn | checkyourfact_492 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-ichiro-suzuki-home-runs/ | claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' | Quote | 2023-08-08 | https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14705163 | Former Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki speaks as he is inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame during a ceremony before a baseball game between the Mariners and the Cleveland Guardians on Aug. 27 in Seattle. (AP Photo) SEATTLE--Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame on Saturday night, giving his entire 16-minute speech in English while reflecting on his career. [...] Suzuki spent the first 11 seasons of his major league career with the Mariners before getting traded to the New York Yankees midway through the 2012 season. Suzuki played parts of three seasons with the Yankees, three more in Miami before returning to Seattle to close out his career. | 2022-08-28 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_492_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_492 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-ichiro-suzuki-home-runs/ | claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' | Quote | 2023-08-08 | https://bleacherreport.com/articles/465808-ichiro-suzuki-and-the-infield-hit-selfish-stat-padding-or-revolutionary-tactic | September 17, 2010You don't have to be a fan of the Seattle Mariners to be a fan of Ichiro Suzuki. After all, Ichiro is approaching his record tenth 200-hit season, and also his 10th season leading the league in singles. No one else has more than four. [...] "Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me," he said. "I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out." However, the appeal of Ichiro, and of the infield hit, has not been universally felt. Some, including former teammates, have called Ichiro "selfish." After all, he's been known to reach out of the zone for plenty of pitches, slapping them the other way for infield singles. | 2010-09-17 | True | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_492_ret_b5_gn | checkyourfact_492 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-ichiro-suzuki-home-runs/ | claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' | Quote | 2023-08-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-phillies-pitcher-no-hitter/ | "I’ve got to get a new pair for sure. I mean, those are my only pair. We need to make another pair as soon as possible," Lorenzen said after the game. (RELATED: Did Ichiro Suzuki Say, ‘Chicks Who Dig Home Runs Aren’t The Ones Who Appeal To Me?) [...] Check Your Fact recently verified another Baseball-related story, in which social media users claimed former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki said "Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me." | 2023-08-10 | True | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
checkyourfact_492_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_492 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-ichiro-suzuki-home-runs/ | claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' | Quote | 2023-08-08 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/10/fact-check-ichiro-suzuki-home-runs/ | FACT CHECK: Did Ichiro Suzuki Say, ‘Chicks Who Dig Home Runs Aren’t The Ones Who Appeal To Me?’ A post shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, claims former Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, "Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me." [...] The X post, viewed over 400,000 times, claims Suzuki purportedly said, "Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me." "Ichiro is a legend for this quote. Absolute legend," the post’s caption reads. | 2023-08-10 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_493 | checkyourfact_493 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/03/fact-check-joe-biden-national-military-draft/ | Joe Biden has called for a national draft | Viral Video | 2023-02-27 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/03/fact-check-joe-biden-national-military-draft/ | This video was digitally altered and was taken from a tweet by a news outlet that acknowledges the video was created by artificial intelligence (AI). | 2023-02-27 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_493_ret_b0_g3 | checkyourfact_493 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/03/fact-check-joe-biden-national-military-draft/ | Joe Biden has called for a national draft | Viral Video | 2023-02-27 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-military-national-draft/ | A Feb. 27, 2023, video of U.S. President Joe Biden purportedly shows him announcing a new national draft, in which 20-year-olds would be conscripted into military service on account of a growing national security crisis. [...] The video was also shared by @ThePatriotOasis, a Twitter account that describes itself as "Constitutional conservatives," which wrote, "BREAKING: Biden calls for a national draft. Men and women are to be selected to fight in Ukriane [sic]." [...] Of course, Biden has not called for a national draft. If this were the case, it would be front page news. Posobiec, while acknowledging it as a deepfake in the video, does not state this in the tweet, resulting in misleading additional tweets claiming to quote Biden directly. As such, we rate this claim as "Miscaptioned." | 2023-03-02 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_493_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_493 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/03/fact-check-joe-biden-national-military-draft/ | Joe Biden has called for a national draft | Viral Video | 2023-02-27 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/03/fact-check-joe-biden-national-military-draft/ | BREAKING: Biden calls for a national draft. Men and women are to be selected to fight in Ukriane. [...] "BREAKING: Biden calls for a national draft," the tweet reads. "Men and women are to be selected to fight in Ukriane(sic). BIDEN: ‘The recommended way forward will be to invoke the Selective Service Act, as is my authority as president.'" [...] Check Your Fact found no credible news reports about Biden invoking a national draft. (RELATED: Does This Video Show Joe Biden Asking Aides If People ‘Bought That Bullsh**?’) | 2023-03-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_493_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_493 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/03/fact-check-joe-biden-national-military-draft/ | Joe Biden has called for a national draft | Viral Video | 2023-02-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/21/facebook-posts/biden-didnt-use-health-excuses-dodge-draft/ | President Joe Biden did receive five draft deferments, but they were granted because he was a student, first in college and then law school. Later, Biden underwent a physical exam and received a Selective Service 1-Y classification — which specified that he could be drafted only in a national emergency — because of his asthma. [...] "Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam," a Sept. 16 Facebook post claimed. | 2022-09-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_493_ret_bn_g11 | checkyourfact_493 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/03/fact-check-joe-biden-national-military-draft/ | Joe Biden has called for a national draft | Viral Video | 2023-02-27 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-military-draft-biden/2021/04/15/0b80c0b4-9d88-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html | The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court not to take up a lawsuit that calls the all-male military draft unconstitutional. The brief does not state whether President Biden thinks women should be included, nor does it defend the current system, which requires only men ages 18 to 26 to submit their information should a military draft be needed again. [...] Military leaders have said the same. But Congress has been reluctant. And the last time the Supreme Court considered the issue, it ruled that it was constitutional to require only men to register. | 2021-04-15 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_502 | checkyourfact_502 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/29/fact-check-henry-david-thoreau-yourself-idea-somebody-else/ | Claims American writer Henry David Thoreau said, "Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-19 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/29/fact-check-henry-david-thoreau-yourself-idea-somebody-else/ | There is no evidence that Thoreau ever made this statement. It was said, however, by the fictional Thoreau in the play “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail.” | 2019-08-19 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_502_ret_b14_gn | checkyourfact_502 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/29/fact-check-henry-david-thoreau-yourself-idea-somebody-else/ | Claims American writer Henry David Thoreau said, "Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-19 | https://www.anquotes.com/henry-david-thoreau-quotes/ | Henry David Thoreau Quotes - "Our life is frittered away by detail…simplify, simplify." – Henry David Thoreau - "Be yourself, not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be." – Henry David Thoreau - "It’s the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see." – Henry David Thoreau - "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." – Henry David Thoreau - "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." – Henry David Thoreau, Walden - "I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest." – Henry David Thoreau - "Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it." – Henry David Thoreau - "When it’s time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived." – Henry David Thoreau - "Simplify your life. | 2022-05-05 | False | false | true | supports |
checkyourfact_502_ret_b2_gn | checkyourfact_502 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/29/fact-check-henry-david-thoreau-yourself-idea-somebody-else/ | Claims American writer Henry David Thoreau said, "Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-19 | https://elevatesociety.com/be-yourself-not-your-idea/ | Quote Meaning: The quote "Be yourself - not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be" encapsulates a profound truth about individuality, authenticity, and the complexity of self-perception. At its core, this statement urges us to embrace our true selves, free from the constraints of external expectations or perceptions. [...] However, the quote goes further by adding, "not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." Here, it addresses the tendency of individuals to mold themselves based on perceived judgments or expectations from others. It acknowledges the intricacies of human perception, highlighting the danger of constructing an identity solely based on external opinions or projections. [...] The quote "be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." is often attributed to Henry David Thoreau (Quotes). Henry David Thoreau's writings, especially "Walden," inspire contemplation of simple living and the transcendental connection to nature. | 2024-03-16 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_502_ret_bn_g0 | checkyourfact_502 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/29/fact-check-henry-david-thoreau-yourself-idea-somebody-else/ | Claims American writer Henry David Thoreau said, "Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-19 | https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/the-inspirational-words-of-henry-david-thoreau-6624572b5393 | The Inspirational Words of Henry David Thoreau [...] I recently read a quote from Henry David Thoreau from his book Walden. It was an intensely profound quote that had great meaning for me. [...] If you live trying to live up to everyone else’s idea of who you are and who you should be, you’ll be living a charade. Don’t live your life as an actor. Be who you are and what you are. | 2018-05-17 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
checkyourfact_502_ret_bn_g2 | checkyourfact_502 | https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/29/fact-check-henry-david-thoreau-yourself-idea-somebody-else/ | Claims American writer Henry David Thoreau said, "Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." | Viral Quote | 2019-08-19 | https://www.walden.org/what-we-do/library/thoreau/mis-quotations/ | This page contains quotations either misquoted or erroneously attributed to Henry D. Thoreau [...] The second half of this quotation is misattributed to Thoreau and may be a misquotation or misremembering of Oliver Wendell Holmes’ (1809-1894) "The Voiceless": [...] Be yourself, not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be. – This quotation is spoken by the character of Thoreau in the 1970 play, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, by Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence, but does not appear in any of Thoreau’s writings. | 2016-07-09 | False | false | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_505 | checkyourfact_505 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-mel-gibson-hollywood-elite/ | Mel Gibson requests protection from Hollywood elites after Sound of Freedom | Viral post | 2023-07-24 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-mel-gibson-hollywood-elite/ | The claim is inaccurate. There is no evidence that this occurred. | 2023-07-24 | False | true | true | refutes |
checkyourfact_505_ret_b1_gn | checkyourfact_505 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-mel-gibson-hollywood-elite/ | Mel Gibson requests protection from Hollywood elites after Sound of Freedom | Viral post | 2023-07-24 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-mel-gibson-hollywood-elite/ | FACT CHECK: Did Mel Gibson Request Protection From The Hollywood Elite? A post shared on social media purports that actor and director Mel Gibson has requested protection from Hollywood elites after the release of the film Sound of Freedom. [...] The caption reads, "7 MINUTES AGO_ Mel Gibson Cries For PROTECTION From Hollywood Elite After _Sound of Freedom_." | 2023-07-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
checkyourfact_505_ret_b4_gn | checkyourfact_505 | https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-mel-gibson-hollywood-elite/ | Mel Gibson requests protection from Hollywood elites after Sound of Freedom | Viral post | 2023-07-24 | https://www.newsweek.com/mel-gibson-hollywood-elites-drink-childrens-blood-fact-check-1786935 | While Mel Gibson continues to be a controversial figure in Hollywood—he has hit headlines in the past for making racist, antisemitic and sexist comments—and is known for his commitment to the Catholic faith. [...] Perhaps in light of his documented devotion to his faith, claims have recently been shared that Gibson once accused members of a so-called Hollywood elite of torturing and murdering children, before drinking their blood in satanic rituals. | 2023-03-10 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
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