Bob Oswald
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Facts Matter: Trump's press secretary not secret child of JFK Jr.Dec 05, 2021 4:30 am - Former President Donald Trump's press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has been the subject of claims connecting her to Democratic President John Kennedy. "We have the beloved...
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Facts Matter: Blurred seal not proof that Biden isn't really presidentNov 29, 2021 4:30 am - Social media users recently pointed to a video that includes a blurred presidential seal, retweeted by Vice President Kamala Harris, as proof that Joe Biden isn't actual...
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Facts Matter: Fake news follows Houston concert tragedyNov 13, 2021 12:00 am - Nine people died and hundreds more were injured after the crowd rushed the stage during a Nov. 5 Travis Scott concert at the Astroworld Festival in Houston. As with many...
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Facts Matter: Altered video changes vice president's vaccine messageNov 13, 2021 12:00 am - Vice President Kamala Harris, during a July 12 speech in Michigan, said, "Virtually every person who is in the hospital, sick with COVID-19 right now, is unvaccinated." ...
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Facts Matter: Images purporting to refute global warming don't hold waterNov 07, 2021 4:30 am - Side-by-side images of the Statue of Liberty are being shared on social media along with a claim the sea level hasn't risen in 100 years. "This is what catastrophic sea-...
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Facts Matter: Halloween? Here come the 'clown purge' warningsOct 31, 2021 5:30 am - Recent social media posts warned of a clown purge the day before Halloween. "Clowns are allegedly planning their own purge the night before Halloween. Stay inside, keep ...
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Facts Matter: FBI was not directed to spy on school parentsOct 23, 2021 1:00 am - A memo Attorney General Merrick Garland sent earlier this month to the FBI cited "a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against sch...
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Facts Matter: Latest vaccine falsehood claims deadly parasite is an ingredientOct 17, 2021 5:30 am - Social media users recently shared a fuzzy, black-and-white image of what is purported to be a parasite in the Pfizer vaccine, they claim is made up of "carbon, oxygen, ...
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Facts Matter: Biden, not stand-in, received COVID-19 booster shotOct 10, 2021 5:30 am - President Joe Biden, late last month, received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. But some social media users made false claims that the event was staged. One Insta...
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Facts Matter: False claims persist despite GOP review upholding Biden win in ArizonaOct 03, 2021 5:30 am - A review of 2020 presidential election results in Arizona's Maricopa County, conducted by the state's Republican legislators, failed to find any evidence to contradict P...