Bob Oswald
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Facts Matter: Political groups aren't responsible for starting western wildfiresSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - As firefighters battled wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, false information on the internet raged out of control. Various posts on social media said arsonists started ...
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Facts Matter: Video clips edited to make Trump, Biden look badSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Approaching the Nov. 3 election, social media users are posting manipulated segments and selective edits of videos of President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Jo...
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Trump's effort to repeal ACA clashes with convention claimsAug 29, 2020 1:00 am - As Republican officials took turns getting the party's message out during last week's convention, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany touted President Donald Tr...
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Facts Matter: Trump touts manufacturing boom, but factory jobs down 740,000Aug 22, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump, during a news conference earlier this month, claimed parts of the economy are doing very well. "The manufacturing sector is booming and the produ...
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Facts Matter: Kamala Harris eligible for presidencyAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Reports of breaking news, weather emergencies or other events are routinely followed by misinformation. Presidential candidate Joe Biden's announcement of his pick for v...
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Facts Matter: U.S. didn't reject Black Statue of LibertyAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - A Facebook meme falsely claims the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor was the second choice after the U.S. turned down the first version. "The first Statue of Liberty ...
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Oswald: NASA didn't discover new constellation, change zodiac signsAug 01, 2020 1:00 am - An "old hoax" made the rounds on social media in July, claiming the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has discovered a new constellation and all the zodiac s...
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Facts Matter: Obama didn't sign law to 'snatch' protestorsJul 25, 2020 3:00 pm - Following President Donald Trump's deployment of federal agents to Portland, Oregon, and talk of sending other agents to Chicago, social media users falsely claimed it w...
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Facts Matter: Daily death comparison uses out-of-date COVID-19 dataJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - A meme circulating on social media this month falsely claims a small number of daily deaths stem from the coronavirus compared to that of deaths from other diseases, acc...
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Facts Matter: Coin shortage due to COVID-19, not conspiracyJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - A recent social media post falsely said a coin shortage in the U.S. was a sign of an impending one-world government. The false claim included a photo of a sign in a groc...