Articles filed under Facts Matter
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Oswald: Frozen ship is not the USS Al Gore
Feb 20, 2021 5:41 PM - An old photo of a frozen ship is reused in a fake climate change claim; Fox News didn't ignore ceremonies for a U.S. Capitol police officer who died after Jan. 6 riot; and a photo is faked to try to make it appear President Joe Biden was asleep, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
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Facts Matter: Military band didn't play 'Hit the Road Jack' as Trump left office
Jan 30, 2021 5:11 PM - A video was altered in a false claim that a military band played 'Hit the Road Jack' as Trump left office, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
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Facts Matter: Biden didn't disclose what Trump wrote in presidential letter
Jan 23, 2021 5:39 PM - Facts Matter columnist tackles fake letters from Trump, Pelosi circulating on social media.
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Facts Matter: Pence didn't change Twitter photo to honor Biden, Harris
Jan 18, 2021 9:10 AM - Vice President Mike Pence didn't change his Twitter photo to honor President-elect Joe Biden, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
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Facts Matter: No evidence rioters were just posing as Trump supporters
Jan 9, 2021 6:17 PM - Republican U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks from Alabama, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and thousands of others falsely claimed rioters who broke into the U.S. Capitol were actually "antifa" members posing as Trump backers, Bob Oswald said in his Facts Matter column.
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Facts matter: Christmas Day explosion in Nashville was not a missile strike
Jan 2, 2021 5:30 PM - Bob Oswald's Facts Matter column begins with an item disputing claims that the bombing in Nashville, Tennessee, was actually a missile strike.
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Facts Matter: Pope didn't say vaccine needed to get into heaven
Dec 19, 2020 5:43 PM - A satirical story claimed Pope Francis had declared failure to get the COVID-19 vaccine a sin, but some social media users didn't get the joke and shared the item as fact, Bob Oswald said in his Facts Matter column.
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Facts Matter: Biden's foot injury feeds conspiracy backers
Dec 12, 2020 6:06 PM - Conspiracy theorists altered photos to falsely claim President-elect Joe Biden's medical boot had switched feet, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
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Facts Matter: How a note about medical workers' struggles was turned into a lie about a COVID-19 hoax
Dec 5, 2020 3:35 PM - In his Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald tells how a co-opted selfie by a doctor became part of a lie claiming a COVID-19 hoax, plus he clears up a questionable meme about reindeer.
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Facts Matter: How false claim of dead people voting gained steam
Nov 28, 2020 6:42 PM - Trump's campaign, Fox News and the president circulated a false claim that votes were cast in the names of dead Georgians, getting hundreds of thousands of shares before it was proved wrong, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
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