CLAIM: During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden said that American educators do not teach students to “hate” the United States. VERDICT: FALSE Racial sensitivity gurus and educators at institutions around the nation frequently promote the narrative that it is permissible and justified to hate the United States. During an exchange during the…
CLAIM: Joe Biden (D) claimed that “no one has established” that there is fraud related to mail-in voting. VERDICT: FALSE. There have been several well-documented examples of fraud and error in relation to vote-by-mail. During a discussion on accepting the results of the election and the increase in mass vote-by-mail, Biden proclaimed that “no one…
At Disrupt 2020, we got a chance to see some never-before-seen footage from HBO’s upcoming documentary The Perfect Weapon. The documentary, which was executive produced by John Maggio, is based on the book by the same(ish) name written by David Sanger, Washington correspondent for the New York Times. We got to sit down for an…
We’re on the brink of the biggest Disrupt in TechCrunch history. It’s five days of education, exhibition, competition and connection that spans the globe. As you plan your schedule, keep this in mind: You’ll find some of the most insightful and downright interesting programming at Disrupt 2020 in our Breakout Sessions. And that, given our…
Joe Biden claimed in a speech Friday that President Trump’s “mismanagement” of the pandemic is holding back the U.S. economy. CLAIM: “First, the president’s chaotic mismanagement of the pandemic is still holding us back. Compared to other major industrial countries in Europe and Asia, during the pandemic, our unemployment rate is still more than double,…
CLAIM: Joe Biden claimed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: “I am not banning fracking.” VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. Biden has promised to ban fracking — repeatedly — as has his running mate. Biden said Monday — during a speech supposedly on violence: “I am not banning fracking. Let me say again: I am not banning fracking. No matter how…
CLAIM: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said during Monday’s virtual speech at the Democratic National Convention that President Trump has been coddling white nationalists. VERDICT: False. President Trump has explicitly condemned the “KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups,” despite Joe Biden’s (D) and the Democrats’ insistence on repeating the thoroughly debunked “very fine people”…
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo claimed on Thursday night that the U.S. economy had contracted by more than the German economy, which he blamed on President Donald Trump’s ‘mishandling’ of the pandemic. CLAIM: “We were down almost 33%, and of course, the reason is COVID. But it’s how this president mishandled COVID. What’s the proof? Lots of…
CLAIM: Joe Biden called on Trump to shut down the country’s economy “one week earlier” to deal with coronavirus. VERDICT: FALSE. Biden did not call for an early shutdown, though he did criticize Trump’s policies on the pandemic. Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared Friday morning on The Breakfast Club, the popular radio show hosted by…
CLAIM: Federal visa worker programs bring “tens of thousands” of foreign workers into the United States. VERDICT: False. Federal agencies bring at least one million non-immigrant foreign workers into the United States each year. The error was included in a New York Times article on April 24 about President Donald Trump’s unprecedented April 22 shift in immigration policy. The…
