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TV Advert
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210426170739/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/fact-trump-tv-ad-misleads-on-biden-and-ukraine/
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Trump TV Ad Misleads on Biden and Ukraine
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The sources show that the implication in Trump's ad wasn't true.
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US
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"answer": "Ukraine Prosecutor Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Bidens",
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"answer": "Trump said Biden threatened to withhold U.S. assistance to Ukraine unless it fired Shokin, which is true, but then implied without proof that it was done to protect Hunter Biden from prosecution.",
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],
"question": "What links of involvement were found between Joe Biden and the dismissal of Victor Shokin"
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4-10-2019
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null |
Donald Trump
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Not Enough Evidence
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[
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210303115805/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-medicare-village/
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The Democrats’ Medicare for All plan would reduce Americans’ household income by $17,000 a year.
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The evidence is not enough to reach a conclusion on the claim
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"question": "What will the financial savings of the US Medicare proposal be for a single-payer?"
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3-10-2019
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null |
Donald Trump
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Not Enough Evidence
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210303115805/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-medicare-village/
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The Democrat plans for socialized medicine will put doctors and hospitals out of business and also deny Americans’ treatment and everything they need.
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US
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],
"question": "How much would Medicare for All reimburse hospitals?"
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3-10-2019
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null |
Donald Trump
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Not Enough Evidence
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210303115805/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-medicare-village/
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In the U.S. Democratic proposals for universal health care would obliterate Medicare. Both the single-payer option and the public option would mean a raid of Medicare to fund socialism.
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Although evidence states what Medicare for All and Medicare are, there is no evidence on whether the U.S. Democratic proposals for universal health care would completely obliterate Medicare. Although "Medicare for All" means the government will be the "single payer" on any health expenses, there is no clarification of what this means, especially in relation to socialism. There is also no mention of the public option. Hence, there is not enough evidence.
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US
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3-10-2019
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null |
Donald Trump
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Refuted
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210303115805/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-medicare-village/
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Democrats are draining Americans’ health care to finance open borders.
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This claim was part of a Trump 2020 television advertisement, and it was rated Mostly False.
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US
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3-10-2019
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null |
Donald Trump
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Refuted
|
[
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210303115805/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-medicare-village/
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[
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Donald Trump and the Republicans are committed to protecting people who have preexisting medical conditions.
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none of the information in these q and a show that trump and the republicans are committed to protecting people with pre-existing conditions.
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US
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[
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"question": "Does the Trump administration want to remove protections for people who have preexisting medical conditions?"
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3-10-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2019/10/10/default-calendar/world-mental-health-day-2019-focus-on-suicide-prevention
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Socrates Mbamalu
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Al Jazeera
|
Not Enough Evidence
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[
"Numerical Claim"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
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Mental health illness in Nigeria is abundant with one in four of the population suffering from a disorder.
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The claim does not make mention of the year such a study was carried out
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NG
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2019/10/10/default-calendar/world-mental-health-day-2019-focus-on-suicide-prevention
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"question": "What percentage of Nigerians suffer from depression?"
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2-10-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
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Socrates Mbamalu
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Al Jazeera
|
Not Enough Evidence
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[
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
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In 2018, Yaba Psychiatric Hospital had a budget of 133 million Nairas, but less than 10% of that amount, or 13 million Nairas, was released by the federal government.
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NG
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
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2-10-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
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Socrates Mbamalu
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Al Jazeera
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Supported
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
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In Nigeria, the physician to patient ratio is one doctor to every 4,000 to 5,000 patients.
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The third source and answer show that the numbers in the claim are correct so the claim is supported.
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NG
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
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"question": "How many physicians are there every 4000 to 5000 patients on average?"
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2-10-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
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Socrates Mbamalu
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Al Jazeera
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Refuted
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
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The physician to patient ratio in Nigeria of one doctor to every 4,000 to 5,000 patients is six times smaller than the World Health Organisation's recommendation of one physician to every 600 patients.
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The WHO does not have a recommendation regarding ratio of drs to patients so the claim is refuted.
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NG
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200706231159/https://www.who.int/hrh/documents/JLi_hrh_report.pdf#page=34"
}
],
"question": "Has WHO recommended a doctor to patient ratio ?"
}
] |
2-10-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
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Socrates Mbamalu
| false |
Al Jazeera
|
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison",
"Consultation"
] |
Nigeria is fifth in the world rankings for the frequency of suicides.
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The answer and source shows that Nigeria is not fifth so the claim is refuted.
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NG
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Lesotho, Guyana, Swaziland, Kiribat and Micronesia.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230425033232/https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/suicide/by-country/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/suicide/by-country/"
}
],
"question": "What were the top 5 countries for suicide frequency in the world?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "117",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230425033232/https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/suicide/by-country/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/suicide/by-country/"
}
],
"question": "What is Nigeria's ranking in the suicide rates list?"
}
] |
2-10-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
Socrates Mbamalu
| false |
Al Jazeera
|
Supported
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison",
"Consultation"
] |
The World Health Organisation estimates that fewer than 10% of Nigerians suffering from mental health disorders have access to the care that they need.
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In Nigeria People who are suffering from mental health disorders, usually do not get the help they need. There is a large absence of quality mental health care services and facilities for Nigerians suffering from mental health disorder.
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NG
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "A study on mental health published in 2004. showed that those with severe forms of anxiety and depression and substance abuse rarely get any treatment at all for their conditions,",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210927232621/https://africacheck.org/sites/default/files/Demyttenaere2004JAMA.pdf",
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210927232621/https://africacheck.org/sites/default/files/Demyttenaere2004JAMA.pdf"
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],
"question": "Did Nigerians suffering from mental health disorders have access to the care that they needed in 2019?"
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{
"answer": "It has an abysmal lack of mental health services in the country",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603151239/https://healththink.org/five-facts-every-nigerian-should-know-about-depression/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://healththink.org/five-facts-every-nigerian-should-know-about-depression/"
}
],
"question": "Does Nigeria have a good amount of mental health services?"
}
] |
2-10-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
Socrates Mbamalu
| false |
Al Jazeera
|
Supported
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
By 2018 only 3.95% of Nigeria's budget for funding the country's ministry of health had been allocated.
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The percentage provided in the answer is very close to that in the claim.
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NG
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "some N356.45 billion was allocated to the health ministry.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210908232018/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CsfolF7CabnnoR3W0zQhz7KtHTKJE2dN/view",
"source_medium": "PDF",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210908232018/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CsfolF7CabnnoR3W0zQhz7KtHTKJE2dN/view"
}
],
"question": "How much of Nigeria's budget for funding the country's ministry of health had been allocated by 2018?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The allocated amount works out to 3.91% of the allocated budget, according to the country’s budget office.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210126044742/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/2018-budget",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210126044742/https://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/2018-budget"
}
],
"question": "What percent of the budget is the allocated amount?"
}
] |
2-10-2019
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null |
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah
| true |
Article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
|
Supported
|
[
"Causal Claim",
"Position Statement"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210301045221/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/glenn-grothman/wisconsin-lawmakers-claim-millionaires-are-eligibl/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Donald Trump put a stop to Millionaires being eligible for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps in the US.
|
The claim seems true, Trump made changes to SNAP so people who need the money get it.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "To confer automatic eligibility for SNAP under the proposal, a household must receive TANF-funded cash or non-cash benefits valued at a minimum of $50 per month for at least 6 months. In addition, non-cash benefits that could convey automatic eligibility would be restricted to subsidized employment, work supports, or childcare. By establishing clear standards and requiring that benefits be ongoing and substantial, the proposal will ensure SNAP benefits go toward Americans most in need.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210316212116/https://www.fns.usda.gov/pressrelease/usda-011319",
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210316212116/https://www.fns.usda.gov/pressrelease/usda-011319"
}
],
"question": "What changes were made to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program by Donald Trump"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The proposed rule would fix a loophole that has expanded SNAP recipients in some states to include people who receive assistance when they clearly don’t need it. In fact, the depth of this specific flexibility has become so egregious that a millionaire living in Minnesota successfully enrolled in the program simply to highlight the waste of taxpayer money. This proposal gives USDA the ability to save billions of dollars, ensuring nutrition assistance programs are delivered with consistency and integrity to those most in need.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210316212116/https://www.fns.usda.gov/pressrelease/usda-011319",
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210316212116/https://www.fns.usda.gov/pressrelease/usda-011319"
}
],
"question": "what would this proposed rule fix"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "It is headed by the Secretary of Agriculture, who reports directly to the President of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230526195929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture"
}
],
"question": "Who does the head of the Department of Agriculture report to?"
}
] |
2-10-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
Socrates Mbamalu
| true |
Al Jazeera
|
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison",
"Consultation"
] |
Nigeria has the highest rate of depression within the continent of Africa.
|
It seems that both Cape Verde's and Botswana rate of depression is higher, therefore, the claim is refuted
|
NG
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Using figures from 2016, Nigeria had the largest amount of people suffering with depression - 7,079,815. However as a percentage of Nigerian population this was 3.9%. Therefore Nigeria did not have the highest percentage rate of depression in Africa. Cape Verde, for example had a rate of 4.9%.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603151313/https://africacheck.org/sites/default/files/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf",
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],
"question": "Does Nigeria have the highest rate of depression in Africa?"
},
{
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{
"answer": "3.9%",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf#page=14",
"source_medium": "PDF",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf#page=14"
}
],
"question": "What was Nigeria's depression rate in 2016?"
},
{
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{
"answer": "4.9%",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf#page=14",
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf#page=14"
}
],
"question": "What was Cape Verde's depression rate in 2016?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "4.7%",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf#page=14",
"source_medium": "PDF",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf#page=14"
}
],
"question": "What was Botswana's depression rate in 2016?"
}
] |
2-10-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
Socrates Mbamalu
| true |
Al Jazeera
|
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison",
"Consultation"
] |
Nigeria has a population of 200 million and there are less than 150 psychiatrists in the country.
|
Theres only 1 million more population than the claim suggests but the amount of Psychiatrists is much higher than the claim so whilst the population is very near I feel it's still not perfectly accurate and rather than choosing conflicting evidence as I initially considered, I have refuted this claim as both elements are wrong albeit the population is within a small margin.
|
NG
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "According to the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, there are 250 psychiatrists registered and 200 psychiatry trainees.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160848/http://apn.org.ng/",
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}
],
"question": "How many registered psychiatrists are there in Kenya?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "According to the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, there were 250 psychiatrists registered in 2019.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160848/http://apn.org.ng/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160848/http://apn.org.ng/"
}
],
"question": "How many registered psychiatrists were there in Nigeria at the time of the claim (2019)?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Nigeria’s population stood at an all-time high of 201 million in 2019.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230602191037/https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-nigerias-population-hits-201m",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.thecable.ng/just-in-nigerias-population-hits-201m"
}
],
"question": "What was the population of Nigeria at the time of the claim (2019)?"
}
] |
2-10-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
Socrates Mbamalu
| true |
Al Jazeera
|
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/fact-checked-al-jazeeras-claims-about-nigerias-mental-health-problem
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
Every week in Nigeria, twelve doctors leave to seek employment in the United Kingdom.
|
There is a total of 5,250 UK licenses Nigerians employed as doctors. This does not mean twelve doctors leave to seek employment in the United Kingdom Every week in Nigeria.
|
NG
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/nigeria-mental-health-problem-191002210913630.html
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The General Medical Council is responsible for registering doctors and setting professional standards for all doctors working or training in the UK. Its registry does not make explicit whether doctors are from a country other than the UK or when they arrived in the UK, but does record the “place they were awarded their main medical degree”",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register/a-guide-to-the-medical-register/whats-on-the-medical-register",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230319/https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register/a-guide-to-the-medical-register/whats-on-the-medical-register"
}
],
"question": "How are doctors from other countries recorded in the UK?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The number of doctors whose primary medical qualifications were obtained from Nigeria rose by 1,742 – from 5,250 to 6,974 in those 18 months. This means that on average 22 Nigeria-trained doctors were added to the doctors’ registry every week.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210204062112/https://data.gmc-uk.org/gmcdata/home/#/reports/The%20Register/Stats/report",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210204062112/https://data.gmc-uk.org/gmcdata/home/#/reports/The%20Register/Stats/report"
}
],
"question": "What does the registry say about primary medical qualifications obtained from Nigeria?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "So far in 2018, 190 Nigerians have received their UK licenses, bringing the number to 5,250, or an average of 12 every week.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230602182332/https://www.icirnigeria.org/at-least-12-nigerian-doctors-employed-in-the-uk-every-week-report-reveals/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.icirnigeria.org/at-least-12-nigerian-doctors-employed-in-the-uk-every-week-report-reveals/"
}
],
"question": "When did at least 12 Nigerian doctors get employed in the UK every week"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Another 998 Nigerian doctors were added to the register between 2010 and 2015, an average of almost 200 doctors annually. In 2016, the number rose to 245 doctors, and in 2017, the number almost doubled as 439 Nigerian doctors received their UK licenses, making it a total of 5,060 Nigerian doctors in the country.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230602182332/https://www.icirnigeria.org/at-least-12-nigerian-doctors-employed-in-the-uk-every-week-report-reveals/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.icirnigeria.org/at-least-12-nigerian-doctors-employed-in-the-uk-every-week-report-reveals/"
}
],
"question": "Has the number of doctors gaining licenses to practice in the UK been increasing"
}
] |
2-10-2019
|
null |
Om Prakash Pandey
| false |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim",
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201130082844/https://thelogicalindian.com/fact-check/fact-check-coronavirus-covid-19-multivamin-coronavirus-cure-coronavirus-prevention-vitamin-c-zinc-24389
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
The government should distribute multivitamins, vitamin c and zinc tablets to the common people as it will cure people of coronavirus and to those people who don't have the disease, they will get immune to the disease.
|
The first Q and A pair provides evidence to refute the claim that multivitamins, vitamin c and zinc will cure coronavirus - it does not specifically address whether it can make people immune to the disease.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The (World health organisation (WHO) state on their website that , FACT: Vitamin and mineral supplements cannot cure COVID-19",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201130104153/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201130104153/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters"
},
{
"answer": "The official World health organisation (WHO) official web site further states, Micronutrients, such as vitamins D and C and zinc, are critical for a well-functioning immune system and play a vital role in promoting health and nutritional well-being. There is currently no guidance on the use of micronutrient supplements as a treatment of COVID-19.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201130104153/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201130104153/https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters"
}
],
"question": "Can multivitamins, zinc etc.be taken to cure or prevent coronavirus (Covid 19)"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The WHO is an organisation that issues conditional recommendations even when the quality of evidence may not be strong on issues of public health importance",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230317213130/https://www.who.int/news/item/04-03-2015-who-calls-on-countries-to-reduce-sugars-intake-among-adults-and-children",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.who.int/news/item/04-03-2015-who-calls-on-countries-to-reduce-sugars-intake-among-adults-and-children"
}
],
"question": "What is the function of the World Health Organisation (WHO)?"
}
] |
1-10-2019
|
null |
Donald J. Trump
| false |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Position Statement"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201231124253/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/checking-donald-trump-whether-impeachment-coup/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Donald Trump says his impeachment is a coup.
|
Impeachment is not a coup as their are provisions in the constitution.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "A coup d'état, French for 'stroke of state', also known as a coup or overthrow.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230522124550/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat"
}
],
"question": "What does Trump mean by coup?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, rebel group, military, or a dictator",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230522124550/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat"
},
{
"answer": "We define a coup d'état as the sudden and irregular (i.e., illegal or extra-legal) removal, or displacement, of the executive authority of an independent government.",
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "1. to charge with a crime or misdemeanor\nspecifically : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office.\n2. to cast doubt on\nespecially : to challenge the credibility or validity of",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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}
],
"question": "What is impeachment?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
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}
],
"question": "Does the American Constitution explicitly cover the impeachment process?"
}
] |
1-10-2019
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null |
Robert Buckland
| false | null |
Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20200922214313/https://fullfact.org/crime/extended-sentences/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
The most serious violent and sexual offenders receive automatic early release from prison halfway through their sentence.
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this isn't an automatic release, it seems to depend on the offender and how dangerous they are.
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GB
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "A determinate prison sentence is where the court sets a fixed length for the prison sentence and is the most common type of prison sentence. For example, an offender may be sentenced to four years in prison. This is the maximum period of time the offender could spend in prison. However, the offender will not necessarily spend the whole of this time in prison.\n\nThe rules governing when a prisoner is released vary depending on the length of the sentence and when the offence was committed.",
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],
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{
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{
"answer": "Offenders sentenced to two years or more will serve half their sentence in prison and serve the rest of the sentence in the community on licence. While on licence an offender will be subject to supervision and the licence will include conditions. If an offender breaches their conditions, they may be recalled to prison.",
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],
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
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}
],
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "There are well over 100 serious offences that can carry an extended sentence including specified sexual offences.",
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}
],
"question": "What offences can draw an extended sentence?"
}
] |
1-10-2019
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Supported
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[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210720122229/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/yes-south-africas-clean-energy-output-zero-over-45-2010
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
The South African government has successfully increased the contribution of clean energy from 0% in 2010 to over 4.5% within five years.
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the evidence supports the claim
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[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "over 4.5 percent",
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],
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{
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"answer": "A programme designed to respond to the call by\nthe NDP & the IRP 2010 via renewable energy\nsources.",
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{
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{
"answer": "4.5 percent",
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}
],
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}
] |
1-10-2019
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null |
Donald Trump
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Twitter
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Supported
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210215070941/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/30/trumps-false-claim-rules-whistleblowers-were-recently-changed/
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[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Rules for whistle-blowers recently changed.
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Metadata state that rules for whistle-blowers have changed.
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US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes the rules for whistle-blowers were recently changed.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "Metadata",
"source_medium": "Metadata",
"source_url": "Metadata"
}
],
"question": "Did the rules for whistle-blowers changed recently?"
}
] |
30-9-2019
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null | null | false |
WhatsApp
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Refuted
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20200811101404/https://www.boomlive.in/yes-bank-refutes-ominous-whatsapp-message-stating-it-may-shut-down/
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
YES Bank may shut down
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From the answer it seems the claim is refuted
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IN
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[
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "“Recent market rumours and reports appear to have generated a lot of speculation around YES BANK Limited. We strongly refute them as being speculative, unsubstantiated, and irresponsible.\n\nWhile this has impacted the share price adversely, the Bank would like to state that its capital and liquidity position are comfortably above the regulatory threshold and the asset quality is in line with the guidance provided post Q1 FY20 results. The Bank’s outstanding exposure to the Housing Finance / Real Estate conglomerate, which is in the news today, is totally secured and over the last six months there has been a reduction of approximately 30% in this exposure. The account is standard and current.\n\nThe Bank’s retail franchise continues to strengthen with an increase of 39% in the number of new Fixed Deposit (FD) accounts, over the previous quarter.\n\nSubsequent to receiving the go ahead from the Reserve Bank of India on Friday, September 27, 2019, the Bank is firmly on track to raising the required growth capital.” - Ravneet Gill, MD & CEO, YES BANK",
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}
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] |
30-9-2019
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null | false |
Facebook
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Not Enough Evidence
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[
"Position Statement"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20190929050132/https://fullfact.org/online/pretty-little-thing-products-can-contain-lead-probably-not-dangerous-amounts/
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[
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Pretty Little Thing’s terms and conditions state that its products may contain chemicals that can cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
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From the 2nd QA it seems evident that there is not enough information to make the claim as there is not enough scientific evidence to support that. Therefore, the label is not enough evidence
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US
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[
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"answers": [
{
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}
],
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}
] |
27-9-2019
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Facebook
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Supported
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20190929050132/https://fullfact.org/online/pretty-little-thing-products-can-contain-lead-probably-not-dangerous-amounts/
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[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Pretty Little Thing products may contain chemicals that can cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
|
Mentioned explicitly in the terms and conditions of their own website
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US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
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}
],
"question": "Does the pretty little thing contain any harmful chemicals"
}
] |
27-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201223153210/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4CJ8MYLTY
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Adam Schiff
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Youtube
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Refuted
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[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201207134650/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/30/context-adam-schiffs-dramatized-version-trump-zele/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Donald Trump asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to "make up dirt" on Biden.
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Trump asked him to investigate claims but not to fabricate anything.
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US
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20201223153210/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4CJ8MYLTY
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[
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{
"answer": "Donald Trump was officially quoted as saying - There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it… It sounds horrible to me. Therefore Trump didn't ask Zelensky to \"make up\" anything.",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230412183838/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/25/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-transcript-call/index.html",
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],
"question": "What information did Trump ask Volodymyr Zelensky for relating to Joe Biden, during their July 25, 2019 call, and did he ask Zelensky to \"make up\" anything?"
}
] |
26-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201223153210/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4CJ8MYLTY
|
Adam Schiff
| false |
Youtube
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Refuted
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201207134650/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/30/context-adam-schiffs-dramatized-version-trump-zele/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Trump said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to not call back until he'd satisfied Donald Trump's demands.
|
There is no evidence of the comment being made by the president
|
US
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20201223153210/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4CJ8MYLTY
|
[
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"answers": [
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"answer": "A document of the call makes no mention of trump saying Zelensky should not call back until he’d satisfied Trump’s demands,\nthe call ended with Trump congratulating Zelensky on his election.",
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}
],
"question": "Did Donald Trump tell Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to not call back until he'd satisfied Trump's demands?"
}
] |
26-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201223153210/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4CJ8MYLTY
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Adam Schiff
| false |
Youtube
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Supported
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[
"Position Statement"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201207134650/https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/30/context-adam-schiffs-dramatized-version-trump-zele/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
During his telephone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky on 25th July 2019 Donald Trump said the United States had been good to Ukraine.
|
The 1st Q&A pair say that evidence of the call in the claim exists and in the 2nd Q&A it states that the record of the call shows that what is claimed was said by trump was said. so supported
|
US
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20201223153210/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4CJ8MYLTY
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"answers": [
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"answer": "Yes",
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}
],
"question": "During his call with Zelenksy how did Trump describe the United States' relationship with Ukraine?"
}
] |
26-9-2019
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https://perma.cc/QGB8-U4MP
|
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210722193803/https://factcheck.afp.com/remuneration-australian-politicians-determined-independent-statutory-body-not-prime-minister
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[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given himself a pay rise.
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Australian political structure does not allow for prime ministers to give themselves pay rises.
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AU
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https://perma.cc/QGB8-U4MP
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[
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "Multiple posts have been shared thousands of times in on Facebook which claim Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given himself a pay rise, while his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern has frozen the salaries of the country’s politicians “until economy improves for citizens”. The claims are misleading; the renumeration for Australia and New Zealand’s politicians is determined by independent statutory bodies, not the prime ministers; a salary freeze was indeed imposed on New Zealand’s politicians in 2018, but it was in place to establish a fairer system that determines pay increases for key office holders, not because of economic conditions.",
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}
],
"question": "Did the Australian PM Scott Morrison give himself a pay rise then cut working class wages ?"
}
] |
26-9-2019
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null | null | false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201105084709/https://fullfact.org/online/luxembourg-eu-payments/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
Luxembourg benefits the most from being in the EU, getting back 3,304% of what it pays in.
|
Luxembourg 3,199% less than stated pay in claim, meaning 16 countries in the EU including Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary get back more of what it pays in
|
GB
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Luxembourg gets back roughly 105% of what it pays",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201105151142/https://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/revenue_expediture.html",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201105151142/https://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/revenue_expediture.html"
}
],
"question": "How much does Luxembourg get back from what it pays to EU?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "16 other countries get back more than Luxembourg, these countries include Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201105151142/https://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/revenue_expediture.html",
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201105151142/https://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/revenue_expediture.html"
}
],
"question": "What other EU countries get back more than Luxembourg?"
}
] |
26-9-2019
|
US President Donald Trump
| false |
joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185528/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-claims-about-hunter-biden-in-china/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Hunter Biden, son of then Vice President Joe Biden had a payoff of $1.5 billion from China, after accompanying his father, on a 2013 diplomatic trip to Beijing.
|
From answers provided it seems that Hunter Biden was not on the 2013 diplomatic trip to Beijing for business.
|
CN
|
[
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211111012009/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/hunter-biden-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211111012009/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/hunter-biden-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"
}
],
"question": "In 2013 Did Hunter Biden travel on Air Force 2 to China with then Vice President Joe Biden who was on a diplomatic mission?"
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{
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211111012009/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/hunter-biden-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"
}
],
"question": "Why did Hunter Biden Accompany his Father, Joe Biden (Then Vice President) on his diplomatic trip to China in 2013?"
},
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{
"answer": "He conducted no business there.",
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}
],
"question": "Did Hunter Biden Conduct any business when he accompanied his Father Joe Biden on his Diplomatic trip to China in 2013?"
}
] |
25-9-2019
|
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null |
Donald Trump
| false |
Twitter
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Refuted
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[
"Causal Claim",
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210116084916/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-schiff-ukraine-timeline-phone-memo/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Donald Trump released a summary of his call with the Ukrainian President, Zelensky because Adam Schiff gave a false rendition of the call.
|
The claim was made on the 25th and the summary of the call released on the 24th, but the rendition of the call made by Adam Schiff was on the 26th at the DNI hearing so the claim must be fabricated.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The released summary from the white house of the call between president Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian president Zelensky is dated 24th September 2019.",
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],
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},
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{
"answer": "In his full opening statement at DNI hearing on the 26th of September 2019",
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}
],
"question": "Where did did Adam Schiff give a rendition of the call between President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian president Zelensky"
}
] |
25-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210708140929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/27/quick-guide-trumps-false-claims-about-ukraine-bidens/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
US Democratic senators threatened Donald Trump with votes and no money coming into Ukraine.
|
The Senators did not mean to coerce Trump.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), Richard J. Durbin (Ill.) and Robert Menendez (N.J.)",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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}
],
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},
{
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{
"answer": "There is no implication of this in the letter written",
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}
],
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},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "In the letter, the Senators were against the Ukrainian prosecutor halting investigations if it was in a bid not to anger Donald Trump",
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}
],
"question": "Did the US democrats who wrote the letter use it as a means to coerce Donald Trump"
}
] |
25-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210525191040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/26/trumps-false-claims-about-hunter-bidens-china-dealings/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Hunter Biden made millions of dollars from a deal made in China. The deal put $1.5 billion into a fund after one quick meeting in China which he flew into on Air Force Two.
|
No. “To date, Mr. Biden has not received any return or compensation on account of this investment or his position on the board of directors,” Meseris said in a statement Wednesday. “The characterization of Mr. Biden as owning a $1.5 billion private equity firm funded by the Chinese, or suggesting that Mr. Biden has earned millions of dollars from the firm is a gross misrepresentation of Mr. Biden’s role with BHR.”
|
US
| null |
[
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"answer": "Book by Peter Schweizer, “Secret Empires,” that first detailed how Hunter Biden flew to China on Air Force Two with his father in 2013.",
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}
],
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},
{
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{
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}
],
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"answer": "No",
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}
],
"question": "Did the Chinese put $1.5bn into a fund involving Hunter Biden?"
}
] |
25-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210116140449/https://twitter.com/BJP4India/status/1176430928266235905
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
| false |
Twitter
|
Supported
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210116140449/https://factly.in/fact-check-how-true-are-bjps-claims-about-biggest-single-day-gains-in-sensex-and-nifty-%EF%BB%BF/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
Indian equity stock index markets, Sensex and Nifty have their biggest single day gains in the last ten years on 20th September 2019.
|
Dates shown in Q&A pairs confirm the highest gain is the date period in the claim.
|
IN
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210116140449/https://twitter.com/BJP4India/status/1176430928266235905
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "20/09/2019 a gain of 1921.15.",
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}
],
"question": "When was highest one day gain on BSE Sensex from 20/09/2009 to 20/09/2019?"
},
{
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{
"answer": "20/09/2019 a gain of 569.4.",
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}
],
"question": "When was highest one day gain on NSE Nifty from 20/09/2009 to 20/09/2019?"
}
] |
24-9-2019
|
null | null | false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210610093306/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/trumps-didnt-take-seats-for-disabled-at-u-n/
|
[
"Consultation"
] |
The Trump family took seats reserved for disabled guests at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
|
The answers explain that they were not sitting in disabled guests reserved seats so the claim is refuted.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "They sat in seats reserved for guests of the speaker, US President Donald Trump.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210610093306/https://www.un.org/sg/en/spokesperson/about.shtml"
}
],
"question": "Where did the Trump family sit at the the United Nations headquarters in New York City, US for the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "A handicapped placard designates where two seats can be moved for allow for wheelchair access. In this case they were not needed and the seats were reserved for the Trump family.",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603133557/https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=0&mediatype=photo",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/UN-General-Assembly/660b9435315e44bd8b245dcda2231f6c/301/0"
}
],
"question": "Why was it thought that the Trump family were sitting in seats allocated for disabled people at the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly?"
}
] |
24-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603152147/https://twitter.com/NigeriaGov/status/1176498555093209089
|
Muhammadu Buhari
| false |
Government of Nigeria
|
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20200928142730/https://factcheck.afp.com/has-lake-chad-shrunk-nigerias-president-claimed
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison",
"Consultation"
] |
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria told the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York last month that the Lake Chad basin has shrunk significantly due to climate change, depriving many people of their livelihood in the region.
|
From the 2nd QA it indeed seems that the lake has not been shrinking. Therefore the claim is ref5
|
NG
|
https://twitter.com/NigeriaGov/status/1176498555093209089
|
[
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{
"answer": "Lake Chad shrank dramatically at the beginning of the\n1970s and reached less than 2,000 km2 during the 1980s, decreasing\nby more 90 per cent in area",
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}
],
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},
{
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{
"answer": "New research based on continuous satellite observations from the last 20 years has\nbeen able to address this evidence gap and show instead that overall,\nthe lake is not shrinking",
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}
],
"question": "Has Lake Chad shrunk in recent years"
}
] |
24-9-2019
|
null |
Debbie Pitts Palmer
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201020172417/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/28/fact-check-ernest-hemingway-quote-all-broken-light/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
ERNEST HEMINGWAY SAID, WE ARE ALL BROKEN — THAT’S HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
|
From the evidence the claim is not a quote from Ernest Hemingway
| null | null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "QI has found no substantive evidence that Ernest Hemingway wrote or said this precise remark.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/11/16/light/",
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}
],
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Hemingway did write in his 1929 novel, “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.”",
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"source_url": "https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V_rvAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=a+farewell+to+arms&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=a%20farewell%20to%20arms&f=false"
}
],
"question": "Did Ernest Hemingway have a similar quote in the book a farewell to arms?"
}
] |
24-9-2019
|
null |
Vladimir Kornilov
| false |
Sputnik Radio
|
Refuted
|
[
"Position Statement"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210126221435/https://www.polygraph.info/a/russian-energy-narrative-targets-poland-ukraine-and-the-baltic-states/30192000.html
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Russian Energy Narrative Targets Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States
|
From the Q&As you can see that Ukraine, Poland and the Ukraine are adverse to Russian Energy.
| null | null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The Nord Stream 2 infrastructure would enable Gazprom to cut Ukraine out of gas transit traffic, which could cost the country about $2 billion in transit fees (the equivalent of nearly 6 percent of its projected budget for 2018). Revenues aside, as Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki recently stated in Berlin, the real danger lies in the fact that Russia can launch a massive land offensive against Ukraine without fear of damaging Ukraine’s pipeline infrastructure and interrupting Gazprom’s exports to Western countries.",
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}
],
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},
{
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{
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}
],
"question": "why is Poland adverse to Russian energy"
}
] |
24-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603152354/https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/man-in-india-killed-by-mob-after-being-accused-of-cow-slaughter-3501243
| false |
Yeni Safak
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210127172723/https://www.polygraph.info/a/turkey-yeni-safak-fake/30185167.html
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
A Muslim man in India was killed by a mob after being accused of cow slaughter.
|
Although a man was killed when a mob attacked three men after they were accused of cow slaughter, it was confirmed that none of the men were Muslim.
|
IN
|
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/muslim-man-in-india-killed-by-mob-after-being-accused-of-cow-slaughter-3501243
|
[
{
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}
],
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},
{
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cow/man-in-india-killed-by-mob-after-being-accused-of-cow-slaughter-idUSKBN1W80ZX"
}
],
"question": "Was there any mention in the original article about the religion of the man who was killed?"
}
] |
23-9-2019
|
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20190925130057/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2450876618460486&set=gm.2204121496544989&type=3&theater
|
Ayek Apan
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20191206203346/https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/banks-extended-holidays-strike-atms-rbi-1603185-2019-09-25
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Banks in India will be closed from September 26 to October 2 2019.
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Strikes called off and no listed holidays.
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IN
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190925130057/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2450876618460486&set=gm.2204121496544989&type=3&theater
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23-9-2019
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Indian National Congress (INC)
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Twitter
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Supported
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[
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200711184335/https://factly.in/fact-check-how-true-is-congress-partys-claim-regarding-shortfall-in-government-earnings/
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[
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Congress party claims regarding shortfall in Government earnings
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The evidence shows a shortfall in government earnings
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IN
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"answer": "Lower gross tax revenue in the year 2018-2019; Growth rate of Central Government’s Fiscal Indicators ( in per cent)\nItems 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 PA 2019-20 BE*\nRevenue Receipts 8.5 8.5 15.0 4.4 8.2 26.4\nGross Tax Revenue 9.3 16.9 17.9 11.8 8.4 18.3\nNet Tax Revenue 10.8 4.4 16.7 12.8 6.0 25.3\nNon-Tax Revenue -0.5 27.0 8.6 -29.4 22.3 32.9\nNon-debt Capital \nReceipts#\n23.0 22.3 3.8 77.0 -2.5 6.3\nNon-debt Receipts 9.1 9.1 14.4 7.7 7.4 25.0\nTotal Expenditure 6.7 7.6 10.3 8.4 8.1 20.4\nRevenue Expenditure 6.9 4.8 9.9 11.1 6.8 21.9\nCapital Expenditure 4.8 28.6 12.5 -7.5 16.9 10.",
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21-9-2019
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Andrew Yang
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[
"Quote Verification",
"Event/Property Claim"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210126013504/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/16/andrew-yang/fact-checking-andrew-yang-history-universal-basic-/
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About universal basic income, Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971
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this is true, it was passed in 1970 and 71 and championed by Martin Luther King
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US
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21-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230603152841/https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/tulsi-gabbard-welcomes-pm-modi-to-us-says-sorry-for-not-being-able-to-attend-howdy-modi-event20190920054548/
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Asian News International
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Asian News International
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Refuted
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210616154745/https://www.altnews.in/media-misreports-us-congresswoman-tulsi-gabbard-as-indian-origin/
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"Fact-checker Reference"
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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is of Indian-origin.
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Answer 1 is a quote and is not identified as such until one looks at the source.
Q&A2 is what Q&A1 should have been.
Q&A3 confirms her ethnicity.
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US
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https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/tulsi-gabbard-welcomes-pm-modi-to-us-says-sorry-for-not-being-able-to-attend-howdy-modi-event20190920054548/
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"question": "What is Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard's ancestry?"
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20-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230603153015/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAdorableDeplorablesforPresidentTrump%2Fphotos%2Fa.1334733289959357%2F2272767546155922%2F%3Ftype%3D3
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Adorable Deplorables for Trump.However, there is no evidence that this scenario ever occurred.
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Facebook
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Refuted
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[
"Causal Claim"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210311064046/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/27/fact-check-montana-girl-illegal-immigrants-home-invasion-gun/
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Fact-checker Reference"
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AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILL TWO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DURING AN ATTEMPTED HOME INVASION
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this story has been refuted by local law enforcement,
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US
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https://www.facebook.com/AdorableDeplorablesforPresidentTrump/photos/a.1334733289959357/2272767546155922/?type=3
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20-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230603153108/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsenshelley%2Fposts%2F10157552915179758
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Senator Shelley Moore Capito
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Facebook
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Supported
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210707210137/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/08/shelley-moore-capito/shelley-moore-capito-correct-suicides-west-virgini/
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On average, one person dies by suicide every 22 hours in West Virginia, United States.
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Confirmed by amount of suicides divided by amount of days as well as 22hrs being an actual answer.
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US
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https://www.facebook.com/senshelley/posts/10157552915179758
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"question": "What is the hourly suicide rate in West Virginia"
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19-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210721065354/https://web.facebook.com/StarMagAfrica/
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Lateef Sanni
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Facebook
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Not Enough Evidence
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210721065354/https://dubawa.org/no-evidence-suggests-nigerians-attacked-s-a-police-during-shop-raid/
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Evidence Suggests Nigerians Attacked S.A Police During Shop Raids
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The nationality of the attackers has nor been disclosed according to the second answer so there is not enough evidence to support or refute the claim.
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ZA
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210721065354/https://web.facebook.com/StarMagAfrica/
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19-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210515195416/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/02/fact-check-voltaire-learn-rule-allowed-criticize/
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French philosopher Voltaire said “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
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Quote originated from US white supremacist Kevin Alfred Strom not voltaire.
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],
"question": "Who wrote “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”?"
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19-9-2019
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Facebook
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Refuted
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[
"Causal Claim"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200811095734/https://www.boomlive.in/can-an-optical-illusion-measure-your-stress-levels-a-factcheck/
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Your reaction to an optical illusion is an indication of your state of mind.
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The optical illusion test cannot state whether someone is stressed; the test is to see the level of stress a person can handle using stress pictures. Even then, it is an unscientific idea. Hence, the claim is refuted.
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}
],
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18-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200711185150/https://www.facebook.com/mguruswamy/posts/10215750234937762
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"Event/Property Claim"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200711185150/https://factly.in/banks-are-not-continuously-closed-from-26th-september-2019-to-30th-september-2019/
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Indian banks are to be closed continuously from 26th September 2019 to 30th September 2019.
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Private banks were not affected so would have been open and not all public bank workers may have striked.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200711185150/https://www.facebook.com/mguruswamy/posts/10215750234937762
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16-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230603153509/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D3020718477944255%26set%3Da.299399150076215%26type%3D3%26theater
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Ness Tomenlaco
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Facebook
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"Quote Verification"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210720201359/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/19/fact-check-isaac-asimov-assumptions-windows-world-light-alan-alda/
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Science fiction and popular science writer Isaac Asimov said your assumptions are your windows on the world.Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.
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The quote was not made by Isaac Asimov.
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US
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3020718477944255&set=a.299399150076215&type=3&theater
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16-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201125092734/https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2019/09/13/isis-bride-shamima-begum-flown-to-uk-amid-press-secrecy/
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James Warren
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Social Media & EuroWeekly
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Refuted
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192302/https://fullfact.org/online/shamima-begum-cherie-blair/
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Cherie Blair is representing Shamima Begum.
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I would expect this to be easy to verify if true, but no connection between Cherie Blair and Shamima Begum was found.
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GB
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201125092734/https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2019/09/13/isis-bride-shamima-begum-flown-to-uk-amid-press-secrecy/
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13-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201125092734/https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2019/09/13/isis-bride-shamima-begum-flown-to-uk-amid-press-secrecy/
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James Warren
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Social Media & EuroWeekly
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Not Enough Evidence
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192302/https://fullfact.org/online/shamima-begum-cherie-blair/
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Shamima Begum has been flown back or is due to be flown back to the UK.
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No answer could be found and the third question is unrelated.
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GB
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https://web.archive.org/web/20201125092734/https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2019/09/13/isis-bride-shamima-begum-flown-to-uk-amid-press-secrecy/
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13-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230603153726/https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1172318830242041862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Joe Biden
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Twitter
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Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210126114250/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/18/joe-biden/biden-says-obama-ended-workplace-raids-immigrants/
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The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids
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They did carry out raids but much less than the previous government and other tactics were used to help the situation first. So even though the claim is not correct, its not a completely cut and dry label.
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US
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https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1172318830242041862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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12-9-2019
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Bernie Sanders
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Democratic presidential debate
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Refuted
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[
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210122163718/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/bernie-sanders/do-50-million-people-really-lose-health-coverage-e/
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In the U.S fifty million people a year lose their private insurance when they quit a job, are made unemployed or employers change insurance policies.
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Approximately 75.6% of adults reported being continuously insured during the preceding 12 months, 12.9% reported a gap in coverage, and 11.5% reported being uninsured during the preceding 12 months.
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12-9-2019
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"Numerical Claim"
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210123005715/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/27/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-mislead-democratic-senators-rec/
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In Congress, Elizabeth Warren introduced 110 bills. 2 passed. Cory Booker introduced 120 bills. 0 passed," the Sept. 12 post reads. "Kamala Harris introduced 54 bills. 0 passed. Bernie Sanders never held a job until age 53. He lived off of welfare and four different women
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Numbers of bills vs bills in QA pairs dont match numbers in claims.
Bernie sanders had previous jobs as per QA pair and was only married twice.
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],
"question": "How many bills introduced by Sen. Cory Booker to congress have passed by September 2019?"
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "56 bills introduced by September 2019.",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210206195057/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=412542#sponsor=412678¤t_status[]=1&bill_type[]=2",
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}
],
"question": "How many bills did Sen. Kamala Harris introduce to congress by September 2019?"
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "2 bills passed by September 2019.",
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],
"question": "How many bills introduced by Sen. Kamala Harris to congress have passed by September 2019?"
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "After being born in 1941 He worked as a carpenter, filmmaker, and writer who created and sold \"radical film strips\" and other educational materials to schools. He also wrote several articles for the alternative publication The Vermont Freeman. He lived in the area for several years before moving to the more populous Chittenden County in the mid-1970s. while in his 30's",
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],
"question": "Did Sen. Bernie Sanders have a job before age 53?"
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{
"answer": "No answer could be found.",
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{
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{
"answer": "The senator has been only married twice",
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}
],
"question": "Did Bernie Sanders play secondary breadwinner to 4 women?"
}
] |
12-9-2019
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null | null | false |
Facebook
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Refuted
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210324210359/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/09/fact-check-jane-fonda-ted-turner-denied-service-restaurant-vietnam-veteran/
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Fact-checker Reference"
] |
Actress Jane Fonda was denied service at Sir Scott’s Oasis Steakhouse in Montana which is run by a Vietnam War veteran.
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The answer tells me that they did leave the restaurant but it was not because they were denied service.
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US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Fonda and her husband did leave the restaurant without being served but not because the owner turned away Fonda for her anti-war protests in the 70s. They actually left because the wait time was too long.",
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}
],
"question": "Was actress Jane Fonda denied service at Sir Scott’s Oasis Steakhouse in Montana which is run by a Vietnam War veteran?"
}
] |
11-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603153841/https://bylinetimes.com/2019/09/11/brexit-disaster-capitalism-8-billion-bet-on-no-deal-crash-out-by-boris-johnsons-leave-backers/
|
Byline Times Team
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Byline Times
|
Not Enough Evidence
|
[
"Numerical Claim",
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210305123718/https://fullfact.org/economy/short-positions/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison",
"Consultation"
] |
There was a major increase in the number of short positions taken by UK hedge funds when Boris Johnson ran for Conservative leader.
|
Since the 2nd QA has no answer there is nor enough evidence to label the claim.
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GB
|
https://bylinetimes.com/2019/09/11/brexit-disaster-capitalism-8-billion-bet-on-no-deal-crash-out-by-boris-johnsons-leave-backers/
|
[
{
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{
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] |
11-9-2019
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null | null | true |
Finantial and Forex News and Crypto Currency News Today
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Refuted
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201225224626/https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/09/fake-news-kamala-harris-says-criminals-and-illegals-are-better-than-us-servicemen.html
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Kamala Harris say criminals and illegals are better than U.S. servicemen.
|
The claim is refuted as the answers show that Harris did not say the claim and the quote has been changed.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Today I’m thinking of the fathers who can’t be with their children because they were ripped from their sons and daughters at the border. The fathers who can’t celebrate today because they can’t afford bail. The fathers who are deployed. Don’t forget them.",
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{
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{
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],
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{
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Article spinning is a writing technique used in search engine optimization (SEO), and other applications, which creates what appears to be new content from what already exists. Content spinning works by replacing specific words, phrases, sentences, or even entire paragraphs with any number of alternate versions to provide a slightly different variation with each spin - also known as Rogeting.",
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}
],
"question": "If David Harris Jr. originally deleted the claim article, why did it reappear on Finantial and Forex News and Crypto Currency News Today?"
}
] |
11-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210125200254/https://www.amazon.com/RIP-GOP-America-Dooming-Republicans/dp/1250311756
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Stanley B. Greenberg
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim",
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210311213642/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/10/stanley-greenberg/did-most-americans-lose-wealth-income-under-barack/
|
[
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
Americans lost wealth and income under Barack Obama's presidency.
|
It seems the wages were increasing while BArack Obama was president. Therefore the claim is refuted
|
US
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20210125200254/https://www.amazon.com/RIP-GOP-America-Dooming-Republicans/dp/1250311756
|
[
{
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{
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"answer": "Wages and incomes have been on the upswing. The typical weekly pay of U.S. workers has been increasing since early 2013 and reached its highest level on record, dating back to 1979, at the end of 2016.6 Household incomes, while still relatively low, have also experienced an upward trend since 2014.",
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}
],
"question": "How was the finances of people in the US affected in the period between 2009 and 2017?"
}
] |
10-9-2019
|
null | null | true | null |
Supported
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20190913011928/https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/sep/11/latest-health-coverage-income-and-poverty-us/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
New numbers from the US Census Bureau show an uptick in the number of Americans who have no health insurance.
|
Both answers show that there has been a slight increase in the amount of people with no insurance from 2017 to 2018 so the claim is supported.
| null | null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "• In 2018, 8.5 percent of people, or 27.5 million, did not have health insurance at any point during the year. The uninsured rate and number of uninsured increased from 2017 (7.9 percent or 25.6 million).\n\n• The percentage of people with health insurance coverage for all or part of 2018 was 91.5 percent, lower than the rate in 2017 (92.1 percent). Between 2017 and 2018, the percentage of people with public coverage decreased 0.4 percentage points, and the percentage of people with private coverage did not statistically change.",
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}
],
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] |
10-9-2019
|
null | null | false |
Facebook
|
Supported
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210122010200/https://fullfact.org/education/schools-spend-record-levels/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
The Conservatives are levelling up per pupil funding in schools in the UK.
|
the answer says that per pupil funding will increase
|
GB
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
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}
],
"question": "Are the conservatives increasing per pupil level funding for schools?"
}
] |
9-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210314222337/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/11/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-chinas-economy/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
Thousands of companies are leaving China because they can’t pay the tariffs.
|
there isnt evidence to say that thousands are leaving china because of the tarrifs.
|
CN
| null |
[
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{
"answer": "In a study conducted in June 2019 by the US China Business Council nearly 30% of 220 respondents said they had slowed, delayed or cancelled investments in China but this was due to mounting trade uncertainty and not specifically because of tarrifs. Only 13% said they had plans to move out of China.",
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}
],
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{
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}
],
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}
] |
9-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210314222337/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/11/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-chinas-economy/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been and are coming into our country in the form of tariffs, and China’s eating the cost.
|
China is not footing any costs it is the USA importers.
|
US
| null |
[
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "Sixty-three billion dollars - that's how much the U.S. government has collected in tariffs in 2018",
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{
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}
],
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}
] |
9-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210314222337/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/11/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-chinas-economy/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
China lost 3 million jobs as a result of the US-China trade war.
|
The stats show job losses but not to the volume in the claim.
|
CN
| null |
[
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},
{
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}
],
"question": "According to the media, how many jobs were lost in China as a result of the US-China trade war?"
}
] |
9-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603154534/https://www.thecable.ng/ondo-lg-chairman-bought-tyres-for-buses-and-hes-celebrating-it
|
Abayomi Adesanya
| false |
The Cable
|
Not Enough Evidence
|
[
"Quote Verification",
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210720070033/https://dubawa.org/false-ondo-council-chairman-did-not-commission-4-tyres/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
The chairman of Okitipupa LG, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya has (commissioned) purchased (4) brand new tyre of maxxix brand for the refurbished Toyota Hummer bus that has been abandoned for 7 years
|
The facebook post and evidence of purchase of the tyres is not available
|
NG
|
https://www.thecable.ng/ondo-lg-chairman-bought-tyres-for-buses-and-hes-celebrating-it
|
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}
],
"question": "Was there a media report that the Chairman of Okitipupa LG, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya has purchased (4) brand new tyre"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No answer could be found.",
"answer_type": "Unanswerable",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": null,
"source_medium": "",
"source_url": ""
}
],
"question": "Can the purchase of the tyres be verified?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "The Facebook post has been removed.",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603154615/https://m.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fstory.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D119031129470339%26id%3D100040903576638&refsrc=deprecated&_rdr",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=119031129470339&id=100040903576638"
}
],
"question": "Is the facebook post still up?"
}
] |
9-9-2019
|
null |
Akanksha Ojha
| true |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20191107183836/https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-beach-photo-of-zaira-wasim-goes-viral-with-claim-she-has-returned-to-bollywood-1598157-2019-09-11
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Zaira Wasim who quit acting in June citing religion is making a comeback to Bollywood.
|
The evidence predates the claim so is not relevant.
|
IN
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the photo being shared widely had been clicked before her announcement to quit the film industry. In fact, she is not even attending the promotions of her upcoming movie 'The Sky is Pink' now.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191107183836/https://twitter.com/funu365/status/1170985803410837505",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191107183836/https://twitter.com/funu365/status/1170985803410837505"
}
],
"question": "Zaira Wasim returned to Bollywood?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No, this was from a film completed in march before she quit acting in June.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603154641/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/dangal-actor-zaira-wasim-quits-bollywood-says-relationship-with-religion-was-threatened-2210277.html",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.news18.com/news/movies/dangal-actor-zaira-wasim-quits-bollywood-says-relationship-with-religion-was-threatened-2210277.html"
}
],
"question": "Was the photo on the beach with fellow actors in the claim showing Zaira Wasim returning to acting?"
}
] |
9-9-2019
|
null | null | true | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210513073708/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/17/blog-posting/dont-be-duped-bogus-audit-charitable-groups/
|
[
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
Several well-known charities such as Goodwill and American Red Cross overpay their CEOs and spend a small percentage on helping people
|
It seems that both CEOs earn a bit, but also donate a lot of their earnings, therefore theclaim is refuted
| null | null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "American Red Cross CEO Gail J. McGovern made around $686,000 in the most recent disclosure.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603154757/https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/530196605/201843189349303914/IRS990",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/530196605/201843189349303914/IRS990"
}
],
"question": "what does the CEO of the charity 'American Red Cross' get paid?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "91%",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210506100405/http://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-ceo-has-been-misleading-about-donations",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210506100405/http://www.propublica.org/article/red-cross-ceo-has-been-misleading-about-donations"
}
],
"question": "What % of every donated dollar went to provide services by the American Red Cross?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Its most recent filings listed former CEO Jim Gibbons’ earnings around $717,000 in 2017",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111164824/https://www.goodwill.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/990.pdf",
"source_medium": "PDF",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111164824/https://www.goodwill.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/990.pdf"
}
],
"question": "what does the CEO of the U.S charity 'Goodwill' get paid?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "89%",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423053314/https://www.forbes.com/companies/goodwill-industries-international/?sh=667d6a18f8d2",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423053314/https://www.forbes.com/companies/goodwill-industries-international/?sh=667d6a18f8d2"
}
],
"question": "What % of every donated dollar went to provide services by the U.S charity 'Goodwill'?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Despite the fact that the CEO of the American Red Cross earns approximately $686,000 per year, the donation percentage is an impressive 91%. Similarly, Goodwill's CEO makes around $717,000, based on recent data from 2017; the donated percentage is also a high 89%. So, even though the CEOs of each charity company earn a lot of money, a large portion of it still goes to the charities. Neither company spend a small percentage on helping people.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111164824/https://www.goodwill.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/990.pdf",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111164824/https://www.goodwill.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/990.pdf"
}
],
"question": "Is the donation percentage of Goodwill and the American Red Cross very low?"
}
] |
6-9-2019
|
https://perma.cc/7VZ8-DVB7
|
Alrhus Rts
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20200530023212/https://factcheck.afp.com/doctors-refute-misleading-online-claim-epidural-injections-are-dangerous-and-sometimes-compulsory
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Some women have no choice but to take epidural injections during childbirth.
|
The answer and credible source show that the injections are only given on the consent of the woman so the claim is refuted.
|
PH
|
https://perma.cc/7VZ8-DVB7
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "They are not compulsory, they are used with the consent of the woman only",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200806135542/https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2014/06/epidural-myth",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200806135542/https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2014/06/epidural-myth"
}
],
"question": "Are epidural injections compulsory"
}
] |
5-9-2019
|
https://perma.cc/7VZ8-DVB7
|
Alrhus Rts
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20200530023212/https://factcheck.afp.com/doctors-refute-misleading-online-claim-epidural-injections-are-dangerous-and-sometimes-compulsory
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Fact-checker Reference"
] |
Epidural injections given during childbirth are one of the worst and dangerous injections in the world resulting in chronic back pain.
|
This claim is refuted. According to the QA pairs, epidural injections are "very safe" and "serious complications are extremely rare". Although back pain can occur after an epidural is given, there is "no evidence that an epidural can cause permanent back pain". Therefore this claim is refuted.
|
PH
|
https://perma.cc/7VZ8-DVB7
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Epidurals are very safe; serious complications are extremely rare. However, as with all medications and medical procedures, there are potential side effects:\n\n Decrease in blood pressure – The medication may lower your blood pressure, which may slow your baby’s heart rate. To make this less likely, you will be given extra fluids through a tube in your arm (IV), and you may need to lie on your side. Sometimes, your anesthesiologist will give you a medication to maintain your blood pressure.\n Sore back – Your lower back may be sore where the needle was inserted to deliver the medication. This soreness should last no more than a few days. There is no evidence that an epidural can cause permanent back pain.\n Headache – On rare occasions, the needle pierces the covering of the spinal cord, which can cause a headache that may last for a few days if left untreated. If this situation arises, discuss the treatment options with your anesthesiologist.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230530033116/https://www.asahq.org/madeforthismoment/pain-management/techniques/epidural/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.asahq.org/madeforthismoment/pain-management/techniques/epidural/"
}
],
"question": "What are the side effects of Epidural injections ?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No answer could be found.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": null,
"source_medium": "",
"source_url": ""
}
],
"question": "Does epidural injections work on every pregnant woman?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "More than 50% of women giving birth at hospitals use epidural anesthesia.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331085004/https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/what-is-an-epidural/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/what-is-an-epidural/"
}
],
"question": "What percentage of women use an epidural injection when giving birth in hospitals ?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Epidural anesthesia is regional anesthesia that blocks pain in a particular region of the body. The goal of an epidural is to provide analgesia, or pain relief, rather than anesthesia, which leads to a total lack of feeling. Epidurals block the nerve impulses from the lower spinal segments. This results in decreased sensation in the lower half of the body.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331085004/https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/what-is-an-epidural/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/what-is-an-epidural/"
}
],
"question": "What is an epidural?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Once the catheter is in place, the anaesthetist can set up an epidural pump. The pump feeds the epidural solution into the catheter continuously, providing pain relief for as long as needed.\n\nThe type, amount and strength of the anaesthetic can be adjusted, as necessary. You might also be given the option of having control of the medication pump. This is called patient controlled analgesia. The amount of painkiller is still regulated, so you can’t accidentally overdose.\n\nYou can have the dose lowered for second stage pushing, but it takes some time for the pain relief and numbness to wear off, so if this is important to you, discuss it with your care provider early on.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331085004/https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/what-is-an-epidural/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/what-is-an-epidural/"
}
],
"question": "How Long Does an Epidural Last?"
}
] |
5-9-2019
|
null |
Mike Pence
| false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Position Statement",
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210411033034/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/pences-politically-correct-obama-va-claim/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
VA hospitals were removing Bibles and banning Christmas carols under Obama administration
|
Refuted by QA pairs.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "Bibles are available to anyone who wants one.",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150110091019/https:/www.diversity.va.gov/policy/files/reli-exp-memo.pdf",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150110091019/https:/www.diversity.va.gov/policy/files/reli-exp-memo.pdf"
}
],
"question": "Did VA hospitals remove Bibles?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "It wasn't banned, they are permitted under certain conditions.",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150110091019/https:/www.diversity.va.gov/policy/files/reli-exp-memo.pdf",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150110091019/https:/www.diversity.va.gov/policy/files/reli-exp-memo.pdf"
}
],
"question": "Did VA hospitals ban Christmas carols?"
}
] |
5-9-2019
|
null |
Chris Hazzard MP
| false |
Chris Hazzard MP
|
Supported
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201111204847/https://fullfact.org/news/sinn-fein-salaries/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Sinn Féin MPs do not receive parliamentary salaries.
|
The questions establish the role of Sinn Fein and then go straight to a question about the payment of this party. The pairs make it clear what the role of the MPs are and how they are compensated.
|
GB
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "As MPs, we take no part in the Westminster parliament but in every other way we provide active representation for our constituents.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603154927/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/06/sinn-fein-mp-british-parliament-irish-republicans-brexit",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/06/sinn-fein-mp-british-parliament-irish-republicans-brexit"
}
],
"question": "Do Sinn fein take part in UK parliament?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Each MP will receive allowances of over stg £100,00, none of them will be paid as members of Parliament.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155046/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offices-but-no-wages-for-sinn-fein-mps-1.410993",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offices-but-no-wages-for-sinn-fein-mps-1.410993"
}
],
"question": "Do Sinn Fein claim expenses/allowances from Parliament?"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155127/https://www.informationng.com/2019/09/xenophobia-3-african-presidents-announce-withdrawal-from-world-economic-forum-in-south-africa.html
|
Temitope Alabi
| false |
Information Nigeria
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210720215710/https://factcheck.afp.com/no-presidents-rwanda-dr-congo-and-malawi-did-not-boycott-world-economic-forum-south-africa-over-anti
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
The presidents of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi boycotted the 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Cape Town in protest against xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
|
Even though they did not attend it seems that the reasons were not those in the claim. So the claim is incorrect and refuted.
|
ZA
|
https://www.informationng.com/2019/09/xenophobia-3-african-presidents-announce-withdrawal-from-world-economic-forum-in-south-africa.html?fbclid=IwAR2nzilhJtl8opEbAU35JmjQYC93cVpNAP_WIaYKn6sDk0GwLBpFqgWNgnY
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The countries already showed no interest in attending the summit even before the attacks",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191023015852/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-09-04-government-denies-african-countries-pulling-out-of-wef-because-of-xenophobic-attacks/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191023015852/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-09-04-government-denies-african-countries-pulling-out-of-wef-because-of-xenophobic-attacks/"
}
],
"question": "Did Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi attend the World Economic Forum"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The reasons are unknown, but the WEF denied the allegations that it was because of the Xenophobic attacks that the countries pulled out",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191023015852/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-09-04-government-denies-african-countries-pulling-out-of-wef-because-of-xenophobic-attacks/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20191023015852/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-09-04-government-denies-african-countries-pulling-out-of-wef-because-of-xenophobic-attacks/"
}
],
"question": "What was their reason for not attending the summit"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null | null | false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101025608/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/17/fact-check-lewis-carroll-issue-world-magical-solution-problems-believe-magic/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Lewis Carroll once wrote, “You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problems, and everyone refuses to believe in magic.”
|
Seems that the claim is from a TV show, therefore it is refuted
| null | null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "The quote is from the ABC television series \"Once Upon A Time\" in episode 17 where the character Jefferson states, \"And storybooks are based on what, imagination? Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere. (Scoffs) You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic. (Gestures with his gun) Now get it to work.\"",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155156/https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/Hat_Trick/Transcript",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/Hat_Trick/Transcript"
}
],
"question": "Did Lewis Carroll write, “You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problems, and everyone refuses to believe in magic.”?"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210426170831/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/trumps-false-facts-on-the-environment/
|
[
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
U.S.A. now leads the world in energy production.
|
The answer and source shows that China is in first place so the claim is refuted.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Based on the latest figures available which are from 2016, China leads in first place at 17% and the US is second with 14%.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155236/https://natural-resources.canada.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/energy/pdf/Energy%20Fact%20Book_2019_2020_web-resolution.pdf",
"source_medium": "PDF",
"source_url": "https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/energy/pdf/Energy%20Fact%20Book_2019_2020_web-resolution.pdf"
}
],
"question": "Who leads the world in energy production ?"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null | null | false | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210116031906/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/viral-image/no-aoc-didnt-tweet-about-electric-cars-and-hurrica/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward."
|
This claim is refuted. According to the QA pairs, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex never tweeted this claim out. On archive website 'politwoops', they archive deleted tweet political figures and that claim tweet is not on that site either. Finally, AOC herself stated she did not tweet the claim out. Therefore, the claim is refuted.
| null | null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "No results found through an advanced search on Twitter for the words “I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars.” from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603145705/https://twitter.com/login",
"source_medium": "Other",
"source_url": "https://twitter.com/search?q=I%20see%20people%20are%20rushing%20out%20to%20fill%20up%20their%20cars%20for%20this%20hurricane%20at%20the%20gas%20station.%20This%20wouldn’t%20be%20an%20issue%20if%20they%20had%20electric%20cars.%20(from%3AAlexandria%20OR%20from%3AOcasio-Cortez)&src=typed_query"
}
],
"question": "Does the tweet in the claim - “I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward.\" - appear on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s twitter feed history?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "Politwoops tracks deleted tweets by public officials, including people currently in office and candidates for office.",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230530190424/https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/"
}
],
"question": "Is there a website which tracks and archives tweets that public officials may have deleted?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "The tweet was not found in a search on Politwoops through Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s deleted tweets of August and September 2019 (around the time the claim was made).",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155404/https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/RepAOC?page=39",
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}
],
"question": "Does the tweet in the claim - “I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward.\" - appear on Politwoops as a tweet deleted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "In response to Sebastian Gorka asking on Twitter if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really tweeted that, she replied “Nope”.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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"source_medium": "Other",
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}
],
"question": "Has Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied or admitted to sending the tweet in the claim?"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20200918103633/https://factcheck.afp.com/no-trump-did-not-tweet-threat-sanctions-against-south-africa-over-recent-xenophobic-violence
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Fact-checker Reference"
] |
Donald Trump threatened economic sanctions over recent xenophobic violence in South Africa with a posted tweet stating “This barbaric attacks by South African is very disappointing, its time we put South Africa under strong economic sanctions, first it was the minority White people now its African. Either Cyril get his people in line or we pull out all our investments and they learn.”
|
Evidence presented by the Q&A shows that this is not verified. However it would be helpful if a question such as: what is Trump's policy towards South Africa.
|
ZA
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200917120413/http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/archive"
}
],
"question": "Did Donald Trump post a Tweet saying:\n\n“This barbaric attacks by South African is very disappointing, its time we put South Africa under strong economic sanctions, first it was the minority White people now its African. Either Cyril get his people in line or we pull out all our investments and they learn.”"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210426170831/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/trumps-false-facts-on-the-environment/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] |
No Americans are exposed to air pollution above the World Health Organization’s suggested level.
|
The first answer and source shows that there are states that have above the suggested level of pollution so the claim is refuted.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "hile most Americans aren’t exposed to air pollution above the WHO’s guidelines, some are. According to a fact sheet prepared by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute, as of 2016, about 15% of the country lives in a county that fails to meet the WHO’s standards on particulate pollution. The sheet notes that Fresno, California, for example, has pollution levels that are twice the recommended level, and other places in California and the Midwest are also above the guideline level.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210714104717/https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EPIC_USFactSheet.pdf",
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}
],
"question": "Do any parts of the USA have air pollution above the suggested level by WHO?"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| true |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210426170831/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/trumps-false-facts-on-the-environment/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
The USA now has, under Trump, got crystal clean water.
|
From the Q&As it seems that the water in the US is good but this happened before Trump was president, so the claim is refuted.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "2018 EPI Country Rank (out of 180) was 39.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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}
],
"question": "What is America's EPI ranking for water resources?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Data from the Environmental Protection Agency also do not document any meaningful improvement on air quality under Trump. Some air quality trends have gotten better between 2016 and 2018, according to the EPA’s latest report. But others, including concentrations of two kinds of particulate matter and the number of days with unhealthy levels of air pollutants for sensitive groups, have worsened.",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210426170831/https://gispub.epa.gov/air/trendsreport/2019/#highlights",
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}
],
"question": "Has air quality improved while Trump has been in office?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The U.S.’s only top ranking for drinking water predates Trump. The ranking used 2016 data, and therefore does not reflect any change under Trump.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "Metadata",
"source_medium": "Metadata",
"source_url": "Metadata"
}
],
"question": "Has water quality improved while Trump has been in office?"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| true |
Twitter
|
Supported
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210426170831/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/trumps-false-facts-on-the-environment/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
91% of the world’s population is exposed to air pollution above the World Health Organization’s suggested level.
|
QAs provide support for 91% figure from official WHO website.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "(WHO) estimates that 91% of the world's population lives in an area that does not meet WHO air quality guidelines",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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}
],
"question": "What percent of the world has air pollution above the WHO's guidelines?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data from WHO shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants.",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210419135412/https://www.who.int/news/item/02-05-2018-9-out-of-10-people-worldwide-breathe-polluted-air-but-more-countries-are-taking-action",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210419135412/https://www.who.int/news/item/02-05-2018-9-out-of-10-people-worldwide-breathe-polluted-air-but-more-countries-are-taking-action"
}
],
"question": "What does the World Health Organization say about this claim"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| true |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210426170831/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/trumps-false-facts-on-the-environment/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
America has the cleanest and safest air and water
|
america isn't close to being number 1 for cleanest or safest air and water, this is refuted.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "America is ranked 10th for air quality.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155549/https://epi.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2018-usa.pdf",
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}
],
"question": "how clean and safe is America's air quality compared to other countries?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "America is ranked 29th for water quality.",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155549/https://epi.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2018-usa.pdf",
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}
],
"question": "how clean and safe is America's water compared to other countries?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Both Air quality and Sanitation & Drinking Water ranks 1st place.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230328102203/https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/country/fin",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/country/fin"
},
{
"answer": "Finland",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230328102203/https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/country/fin",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/country/fin"
}
],
"question": "which country has the cleanest and safest air and water in the world?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No, both Air quality and Sanitation & Drinking Water ranks 1st place.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230328102203/https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/country/fin",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/country/fin"
}
],
"question": "Does Finland only have the cleanest air in the world?"
}
] |
4-9-2019
|
null | null | true | null |
Refuted
|
[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210113201122/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/03/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-freedom-lost-uninterested-uninformed-uninvolved/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Thomas Jefferson Said "Freedom is lost gradually from an uninterested, uninformed and unresponsive people.
|
this is not recorded officially as a quote by him,
| null | null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "There is no record of this quote in his written works",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230531123748/https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/default.xqy?keys=TSJN-info-search-refine",
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"source_url": "https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/default.xqy?keys=TSJN-info-search-refine"
},
{
"answer": "There is no record of this in his collected papers.",
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://jeffersonpapers.princeton.edu/search/node/Freedom%20is%20lost%20gradually"
},
{
"answer": "There is no record of this quote in his written works",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603054820/https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/default.xqy?keys=TSJN-search-1&mode=TOC",
"source_medium": "Web text",
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}
],
"question": "Did Thomas Jefferson say \"Freedom is lost gradually from an uninterested, uninformed and unresponsive people.\"?"
}
] |
3-9-2019
|
null |
Whoopi Goldberg
| true |
ABC
|
Supported
|
[
"Causal Claim",
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210226161037/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/05/whoopi-goldberg/whoopi-goldberg-warned-about-another-hollywood-bla/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
The last time people created a Hollywood blacklist, people ended up killing themselves. They were accused, and they lost their right to work.
|
this is supported, the answers show that the blacklist existed, and lost the people the right to work, and one even killed themselves.
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The blacklist Goldberg mentioned took place during the 1940s and 1950s, as the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union heated up.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210226161037/https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare",
"source_medium": "Web text",
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}
],
"question": "When did the blacklist take place"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "In October 1947, 10 members of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), an investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, during its probe of alleged communist influence in the American motion picture business. These prominent screenwriters and directors, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, received jail sentences and were banned from working for the major Hollywood studios. Their defiant stands also placed them at center stage in a national debate over the controversial anti-communist crackdown that swept through the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Besides the Hollywood Ten, other members of the film industry with alleged communist ties were later banned from working for the big movie studios. The Hollywood blacklist came to an end in the 1960s.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210129112151/https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/hollywood-ten",
"source_medium": "Web text",
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}
],
"question": "What is the Hollywood blacklist based on?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The studios pledged never again to employ a known Communist or unrepentant fellow traveler. At the studios and the networks, hundreds of artists were shown the door — or had it shut in their faces. Johnston’s declaration marked the formal onset of the blacklist era, a two-decade-long purgatory during which political allegiances, real or suspected, determined employment opportunities in the entertainment industry.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201109015756/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/reflections-hollywoods-infamous-blacklist-70-years-guest-column-1060628",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201109015756/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/reflections-hollywoods-infamous-blacklist-70-years-guest-column-1060628"
}
],
"question": "Were those who were blacklisted denied their right to work?"
},
{
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{
"answer": "These prominent screenwriters and directors, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, received jail sentences and were banned from working for the major Hollywood studios.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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"source_medium": "Web text",
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}
],
"question": "What happened to the Hollywood 10 when they got blacklisted?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155910/https://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/crum.html",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/crum.html"
},
{
"answer": "Many in Hollywood are still outraged about that time in U.S. history when people who were blacklisted by the studios-writers, directors, and actors-never worked again, fled the country, worked under aliases, or even, in one extreme case, committed suicide.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230417015315/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/elia-kazan-about-elia-kazan/642/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/elia-kazan-about-elia-kazan/642/"
}
],
"question": "Did any of the Hollywood 10 end up killing themselves?"
}
] |
3-9-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| true |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210327202029/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/deceptive-second-amendment-ads/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Democrats in the United States are calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed.
|
Missing Answers,incomplete claim
|
US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No answer could be found.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": null,
"source_medium": "",
"source_url": ""
}
],
"question": "Are Democrats in Congress or those running for president calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230525142319/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution"
}
],
"question": "What is the Second Amendment?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No answer could be found.",
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"cached_source_url": null,
"source_medium": "",
"source_url": ""
}
],
"question": "Are some democrats looking to repeal the second amendment in 2019?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Democratic state lawmakers, and one Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, who have called for a repeal to be undertaken or discussed, or have at least suggested that that’s their position.",
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}
],
"question": "Who has suggested repealing the second amendment?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "NO :\n\n“It is unequivocally not the Democratic caucus’ position to repeal the Second Amendment,” Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said in a statement to The New York Times",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201101072032/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/politics/trump-second-amendment.html",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201101072032/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/politics/trump-second-amendment.html"
}
],
"question": "Have the Democrats said they want to repeal the second amendment?"
}
] |
2-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155953/https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1168564645197680641
|
Matt Dathan
| true |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim",
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192657/https://fullfact.org/europe/EU-cannot-unilaterally-extend-brexit-date/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
A new EU withdrawal bill allows the EU to choose the length of a further Brexit extension and the UK has no say in it.
|
the evidence shows that the EU can suggest an exit date but the government can reject it.
|
GB
|
https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1168564645197680641
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "If the EU suggests an extended exit date other than 31 January 2020, the government can ask parliament whether or not it approves of that proposal, and parliament can choose to reject it.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192657/https://twitter.com/hilarybennmp/status/1168560598650621953?s=20",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192657/https://twitter.com/hilarybennmp/status/1168560598650621953?s=20"
}
],
"question": "what is the new Brexit bill?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "If the EU suggests an extended exit date other than 31 January 2020, the government can ask parliament whether or not it approves of that proposal, and parliament can choose to reject it.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192657/https://twitter.com/hilarybennmp/status/1168560598650621953?s=20",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192657/https://twitter.com/hilarybennmp/status/1168560598650621953?s=20"
}
],
"question": "Can the UK refuse the length of a further Brexit extension made by the EU?"
}
] |
2-9-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603160044/https://twitter.com/terrychristian/status/1168149360984694789?lang=en
|
Terry Christian
| false |
Twitter
|
Not Enough Evidence
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210616041248/https://fullfact.org/online/brexit-not-concealing-offshore-accounts/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
In January 2020 a new EU law means anyone who has an offshore bank account will have to “come clean so we can see how much they are hiding.
|
There is not enough evidence from the QA to see whether the claims are supported
|
GB
|
https://twitter.com/terrychristian/status/1168149360984694789?lang=en
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No answer could be found.",
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"cached_source_url": null,
"source_medium": "",
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}
],
"question": "Which new law does this relate too?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "the EU’s new “anti tax avoidance directive”,",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210615225528/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/anti-tax-avoidance-package/",
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210615225528/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/anti-tax-avoidance-package/"
}
],
"question": "Is there any new laws being implemented on January 2020 in the EU?"
}
] |
1-9-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210514171607/https://thenationonlineng.net/ganduje-vows-to-sue-wike-over-alleged-demolition-of-mosque/
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Kano state government
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Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210719215533/https://dubawa.org/rainbow-town-central-mosque-another-case-of-fakenews/
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Rainbow town central mosque unjustly demolished, alleges Ganduje and comrades.
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the mosque was never completed so it wasn't considered a mosque at the time of demolition.
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NG
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210514171607/https://thenationonlineng.net/ganduje-vows-to-sue-wike-over-alleged-demolition-of-mosque/
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[
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "Aliu Sadiq. The secretary of the mosque - There was demolition; that is the correct statement and it was carried out by the state government on August 20. And what they did was: they pulled down the fence, the foundation to DPC level, [and] the pillars. If you go there now, you will see things for yourself. A building was ongoing, that is the true situation of things; the building has not been completed, it was ongoing.”",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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}
],
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The Daily trust - Findings by our correspondent revealed that there was no existing completed building standing on the four plots of land which serves as a worship centre for the Muslim community in Trans Amadi axis of Port Harcourt.",
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}
],
"question": "So there was no actual mosque to demolish?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The Vice President-General of Rivers State Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Nasir Uwhor, said that Muslims don’t need to have a completed building before their place of worship can be called a mosque.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603160137/https://dailytrust.com/rivers-govt-muslim-community-bicker-over-rainbow-mosque/",
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"source_url": "https://dailytrust.com/amp/rivers-govt-muslim-community-bicker-over-rainbow-mosque"
}
],
"question": "Did people still pray in the uncompleted building ?"
}
] |
1-9-2019
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null |
Dan Bishop
| false |
Bishop Campaign ad
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Refuted
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201125025339/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/dan-bishop/mccready-socialist-pants-fire/
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation",
"Fact-checker Reference"
] |
Dan McCready, a Democratic candidate standing in the special election for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, is a socialist.
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He stated himself that he was not a socialist but a capitalist
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US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "In a CNN Interview he has said he is not a socialist.\n\nMCCREADY: \"Well, I'm running against Dan Bishop. Unfortunately for him, he's not running against a socialist. He's running against a capitalist who's built a business from scratch. He's running against a United States Marine.\"",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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"source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200809013813/http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1908/29/nday.04.html"
}
],
"question": "Has Dan McCready commented on being a socialist?"
}
] |
30-8-2019
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null |
Travis Bradberry
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
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[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210309225328/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/09/09/fact-check-theodor-seuss-geisel/
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[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Author Theodor Seuss Geisel once said, “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
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QAs find that Author Theodor Seuss Geisel never made the statement in the claim, no evidence as far as we know he ever did. Theres evidence that it might have been said by Bernard Baruch and Mark Twain made a similar phrase. So the claim is refuted.
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[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Dr. Seuss, pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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}
],
"question": "Who is Theodor Suess Geisal?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "There is no evidence that he did.",
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"source_url": "https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&xf=%7B%22collection_sim%22%3D%3E%5B%22Dr.+Seuss+Collection%22%5D%7D&q=%22those+who+mind+don%27t+matter%22"
}
],
"question": "Did author Theodor Seuss Geisel once say, “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
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"source_url": "https://best-quotations.com/authquotes.php?auth=171"
}
],
"question": "Has this quote been attributed to others?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Yes",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "\"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.\"\nMark Twain (1835-1910) American author and humorist",
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Quotes/Age/Age_is_an_issue_of_mind_over_matter._If_you_don_t_mind_it_doesn_t_matter._2661.php"
}
],
"question": "Has a similar quote ever been attributed to someone?"
}
] |
30-8-2019
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null |
New York Times
| false |
New York Times
|
Refuted
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[
"Numerical Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201101001607/https://fullfact.org/health/life-expectancy-uk-not-falling/
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[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Life expectancy in the UK is falling
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There have been improvements in the life expectancy, howbeit slow.
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GB
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "A cohort life table shows the probability of a person from a given cohort dying at each age over the course of their lifetime. In this context, a cohort refers to a group of people with the same year of birth.\n\nThe cohort life table is based on age-specific probabilities of death, which are calculated using observed deaths (mortality) data from the cohort.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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"source_url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/methodologies/periodandcohortlifeexpectancyexplained"
},
{
"answer": "A different way of looking at life expectancies is the use of period life expectancies, rather than the cohort life expectancies that we have looked at so far. Period life expectancies use mortality rates from a single year (or group of years) and assume that those rates apply throughout the remainder of a person's life. This means that any future changes to mortality rates would not be taken into account.",
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"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230510153342/https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/methodologies/periodandcohortlifeexpectancyexplained",
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}
],
"question": "How is life expectancy measured?"
},
{
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{
"answer": "No",
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"source_url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2015to2017"
}
],
"question": "Has life expectancy in the UK been falling?"
}
] |
30-8-2019
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null |
Samuel Sinyangwe
| true |
Twitter
|
Supported
|
[
"Position Statement",
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210502150207/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/samuel-sinyangwe/its-true-there-are-more-governors-who-have-worn-bl/
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors
|
Q.1 confirms that there are no Black US governors. Q.2 confirms that Gov. Kay Ivey wore blackface from her time as an Auburn student. Hence, this claim is supported.
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US
| null |
[
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"answers": [
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"answer": "None.\nForty-seven of the nation’s governors are non-Hispanic white.* Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) is Hispanic and David Ige (D-HI) is Asian. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) is a member of the Cherokee Nation.",
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}
],
"question": "How many US governors are black?"
},
{
"answers": [
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"answer": "Yes",
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.al.com/news/2019/08/gov-kay-ivey-apologizes-for-racist-skit-from-time-at-auburn.html"
}
],
"question": "Have any US governors worn blackface?"
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "We define blackface as “black makeup worn (as by a performer in a minstrel show) in a caricature of the appearance of a black person,” and also as “a performer wearing such makeup.” This definition is accompanied by a usage note: “The wearing of blackface by white performers was, from the early 19th through the mid-20th centuries, a prominent feature of minstrel shows and similar forms of entertainment featuring exaggerated and inaccurate caricatures of black people. Its modern occurrence in imitation of such performers is considered deeply offensive.”",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-words-of-the-week-february-8-2019"
}
],
"question": "What is \"blackface\""
}
] |
30-8-2019
|
null | null | true |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210721150044/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/viral-image/sitting-too-quickly-middle-night-might-make-you-di/
|
[
"Consultation"
] |
Getting up too quickly in the middle of the night can cause sudden death.
|
there is no link between getting up quickly and sudden death
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US
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Getting up at night has no special need for such a gradual rise...no to that ... There is nothing magical about 3 1/2 minutes ....\n\nThe reference to sudden death most closely would be a fit to the fact that 10 percent of heart attacks may present with sudden death ( caused by a fatal arrhythmia of the heart)",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": null,
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.justanswer.com/cardiology/9k4tn-received-following-forwarded-message.html"
},
{
"answer": "Getting up at night has no special need for such a gradual rise.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": null,
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}
],
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},
{
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"answer": "abray1115 a cardiology physician said, \"Getting up at night is not associated mysteriously with sudden death\"",
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"source_medium": "Web text",
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}
],
"question": "Is getting up at night associated directly with sudden death"
},
{
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{
"answer": "A cardiology physician said, \"Getting up at night is not associated with sudden death\"",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
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"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.justanswer.com/cardiology/9k4tn-received-following-forwarded-message.html"
}
],
"question": "Is getting up at night associated with sudden death"
}
] |
30-8-2019
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null |
Girl's Safety
| false |
Facebook
|
Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
|
[
"Causal Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210226213455/https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-viral-post-regarding-contraceptive-pills-is-misleading/
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[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
contraceptive pills can cause cancer.
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Some pills can increase the risk of cancer.
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IN
| null |
[
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"answers": [
{
"answer": "The Pill and cancer\n\nWhile high dose Pills reduce your risk of cancer of the ovary and womb if used in the long term, it is not clear whether lower dose Pills like Femodene ED also provide the same protective effects. However, it also seems that taking the Pill slightly increases your risk of cancer of the cervix – although this may be due to having sex without a condom, rather than the Pill. All women should have regular smear tests.\n\nIf you have breast cancer, or have had it in the past, you should not take the Pill. The Pill slightly increases your risk of breast cancer. This risk goes up the longer you’re on the Pill, but returns to normal within about 10 years of stopping it. Because breast cancer is rare in women under the age of 40, the extra cases of breast cancer in current and recent Pill users is small. For example:\n\n Of 10,000 women who have never taken the Pill, about 16 will have breast cancer by the time they are 35 years old.\n Of 10,000 women who take the Pill for 5 years in their early twenties, about 17–18 will have breast cancer by the time they are 35 years old.\n Of 10,000 women who have never taken the Pill, about 100 will have breast cancer by the time they are 45 years old.\n Of 10,000 women who take the Pill for 5 years in their early thirties, about 110 will have breast cancer by the time they are 45 years old.\n\nYour risk of breast cancer is higher:\n\n if you have a close relative (mother, sister or grandmother) who has had breast cancer\n if you are seriously overweight\n\n See a doctor as soon as possible if you notice any changes in your breasts, such as dimpling of the skin, changes in the nipple or any lumps you can see or feel.\n\nTaking the Pill has also been linked to liver diseases, such as jaundice and non-cancer liver tumours, but this is rare. Very rarely, the Pill has also been linked with some forms of liver cancer in women who have taken it for a long time.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161231/https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/1124/pil",
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"source_url": "https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/1124/pil"
}
],
"question": "Do contraceptive pills causes cancer ?"
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{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as \"the pill\", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women. It includes a combination of an estrogen (usually ethinylestradiol) and a progestogen (specifically a progestin). When taken correctly, it alters the menstrual cycle to eliminate ovulation and prevent pregnancy.\n\nThey were first approved for contraceptive use in the United States in 1960, and are a very popular form of birth control. They are used by more than 100 million women worldwide and by almost 12 million females in the United States.[9] From 2015 to 2017, 12.6% of women aged 15–49 in the US reported using oral contraception, making it the second most common method of contraception in this age range with female sterilization being the most common method.[10] Use varies widely by country,[11] age, education, and marital status. For example, one third of women aged 16–49 in the United Kingdom currently use either the combined pill or progestogen-only pill (POP),[12][13] compared with less than 3% of women in Japan (as of 1950–2014).[14]\n\nCombined oral contraceptives are on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[15] The pill was a catalyst for the sexual revolution.[16]",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230522144114/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill",
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"source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill"
}
],
"question": "What is the name of birth control pills that causes cancer ?"
}
] |
29-8-2019
|
null |
Girl's Safety
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Causal Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210226213455/https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-viral-post-regarding-contraceptive-pills-is-misleading/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
contraceptive pills destroys the fertility system within 72 hours
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QA pair provides information on how contraceptive pills works - no reference to destroying the fertility system within 72 hours.
|
IN
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Emergency contraception pills are hormone-containing pills taken to give you a burst of hormonal contraception, which will likely prevent ovulation, fertilization, and/or implantation. Emergency contraception will not harm an already existing pregnancy.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230509105233/https://yalehealth.yale.edu/more/emergency-contraception-morning-after-pill",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://yalehealth.yale.edu/more/emergency-contraception-morning-after-pill"
},
{
"answer": "Plan B (A levonorgestrel morning-after pill) works like other birth control pills to prevent pregnancy. Plan B acts primarily by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary (ovulation). It may prevent the union of sperm and egg (fertilization). If fertilization does occur, Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb (implantation).\" In short, despite the confusion that opponents have fostered surrounding emergency contraception's mode of action, how the method works depends more on when during a woman's monthly menstrual cycle it is taken (and, specifically, whether she has ovulated) than on when she had sexual intercourse.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331213928/https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2005/05/implications-defining-when-woman-pregnant",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2005/05/implications-defining-when-woman-pregnant"
}
],
"question": "How does emergency contraception or the morning-after pill work?"
}
] |
29-8-2019
|
null |
Girl's Safety
| false |
facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210226213455/https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-viral-post-regarding-contraceptive-pills-is-misleading/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
I-Pill contains arsenic.
|
The answer show that the pill does not contain arsenic so the claim is refuted.
|
IN
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Brands such as I-Pill and Unwanted 72 can prevent pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of having unprotected sex.",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161330/https://qz.com/india/1408192/indias-overuse-of-i-pill-reveals-a-crisis-of-sex-education",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://qz.com/india/1408192/indias-overuse-of-i-pill-reveals-a-crisis-of-sex-education"
}
],
"question": "What is the I-Pill?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Levonorgestrel",
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"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161354/https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/i-pill-tablet-23261481491.html",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/i-pill-tablet-23261481491.html"
}
],
"question": "What does the I-Pill contain?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) is a safe, effective and acceptable form of contraception used by over 150 million women worldwide. It also has a variety of noncontraceptive benefits including treatment for menorrhagia, endometriosis, and endometrial hyperplasia.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161436/https://www.dovepress.com/the-levonorgestrel-releasing-intrauterine-system-safety-efficacy-and-p-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-TCRM",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.dovepress.com/the-levonorgestrel-releasing-intrauterine-system-safety-efficacy-and-p-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-TCRM"
}
],
"question": "Is levonorgestrel considered safe for use?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "There is no mention of arsenic.",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161354/https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/i-pill-tablet-23261481491.html",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/i-pill-tablet-23261481491.html"
}
],
"question": "Does levonorgestrel contain arsenic?"
}
] |
29-8-2019
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190906103337/https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2405190033070583&id=100007388295524
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Abdul Samad Sheikh
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
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[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20190907063708/https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-former-top-cop-mumbai-ahmed-javed-rs-1-salary-1596444-2019-09-06
|
[
"Written Evidence"
] |
Former top cop Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed a 1980-batch IPS officer had only taken Rs 1 salary throughout his 36 years tenure.
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This claim is false.
Former top cop Ahmed Javed had denied this as a rumour in 2016.
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IN
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20190906103337/https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2405190033070583&id=100007388295524
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Ahmed Javid was appointed commissioner of Mumbai police",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161513/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/ahmed-javed-new-king-of-mumbai/articleshow/48876905.cms",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/ahmed-javed-new-king-of-mumbai/articleshow/48876905.cms"
}
],
"question": "Was Ahmed Javed ever Mumbai police commissioner?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "\"So many times I have been asked about this at several stages in my career. All I will say is that I take whatever is due to me from the government as salary,” the commissioner said.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161550/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/last-day-as-top-cop-want-to-write-my-life-story-ahmad-javed/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/last-day-as-top-cop-want-to-write-my-life-story-ahmad-javed/"
}
],
"question": "What salary did Ahmed Javed take?"
}
] |
29-8-2019
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null |
Girl's Safety
| false |
Facebook
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210226213455/https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-viral-post-regarding-contraceptive-pills-is-misleading/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Arsenic is present in the unwanted 72 contraceptive pill.
|
The unwanted 72 contraceptive pill does not contain arsenic
|
IN
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The unwanted 72 contraceptive pill does not contain Arsenic.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331100821/https://www.icliniq.com/articles/sexual-health/unwanted-72-uses-symptoms-and-side-effects",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.icliniq.com/articles/sexual-health/unwanted-72-uses-symptoms-and-side-effects"
}
],
"question": "Does the unwanted 72 contraceptive pill contain Arsenic?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Arsenic is a naturally occurring metal found in the earth’s crust. It occurs in various forms:\nelemental (metallic) arsenic; combined with other elements such as oxygen, chlorine, sulfur\n(inorganic arsenic); or combined with carbon and hydrogen (organic arsenic). Inorganic\narsenicals are generally more toxic than organic forms",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161622/https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/oee/docs/ArsenicInfo.pdf",
"source_medium": "PDF",
"source_url": "https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/oee/docs/ArsenicInfo.pdf"
}
],
"question": "What is Arsenic?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The active ingredient of Unwanted 72 tablets is Levonorgestrel.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331100821/https://www.icliniq.com/articles/sexual-health/unwanted-72-uses-symptoms-and-side-effects",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.icliniq.com/articles/sexual-health/unwanted-72-uses-symptoms-and-side-effects"
}
],
"question": "What ingredients does the unwanted 72 contraceptive pill contain?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "Levonorgestrel is a synthetic hormone commonly present in oral contraceptive medicines. Levonorgestrel prevents the release of the egg from the ovary, which is a female reproductive organ. It can also change the lining of the uterus to prevent pregnancy.",
"answer_type": "Extractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230331100821/https://www.icliniq.com/articles/sexual-health/unwanted-72-uses-symptoms-and-side-effects",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.icliniq.com/articles/sexual-health/unwanted-72-uses-symptoms-and-side-effects"
}
],
"question": "What is Levonorgestrel?"
}
] |
29-8-2019
|
https://web.archive.org/web/20230603161751/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheMedievalProfessor%2Fphotos%2Fa.324698011803919%2F359821911624862%2F%3Ftype%3D3
|
The Medieval Professor
| false |
Facebook
|
Not Enough Evidence
|
[
"Quote Verification"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20190915050123/https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/29/fact-check-ts-eliot-importance-libraries/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
The poet T.S. Eliot once said, “The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.”
|
It seems from the Q&A that there is no proof either way as to who said this quote. So not enough evidence seems the correct claim label.
|
US
|
https://www.facebook.com/TheMedievalProfessor/photos/a.324698011803919/359821911624862/?type=3
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "The quote has been widely attributed to T.S.Eliot but this has never been verified. It has also been attributed to Alan Bennet and was used by Jayne Ann Krentz in a 1992 novel. The source remains unknown.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/06/22/libraries/",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/06/22/libraries/"
}
],
"question": "Who said “The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.” ?"
}
] |
27-8-2019
|
null |
Donald Trump
| false |
The Whitehouse
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20201227055711/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-misleads-russia-crimea-obama/
|
[
"Written Evidence",
"Consultation"
] |
Crimea was taken away from President Obama.
|
The evidence offered by the Q&A refuted this claim.
|
US
|
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president-macron-france-joint-press-conference-biarritz-france/
|
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "It is part of Ukraine Territory.",
"cached_source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230517011338/https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/The-crisis-in-Crimea-and-eastern-Ukraine",
"source_medium": "Web text",
"source_url": "https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/The-crisis-in-Crimea-and-eastern-Ukraine"
}
],
"question": "Is Crimea part of the U.S.?"
},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "No",
"answer_type": "Boolean",
"boolean_explanation": "The U.S. exercised a certain influence among certain Kiev and Ukrainian politicians – how much and whom is disputed – but the U.S. never ‘had’ Crimea.\" - Susanne Wengle, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame.",
"cached_source_url": "Metadata",
"source_medium": "Metadata",
"source_url": "Metadata"
}
],
"question": "Did the U.S. own Crimea?"
}
] |
26-8-2019
|
null |
@Cangal48
| false |
Twitter
|
Refuted
|
[
"Event/Property Claim"
] |
https://web.archive.org/web/20210317031945/https://factcheck.afp.com/canadas-finance-minister-and-rcmp-boss-are-not-related
|
[
"Consultation"
] |
Canada’s Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is related to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) High Commissioner Brenda Lucki
|
From the QA it seems that the claim is refuted
|
CA
| null |
[
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "“We have confirmed and the Commissioner’s husband is not related to Finance Minister Bill Morneau,” Sergeant Caroline Duval of the RCMP told AFP in an email.",
"answer_type": "Abstractive",
"boolean_explanation": null,
"cached_source_url": "Metadata",
"source_medium": "Metadata",
"source_url": "Metadata"
}
],
"question": "Is Brenda Lucki related to Bill morneau?"
}
] |
26-8-2019
|
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