9/11

Did Joe Biden propose a 2% nationwide property tax? No, that's not true: There's nothing about that in Biden's plan. Furthermore, the federal government does not collect property taxes. That job is left to state and local governments. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on October 10, 2020. It opened: Hey home owner Biden supporters let's go…

Does a photo showing President Obama kissing Rep. Nancy Pelosi's cheek show a drunken Pelosi and is it a photo she doesn't want "out there"? No, that's not true: The photo shows Obama and Pelosi after they deplaned from Air Force One on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Washington after a flight from Israel on September 30, 2016.…

Did Joe Biden's first wife run a stop sign before she was killed in a car accident? No, that's not true. Neilia Biden and their children Naomi, Beau and Hunter, were in a car accident on December 18, 1972. She did not run a stop sign but "pulled from a stop sign" when a tractor-trailer crashed into her car in…

Does a video uploaded on TikTok by user James Riley show bikers praying for President Trump at Walter Reed hospital? No, that's not true: the video was first uploaded by Riley on September 12, 2020, well before the President was diagnosed with Covid-19 and taken to Walter Reed. The confusion might have arisen after Riley re-uploaded the video two days…

Did The New York Times pay zero federal income tax in 2017 on earnings of $111 million? It's entirely possible, but open to interpretation: Public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission include tax estimates. While those estimates may be an accurate representation of what a company pays, they may not be, especially given the fact that tax changes in…

Are there images hidden in redesigns of US currency that depict a progressive scene of the attack on the World Trade Center and the collapse of the twin towers on September 11, 2001? No, that's not true: A video purporting to demonstrate that claim uses bills that -- except for the $1 and $100 bill -- were all redesigned and…

Were "several" instigators of BLM rallies and Antifa riots arrested and charged with arson in California and Oregon wildfires? No, that's not true: Federal and local officials have dismissed the claim that left-wing extremists were involved in starting wildfires that have ravaged the northwestern United States in September 2020 and they have asked for an end to the false claims…

Was Jeffrey Epstein's private banker found dead and was the son of a judge handling a case related to Epstein murdered by a shooter who was later found dead? Most of this is not true, but the part that is lacks key facts that give it context: Former Deutsche Bank executive Thomas Bowers was found dead at his Malibu, California,…

Did Donald Trump pay hundreds of workers to help with search-and-rescue efforts after 9/11? It's unclear, but unlikely: Almost immediately after the attacks, Trump told reporters that he had men helping in the efforts. But we could find no independent confirmation of such a claim. And, on the contrary, sources have cast doubt on Trump's assertion, including a retired deputy…

Did Netflix tweet that its content is "mostly pedophila-free" in response to criticism over its streaming of "Cuties"? No, that's not true: The claim was made in a satire article on a popular satire site. However, several non-satire sites republished the claim without satire labeling. It also became a meme that appeared to be taken seriously by those who shared…