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** FactCheck.org's Weekly Update
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October 24, 2020
** FactCheck Posts
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Trump Misleads on Ballots Again ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2020
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About 2,100 voters in Los Angeles County accidentally received mail-in ballots earlier this month without the presidential race. But President Trump described a case where ballots “had everything on it” except “my name.”
Video: FactChecking the Final Debate ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2020
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In this video, we review several false and misleading claims that President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden made at the final presidential debate on Oct. 22.
Bogus Claims of Debate Moderator Bias ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
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A tabloid story alleging that Kristen Welker, moderator of the final presidential debate, is politically biased has spawned several falsehoods on social media. Welker hasn’t donated to any federal candidates, and she wasn’t “busted” for revealing a question to the Clinton campaign in 2016.
Trump’s Misleading Medicare Boast ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
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In a Florida speech about senior citizens, President Donald Trump made misleading comparisons of Medicare costs under his administration and his predecessor’s.
Trump’s Long History With Conspiracy Theories ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
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President Trump has exhibited a yearslong pattern of directly espousing or leaning into conspiracy theories, often those that smear his political opponents or critics.
** Debunking False Stories
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Social Media Posts Misquote Trump on Immigrant Family Separations ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2020
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President Donald Trump didn’t say “‘GOOD’ about the kids being separated from the parents” at the southern border during the final presidential debate, as social media posts wrongly claim. He said “go ahead” to the moderator, who was trying to move on to the next topic.
Posts Target Trump With False Claim on MAGA Hats ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2020
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Social media posts erroneously suggest that President Donald Trump’s campaign hats are made in China, while those for former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign are made in the U.S. The official hats sold by both campaigns are made by American companies.
Posts Misquote Biden on Section 8 Housing ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
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Facebook posts falsely claim that at his Oct. 15 town hall event, former Vice President Joe Biden said he grew up in Section 8 housing. Biden actually said he lived in a building which “became Section 8 housing much later.”
Doctors in Video Falsely Equate COVID-19 With a ‘Normal Flu Virus’ ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
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A video posted by a European-based group called World Doctors Alliance falsely claims the novel coronavirus is “a normal flu virus” and there is no COVID-19 pandemic. Actually, COVID-19 is deadlier than the seasonal flu, and some European nations are combatting a second wave of cases.
Social Media Posts Dredge Up Baseless ‘Child Trafficking’ Conspiracy Theory ([link removed]) Posted on Monday, October 19th, 2020
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Social media posts are once again making false and baseless claims about high-profile Democrats being involved in child trafficking and sex crimes.
** Articles
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FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2020
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The candidates repeated talking points from the stump and added some new twists on the facts.
Trump on the Stump ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
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We identified 46 false and misleading claims Trump made in six stump speeches from Oct. 12 to Oct. 16.
Biden on the Stump ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
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We fact-check nine claims made by the Democratic presidential nominee in recent campaign speeches.
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