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** FactCheck.org's Weekly Update
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January 11, 2020
** State of the Union with Jake Tapper
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Video: FactChecking Trump’s Iran Address ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2020
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In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper examines several claims from President Donald Trump’s remarks after an Iranian missile attack on military bases in Iraq housing U.S. coalition forces.
** SciCheck
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Trump Takes Undue Credit for Cancer Progress ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2020
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President Donald Trump boasted of the lowest cancer death rate on record, and implied that his administration was responsible for the achievement. While he’s right about the statistic, the improved death rate is the result of decades-long efforts on cancer prevention, detection and treatment.
** FactCheck Posts
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Pelosi Did Not ‘Defend’ Soleimani ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2020
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani as “provocative and disproportionate.” But, contrary to the president’s contention, she did not “defend” Soleimani.
FactChecking Trump’s Iran Address ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
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In an address to the nation a day after an Iranian attack on military bases housing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, President Donald Trump made some dubious, misleading and inaccurate claims.
Biden’s Position on Osama bin Laden Raid ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
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Former Vice President Joe Biden denied that he told then-President Barack Obama “not to go after [Osama] bin Laden” in what turned out to be a successful mission to kill the 9/11 mastermind. But Biden wasn’t giving the whole story, and has over time given contradictory accounts.
Pence Links Iran’s Soleimani to 9/11 Attacks ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
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Vice President Mike Pence tweeted that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani “[a]ssisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan” of some of the terrorists who executed the 9/11 terrorist attacks. However, that doesn’t mean that Iran, or Soleimani, knowingly aided al Qaeda in carrying out the attacks, which may be the impression some got from Pence’s tweet.
Conway, Pompeo on Iranian Cultural Sites ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
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President Trump twice threatened to target cultural sites in Iran if Iranian leaders retaliate for the killing of Qasem Soleimani. Even so, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway falsely claimed that Trump never made such a threat.
** Debunking False Stories
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A Misleading Take on Alabama’s Abortion Law ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2020
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An Instagram post misleadingly claims a young rape victim can be “thrown in prison” for receiving an abortion in Alabama. Under a new law, which has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, criminal charges could be brought against doctors who perform abortions, but not women receiving them.
Video of Clinton on Iran Taken Out of Context ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2020
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An out-of-context clip from a 2008 interview with then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is circulating on Facebook. It shows her saying the U.S. “will attack Iran” if she becomes president. But she was responding to a question about a hypothetical nuclear attack by Iran on Israel.
Posts Spread Fake Omar Tweet Calling for ‘Violence’ ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2020
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A fictitious tweet attributed to Rep. Ilhan Omar is circulating on social media. The congresswoman didn’t write that the “time for violence is now” over her disagreement with President Donald Trump’s actions on Iran.
Amid Military Tension, Meme Misdates Soldiers’ Deaths ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
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A meme circulating on Facebook displays photos of five U.S. soldiers that purportedly were killed “this Tuesday in Afghanistan.” Actually, they died in 2013 and there was a sixth soldier killed in the same incident who isn’t included in the meme.
Fake Tlaib Tweet Resurfaces Amid Iran News ([link removed]) Posted on Monday, January 6th, 2020
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An old tweet from an account impersonating Rep. Rashida Tlaib resurfaced on social media — this time with an erroneous claim that the tweet was her response to the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
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