Q: Did Muslim terrorists stage a "dry run" on AirTran flight 297? A: The airline and an eyewitness say this e-mailed claim is "an urban legend" spread by persons who "live in a fantasy world." Click to Read the Full Post Read More →
Summary A widely viewed video seems to show President Obama stating that he is a Muslim. It is false, and the product of dishonest editing. Although it is titled "Obama Admits He Is A Muslim," the president in fact has admitted no such thing. The video edits and twists his actual words, sometimes turning what were denials into false confessions. For example, it edits out the words "I’m a Christian" from one quote and "my Christian faith" from another. It shows... Click to Read the Full Post
Q: Was Obama reading an anti-America book written by a Muslim? A: No. The book, a New York Times best-seller, is about America’s role in a new global era. The author, a leading journalist, is a Muslim but describes himself as "not a religious guy." Click to Read the Full Post Read More →
President Barack Obama claimed that the U.S. is "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world" in terms of population. That strains the facts mightily. The U.S. Muslim population probably doesn’t even rank in the top 50. Obama’s remark came in a June 1 interview with French TV correspondent Laura Haim: Obama: June 1: Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points... Click to Read the Full Post
One thing we’ve noticed at FactCheck is that e-mail rumors tend to circulate, get debunked (ideally), go dormant for a while, and then flare up again. Think of it as a horde of zombies — they come at you, you kill them, you breathe a sigh of relief, and then there’s an extreme closeup and a finger twitches and you realize they’re not really dead. That’s what it looks like from our end. Different stories have different life cycles — some only take a breather before... Click to Read the Full Post
