Social media posts falsely claim that former President Barack Obama signed a bill that made it permissible for “the media” to get “away with lying.” The bill had no bearing on private media outlets or what they can report.
Person: Barack Obama
Falsehoods About Family Separations Linger Online
Obama Hasn’t Called For ‘All-Out Gun Confiscation’
What Republicans Did on Mental Health, Guns
A social media post misleadingly claims that Republicans “voted to allow people with pre-existing mental illness to buy firearms.” The measure blocked the Social Security Administration from reporting to the U.S. background check system some disability beneficiaries who are unable to manage their finances. Federal law still prohibits people with certain conditions from buying guns.
Cummings Didn’t Have Obama’s Records ‘Sealed’
Posts Twist Facts on Democrats’ Names
Citizenship, the Census and Obama
No Evidence Kim Jong Un Rebuffed Obama’s ‘Begging’
Prior to his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, President Donald Trump made the unfounded claim that Barack Obama tried many times to meet with Kim, but was rebuffed. Obama administration officials and experts on U.S.-North Korea relations say that’s not true, and Trump offered no evidence to back up his claim.