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Senate Democrats flub stat on increase of gas prices this year: https://bit.ly/2Lsd7H0

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Senate Democrats tried to change the media narrative around rising gas prices by holding a news event at a gas station near Capitol Hill.

Their Twitter account... posted a tweet in Spanish which translates as: "The price of gas has increased 25% this year. Analysts say the president is to blame. Thanks, Trump." We rate that claim Mostly False. http://bit.ly/2GNpI4b

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A candidate for Florida Governor, former Congresswoman Gwen Graham, recently said, "So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones." We rated this Mostly True. What mainly separates the two groups is death rate: http://bit.ly/2rZYfqE

After a student gunman killed 10 people in Santa Fe, Texas, a claim circulated widely on social media that compared the number of deaths in the military with the number of deaths in school shootings. One of the politicians who shared it on social media was Gwen Graham, a former Democratic member of....
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A candidate for Florida Governor, former Congresswoman Gwen Graham, recently said "So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in ...combat zones." We rated this Mostly True.

One important thing to keep in mind is the death rate — is important to know, however, the likelihood of being killed in a combat zone is still vastly higher than it is in a school. http://bit.ly/2rZYfqE

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Have you heard claims that Florida's new beach law could make most of the state's beaches private?

In reality, the new law if far more complex than those claims imply.

Confusion about what a new law means for Florida beaches is prompting fears and political attacks. Advocacy group For Our Future Florida used HB 631 as a wedge in the U.S. Senate race, where Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson is facing a challenge from Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who signed the bill i...
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Is Florida going to change rules on voting rights? https://bit.ly/2JmPhuH

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NEW! We examined six claims from Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate announcement speech. Read them all here:

Floridians following Rick Scott since his first campaign probably weren’t surprised when the two-term Republican governor talked about jobs during his announcement to run for the U.S. Senate. Scott described the years before his election in 2010, claiming that
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No, Jaguars NFL team didn't declare bankruptcy after players took a knee. http://bit.ly/2E9ZkVW

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NEW! It’s not readily apparent, but BreakingNews247.net is one of a gaggle of websites that allow users to create their own stories, labeling them as "prank" articles.

A bogus online post that said Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line was providing cruises and cash to people affected by an unnamed hurricane was from a website that generates fake news articles.
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St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Rick Baker said he "made St. Petersburg the state's best maintained large sewer system in 2007."

Is that true? http://bit.ly/2whmR28

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A ridiculous statement in Republicans' radio ad says Sen. Bill Nelson "supports murderers."

We rated that claim Pants on Fire! http://bit.ly/2wjIKxC

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A Spanish-language radio ad by a Republican group says Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "supports murderers." Pants on Fire!

Un anuncio de radio de parte de un grupo Republicano dice que el Senador Bill Nelson "apoya asesinos." Eso es ridículo. http://bit.ly/2v5CgxZ

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