{"id":1494430,"date":"2022-05-27T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494430"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:59:49","slug":"fact-check-did-cnn-report-on-a-new-benefit-allowing-americans-to-claim-up-to-50000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-cnn-report-on-a-new-benefit-allowing-americans-to-claim-up-to-50000\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did CNN Report On A \u2018New Benefit\u2019 Allowing Americans To Claim Up To $50,000?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-cnn-report-on-a-new-benefit-allowing-americans-to-claim-up-to-50000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><span>A video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/105112986206592\/posts\/4959068114211313\/\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> claims CNN reported on \u201ca new benefit\u201d that allows Americans to claim up to $50,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of CNN reporting on a new benefit allowing Americasn to \u201cclaim up to $50,000.\u201d No such benefit appears to exist.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A video posted to Facebook shows a man watching a CNN broadcast featuring a chyron that reads, \u201cAmericans can now claim up to $50,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program\u2019s been all over the news lately,\u201d says the man in the video. \u201cSo, a new benefit just got released last week, allowing Americans to claim up to $50,000. You don\u2019t need any credit history at all, no bank requirements.\u201d He goes on to explain he received $8,000 from the new benefit and that others can do the same by providing certain information on a website linked in the post.<\/p>\n<p>This claim is fabricated. There is no record of CNN reporting on any new benefit that would allow Americans to claim up to $50,000. Nothing about the alleged benefit can be found on the outlet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/search?size=10&#038;q=new%20benefit%2050,000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> or verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/5550296508\/search\/?q=benefit%2050%2C000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=benefit%20%2450%2C000%20(from%3ACNN)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> accounts. There is likewise no mention of any new benefit that would send money to Americans on the Treasury Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/search.treasury.gov\/search?affiliate=treas&#038;query=benefit%20%2450%2C000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the post\u2019s claim that the new program has \u201cbeen all over the news lately,\u201d Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=New+%2450%2C000+benefit+for+Americans&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=New+%2450%2C000+benefit+for+Americans&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l2.7116j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reporting<\/a> about the alleged benefit. <span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/13\/fact-check-lauren-boebert-restaurant-ppp-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Lauren Boebert\u2019s Restaurant Receive A $233,305 PPP Loan?)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The website linked in the post brings users to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.personalloanpro.co\/?utm_source=DA&#038;utm_medium=affiliate&#038;utm_campaign=42683&#038;offer=Rev+share+form+submission&#038;affiliateId=1006&#038;affiliateName=DA&#038;subId1=42683&#038;subId2=%7b%7badset.name%7d%7d&#038;subId3=357955310&#038;subId4=&#038;subId5=&#038;subId6=Rev+share+form+submission&#038;hoTid=102c2599daa5394ed957415fd521cb&#038;hoOfferId=81\">Personal Loan Pro<\/a>, a website that offers loan comparisons, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/financebuzz.com\/personal-loan-pro-review#:~:text=Personal%20Loan%20Pro%20is%20a,t%20cost%20you%20any%20money.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FinanceBuzz<\/a>. Any money taken out through this website is a loan and must be paid back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook claims CNN reported on \u201ca new benefit\u201d that allows Americans to claim up to $50,000.\u00a0Verdict: False\u00a0 There is no record of CNN reporting on a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":1494479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1494430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1494479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}