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Fact checks from Lead Stories – 6 new posts
Fact Check: American Emergency Fund Website Does NOT Give ‘Americans In Need’ $5,000 ‘In Cash’ For Free — It’s Website Collecting Personal Data
Published 12/01/2023 21:48
Can “Americans in need” get $5,000 in cash for free through the American Emergency Fund “just in a few minutes”? No, that’s not true: The website named in this offer gathers sensitive personal data from applicants for a supposed personal…
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Fact Check: New York Post Did NOT Say ‘Award Winning ABC Journalist’ Who Pleaded Guilty To Child Porn Debunked ‘Pizzagate’
Published 12/01/2023 19:42
Does a New York Post headline claim that James Gordon Meek, a former investigative journalist for ABC who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in September 2023, also “debunked” the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory? No, that’s not true: Such a headline…
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Fact Check: Pneumonia Listed In Pfizer Document Does NOT Prove Its COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Respiratory Outbreak In China
Published 12/01/2023 02:00
Does the listing of “Pneumonia mycoplasma” in Pfizer’s guidance on adverse event reports associated with its COVID-19 vaccine prove that the shot caused a respiratory outbreak in China? No, that’s not true: It’s a fundamental misreading of standard vaccine documents,…
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Fact Check: Taylor Swift Is NOT Modeling Hat Made Of Human Faces Inspired By Crimes Of Wisconsin Serial Killer Ed Gein
Published 12/01/2023 01:39
Was Taylor Swift photographed wearing a hat made of pieced-together preserved faces skinned from real human beings? No, that’s not true on two points: The model in the photo is not pop star Swift but the special effects artist who…
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Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Stephen Colbert On November 25, 2023
Published 12/01/2023 01:06
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps place talk show host Stephen Colbert under arrest for committing treason and defrauding the country as of November 25, 2023? No, that’s not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that…
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Fact Check: Reports About ‘EMP Threat’ or ‘Blackout Warfare’ Are NOT Classified, NOT From Department of Homeland Security, NOT Secret, NOT Leaked
Published 12/01/2023 00:34
Were reports that talk about a supposed imminent “EMP Threat” or “Blackout Warfare” against the U.S. “leaked” from the Department of Homeland Security, and were these documents “classified” in any way? No, that’s not true: The reports that are sometimes…
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Fact checks from PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories – 10 new posts
The facts on George Santos’ House expulsion: What happens next?
Published 12/01/2023 21:24
Former Rep. George Santos continues to face criminal charges including counts of wire fraud and unlawful monetary transactions. Here’s how he became the sixth House member to be expelled, and what’s next.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise
Published 12/01/2023 21:03
Sean Hannity said he’d be impartial moderating the debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom. Here’s how he set the tone and shaped the conversation.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map
Published 12/01/2023 06:28
We fact-checked California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a debate moderated by Sean Hannity. See how the governors’ claims stack up on COVID lockdowns, taxes, the economy and more:
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Facebook posts – John D. Rockefeller did not write a ‘secret covenant’ about world domination
Published 12/01/2023 00:36
John D. Rockefeller wrote a secret covenant about controlling the world’s population.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Newsmax – Evidence lacking for 'crisis actor' claims about Palestinian in Gaza TV footage
Published 11/30/2023 22:16
“MSNBC airs Gaza ‘crisis actor.’”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Facebook posts – Homeless people in San Francisco didn’t go missing, they were moved into shelters and other areas
Published 11/30/2023 22:15
Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Facebook posts – Did you miss explosive news? No. This volcano erupted last year, not recently
Published 11/30/2023 21:32
“8 MINUTES AGO! The largest underwater volcano has SUDDENLY CRACKED OPEN the Earth!”
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Instagram posts – Video of Israeli police detaining Palestinian boy is from 2018, not current war
Published 11/30/2023 21:31
Video showing “Israeli occupation forces arrest a 2-year-old child” is from the Israel-Hamas war.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Facebook posts – Journalist who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse images did not debunk Pizzagate
Published 11/30/2023 21:14
Pizzagate “expert” went to jail for child pornography
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Instagram posts – Black Friday a bust under Biden? No, video of lone shopper is from London in 2017
Published 11/30/2023 20:56
Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.”
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Fact checks from Reuters – 2 new posts
Fact Check: FCC guidelines on profanity do not apply to cable networks
Published 12/01/2023 20:21
(Editor’s note: Profanity warning in paragraph two and three)
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Fact Check: Video shows special prayer event for Eid al-Adha
Published 12/01/2023 12:02
A video of Muslims gathered for a special outdoor prayer during Eid al-Adha in London has been misleadingly portrayed as a daily occurrence.
Read at Reuters
Fact checks from Snopes.com – 7 new posts
Fact Check: Disney CEO Bob Iger’s Responded to Musk’s ‘F— Yourself’ Remark Like This?
Published 12/01/2023 20:40
Iger allegedly said, “I have a lot of respect for Elon,” after Musk told advertisers, including Disney, to “go fuck yourselves.”
Read at Snopes.com
Fact Check: Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk Announced a New Media Empire Collaboration?
Published 12/01/2023 18:55
A November 2023 post on the SpaceX Lovers Facebook page said of the purportedly in-the-works media empire, “Yes! This will be EPIC!”
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Fact Check: Hank Williams Jr. Said, ‘I Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead On Stage with Garth Brooks’?
Published 12/01/2023 16:00
A seemingly endless number of Facebook commenters responded to the purported news with the remark, “Amen!”
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14th Amendment Bars Mike Johnson from Running for Congress in 2024?
Published 12/01/2023 14:00
Could the Disqualification Clause of the 14th Amendment be used against the newly elected U.S. speaker of the House?
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USPS Did Not Suspend All Services in Pennsylvania and Ohio in November 2023
Published 11/30/2023 23:49
A curious headline about the U.S. Postal Service led some users to believe that mail service had been temporarily suspended in two states.
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Fact Check: Anthony Bourdain Called Henry Kissinger a ‘Treacherous, Prevaricating, Murderous Scumbag’?
Published 11/30/2023 23:26
The outspoken celebrity chef criticized Kissinger for his role in enabling brutal violence in Cambodia.
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Fact Check: Ukraine’s First Lady Goes on $1.1M Cartier Spending Spree During September 2023 NYC Trip?
Published 10/06/2023 23:44
The spending spree allegedly occurred during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the United States and Canada in September 2023.
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Fact checks from USA Today – 9 new posts
Baseless claim Hamas backers vandalized New York restaurant | Fact check
Published 12/01/2023 16:37
Baseless claim Hamas backers vandalized New York restaurant | Fact check
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False claim video shows IDF tanks shot Israeli citizens | Fact check
Published 12/01/2023 16:27
A widely shared video falsely claims to prove IDF soldiers used tanks to fire on residents inside a kibbutz on Oct. 7. The video shows no such thing.
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False claim Adele carried Palestinian flag during Vegas show | Fact check
Published 11/30/2023 22:52
Videos show Adele was carrying a Mexican flag during a performance. The performance also predated the start of Israel’s 2023 war with Hamas.
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Fox News broadcast of Palestinian arrest was not staged | Fact check
Published 11/30/2023 20:17
The arrest wasn’t staged. Unedited footage shared online by the reporter in the video shows the man undressing and being arrested.
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Newspaper fabricated to claim Buttigieg arrested as teen | Fact check
Published 11/30/2023 19:46
An image of what looks like a newspaper reporting on the arrest of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg when he was a teenager is a fabrication.
Read at USA Today
Viral post baselessly claims FBI said ‘Pizzagate’ is real | Fact check
Published 11/30/2023 19:18
An FBI spokesperson says the bureau has made no such announcement. The claim originated on a website known to spread misinformation.
Read at USA Today
Post misleads on safety of Apple’s NameDrop feature | Fact check
Published 11/30/2023 18:28
Apple’s NameDrop feature makes sharing contact information easier, but it has safeguards so your device does not give details to strangers passing by.
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False claim FBI said Rainbow Bridge explosion was terrorism | Fact check
Published 11/30/2023 16:00
Both the FBI’s Buffalo, New York, office and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said there was no evidence of terrorism at the site of the fatal explosion.
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Post errs on details of Southwest Flight where man jumped out | Fact check
Published 11/30/2023 15:51
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office made no mention of the man’s ethnicity and said he would not be publicly identified in its Nov. 27 statement.
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