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Fact checks from FactCheck.org – 1 new post
Respiratory Illnesses in Children in China Not So ‘Mysterious’
Published 12/06/2023 21:18
Five Republican senators have penned a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to ban travel to the U.S. from China because of a surge in “mystery” respiratory illnesses among children. But the letter selectively cites outdated information from the World Health Organization, and experts say the illnesses are likely due to known viruses and bacteria and aren’t unexpected.
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Fact checks from Lead Stories – 6 new posts
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Hamas Has Been Using Rubber Baby Dolls
Published 12/06/2023 19:56
Does a video on social media provide evidence that Hamas has been staging civilian casualties in Gaza by filming rubber dolls that look like real babies? No, that’s not true: The video reused on social media was first posted months…
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Fact Check: Iceland Has NOT Banned ‘Covid Shots’ As Of December 5, 2023 — At-Risk People Encouraged To Stay On COVID Vaccine Schedule
Published 12/06/2023 01:31
Did Iceland ban COVID-19 vaccinations? No, that’s not true: The Nordic nation has not banned COVID vaccines as of this publication and was actually encouraging at-risk populations to maintain a recommended vaccine schedule. Social media users and publications that pushed…
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Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen Did NOT Wear ‘Keep America Trumpless’ Shirt — Photo Has Been Altered
Published 12/06/2023 00:05
Did singer Bruce Springsteen wear a shirt that reads, “KEEP AMERICA TRUMPLESS”? No, that’s not true: The text on the shirt was added after the photo was taken. Lead Stories found two credible sources, Vice and Getty Images, that show…
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Fact Check: Nurse Tiffany Dover Did NOT Vanish From Public Eye, Stay Silent After Fainting From COVID Vaccine In 2020
Published 12/05/2023 22:29
Did nurse Tiffany Dover disappear from the public eye and stay silent after she fainted after receiving the first COVID-19 vaccine? No, that’s not true: She has public social media accounts where she posted in the weeks after getting the…
Read at Lead Stories
Fact Check: Kevin Costner Did NOT Promote Hair Growth Product ‘RenewHairX’ — Video Has Fake Voiceover Added
Published 12/05/2023 22:20
Did celebrity Kevin Costner recently refute rumors that he had a hair transplant and share a personal testimonial about the positive results he has seen since he began using the roll-on hair growth product RenewHairX? No, that’s not true: A…
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Fact Check: Video Of Man Entering Store Empty Of Shoppers On Black Friday Was NOT In Biden’s Economy — This Was UK In 2017
Published 12/05/2023 20:58
Was a Black Friday video of a lone man entering a store empty of shoppers taken in the U.S. in 2023, reflecting the U.S. economy under President Joe Biden? No, that’s not true: This video was shot in the United…
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Fact checks from PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories – 8 new posts
Donald Trump – Trump claims he made peace in the Middle East with Abraham Accords. That’s False.
Published 12/05/2023 22:15
“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Gavin Newsom – Gavin Newsom’s Mostly False claim about Ron DeSantis’ support of amnesty for immigrants
Published 12/05/2023 21:36
“When (Ron DeSantis) was in Congress, he supported amnesty.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Facebook posts – Sorry, no ‘free money’: Biden did not approve a $5,200 subsidy for Americans older than 25
Published 12/05/2023 21:00
Audio shows breaking news that “Biden approves $5,200 for Americans older than 25.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Instagram posts – No, a past Palestinian flag didn’t feature the Star of David
Published 12/05/2023 20:45
The Palestinian flag before 1948 included the Star of David.
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Instagram posts – Splish, splash, space? No. The International Space Station is not staged in a large swimming pool
Published 12/05/2023 20:38
The International Space Station is in a pool, not in space.
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Facebook posts – No, esta imagen no muestra terremoto en Filipinas, es del 2017
Published 12/05/2023 19:59
Imagen muestra “potente terremoto … en medio de una tormenta solar” en Filipinas.
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Jodi Emerson – Is erasing others’ chalk messages forbidden on University of Wisconsin campuses?
Published 12/05/2023 19:28
“On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can’t dump water on it, you can’t even walk over it.”
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How generative AI could help foreign adversaries influence U.S. elections
Published 12/05/2023 19:06
Foreign adversaries have a history of infiltrating social media platforms to influence U.S. elections. With new generative artificial intelligence tools available, experts are warning of a fresh wave of influence operations.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Fact checks from Reuters – 9 new posts
Fact Check: Picture of Bruce Springsteen wearing anti-Trump shirt onstage is altered
Published 12/06/2023 19:55
A picture of musician Bruce Springsteen onstage has been digitally altered to include an anti-Trump message on his shirt. The original photograph shows him wearing a plain T-shirt.
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Fact Check: Rishi Sunak used hammer sideways per instructor advice
Published 12/06/2023 19:02
A video of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak using the side surface of a hammer end during a visit to a jewellery studio is circulating online without the context that the jeweller seen with Sunak in the excerpt from a longer video had instructed him to do so.
Read at Reuters
Fact Check: ‘From the river to the sea’ chant not yet granted a U.S. trademark
Published 12/06/2023 15:10
A trademark application for the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” which was filed in the United States on Nov. 17, 2023, has not yet been granted as of Dec. 6, contrary to claims online. A spokesperson for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has said that the application is still pending.
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Fact Check: No evidence of Trump post warning of imminent war, hospital closures
Published 12/06/2023 12:42
There is no evidence that former U.S. President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social warning of an imminent war and hospital closures. The exact wording was posted to a conspiracy theory Telegram channel in March 2022 advertising a book.
Read at Reuters
Fact Check: Image shows Conor McGregor released on bail in 2018
Published 12/06/2023 12:34
A photograph of Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor exiting a Brooklyn police precinct in 2018 after he was charged with assault for his part in a melee at a Brooklyn arena is circulating with the false claim that it shows him detained for incitement after the Nov. 23 Dublin riots.
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Fact Check: Hillary Clinton, Podesta were not tried by US military at Guantanamo
Published 12/06/2023 12:34
Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was not tried at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, as suggested in a clip circulating online that resurfaces a false conspiracy theory narrative about Clinton, among others, being detained at Guantanamo Bay at former President Donald Trump’s request.
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Fact Check: Video shows Iceland volcano erupting in 2021
Published 12/06/2023 11:01
A video of a volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula erupting in 2021 has been misleadingly portrayed online as an eruption in November 2023.
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Fact Check: Video shows suspected arson in northern England, not an electric bus fire
Published 12/06/2023 10:31
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in relation to an Oct. 9 bus fire in Bradford, northern England, that some social media users have falsely claimed was an electric bus incident in London.
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Fact Check: Photo does not show inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin
Published 12/06/2023 07:35
A photo of U.S. insurance company Aflac’s former board member has been falsely shared online as showing a man charged with attempted murder following the stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd.
Read at Reuters
Fact checks from Snopes.com – 7 new posts
Fact Check: Elon Musk Shifting X Headquarters from California to Texas?
Published 12/06/2023 20:57
He allegedly said, “I’d rather eat dirt than live in ‘woke’ California.”
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Fact Check: Did Jim Caviezel Refuse to Work With Robert De Niro Because He Was ‘Ungodly’?
Published 12/06/2023 19:57
Caviezel is most famous for his role as Jesus in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.”
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Fact Check: Ukraine’s Constitution Says State Duty Is To Preserve ‘Gene Pool’ of Ukrainians?
Published 12/06/2023 18:50
A section of the Constitution of Ukraine was taken out of context by various Twitter users.
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Fact Check: Bill Maher Tosses Whoopi Goldberg Off His Show for ‘Anti-Israel Rant’?
Published 11/28/2023 19:31
“You need professional help,” he allegedly said.
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Timeline: The Oct. 7 Hamas Attack and Israel’s Retaliatory War on Gaza
Published 11/20/2023 17:28
Answers to your questions about what happened, when it happened, and how many people have been killed, injured, or taken hostage as of this writing.
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Did Israel Warn Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza to Evacuate?
Published 10/19/2023 19:03
Hundreds of people were killed by an explosion at the Gaza hospital.
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Fact Check: Viral Image Shows Part of the Gaza Strip Left in Ruins by Israeli Reprisal Attacks?
Published 10/10/2023 17:55
“A look at what the Israeli army have done in the Gaza Strip in a very short time,” one X user captioned the photograph.
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Fact checks from USA Today – 2 new posts
No, Pelosi did not call for teen critic’s arrest on X | Fact check
Published 12/05/2023 18:21
No, Pelosi did not call for teen critic’s arrest on X | Fact check
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Israeli forces raised flags on roof of school, not Al Shifa | Fact check
Published 12/05/2023 17:38
The soldiers raised the flag on the roof of a United Nations school, not the Al Shifa Hospital, according to a spokesperson for the school.
Read at USA Today
