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Fact checks from FactCheck.org – 1 new post
COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Is Safe, Has Multiple Benefits
Published 11/15/2023 18:01
Being vaccinated against COVID-19 helps protect pregnant people from severe COVID-19. When given during pregnancy, the vaccines can also reduce the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 early in a baby’s life. A new study adds to the evidence that vaccination during pregnancy is safe for babies, contrary to social media and online claims.
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Fact checks from Lead Stories – 5 new posts
Fact Check: US House Speaker Mike Johnson Did NOT Say ‘Every Woman Has A Duty To Birth At Least One Able-Bodied Worker’
Published 11/15/2023 20:46
Did House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson say that “Every woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker”? No, that’s not true: Johnson’s director of media affairs told Lead Stories that he “never said anything of the…
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Fact Check: Shaq Did NOT Endorse $6,400 Stimulus Check Card In Early November 2023
Published 11/15/2023 19:43
Did former basketball star and current media personality Shaquille O’Neal promote a stimulus check card? No, that’s not true: The video making this claim uses a fake voice. O’Neal did not actually contribute his likeness or his voice to an…
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Fact Check: T-Square Drug Test Does NOT Prove Red Bull Contains Drugs Cocaine And Suboxone
Published 11/15/2023 18:29
Does a video of a non-laboratory test using the T-Square brand oral fluid drug test prove that Red Bull energy drink contains the drugs buprenorphine and cocaine? No, that’s not true: There is no way to confirm that the people…
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Fact Check: Handmade Contraption ‘Hack’ Does NOT Save Fuel, Could Be Dangerous — Clickbait Video Skit
Published 11/14/2023 23:56
Does a video on social media show a “hack” that will “slash your gas expenses”? No, that’s not true: This video fails to deliver what is promised in seven minutes of drawn-out instructions on how to make a nonfunctional contraption….
Read at Lead Stories
Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show ‘Prague Newspaper’ Quote On Canada’s Trudeau — It’s Old Meme That Has Targeted Other Politicians
Published 11/14/2023 22:29
Did a “Prague newspaper” publish an article referring to Canada as a “confederacy of fools” and describing its prime minister, Justin Trudeau, as “the prince of fools” in 2023? No, that’s not true: The purported quote is a years-old repurposed…
Read at Lead Stories
Fact checks from PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories – 10 new posts
Joe Biden – Fact-checking Joe Biden on U.S. disaster costs
Published 11/15/2023 21:52
“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Instagram posts – Infant mortality rose for first time in 20 years, but no evidence ties it to COVID-19 vaccines
Published 11/15/2023 21:48
Rise in U.S. infant mortality rate connected to COVID-19 vaccines.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Eric Ager – Was NC election map drawn in secret by a consultant paid with taxpayer dollars?
Published 11/15/2023 18:34
“This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Fact-checking 3 claims in Tucker Carlson’s show on trans health care
Published 11/15/2023 17:51
Tucker Carlson’s show on X focused on gender-affirming care for trans people. But he and his guest strayed from the facts on key issues.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Donald Trump – Fact check: West Virginia, not New Hampshire, ranks first in fatal drug overdoses
Published 11/15/2023 16:43
New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Donald Trump – The criminal prosecutions against Trump are not ‘just like the Cuban regime’
Published 11/15/2023 15:28
“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Robin Vos – Wisconsin lawmaker's claim that young children can receive gender transition treatment is false
Published 11/15/2023 14:56
“Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition.
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Vivek Ramaswamy – Ramaswamy misses details in debate story about DeSantis donor, Florida anti-China land law
Published 11/15/2023 14:13
An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Marianne Williamson – US military aid isn’t the majority of foreign assistance, contrary to what Marianne Williamson said
Published 11/14/2023 23:06
Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Marianne Williamson – Marianne Williamson correct that U.S. is world’s biggest arms exporter
Published 11/14/2023 23:05
“We sell arms to 60% of the world’s autocrats. We are the world’s largest arms exporters.”
Read at PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
Fact checks from Reuters – 3 new posts
Fact Check: Photo shows Buzz Aldrin, not Neil Armstrong, descending Apollo lunar module
Published 11/15/2023 19:49
A photograph of astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, descending the Apollo Lunar Module is being miscaptioned online by social media users. They believe the photo shows Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, and imply the 1969 moon landings were somehow staged or fake because somebody else must have photographed him.
Read at Reuters
Fact Check: Women’s birthing-duty quote misattributed to US House Speaker Johnson
Published 11/15/2023 17:00
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson did not say that a woman’s duties include giving birth to able-bodied workers, according to his spokesperson, despite posts online sharing the quote.
Read at Reuters
Fact Check: UK government page does not show Israel is a British company
Published 11/15/2023 12:58
A listing on Britain’s registry of overseas entities has been falsely claimed online to be proof that Israel is not a country, but a company legally owned by British elites.
Read at Reuters
Fact checks from Snopes.com – 8 new posts
Fact Check: Travis Kelce Once Tweeted About ‘Ugly Girls’ and ‘Fat People,’ as Seen in Screenshots on Reddit and X?
Published 11/15/2023 21:48
Purported screenshots of old tweets from Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce were shared on Reddit and X in November 2023. But were they real?
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Fact Check: Brie Larson Fiercely Defends ‘The Marvels’ After Poor Opening Weekend?
Published 11/15/2023 19:21
The clips surfaced after the release of “The Marvels,” which bombed at the box office.
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Fact Check: Roseanne Barr Received a $1B Offer from CBS to Create a New Sitcom?
Published 11/15/2023 17:32
“Go for it Roseanne,” one person commented.
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Fact Check: An American Family Posed for This Pic With Their Guns on Display?
Published 11/15/2023 16:50
“I will never understand the obsession,” one X user commented on the viral image.
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Fact Check: Lincoln Established the Secret Service on the Day He Was Assassinated?
Published 11/15/2023 14:00
Actor John Wilkes Booth shot the president during a play at Ford’s Theater.
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Is Mike Johnson Constitutionally Disqualified From Running for Congress in 2024?
Published 11/15/2023 01:27
Could the Disqualification Clause of the 14th Amendment be used against the newly elected U.S. speaker of the House?
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‘Yellowstone’ Is Being ‘Discontinued Effective Immediately’ by Paramount Network?
Published 11/15/2023 00:30
StreetInsider.com appeared to report in late 2023 via online ads that something new and dramatic was happening to the future of the hit TV show.
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Fact Check: Hobby Lobby Discontinues Hanukkah Merchandise from Its Stores?
Published 11/14/2023 23:35
This wouldn’t be the first time that the American arts-and-crafts retailer and its Christian owners were embroiled in a controversy about Hanukkah.
Read at Snopes.com
Fact checks from USA Today – 3 new posts
False claim EV charger runs on 24/7 diesel | Fact check
Published 11/15/2023 15:09
False claim EV charger runs on 24/7 diesel | Fact check
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Video of pro-Israel ad in New York City is altered | Fact check
Published 11/15/2023 13:18
The video is altered. A spokesperson for the company that owns the billboard said the advertisement was never run on its displays.
Read at USA Today
False claim actress Gal Gadot joined Israeli army in 2023 | Fact check
Published 11/14/2023 18:33
This is an old photo that has appeared in articles dating back to at least 2017. A publicist confirmed Gadot has not rejoined the Israeli military.
Read at USA Today
