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Fact checks from Lead Stories
Fact Check: NBC News Did NOT Report that Obama Was ‘Illegally Serving A Third Term’ As President
Published 11/06/2023 20:29
Did NBC News say that former President Barack Obama, who left the White House in January 2017, was serving a “third term” in 2023 as a shadow president? No, that’s not true: NBC did not report that. Its news article…
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Fact Check: NO Evidence United Arab Emirates Sent 8 Planes Carrying Military Aid, Equipment To Israel ‘Over The Past Few Days’
Published 11/06/2023 20:13
Did the United Arab Emirates (UAE) send eight planes to Israel, carrying military aid and equipment in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel? No, that’s not true: There’s no proof to support that assertion. Additionally,…
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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Israel Used White Phosphorus To Hit A UNRWA School In Gaza’s Beach Camp
Published 11/06/2023 19:35
Does a viral video from Gaza prove another case of white phosphorus use by the Israel Defense Forces during the Hamas-Israel war in the fall of 2023? No, that’s not true: The specific shots of what was claimed to be…
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Fact Check: London Officials Did NOT Take Down UK Flag To ‘Maintain Peace’ — It Was Being Cleaned
Published 11/06/2023 17:08
Did London officials take down a United Kingdom flag before a march in support of Palestinians to “maintain peace”? No, that’s not true: According to an X post from the local police, the flag was taken down to be cleaned….
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Fact checks from PolitiFact – Rulings and Stories
TikTok posts – Video of bomb strike on crowd is from Sudan conflict, not Israel-Hamas war
Published 11/06/2023 20:53
Israel bombed Palestinian children trying to get water.
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Fact checks from Snopes.com
Fact Check: Is Disney World Shutting Down, as TikTok Video Claims?
Published 11/06/2023 21:43
“Oh my goodness y’all, this is the end,” the TikTok video said.
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Fact Check: Israel Detained and Placed Numbered ID Tags on Workers from Gaza?
Published 11/06/2023 21:25
Thousands of Gazan workers were detained in Israel in October 2023, soon after the Israel-Hamas war started.
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Fact Check: Video Shows Dead Palestinians in Body Bags on the Streets of Gaza?
Published 11/06/2023 21:22
“There’s never been a time in the history of Earth that exterminating an entire population is acceptable,” one X user captioned the viral video.
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Fact Check: Did Fox News Sign $1B Contract with Roseanne Barr for Show To Rival ‘The View’?
Published 11/06/2023 20:50
The decision supposedly was emblematic of Fox’s “commitment to diversifying their content and expanding their reach to a broader demographic.”
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Fact Check: Beyoncé Is Facing $10B Loss After ‘Black National Anthem’ NFL Performance?
Published 11/06/2023 20:33
Since 2020, various singers have performed the hymn at NFL games before kickoff.
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Fact Check: Photo Shows Seller of 19th-Century ‘Intimate Wigs’?
Published 11/06/2023 14:00
Also known as merkins, intimate wigs were once used by sex workers looking for a fuller “head” of hair.
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Fact Check: Pic Shows Arnold Schwarzenegger and His Classmate, Both 18 Years Old?
Published 11/05/2023 19:00
“I refuse to believe that child is 18,” one Reddit user captioned the viral picture.
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Does the Starbucks Employees’ Union Support Hamas?
Published 10/28/2023 00:21
Tensions between Starbucks and the union intensified as calls for boycotts of the company increased.
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Fact checks from USA Today
Altered image shows Lionel Messi holding Israeli flag | Fact check
Published 11/06/2023 12:53
Altered image shows Lionel Messi holding Israeli flag | Fact check
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New York attorney general was not ‘arrested’ for Trump trial | Fact check
Published 11/06/2023 12:33
A frequent source of misinformation is at it again – but contrary to their claims, New York Attorney General Letitia James has not been arrested.
Read at USA Today