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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hellmann’s Mayonnaise NOT Being Discontinued In The United States, Canada And Most Other Countries

2023-02-01 Is Hellmann's mayonnaise being discontinued in the United States, Canada and other countries around the globe? No, that's not true: Hellmann's will not be available for sale in South Africa, but there is no change in any other country, a Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Harvard medical students aren’t being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQ

2023-01-20 Harvard Medical School students “learn how to care for LGBTQIA+ infants.” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ A road sign showing Oxford is being divided into ‘districts’ is fake

2023-01-20 Oxfordshire County Council has confirmed there are no plans to introduce such road signs in the city, contrary to posts on social media. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Medical Students At Harvard Are NOT Being Taught That Infants Can Identify As LGBTQIA+

2023-01-18 Are students at Harvard Medical School being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQIA+? No, that's not true: The claim distorts the content of a class that helps train students in how to care for infants with physical variations in sex Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Workers aren’t being paid up to $26,000 because of a COVID-19-related tax credit, as claim suggests

2023-01-17 “Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines are not being used to treat strep A or scarlet fever

2023-01-17 In a Facebook video, Chris Preddie made a number of inaccurate claims about the Covid-19 vaccines. Go to site post…»

Logically→ U.N. soldiers are being trained in Ukraine and sent to the U.K. disguised as migrants

2023-01-13 The U.N. does not have its own military forces, nor does it operate training facilities in Ukraine. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Damar Hamlin’s IV Being Unhooked Does NOT Indicate Problem — It’s Standard Practice

2023-01-13 Does a picture of hospitalized Damar Hamlin with a disconnected IV line raise valid questions about his condition or medical treatment after a reported cardiac arrest on January 2, 2022? No, that's not true: The tube in Hamlin's arm shown Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Before Being Elected, George Santos Pushed His Own ‘Stolen Election’ Hoax

2023-01-11 Amid continuing criticism and demands — even from local party members — that he leave office, a video circulating online shows right-wing Rep. George Santos (R-New York) appearing at a January 5 2021 rally and falsely claiming that an elect Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Did Mark Twain Say This About Reading the Newspaper and Being Misinformed?

2023-01-09 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-read-newspaper-misinformed/ A quote has been floating arou Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ ‘It’s Not a Threat. It’s Being on the Damn Team.’

2022-12-16 Rep. Don Bacon (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Republican infighting over Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid shows no signs of stopping.The post ‘It’s Not a Threat. It’s Being on the Damn Team.’ appeared first on The D Go to site post…»

Logically→ Photos show Doha’s Stadium 974 being dismantled after the Brazil vs. South Korea World Cup match on December 6.

2022-12-14 Older images of the stadium under construction are being circulated. The dismantling of Stadium 974 may begin after the World Cup final. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Human bodies aren’t being processed into meat products. The Human Meat Project is ‘conceptual art’

2022-12-12 The Human Meat Project is using donated bodies and organs to create “alternative meat consumption options.” Go to site post…»

Logically→ Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the 2022 FIFA World Cup after being benched in Portugal’s match against Switzerland.

2022-12-12 The Portuguese Football Federation has clarified that Ronaldo, the national team captain, had not threatened to quit the ongoing World Cup. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law does not extend to children now, but issue is being studied

2022-12-07 Canada is "allowing children to seek out medically assisted death.” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ PCR tests aren’t being used to clone humans

2022-11-30 There’s no evidence that Covid-19 PCR tests are being used to clone humans. A paper cited to support this theory explores the use of the PCR technique in gene cloning, not reproductive cloning. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Video of cars being damaged by an earthquake that struck Turkey on November 23, 2022.

2022-11-28 The visuals a car accident are being misattributed as damage from the recent earthquake. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show An Al Jazeera Report About ‘Nazi Ukrainians’ Being ‘Arrested In Qatar’

2022-11-26 Does a viral video show Al Jazeera footage of "Nazi Ukrainians" "arrested in Qatar after they drew swastikas on football posters"? No, that's not true: The network denied that it had anything to do with the clip using its logo. More impor Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Seed Oils Are NOT To ‘Blame’ For Being The Primary Risk Factor For Skin Cancers

2022-11-21 Do seed oils, not the sun, increase the risks of skin cancer? Was skin cancer "basically non-existent before seed oils"? No, that's not true: Ultraviolet exposure is one of the major factors that may lead to skin cancers, as well as genet Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this clip doesn’t show voters being fraudulently added to Dallas’ pollbooks

2022-11-16 Footage shows Dallas pollbooks fraudulently “adding hundreds of voters in real time as the poll was being closed.” Go to site post…»

Logically→ Speeches by Greta Thunberg and Severn Cullis-Suzuki are proof of the climate change narrative being scripted.

2022-11-16 Climate change has been an ongoing crisis for decades, and scientific studies prove it is real. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Election ‘Poll Pads’ NOT Caught Adding Hundreds Of Voters In Real Time As Poll Is Being Closed

2022-11-15 Were "poll pads" in Texas caught adding "hundreds" of voters in real time as a poll was being closed? No, that's not true: The state-certified Election Systems & Software (ES&S) voting systems e-pollbooks in Dallas County, Texas, Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Bizarre Claim of Stopping DeSantis’ 2018 Election ‘From Being Stolen’

2022-11-11 Former President Donald Trump claimed he “sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys” to Broward County during the 2018 election to stop “ballot theft” and help Ron DeSantis become Florida’s governor. But a spokesman for the Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Tucker Carlson wrong about people not being able to vote in Arizona's Maricopa County

2022-11-09 “Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – New Mexico secretary of state website was being tested, but an Instagram post suggested foul play

2022-11-09 Image shows that the New Mexico Secretary of State counted more than 17 million registered voters in a state with a population of about 2 million. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi Being Arrested By US Marshals — She’s Leaving Her House With Security Detail

2022-11-07 Does this video show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi being detained or arrested by U.S. marshals? No, that's not true: This is video of Pelosi leaving her home in San Francisco and getting into a GM Suburban SUV with a small security detail on Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, mRNA vaccines aren’t being used on livestock in Australia

2022-11-03 Australian officials “are giving cows mRNA vaccines." Go to site post…»

Logically→ Rishi Sunak worshiped a cow after being appointed as prime minister of the U.K.

2022-10-31 The viral video is from August when Sunak performed a cow-worship ritual during his campaign to win the Conservative Party leadership. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Rishi Sunak visited the Hare Krishna temple in the U.K. after being elected the prime minister.

2022-10-28   Go to site post…»

Logically→ Rishi Sunak lit diyas at the entrance of the Prime Minister’s office in London after being elected.

2022-10-27   Go to site post…»

Logically→ U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has admitted to being a cocaine addict.

2022-10-27 Sunak spoke about his addiction to Coca-Cola and not cocaine. A small clip from his interview to students as been shared with a misleading narrative. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A small study of breastmilk and mRNA vaccines did not show babies are being harmed

2022-10-12 A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Red flames on stovetops are a result of people being sold gas mixed with higher doses of oxygen to increase their consumption cost.

2022-10-11 Red flames on a stovetop are a sign of appliance faults, issues or blockages, and potential indications of carbon monoxide leakage. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gift Bags Are NOT Being Given Out To Celebrate ’51 Years Of EBT’

2022-10-10 Are gift bags "to celebrate 51 years of EBT" being sent to anyone who responds to a Facebook post? No, that's not true: The image of the "gift bags" in a post is a doctored photo of emergency food parcels that were given out in the United Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Fifth Texas National Guardsman [Died by] Suicide After Being Ordered by Greg Abbott to Patrol Migrants’

2022-10-05 On October 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that a “fifth Texas National Guardsman” had died by suicide after being “ordered by [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott to patrol migrants”: BREAKING: A fifth Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Yes, Kate Moss Said This About Being Skinny

2022-10-04 Don't try this at home. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 4 Range Rovers Are NOT Being Given Away Because They ‘Cannot Be Sold Due To Minor Scratches’

2022-09-29 Are four Range Rovers being given away because they "cannot be sold due to minor scratches"? No, that's not true: There is not a giveaway in North America for Range Rovers that have scratches, the company confirmed to Lead Stories. The fa Go to site post…»

Washington Post→ Stacey Abrams’s rhetorical twist on being an election denier

2022-09-29 Abrams is playing down past claims that she "won" and the 2018 election for Georgia governor was "stolen" Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Hold Fire: Re-Enactors Fear Being Targeted by NY Gun Law

2022-09-28 Some historical battle re-enactors in New York are holding their musket fire because of worries over the state's new gun rules. Go to site post…»

Logically→ A top Taliban official praised the BJP and RSS as being very powerful in India.

2022-09-27 A Pakistani Islamic scholar talking about the BJP and RSS has been misidentified as the Taliban chief secretary. Go to site post…»

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