Soon after the Baltimore bridge collapse, paid subscribers on X blamed Ukraine and Israel for the disaster. A review of X and other platforms shows these false claims came largely from pro-Russia, “MAGA” and QAnon accounts.
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PolitiFact→ X posts – Pete Buttigieg didn't blame Baltimore bridge collapse on racism. This clip is from 2021
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.”
The Dispatch→ Blame Bad Law for Biden’s Bad LNG Pause
A notoriously vague delegation of congressional authority lets the president play politics with global energy security.
The Dispatch→ Blame the Voters?
Off to the races.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Hillary Clinton didn’t blame Epstein’s death, 2016 election on climate change
Video shows Hillary Clinton blamed various events, including her 2016 election loss and Jeffrey Epstein’s death, on climate change.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Blame Mother Nature, not Mexican government, on Hurricane Otis hitting Acapulco
"Acapulco destroyed by yet another directed weather attack!”
Logically→ Finland has not blamed ‘a Russian operation’ for damaging the Balticconnector gas pipeline
Washington Post→ Iran oil sales are surging and Hamas is terrorizing. Is Biden to blame?
Iran’s oil sales have jumped since Biden took office, but is it because he has weakened sanctions imposed by Trump?
AllSides→ Karine Jean-Pierre Tries to Blame Border Crisis on Republicans. Here Are the Facts
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/03/fact-checking-karine-jean-pierres-claims-that-biden-secured-southern-border/
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump misplaced blame when he said drug shortages were Biden’s fault
“Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines”
PolitiFact→ Politicians blame 'wokeism' for low military recruitment. The problem is more complex.
Military recruitment is low. But blaming “woke” policies overstates the impact and oversimplifies the problem. Experts say several factors contribute to low recruitment, including employment opportunities outside the military and a shrinking pool o
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A study by Fauci and colleagues didn’t blame 1918 Spanish flu deaths on masks
CLAIM: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci showed that “most of the deaths” during the 1918-1919 Spanish flu pandemic were actually due to infections from face masks.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – She didn’t start the fire: Maui blames electric utility for fires, not Oprah
“Oprah started the fire.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Administration Did NOT Blame Kamala Harris For Cocaine Found In White House
Did the Biden administration blame Vice President Kamala Harris for the cocaine found in the White House on July 2, 2023? No, that's not true: There's no information or evidence to support that claim. The White House has never said or sug
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No need to blame the dog; video supposedly showing Joe Biden farting was altered
Video shows President Joe Biden apologizing for flatulence.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Wildfires are to blame for New York’s recent hazy skies, not Bill Gates
Recent haze in New York City was caused by “Bill Gates’ sun-dimming technology.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anheuser-Busch Did NOT Blame Elon Musk For ‘Declining Sales’ — It’s Satire
Did Anheuser-Busch blame Elon Musk for a decline in sales in April and May 2023? No, that's not true: The article attached to this post was originally published on a website that says its satirical articles are "not meant to be taken seri
Washington Post→ And the president most to blame for the national debt problem is …
The country now is dealing with the legacy of policy choices made more than 50 years ago.
The Dispatch→ If America Really Is Unpopular, We Have Only Ourselves to Blame
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People on April 14, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images)Washington is giving devel
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Afghanistan Blame Game
American soldiers watch over Afghan refugees waiting in line to be processed for an exit flight out of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)‘For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it, not from my perc
AllSides→ Sorting fact from fiction in Silicon Valley Bank blame game
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-fact-check-blame-game Af
AllSides→ NTSB Chair Contradicts Posts That Wrongly Claim Trump to Blame for Ohio Train Wreck
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/ntsb-chair-contradicts-posts-that-wrongly-claim-trump-to-blame-for-ohio-train-wreck/
FactCheck.org→ NTSB Chair Contradicts Posts That Wrongly Claim Trump to Blame for Ohio Train Wreck
Quick Take The National Transportation Safety Board’s chair said an Obama-era rule the Trump administration nixed would not have prevented the derailment of a train in Ohio, as some partisan commentators inaccurately claim. The rule requiring
AllSides→ WaPo Throws Cold Water on Claims Trump Is to Blame for Ohio Train Derailment
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/02/27/washington-post-kessler-finds-no-trump-regulatory-changes-caused-ohio-train-derailment-n2620027
Washington Post→ So far, Trump’s rollback of regulations can’t be blamed for Ohio train wreck
The Trump administration shelved many rail and environmental rules. But a link to the East Palestine derailment is hard to find.
The Dispatch→ The East Palestine Blame Game
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg the site of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo by Brooke LaValley-Pool/Getty Images)Plus: U.S.-Taiwan ties grow stronger.The post The East Palestine Blame Game appeared first on The Dispatch.
Poynter→ Are Biden’s border policies to blame for fentanyl deaths? Experts say no.
President Joe Biden may have been seeking a bipartisan solution to America’s staggering fentanyl crisis when he raised the issue at his State of the Union address Feb. 8. But […] The post Are Biden’s border policies to blame for fentanyl deat
PolitiFact→ Kayleigh McEnany – Are Biden’s border policies to blame for fentanyl deaths? Experts say no
"Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden blames Donald Trump for one quarter of today’s debt, ignores context
“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Is RNA making chickens lay fewer eggs? No, improper nutrition, disease are likelier to blame
“Chickens aren’t laying eggs because RNA is being added to commercial chicken feed.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Report Does NOT Reveal Over 1 Million Americans Have ‘Died Suddenly’ Since COVID Vaccine Roll-Out, Another Government Report Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are To Blame
Does a "secret" CDC report reveal that at least 1.1 million Americans have "Died Suddenly" since the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out? Does a separate government report from the United Kingdom prove the vaccines are to blame? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Seed Oils Are NOT To ‘Blame’ For Being The Primary Risk Factor For Skin Cancers
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
FactCheck.org→ ‘Harmless Data Error’ to Blame for Glitch at Some Detroit Polling Places, Contrary to Trump’s Post
A “harmless data error” resulted in a glitch at some Detroit polling precincts that incorrectly registered some in-person voters as having already been issued an absentee ballot, the city elections department said. The issue was resolved,
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Julie Powell died from cardiac arrest, her husband said. No evidence vaccine to blame
Julie Powell died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
AllSides→ Media Rush to Assign Blame after Attack on Paul Pelosi
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/media-rush-to-assign-blame-after-attack-on-paul-pelosi/ The media h
PolitiFact→ Zach Nunn – Iowans are paying $5,000 more per year under inflation, are Democrats to blame?
“Iowans are paying $5,000 extra for everyday goods under Biden and Axne’s inflation.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Joe Biden didn’t blame Elton John for AIDS
“Joe Biden blamed Elton John for AIDS.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccines NOT To Blame For Fact That Triple-Vaccinated Account For 91% Of COVID Deaths In England, Wales
Did the United Kingdom publish reports that show individuals triple-vaccinated against the coronavirus account for 91% of the COVID-19 deaths in the country through 2022? Do these reports further show that over 24,000 "unexplained" excess
Logically→ BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia quit the party and blamed the BJP, RSS, and VHP for creating communal riots in India.
Gaurav Bhatia has not quit the BJP or spoken against the party recently. This is a 2014 video from when he was a spokesperson for Samajwadi Party.
Truth or Fiction?→ Michigan Woman Blames Internet Conspiracy Theories for Father’s Fatal Shooting Rampage
A Michigan woman whose father committed a fatal shooting attack against their family on September 11 2022 identified the “QAnon” conspiracy theory and several strands of online disinformation for the mental degeneration that preceded his ac