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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim of 1 million Ukrainian soldiers dead has no official backing

2023-05-26 "1,000,000 Ukraine soldiers wiped out” Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, Dr Sebi’s alkaline diet does not cure AIDS or Cancer

2023-05-26 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ‘Dr. Sebi,’ promoter of controversial diets, died from pneumonia. He was not killed

2023-05-25 Dr. Sebi was killed “for revealing the truth” about the health benefits of burdock plants. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ CNN Says Future Town Halls Will Include Live Audiences, Contrary to Online Posts

2023-05-24 Quick Take CNN was criticized by some for hosting a town hall with Donald Trump and a live audience that expressed strong support for the former president. Online posts now wrongly claim CNN will have “no more live audiences at town halls. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Nato Soldiers in Ukraine’

2023-05-23 Does a viral video prove the presence of NATO forces in Ukraine in May 2023? No, that's not true: The footage, predating the Russian invasion of Ukraine, shows Afghanistan. The claim appeared in a video on TikTok on May 10, 2023. The text Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Check: CNN Has Not Announced an End to Live Audiences at Town Halls 

2023-05-23 Claims to the contrary are false. Continue reading Fact Check: CNN Has Not Announced an End to Live Audiences at Town Halls  » Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Video showing ‘NATO soldiers now in Ukraine’ was filmed in Afghanistan in 2021

2023-05-23 A video shared on social media was filmed during evacuations from Kabul in August 2021, not in Ukraine. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Rashid Buttar of the ‘Disinformation Dozen’ Reportedly Dies

2023-05-22 On May 20 2023 social media rumors began circulating, claiming that health disinformation purveyor Rashid Buttar had died: Rashid Buttar, one of the Disinformation Dozen, Dies Suddenly – Nuts Blame the Covid Jab Even Though he was Unva Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Jada Pinkett Smith Said ‘White Supremacy Responsible for Cleopatra’s Terrible Audience Score’

2023-05-20 Did renowned actress and film producer Jada Pinkett Smith say that "she blames 'white supremacists' for the flop of her new Netflix docudrama series, Queen Cleopatra"? No, that's not true: No credible evidence exists that Pinkett Smith ha Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – CNN didn’t decide to remove live audiences from future town halls after Donald Trump event

2023-05-19 “CNN announces today there will be no more live audiences at town halls.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Watch The Water 2’ Does NOT Prove COVID-19 MRNA Vaccines Come From Snake Venom, Do NOT Cause Humans To Produce Venom In Bodies

2023-05-19 Do COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and treatments for the virus come from snake venom and do the vaccines then cause humans to produce venom in their bodies? In addition, is nicotine the "perfect antidote" for COVID, making the vaccines unnecessar Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Raw Vegan Diet Or ‘Detox’ Does NOT Change Eye Color

2023-05-18 Do the blue eyes of babies turn brown because of carbon -- and can adult eye color tinted by heavy metals, toxins and diseases be changed by "detoxing" -- by adopting a raw fruit-based vegan diet or using herbs such as contribo? No, that' Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Do Tdap shots expose pregnant women to undue risk? No. Studies show the vaccines are safe

2023-05-18 Pregnant women getting the Tdap vaccine “voluntarily are quite literally the experiment.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gospel Singer Shirley Caesar Had NOT Died As Of May 9, 2023

2023-05-17 Was Shirley Caesar, a Grammy award-winning gospel singer and celebrated pastor, deceased as of May 9, 2023? No, that's not true: Caesar made at least one public appearance after May 9, 2023. There is also no indication that her health was Go to site post…»

Logically→ Posts falsely claim billionaire financier George Soros died of a heart attack

2023-05-17 Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Some studies suggest nutritional deficiencies may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, but they aren’t the sole cause as social media post claims

2023-05-16 REVIEW A Facebook reel of an interview snippet claiming that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by nutrient deficiencies rather than genes went viral in early May 2023. The claim was made by Joel Wallach, a veterinarian and naturopath, who also previou Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Ron DeSantis and the ‘Let Them Die Act’

2023-05-15 On May 15 2023, an Imgur account shared a recent tweet by Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) describing purported legislation in Florida as the “Let Them Die Act”: Ron DeSantis just signed the "Let Them Die Act" which allows medic Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump said ‘many’ teachers are ex-soldiers. Data shows 2%

2023-05-11 “Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.” Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ The Tragedies of Jordan Neely and Donald Trump

2023-05-10 Protestors at a demonstration for Jordan Neely in New York City on May 6, 2023 (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)Opposites are not as different as the word sometimes implies. Continue reading The Tragedies of Jordan Neely and Donald Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Animal studies included in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approval application showed no signs of reproductive toxicity

2023-05-10 REVIEW On 19 April 2023, the Brownstone Institute published an article claiming that Australian regulatory authority the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had evidence that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was unsafe during pregnancy before Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Sugar isn’t inherently cancer-causing; no evidence that removing sugar from diet cures cancer

2023-05-05 REVIEW A popular belief about cancer is that sugar feeds cancer cells, thereby aggravating the disease, and that removing sugar from the diet will prevent or even cure cancer. Some go as far as to label sugar as the cause of cancer, like physician M Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Successful program finds voters who moved or died. Why are states leaving it before 2024 elections?

2023-05-04 Republican-led states are leaving a national program designed to help states strike outdated voter registrations. The states’ exit from ERIC could make it harder for them to find people on the rolls who moved or died before the 2024 elections. Go to site post…»

Logically→ John McAfee died in a Spanish prison; he is not still alive and in hiding

2023-05-04 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Un video fue editado para enseñar al presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro defendiendo al narcotráfico

2023-04-27 Este video enseña “las primera palabras” de Gustavo Petro junto a Joe Biden. Go to site post…»

Logically→ 2021 image falsely shared as Egyptian soldiers fleeing Sudan amid the civil war

2023-04-25 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – JFK Jr., who died more than two decades ago, isn’t in this video with then-President Donald Trump

2023-04-14 Video proves John F. Kennedy Jr. is alive. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The FDA didn’t approve Twinkies, just some of its ingredients

2023-04-07 "Vitamins aren’t FDA approved, but Twinkies are.” Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ No evidence that a carnivore diet leads to “90% reduction in all diseases” or treats diabetes

2023-03-31 REVIEW In March 2023, several posts on social media platforms (like this and this) shared a video that discussed several alleged benefits of adhering to a carnivore diet. The video was an excerpt from an address by diet blogger Mikhaila Peterson at Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Gorillas’ diet doesn’t mean protein does not exist

2023-03-30 A video on social media falsely claims that protein doesn’t exist, based on the idea that a gorilla’s diet doesn’t include any. But gorillas do eat a large amount of this essential nutrient. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Ukrainian Soldiers’ Do NOT Terrorize Woman And Child — Video Was Staged In Occupied Donetsk

2023-03-29 Did two Ukrainian soldiers driving a vehicle with a Ukrainian flag and a Nazi-style straight-armed cross on the tailgate stop a woman driving on a rural road and argue with her because she spoke Russian -- and then as she and her child be Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of robot attacking people is computer-generated parody. 29 people did not die

2023-03-27 “At a top robotics company in Japan this week, four robots being developed for military applications killed 29 humans in the lab.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No mystery: Former Clinton White House official died after jet turbulence

2023-03-15 “Clinton ally mysteriously dies.” Go to site post…»

Logically→ Eight times more people died due to COVID-19 vaccines over a six-month period than died of COVID-19 over an 18-month period.

2023-03-13 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ashli Babbitt died in fatal U.S. Capitol shooting Jan. 6, 2021; she’s not alive as posts claim

2023-03-09 “Ashli Babbitt is alive and well.” Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ How Fox News Created a ‘Safe Space’ for Its Audience

2023-03-08 Fox News host Tucker Carlson. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)The network didn’t want to upset its audience with the truth about the 2020 election.The post How Fox News Created a ‘Safe Space’ for Its Audience appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That 90-Day Herbs, Water, Juice Diet Cures Diabetes, Impotence

2023-03-02 Will a 90-day diet of "herbs, water and juice" eliminate diabetes and impotence? No, that's not true: The assertion, made by "Dr. Sebi," a self-proclaimed healer and non-doctor whose health claims have been repeatedly debunked, is not bac Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Most electric vehicles aren't charged by diesel-powered generators, as posts claim

2023-02-28 Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Dog supposedly hit by a car in south London actually died in the US in 2017

2023-02-28 A Facebook post features an image of a dog that was fatally injured in Newport News, Virginia. Go to site post…»

Logically→ A member of the audience showed Joe Biden the middle finger during his speech in Poland.

2023-02-28 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MiraLAX Does NOT Contain Ethylene Glycol, The Active Ingredient In Antifreeze

2023-02-27 Does the laxative MiraLAX contain ethylene glycol, a chemical commonly used in antifreeze that can be poisonous if ingested? No, that's not true: MiraLAX contains polyethylene glycol, a compound commonly used in medications. Although the Go to site post…»

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