Quick Take The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, allowing laws banning abortion in several states, including Kentucky, to take effect. But social media posts falsely claim Kentucky is considering a law requiring all women of childbearing
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AllSides→ Fact Check: ‘The View’s’ Joy Behar Falsely Claims Colin Kaepernick Was ‘Praying’ When He Took a Knee
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2022/06/28/fact-check-the-views-joy-behar-falsely-claims-colin-kaepernick-was-praying-when-he-took-a-knee/
Washington Post→ Fact-checking movement grapples with a world awash in false claims
The rapid growth of the fact-checking movement has been accompanied by an equally sharp rise in false claims across social media.
PolitiFact→ Greg Gutfeld – Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld falsely claims concealed carry permit holders never committed mass shooting
No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting."
FactCheck.org→ Website Peddles Old, Debunked Falsehood About COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
SciCheck Digest An executive at the German pharmaceutical company Bayer referred to mRNA vaccines used against COVID-19 as an example of innovation in biotech at the World Health Summit 2021. But a website post takes the executive’s words out of
AllSides→ Fact check: Democratic group makes multiple false claims in its dramatic allegations about Lauren Boebert’s past
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/25/politics/fact-check-super-pac-lauren-boebert-escort-abortion-sugar-daddy/index.html
Snopes→ Did Pence Say Biden ‘Commits’ More Falsehoods Than Any Other President?
Pence was vice president under Donald Trump.
Poynter→ Most Republicans still falsely believe Trump’s stolen election claims. Here are some reasons why.
Former President Donald Trump has made the “stolen” 2020 election the centerpiece of his post-White House political life. Virtually every statement he sends out invokes the false theme. The polling […] The post Most Republicans still
PolitiFact→ Young America's Foundation – Hoax claim about Mayo Clinic, Trump supporters and ectopic pregnancy is still false
A doctor at the Mayo Clinic is misdiagnosing pregnancies of Trump supporters so they have abortions.
Poynter→ Meme falsely claims that Walt Disney World was tax-exempt
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in April that takes away Disney’s special tax status that allowed Disney to operate relatively freely in the Sunshine State for over 50 […] The post Meme falsely claims that Walt Disney World was tax-exem
AllSides→ Republican TV Ad Makes False Claim About ‘Dead’ Voters
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/republican-tv-ad-makes-false-claim-about-dead-voters/ An illegal ball
FactCheck.org→ Trump Ignored Aides, Repeated False Fraud Claims
At the second hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, former President Donald Trump’s top aides testified that they told him his claims of election fraud were baseless. What Trump char
PolitiFact→ Most Republicans falsely believe Trump’s stolen election claims, a year and a half after the Jan. 6
Multiple recounts and election audits have confirmed the accuracy of the election results. But most Republicans agree with Donald Trump that the election was stolen.
AllSides→ Fact check: Biden falsely claims US has ‘fastest-growing economy in the world’
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/politics/fact-check-biden-fastest-growing-economy-jimmy-kimmel/index.html
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: False Claim That Coal Provided Volt With 95% Of Electricity NOT Made By GM
Did a 2010 video "expose" climate change "fanatics" by proving that General Motors (GM) admitted that electricity for its hybrid car the Volt came 95 percent from coal? No, that's not true: The video is being used misleadingly and as of 2
FactCheck.org→ Republican TV Ad Makes False Claim About ‘Dead’ Voters
An illegal ballot cast on behalf of a deceased voter is rare, and we could find no examples of it occurring in Michigan in 2020 or 2016. Yet, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan falsely claims in a TV ad that “dead people always vote
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Falsely Attribute Statement on Gasoline Prices to Nonexistent ‘BP Oil Executive’
Quick Take A supply and demand imbalance, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, led to a surge in gasoline prices. But an online statement attributed to a supposed “BP Oil Executive” blames gasoline prices on U.S. dependence on foreign oil
PolitiFact→ Barbara Gaskins – NC Democrat falsely says state GOP supports controversial Scott plan
“The N.C. GOP came out in support of Sen. [Rick] Scott's extremist policy to ‘Rescue America.’”
AllSides→ Biden keeps repeating false Second Amendment claim, despite repeated fact checks
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-false-claim-second-amendment-fact-checks President Biden has rev
Snopes→ No, Uvalde Shooting Victim’s 2 Fathers Were Not Proof of a ‘False Flag’
Conspiracy theorists reached unimaginable new lows in response to the grief of parents whose children were slaughtered in their elementary school classroom.
Poynter→ False information ramps up ahead of Colombia’s presidential runoff
In Colombia, leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro entered the first round of voting as a clear front-runner. But despite clinching a plurality of votes of 40% — over 10 percentage […] The post False information ramps up ahead of Colombi
Poynter→ A video of Pfizer’s CEO was deceptively edited to make a false claim about population reduction
An alarming video provides supposed proof that Pfizer’s leaders are plotting a massive reduction in the world’s population — except that it doesn’t. The video, viewed tens of thousands of […] The post A video of Pfizer’s CEO was dec
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Video of Pfizer CEO was deceptively edited to make false claim
"Pfizer CEO says it’s their dream to reduce the population by 50% in 2023.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Active shooter drills are common in American schools, not evidence of false flag attack
Active shooter drill at high school in Uvalde, Texas, two months before the elementary school shooting shows the event was a false flag.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – TV interviews with Uvalde victim's family fuel false claim
TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged.
AllSides→ Biden Falsely Claims 9mm Bullet Will Blow ‘Lung Out of the Body
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/30/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-9mm-bullet-will-blow-lung-out-of-the-body/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Post About Texas School Shooter Contains False, Unsupported Claims
Does a viral post about Salvador Ramos, the Texas school shooter, contain only verified and proven facts? No, that's not true: Although the post contains some true statements, it also includes some false and unsubstantiated claims. For ex
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims That the Texas School Shooting Was a ‘False Flag’ Operation
After a deadly shooting in Uvalde,Texas, at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday, misinformation about the tragedy began spreading on social media. One viral Facebook post claims that CNN has reported the same man’s death in both Afghanistan an
AllSides→ Herschel Walker falsely claims he never falsely claimed he graduated from University of Georgia
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/politics/fact-check-walker-university-of-georgia-graduated/index.html He
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag
Was the May 2022 Texas school shooting a "false flag"? No, there's no evidence that's true: A false flag is an operation, or attack, that's made to look like it was carried out by someone other than the person who is responsible. Authorit
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Shingles-monkeypox claim misleads with false flu-COVID-19 theory
They passed the flu off as COVID-19, and “they’re going to do the same thing with monkeypox and shingles.”
Snopes→ Bad Actors Target Trans Women With False Uvalde Shooter Claims
"It's literally me," one falsely accused woman wrote online. "Stop fucking spreading this image please God."
Poynter→ No, the Uvalde school shooting wasn’t a false flag
Eighteen children and one teacher were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, Texas, on May 24, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and news reports […] The post No, the Uvalde school shooting wasn’t a false flag appea
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, the Uvalde school shooting wasn’t a false flag
The shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde County, Texas, was a false flag.
PolitiFact→ David Perdue – In Georgia, Perdue falsely claims Kemp allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every voter
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.”
FactCheck.org→ Navarro Falsely Links Fauci to Pandemic Origin
SciCheck Digest The U.S. indirectly funded some bat coronavirus research at a lab in Wuhan, China. But those experiments could not have led to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, because the viruses used were very different. Yet former White House tr
Poynter→ A fake Twitter account posing as CBS News shared false information about the Buffalo shooting
Twitter accounts falsely posing as news organizations sometimes share misinformation during big, developing breaking news stories, such as the recent shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 people dead […] The post A fake Twitter account posi
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Fake Twitter account posing as CBS shared false information about Buffalo shooting arrests, victim
CBS News reported that two more suspects were arrested in the Buffalo shooting, and that one more victim was identified.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – 'False flag' claims about the shooting in Buffalo are baseless
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
PolitiFact→ North Carolina Futures Action Fund – Liberal group targets incumbent NC Democrat with false claims
State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor’s budget and teacher raises.