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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Details Of Inaugural Wreath Ceremony Do NOT Mean Biden Isn’t Official President

2021-02-26 Is Joe Biden not the official president because soldiers at a wreath ceremony did not wear their decorations on their coats and the 21-gun salute was moved to Arlington Cemetery on January 20, 2021? No, that's not true: Biden is the offic Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Details Of Inaugural Wreath Ceremony Do NOT Mean Biden Isn’t Official President

2021-02-26 Is Joe Biden not the official president because soldiers at a wreath ceremony did not wear their decorations on their coats and the 21-gun salute was moved to Arlington Cemetery on January 20, 2021? No, that's not true: Biden is the offic Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Mexico Bid to Sell Presidential Jet Stretches into 3rd Year

2021-02-25 Ever since he took office, the president has vowed to sell off the plane because it is too luxurious. Go to site post…»

Liste→ President Cyril Ramaphosa did not receive his Covid-19 vaccine with a capped needle

2021-02-24 Social media posts have claimed that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received a Covid-19 shot with a syringe that still had the needle covered by a cap. This is false; various images and videos taken from different angles show Ramaphosa was v Go to site post…»

Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The number of new COVID-19 cases fell and daily vaccination increased in early 2021, but no indication that it was due to U.S. president Biden taking office

2021-02-22 REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic that swept across the U.S. since early 2020 has caused almost 28 million identified cases and 500,000 deaths in the country. In the midst of this major health crisis, the U.S. have seen an important political shift with Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Schwarzenegger and President Bush Sled into Barbara Bush, Breaking Her Leg?

2021-02-20 Get her to da choppa! Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Quote About Not Having Covid-19 Vaccine Coming Into Office Was About Supply Backlog — NOT About Vaccine Existence

2021-02-19 Did President Biden say the US didn't have a COVID-19 vaccine before he took office? No, that's not true: he said there was no supply of the vaccine in storage awaiting distribution, not that the vaccine didn't exist. The words in quotati Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video has been edited to include a ‘photographer’ in a clip of the Afghan president

2021-02-18 A video viewed more than five million times on Facebook and Twitter purports to show a photographer attempting to take photos of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during a swearing-in ceremony for his second term in 2020. The clip appears to show the phot Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video shows Win Myint in 2018 after he was elected president — not after the 2021 military coup

2021-02-17 A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows Myanmar’s President Win Myint after he was detained in a military coup on February 1, 2021. The claim is false: the video shows Win My Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ The White House was vacant for ten days after President Biden’s inauguration.

2021-02-16 The Bidens moved in to the White House shortly after inauguration and have been working and residing there since. Go to site post…»

Fact-Checking – Poynter→ A look at President Biden’s plan to reunify families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump

2021-02-16 President Joe Biden called it a “human tragedy”: the Trump administration immigration policy that caused the separation of children from their parents or legal guardians as they arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, usually asking for asylum p Go to site post…»

Liste→ Doctored photo falsely purports to show President Biden surrounded by scores of executive orders

2021-02-16 A photo purportedly showing US President Joe Biden surrounded by huge piles of executive orders has been shared repeatedly on Facebook and in South Korean online forums. The image, however, has been doctored: the original photo shows Biden sitting in Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Price Of Oil Has NOT Increased From $25 To $61 A Barrel Since ‘Joe’ Became President

2021-02-15 Did the price of a barrel of oil increase from $25 a barrel to more than $61 a barrel in the three weeks since Joe Biden became president on January 20, 2021? No, that's not true: The price of oil has not been in the $25 range since May 1 Go to site post…»

Liste→ Doctored photo purports to show US President Biden sleeping in Oval Office

2021-02-15 An image purporting to show US President Joe Biden sleeping at his desk in the White House’s Oval Office has been shared on Facebook and Twitter. The image, however, has been manipulated; a photo of Biden appearing to fall asleep during a budget spee Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ False claim that President Joe Biden signed executive order legalizing incest

2021-02-14 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/02/11/fact-check-president-joe-biden-didnt-sign-executive-order-incest/6719826002/ Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Joe Biden Did NOT Sign a ‘45% Capital Gains Tax’

2021-02-13 Did President Joe Biden sign a bill creating a 45% capital gains tax? No, that's not true: In order for the president to sign such a bill, both houses of Congress would have first have to have passed it. Lead Stories searched for such a b Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Shell is eliminating 9000 jobs because of President Joe Biden.

2021-02-11 In September, before Biden was elected, energy supplier Shell revealed that the company would slash up to 9,000 jobs globally. Go to site post…»

Liste→ This photo shows former US President Donald Trump working in Florida in 2017, not 2021

2021-02-10 A photo has been shared thousands of times on Twitter alongside a claim it shows former US President Donald Trump working in his office in the US state of Florida in 2021, shortly after President Joe Biden was inaugurated. The claim, however, is false Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did President Harding Gamble Away the White House China?

2021-02-09 Fortunately, the nuclear football did not yet exist in the 1920s. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ An article in Time Magazine proves there was a “conspiracy” to influence the 2020 Presidential Election.

2021-02-09 The use of the word “conspiracy” in Molly Ball’s controversial op-ed has been used to claim that Biden’s campaign equates to electoral fraud. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Unmasked’ Video Does NOT Uncover The Truth About The 2020 Presidential Election

2021-02-08 Does the "Unmasked" video uncover the truth about the 2020 presidential election? No, it doesn't: The video remixes previously debunked claims of vote fraud and election theft. Chief among them were allegations that "vote spikes" in battl Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden is NOT Defunding The Department Of Veterans Affairs

2021-02-08 Is President Joe Biden defunding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs? No, that's not true: This is a false claim made by a satire website. There is no publicly available evidence that President Biden plans to defund the VA. The claim Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts misrepresent Muslim woman’s contribution to President Biden’s inauguration ceremony

2021-02-08 Multiple posts shared hundreds of time on Facebook and Twitter claim that an American Muslim woman, Dr. Debbie Almontaser, "made history" by reciting the Koran during the inauguration ceremony of US President Joe Biden. The claim was shared alongside Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Does Biden’s “Fake Air Force One” Prove He Is Not Really President?

2021-02-07 Any plane carrying the President is designated "Air Force One." Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ President Biden is reducing paternity leave.

2021-02-06 Biden is not reducing paternity leave; his administration cut short paternity leave of appointees of Trump as he is under no obligation to grant it Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Was Trump’s SAG-AFTRA Letter Signed ‘President Donald J. Trump’?

2021-02-05 Using the title of “President” in a signature does not appear to be out of the ordinary among former presidents. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ President Joe Biden signed an executive order banning people calling COVID-19 a “China Virus.”

2021-02-05 Biden's order on racial equity clarifies that racially offensive language will not be used in federal agencies; this does not apply to personal speech Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove President Biden’s Oval Office Is Filmed In Castle Rock Entertainment Studio

2021-02-04 Does a video comparing an aerial view of a studio in Culver City, CA, with a video clip showing journalists visiting Joe Biden's Oval Office prove the office is just a soundstage from "Castle Rock Entertainment"? No, that's not true: Seve Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ The executive order signed by President Biden to combat climate change will result in engineered famine.

2021-02-04 Biden's executive orders aimed at combating climate change involve finding processes within the agricultural sector which are environment-friendly. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Former President Donald Trump was offered money in exchange for pardons.

2021-02-03 There is no direct evidence that former president Trump was offered money in exchange for a pardon but his close aides were paid to lobby for clemency Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ President Biden revoking the Keystone XL pipeline cost 10,000 jobs.

2021-02-03 The figure stated is an estimate, and the claim lacks context about the longevity of Keystone jobs. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Viral video falsely claims US President Biden signed blank executive orders

2021-02-03 A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, TikTok and other platforms alongside a claim it shows US President Biden signing blank executive orders. The claim is false; while the overexposed lighting of the footage appears to show Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ ‘President Trump’s New Office Looks STUNNING’

2021-02-02 Even after the end of his presidency, supporters of Donald Trump continued peddling bad information online in February 2021. Anti-Muslim lecturer Brigitte Gabriel posted a photograph of Trump on Twitter saying, “President Trump’s new office lo Go to site post…»

Liste→ Indonesian president’s Covid-19 jab remarks included in 2018 diphtheria vaccination video

2021-01-28 A video viewed hundreds of thousands of times on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube purports to show hundreds of children falling sick after receiving Covid-19 vaccines in Indonesia. The claim is false; the footage actually shows students who fell ill foll Go to site post…»

Liste→ Fake Twitter account for US President Biden shares post praising Indian Prime Minister Modi

2021-01-28 Shortly after US President Joe Biden took office on January 20, 2021, an image surfaced online that purported to show a tweet from him thanking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and referring to him as a “world leader”. The claim is false; the tw Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Viral Facebook claims about President Biden’s first actions are largely false

2021-01-28 https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/viral-facebook-claims-about-president-bidens-first-actions-are-largely-false/ Go to site post…»

Liste→ Social media posts share fabricated letter from Trump to President Biden

2021-01-27 Shortly after US President Joe Biden took office on January 20, 2021, an image circulated online that purported to show a letter from his predecessor, Donald Trump. But a digital investigation by AFP has found the purported letter was doctored from an Go to site post…»

Liste→ Footage of Trump speaking to US troops in 2017 circulated in false posts days before President Biden’s inauguration

2021-01-27 Footage of former US President Donald Trump has been viewed tens of thousands of times across social media platforms alongside a claim it shows him giving a defiant televised speech on January 18, 2021, two days before President Joe Biden's inauguratio Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Trump Open an ‘Office of the Former President’ in Palm Beach?

2021-01-26 The former president may be looking for something to do with his free time. Go to site post…»

Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Viral Facebook claims about President Biden’s first actions are largely false

2021-01-26 Joe Biden has only been president for a couple of days, but already his critics on social media are saying the country has fallen apart during his tenure. A reader pointed us to a Facebook post dated Jan. 24 that promised to “take a look at the Go to site post…»

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