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Truth or Fiction?→ Donald Trump and Bob Woodward ‘Depends’ Tweet

2023-02-01 On January 31 2023, a screenshot purportedly of a tweet by journalist Bob Woodward disclosing information about former United States President Donald Trump’s “Depends” [sic] appeared on Imgur: At the top of the image, the name “ Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t tweet this demand that Instagram delete a conservative account

2023-01-31 U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.” Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Viral Tweet Misrepresents NOAA Report on Rising Global Temperature

2023-01-27 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/scicheck-viral-tweet-misrepresents-noaa-report-on-rising-global-temperature/ Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Viral Tweet Misrepresents NOAA Report on Rising Global Temperature

2023-01-26 SciCheck Digest The warming trend in global temperature continued in 2022, which was the sixth-warmest year on record, according to a recent report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. But a viral tweet — using just a small Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Jeff Younger: ‘The Political Power of Single Women, Especially Single Mothers, Must Be Diminished’ Tweet

2023-01-25 On January 25 2023, an Imgur account shared a screenshot of two posts from Twitter, one of which was attributed to failed Republican political candidate Jeff Younger (@JeffYoungerTX) on the topic of the “political power” of women and “ Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Claim trans activists found Aretha Franklin song offensive based on joke tweet

2023-01-25 Despite initially sharing media coverage of its tweet, the account then claimed it was a parody. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical TMCA Tweet TCMA Demanding Aretha Franklin’s ‘Natural Woman’ Spotify Removal Is NOT Real — ‘Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance’ Is a Spoof

2023-01-24 Did a Norwegian group of trans activists request that Aretha Franklin's song "Natural Woman" be removed from audio streaming services Spotify and Apple Music on January 20, 2023? No, that's not true: The account that started the thread on Go to site post…»

Washington Post→ How a Hunter Biden conspiracy theory grew, from lone tweet to big megaphone

2023-01-21 Conservative reporters and commentators ran with speculation before checking the facts. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret NYC Health Tweet About Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5

2023-01-20 SciCheck Digest An unclear tweet from New York City health officials was meant to caution residents that the latest omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, might be more likely than previous variants to infect vaccinated or previously infected people. Social Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Gates didn’t tweet about adding vaccines to food to solve vaccine hesitancy

2023-01-20 Bill Gates tweeted that “vaccines in our food supply solves the problem of vaccine hesitancy.” Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Eggs, Chickens, and ‘Windfall Profit Tax’ Tweets

2023-01-17 Amid concerns about the lack of availability and rocketing prices of eggs, a popular January 15 2023 post to Reddit’s r/SandersForPresident touched on one of the topics contained in public discussions: We need a windfall profits tax. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Tweet by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene misinterpreted; no evidence that XBB.1.5 preferentially infects vaccinated people

2023-01-17 REVIEW A tweet by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (@nychealthy), posted on 13 January 2023, generated confusion over its statement that “Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for 73% of all sequenced COVID-19 cases in N Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Post Tweet Vowing To ‘Force-Jab’ The Unvaccinated By Inoculating Livestock

2023-01-17 Did Microsoft founder Bill Gates tweet about forcing COVID-19 vaccinations on people by injecting mRNA into their food supply? No, that's not true: A search of Gates' Twitter account reveals the tweet is fake. The claim appeared in an art Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Viral photo of copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ in Brazil wasn’t taken during 2023 riots

2023-01-09 Photo shows a copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ at attack on Brazil’s capital. Go to site post…»

Logically→ A doctor tweeted they would be glad to have taken the vaccine even if it was ‘actual poison’

2023-01-09 No such tweet was posted. This claim stems from an edited image designed to provoke a backlash. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab Did NOT Tweet, Say ‘Jesus Is the Original Fake News’ — It’s A Fake News Story

2023-01-06 Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) or its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, tweet or say that "Jesus is the original fake news"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the statement is from Schwab or the WEF. The claim Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘To Catch a Predator’ Texas DA Tweet

2023-01-05 On January 5 2023, a Reddit post to r/WhitePeopleTwitter queried whether it was true that the To Catch a Predator series (a sting-based reality show) ended after an entrapped Texas district attorney died by suicide “in front of the camera” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Tweet That ‘Christmas Must Be Abolished’

2022-12-30 Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) tweet that "Christmas must be abolished" to fight climate change? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real tweet and it does not appear on the official WEF Twitter account. The claim Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Did NOT Tweet About Celebrating Christmas By ‘Putting Migrants On A Bus’

2022-12-29 Did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweet about celebrating Christmas by "putting migrants on a bus and kicking them out into the freezing cold"? No, that's not true: The tweet is fake. It combines a genuine photo of the governor's family with a m Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet That Tesla Was Forced To Recall Its Entire Fleet

2022-12-22 Did Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweet that Tesla, his electric-vehicle and sustainable-energy company, was forced to recall its entire fleet? No, that's not true: The tweet was posted by a parody account impersonating Musk, the CEO of Tesla. Th Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real Elon Musk tweet about journalists getting ‘murdered’

2022-12-20 Elon Musk said, “In some parts of the world, journalists get murdered for crossing the wrong people.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet That Banning Reporters From Twitter Was ‘Innocuous Alternative’ To Murder

2022-12-19 Did Elon Musk tweet, "You know, in some parts of the world, journalists get murdered for crossing the wrong people. Banning the reporters I don't like from my own platform feels like a pretty innocuous alternative to me" on December 16, 2 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss didn’t die because of the COVID-19 vaccine

2022-12-15 Stephen Boss died because of the COVID-19 vaccine. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Tweet About ‘Elon Musk’s Suicide’ On December 2, 2022

2022-12-14 Did Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, tweet about "Elon Musk's suicide" in response to the Twitter CEO releasing corporate discussions, now known as "The Twitter Files," about Tw Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real Elon Musk tweet about alleged Twitter suppression

2022-12-09 Elon Musk tweeted, “The Democrats paid the CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter millions of dollars to block and delete people’s pages during the 2020 election.” Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ FactChecking GOP’s Censorship Claim in Arizona Over Deleted Tweets

2022-12-09 Republican officials have called for state and federal investigations of Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs after learning her office on Jan. 7, 2021, asked Twitter to review two tweets about the state’s voter registration database that it d Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Checking an Alleged Tweet by Right-Wing Pundit Matt Walsh

2022-12-09 A screenshot of a tweet supposedly from right-wing commentator Matt Walsh went viral in the last week, with Walsh allegedly saying: “‘Taking advantage’ of a drunk girl is not rape.” This tweet uses Walsh’s real Twitter handle and avatar, b Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these aren’t authentic tweets from President Joe Biden’s daughter-in-law

2022-12-06 President Joe Biden’s daughter-in-law tweeted, “The press is also covering up serious health issues that my father in law is facing. The plan is for Kamala to get a one track ride to the nomination in 2024.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Handled" and "Removed" Tweets in "Twitter Files" Were Hunter Biden Nudes Distributed Without Consent in Violation of Twitter Rules

2022-12-06 Did the staff of presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee suppress political speech leading up to the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump when it requested certain tweets be reviewed? No, that's Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet He Is ‘Buying Snapchat And Deleting All The Filters’

2022-12-01 Did Twitter CEO Elon Musk announce in a tweet that he is "buying Snapchat and deleting all the filters"? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence to suggest that Musk said or tweeted such a statement. The "tweet" in th Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Elon Musk didn't tweet that he’s buying Snapchat

2022-11-30 Elon Musk said he’s buying Snapchat. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tim Cook Did NOT Tweet "Now Pay 30%" At Elon Musk

2022-11-29 Did Apple CEO Tim Cook tell Elon Musk that his "feedback is appreciated" and demand that he "pay 30%" after the Twitter CEO claimed that Apple seeks to suppress free speech? No, that's not true: The wisecrack had appeared on other Twitter Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs was not a false flag

2022-11-22 The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet On November 19, 2022

2022-11-22 Did former President Donald Trump tweet on November 19, 2022, for the first time since having his Twitter account reinstated? No, that's not true: He has not tweeted since January 8, 2021. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on Novemb Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apple Did NOT Just Delete All Its Tweets

2022-11-22 Did Apple delete all its tweets? No, that's not true: While Apple's official Twitter account @Apple is devoid of tweets, it's not because they were deleted. The tech giant doesn't typically tweet, but it does maintain other official Twitt Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Trump didn’t tweet Nov. 19

2022-11-21 Trump tweeted about his return to Twitter on Nov. 19. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Mother & Son Poll Workers Were NOT Fired For ‘Free & Fair Election’ Tweet — It Was Because Of A January 6th Post

2022-11-09 Did Fulton County, Georgia, election officials fire a mother and son hired as poll workers because the mom posted a tweet on the morning of the election saying she was "working at the polls to ensure a free and fair election?" No, that's Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Maricopa vote tabulators didn’t lead to ballots with ‘no chain of custody’

2022-11-08 “There is no chain of custody” for ballots placed in Box No. 3 at Maricopa, Arizona, polling sites. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Phillies fans at Citizens Bank Park did not trigger seismic activity

2022-11-03 Thunderous crowd at Philadelphia Phillies game “literally registering on the Penn State University Brandywine seismograph station.” Go to site post…»

AllSides→ White House Deletes Misleading Tweet Giving Biden Credit For Social Security Check Raise

2022-11-03 https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/11/02/white-house-deletes-misleading-tweet-giving-biden-credit-for-social-security-check-raise/?sh=495977be1750 Go to site post…»

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