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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disinformation ‘Czar’ Did NOT Say She Wants ‘Trustworthy Verified People’ Like Herself To Be Able To ‘Add Context’ To Other People’s Tweets

2022-05-13 Did White House disinformation "czar" Nina Jankowicz say she wants "trustworthy verified people" like her to be able to "add context" to other people's tweets? No, that's not true: Her clipped comments from January 2021 were taken out of Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Tweets conflate Ron DeSantis’ massive campaign fundraising with his net worth

2022-05-12 “Is ANYONE asking how Ron DeSantis was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million?" Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No evidence Blackburn wants to limit birth control to married couples only

2022-05-09 "GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn has proposed that birth control should only be legal for MARRIED couples.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Republican National Committee – RNC tweets distortion of what Biden said to teachers about kids in their classrooms

2022-04-28 “Biden to teachers: ‘They're not somebody else's children. They're yours when you're in the classroom.’” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Bill Gates wasn’t suspended from Twitter following Elon Musk deal

2022-04-27 Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ The Onion Has Been Banned on Twitter, Tweets The Onion

2022-04-21 Despite what The Onion stated on Twitter, the humor site hasn't been banned. But they're still asking for everyone's help to fight this terrible injustice. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Reddit post about parent forcing hormones on transgender child is fake

2022-04-20 A Reddit post shows a parent admitting to forcing their child to continue transitioning by sneaking hormone medication. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, this isn’t a picture of Ukrainian students celebrating Hitler’s birthday

2022-04-20 A photo shows students in Lviv celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Sen. Marsha Blackburn didn’t make a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson

2022-04-13 Sen. Marsha Blackburn made a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Gilbert Gottfried didn’t die from the COVID-19 vaccine

2022-04-13 Gilbert Gottfried died from the COVID-19 vaccine. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Twitter post wasn’t serious about Elon Musk using $3 billion to give every American family $100,000

2022-04-08 “With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Tucker Carlson didn’t say this about Ukraine staging dead bodies

2022-04-07 Says Tucker Carlson said, “What if these bodies of tortured, dead civilians were staged? What if they’re fake? What if the Ukrainian military killed them & then blamed Russia? I’m not saying any of this is true, I’m just asking the question Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, NATO Allied Land Command leader wasn’t captured by Russians in Ukraine

2022-04-05 “The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Pfizer did not bribe the FDA for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine

2022-04-05 Pfizer paid “$2.8 million bribe payment” to the FDA for COVID-19 vaccine approval. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No evidence to support claim that Will Smith, Chris Rock conflict was staged to detract from Ukraine

2022-03-29 Will Smith slapped Chris Rock “to take attention away from Ukraine.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Virginia Tech swimmer did not tweet that her ‘finals spot was stolen’ by transgender athlete

2022-03-24 Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, this video doesn’t show the China Eastern Airlines plane before it crashed

2022-03-23 Video shows the final moments aboard China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 before it crashed. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – American megachurches are offering support to Ukraine, despite claims on social media

2022-03-16 “We haven’t seen a single American megachurch offer anything to help Ukrainians.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Zelensky’s hospital visit video doesn’t feature combat medic who died weeks earlier

2022-03-14 A Ukrainian combat medic who died in February was seen in a video Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted of his visit to see wounded soldiers. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, this document doesn’t show classified Ukrainian military orders to attack the Donbas region

2022-03-14 Classified documents from Ukraine “confirm without a shadow of a doubt” that the Ukraine government was “covertly preparing an offensive operation against Donbas, scheduled for March 2022.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – This video is from a climate change protest in Austria. It doesn’t show crisis actors in Ukraine

2022-03-04 Video shows Ukrainian crisis actors come to life after pretending to be dead. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Old photo of Empire State Building unrelated to Ukraine despite claims on social media

2022-02-25 Photo shows Empire State Building lit up to support Ukraine. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – There are no US-run biolabs in Ukraine, contrary to social media posts

2022-02-25 Russia is targeting U.S. biological weapons labs in Ukraine invasion. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Greenpeace USA didn’t place a derogatory sign on Trump’s Las Vegas hotel

2022-02-22 Greenpeace USA had a banner on Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas making fun of Donald Trump’s genitalia. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – The claim that Turning Point USA is a white nationalist group is False

2022-02-16 Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Books listed in viral tweet aren't banned statewide in Texas

2022-02-14 "Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein Kampf." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, OnlyFans isn’t recruiting for adult film stars on college campuses. Man in viral video is acting

2022-02-14 A video shows that “OnlyFans has guys on campus encouraging your daughters to do porn for ‘financial freedom.’” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Ivermectin study showed ‘antiviral effect,’ which is not the same as being effective against omicron

2022-02-02 Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Old video mischaracterized as showing troops at the Ukraine-Russia border in 2022

2022-02-01 Video shows troops at the Ukraine-Russia border on Jan. 27, 2022. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Djokovic isn’t the first athlete to be banned from sporting events for being unvaccinated

2022-01-20 Novak Djokovic is the first professional athlete to be banned from a major sporting event for “not taking drugs.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Social media posts try to connect Saget’s death to COVID-19 vaccine booster

2022-01-10 Says Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Twitter post misconstrues what WHO Director-General said about COVID-19 vaccines and children

2021-12-23 “WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Video of child giving Biden vial of blood to drink is doctored

2021-12-17 “Boy passes Joe Biden a vial of fresh blood to drink on his way back to the White House” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, drinking water isn’t testing positive for COVID-19 in rapid tests

2021-12-06 "Tap water is testing positive for COVID!” Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Ted Cruz and Big Bird Exchange Mean Tweets About COVID Vaccines?

2021-11-08 Sen. Ted Cruz took umbrage at Big Bird for receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Twitter blocked and labeled Donald Trump’s tweets on election fraud. They spread anyway.

2021-08-25 https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/08/24/trump-twitter-block-election-fraud-tweets-facebook-instagram-posts/8218382002/ Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Tweets Misrepresent Border Data

2021-08-19 As of July, there had been more than 1.3 million “encounters” at the southwest border in fiscal year 2021, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. That does not mean that 1.3 million people crossed the border, nor does it mean Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tweets Replicating ER Doc’s Lament About Rising Delta Variant Caseload Are NOT All Pro-Vaccination — Examples Show Anti-Vaccine Gaslighting

2021-07-29 Are the tweets replicating a Florida emergency room doctor's lament over rising Delta variant cases all part of a pro-vaccine propaganda campaign? No, that's not true: Several replicas appear to be part of a gaslighting ploy by anti-vacci Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Allison Pearson tweets misleading stats about Covid hospital patients

2021-07-16 Such ignorance amongst the media asking questions at Press briefing.Seven day daily average of COVID cases is 26,000Seven-day average of patients admitted to hospital with COVID: 433 That’s 0.5%It’s a tiny consideration now among vast prob Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Is Twitter Getting Rid of Chronological Tweets?

2021-06-30 "We're working on fixing it," a representative for Twitter tweeted. Go to site post…»

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