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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ False claims question Haley’s eligibility to serve as US president
With the Iowa caucuses just two weeks away, some on social media are erroneously claiming that Haley, who served as governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, cannot legally hold the country’s highest office.
Logically→ Old, unrelated visuals falsely linked to Japan earthquake
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Meme falsely claims dinosaurs were only invented to prove evolution is real. There is no ‘dinohoax’
Millions of years after the dinosaurs’ extinction, social media users have dug up an old meme to deny the ancient beasts ever actually roamed the Earth.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ False reports of crash victim being stabbed and robbed are spreading virally in US cities
Social media users are sharing the image on community Facebook pages, along with a plea to help identify the girl.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ False report targets Colorado justice who voted to disqualify Trump from 2024 primary ballot
Following the court’s decision on Tuesday that Trump is ineligible for the White House under the U.S.
Logically→ Video of Syrian journalist reporting from Idlib falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump said the Biden administration wants to ‘make our army tanks all electric.’ That’s False
“They want to make our Army tanks all electric.”
Logically→ Old video used to falsely claim Yemeni militants held a wedding on a captured Israeli ship
Logically→ Video of Israeli forces detaining Palestinian ambulance falsely linked to the Israel-Hamas war
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Edited images falsely depict Donald Trump talking about deadly Panera Bread lemonade
During a speech former President Donald Trump said, “Even the lemonade is killing people” under President Joe Biden.
PolitiFact→ Ron Johnson – Wisconsin senator's claim that Dems used alternative slates of electors 'repeatedly' is false'
Democrats have also used alternate slates of electors "repeatedly in all kinds of different states."
Logically→ Post falsely claims glaciers melt due to heat from underground magma and not human activities
Logically→ Image from 2017 anti-corruption raid in Nigeria falsely shared as smuggled goods in aid trucks heading to Gaza
Health Feedback→ Addressing false claims that Vitamin K shots have toxic levels of aluminum, Hepatitis B vaccines contain toxic ingredients, and more
REVIEW A post shared on Instagram in December 2023 listed several health-related claims revolving around the idea that pediatricians and obstetricians aren’t to be trusted as they disseminate false information. We analyze several of these claims i
PolitiFact→ Fight Right Inc. – Campaign ad from DeSantis PAC says Nikki Haley ‘raised taxes.’ That’s Mostly False.
Nikki Haley “raised taxes.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ US Senate candidate spreads false claims about migrant aid
CLAIM: The federal government gives people who enter the U.S. illegally a cell phone, a domestic plane ticket to a location of their choosing and a $5,000 Visa gift card.
Logically→ Video of crying child shared to falsely claim Kerala government is harassing Sabarimala devotees
Logically→ Video of ad campaign against fast fashion falsely shared as protest against Zara
Logically→ Fabricated story shared to falsely claim Moderna CEO was executed at Guantanamo Bay
Washington Post→ Trump on Hannity’s show: 24 false or misleading claims in 5 minutes
The former president falsely claimed he could save Social Security with oil and gas revenue, among many bogus claims — an average of one every 12 seconds.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misrepresents photo to falsely connect beaten woman to George Floyd
Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”
Logically→ Old video of BJP’s Vasundhara Raje falsely linked to recent Rajasthan elections
Logically→ Old, unrelated video falsely linked to recent train explosion in Russian tunnel
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump claims he made peace in the Middle East with Abraham Accords. That’s False
“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
PolitiFact→ Gavin Newsom – Gavin Newsom’s Mostly False claim about Ron DeSantis’ support of amnesty for immigrants
"When (Ron DeSantis) was in Congress, he supported amnesty."
Logically→ Visuals of baby killed in Gaza falsely shared as Palestinians faking infant’s death with a doll
Logically→ Miscaptioned video shared to falsely claim Putin announced Russian support for Palestine
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Earrings that promote weight loss? That’s fashionably false
Magnetic “lymphatic earrings” aid weight loss.
Health Feedback→ Published studies misrepresented by cardiologist Peter McCullough to push false claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause sudden cardiac death
REVIEW Cardiologist Peter McCullough, who has a history of propagating inaccurate and misleading claims about COVID-19, appeared on One America News Network on 27 October 2023 in an interview with host Alison Steinberg. Excerpts from the interview w
The Dispatch→ Elon Musk Shares a False Claim About Media Coverage of ‘Pizzagate’
A former journalist convicted on child pornography charges never investigated the sex trafficking conspiracy theory.
Washington Post→ DeSantis PAC snips and clips its way to falsehood in attacking Haley
Nikki Haley has often told the story of how remarks by Hillary Clinton convinced her to plunge into politics. This ad eliminates the caveats.
Logically→ Video of communal clash in Maharashtra falsely shared as from Karnataka
Health Feedback→ Misuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs
REVIEW In November 2023, a TikTok video with more than 13 million views claimed that an energy drink contained illicit drugs. Clips of the video also circulated on Facebook, where they received over 300,000 views. The video showed two people using a
Logically→ Cropped video shared to falsely claim Congress wants Hindu puja items to be taxed
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread False Claim About Moderna Patent Application
SciCheck Digest The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines — like many other vaccines — can contain small amounts of DNA left over from the manufacturing process. There’s no evidence this residual DNA causes “turbo cancer,” or very aggressive cancer. Nor
Logically→ 2022 image of Congress demonstration falsely peddled as ‘protest’ against Ram temple
Logically→ 2005 image of U.S. general in Iraq falsely linked to Israel-Gaza conflict
Logically→ Unrelated video falsely shared as Hamas housing weapons at al-Shifa Hospital
PolitiFact→ Francesca Hong – Wisconsin lawmaker falsely claims US House Speaker ‘opposes Social Security’
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson "opposes Social Security benefits."