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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Drinking This Juice Will NOT Make A Person Lose 15 Pounds In Two Weeks
Will a juice made of cucumber, pineapple, ginger and lemon juice make a person lose 15 pounds if they drink it twice a day for two weeks? No, that's not true: A clinical dietician said if a person is eating/drinking other things also, the
Logically→ BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said Modi becoming prime minister is an insult to democracy.
An edited version of BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhaita's comment during a news show has been shared with misleading claims.
Logically→ The image shows security personnel guarding a movie theater ahead of Pathaan’s release.
An edited image from 2018 is being shared with the claim that security personnel are guarding the front of a theater ahead of Pathaan's release.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Greta Thunberg’s Detainment In Germany Was NOT Staged — She Was Brought To Police Station To Share Her Personal Information
Was Greta Thunberg's detainment by police in Germany staged? No, that's not true: The spokesperson of the Aachen police department told Lead Stories that Thunberg's interactions with the police at the scene were real, but no arrests were
Logically→ The European Union has introduced a personal carbon credit system.
The EU is introducing a carbon border tax system, applicable to businesses. This does not mean that individuals will have to pay for their emissions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Just Launch ‘Terrifying Hypersonic T-Jet To Beat Russia’
Did Elon Musk just launch the "terrifying hypersonic T-Jet to beat Russia"? No, that's not true: There is zero evidence to support the claim. Musk's private rocket company made no such announcement, and the video making the allegation is
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Pfizer didn’t say stiff-person syndrome is an adverse effect of COVID-19 vaccine
Pfizer confirmed stiff-person syndrome is an adverse effect of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Celine Dion’s Stiff Person Syndrome NOT Listed As Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Reaction As Of December 14, 2022
Is stiff person syndrome, the disease Celine Dion announced in December 2022 that she was diagnosed with, included in a list of adverse reactions reported after vaccination with the Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine? No, t
Logically→ China killed 300 Indian personnel in Tawang during the December 09, 2022 clashes.
According to the Indian government, India did not suffer any fatalities. No official source has so far confirmed any deaths on either side.
Logically→ Stiff Person Syndrome is a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
No research or report states that Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines. The cause of SPS is still being studied.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maggie Hassan Did NOT Win 1,100 Votes From 700-Person Town — It Was ‘Human Error’
Did Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat who ran for Senate in the 2022 midterms, win 1,100 votes from a town with only 700 people? No, that's not true: The New Hampshire Secretary of State told Lead Stories the inflated vote tally was
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Sharpie pens are permitted for in-person voting in Illinois despite false claims
‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.
Logically→ The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. military personnel have been deployed to Ukraine.
The U.S. military personnel are in Ukraine to carry out inspections of U.S. weapons deliveries, not to engage in combat with Russia.
Logically→ There was a third, unknown person in Paul Pelosi’s home when he was attacked.
Paul Pelosi and David DePape were the only two present in the Pelosi residence at the time of the attack. There was no third person involved.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Do Booster Shots Increase a Person’s Likelihood of Getting COVID?
An article from The Defender claims that getting more COVID boosters increases a person’s likelihood of getting COVID. The article is written by Dr. Joseph Mercola, a frequent purveyor of vaccine misinformation. According to the articl
Logically→ Gandhi was given ₹100 a month in Yeravda Central Prison as an allowance for personal maintenance.
Gandhi had refused to accept aid from the British who would make such allocations for the provision of medicines etc. to political prisoners.
Logically→ Indian industrialist Ratan Tata is the new Chairperson of PM CARES Fund.
Ratan Tata was nominated as one of the trustees, and not Chairperson, of PM CARES Fund along with two other persons of eminence by the government.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Claim that Musk will supply hypersonic jet for Ukrainian war effort lacks substance
“The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.”
Snopes→ Navy Wants New Destroyer with Lasers, Hypersonic Missiles
The Navy looks to a future ship brimming with lasers that can shoot down missiles and attack enemies with hypersonic missiles topping 3,800 mph.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating Cabbage Stew Is NOT Going To Cause A Person To Shed ’20 Pounds In One Week’
Will eating cabbage stew or soup cause a person to lose "20 pounds in one week"? No, that's not entirely true: A medical doctor specializing in weight loss told Lead Stories that a person would mostly lose water weight, but cannot lose fa
Logically→ Four Hindu-owned shops were set on fire by unidentified persons in Narshingshi, Bangladesh, on August 22, 2022.
The cause of the fire has been identified as an electrical short circuit. Images of the incident have been circulated with a false communal narrative.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Foot Tablets Will NOT Make A Person Lose Weight
Is it true that soaking your feet in cold water with this weight loss tablet will help a person lose weight as soon as the first night? No, that's not true: A registered dietician nutritionist (RDN) told Lead Stories there is not a "magic
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, el congreso no ha aprobado un programa de alivio para personas con más de $10,000 de deuda
“El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”.
Poynter→ Why Trump is wrong to suggest Obama personally kept ‘33 million pages of documents’
First, Donald Trump compared the FBI’s Aug. 8 search of his home for documents to the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s 33,000 emails. Then, he compared it to the Watergate break-in. […] The post Why Trump is wrong to suggest Obama personall
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Why Trump is wrong to suggest Obama personally kept ‘33 million pages of documents’
"President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!"
Snopes→ Biden Signs ‘Burn Pits’ Help for Vets; a Personal Win, Too
President Joe Biden signed legislation expanding federal health care services for millions of veterans who served at military bases where toxic smoke billowed from huge “burn pits.”
PolitiFact→ Rebecca Kleefisch – No evidence Michels personally pushed for gas tax increase, despite ties to groups that did
“Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.”
Logically→ Nishank Rathore, an engineering student, was killed in Bhopal for supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
Preliminary probe by the Special Investigation Team confirmed that Nishank was not murdered but died by suicide possibly due to high indebtedness.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama DID Say ‘Gotta Have Them Ribs And Pussy, Too’ — But He Was Quoting A Person In His Book
Did former President Barack Obama say, "Gotta have them ribs and pussy, too"? Yes, that's true, but he was quoting someone from a book he wrote. He wasn't expressing his own opinion. The 1995 memoir, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Rac
Logically→ A video shows a person holding a transparent creature, and claims it is an alien.
Phronima sedentaria is a crustacean that lives in the oceans around the world. It is not an alien and the video does not prove their existence.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This isn’t a real NBC News headline about a Biden impersonator exploiting immigrants
A Texas farmer was “arrested for using illegal immigrants for free labor by pretending to be Joe Biden.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This isn’t a real NBC News headline about a Biden impersonator exploiting immigrants
A Texas farmer was “arrested for using illegal immigrants for free labor by pretending to be Joe Biden.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this woman isn’t wanted for impersonating a nurse and kidnapping a baby
Photo shows a woman who is wanted for impersonating a nurse and kidnapping an infant from a local U.S. hospital.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Capitalized Name Does NOT Mean Individual Is A Corporation Rather Than A Person
Does an individual's name being completely capitalized on legal documents mean that they are actually considered a corporation, not an individual? No, that's not true: This assertion, often embraced by followers of the sovereign citizens
Logically→ A video shows a mob breaking into former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s house over her remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
AllSides→ Fact check: Hoax post impersonating Mayo Clinic physician continues to circulate
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/06/28/fact-check-post-claiming-misdiagnose-trump-supporters-hoax-mayo-clinic/7637860001/
Snopes→ Biden Picks First Woman, Person of Color As Science Adviser
Biden nominated engineer and physicist Arati Prabhakar to the science adviser job, which also includes running the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Logically→ The media claimed that the same person died at both the Sandy Hook shooting and the Boston Marathon bombing, indicating that both of those events were hoaxes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Claiming Harriet Tubman ‘Is Not A Real Person’ Is NOT Accurate
Is a post saying "Harriet Tubman is not a real person" accurate? No, that's not true: Multiple historians told Lead Stories this claim is false. One of them, the author of "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom," wrote, "I can suggest that