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AllSides→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Misquotes Clarence Thomas in Dobbs Decision
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/08/fact-check-joe-biden-misquotes-clarence-thomas-in-dobbs-decision/
Snopes→ No, This Pic Doesn’t Show a Shirtless Hunter Biden with Melania Trump
U.S. President Joe Biden's son was not photographed with former President Donald Trump's wife.
Full Fact→ Conservative leadership contest: four early claims fact checked
We take a look at some of the early claims, including Penny Mordaunt’s estimate of fuel VAT savings and Jeremy Hunt’s claim about corporation tax.
AllSides→ ‘Liberal World Order’ Is Decades-Old Term Misinterpreted by Social Media Posts
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/liberal-world-order-is-decades-old-term-misinterpreted-by-social-media-posts/
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are Democrats ‘Poised to Win’ Ohio and Florida Senate Races?
Val Demings (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)In a recent campaign email, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed that polling website FiveThirtyEight predicts Democrats “are poised to win” Senate seats in Florida and Ohio, among other
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Twitter didn’t suspend Elon Musk’s account
Elon Musk’s account “is suspended on Twitter after backing out of $44B deal.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Lilibet Has Died
Has Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor -- the daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex -- died? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Lilibet has died at the time of writing and a video making the claim doesn't attempt
Snopes→ Report: Uber Lobbied, Used ‘Stealth’ Tech to Block Scrutiny
As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service used a “kill switch" to thwart regulators and law enforcement.
Snopes→ New Coronavirus Mutant Raises Concerns in India and Beyond
Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from vaccines and previous infection.
Snopes→ Trump Associates’ Ties to Extremists Probed by Jan. 6 Panel
After members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, their leader called someone on the phone with an urgent message for then-President Donald Trump.
Logically→ An Italian news channel used visuals from the film Deep Impact to depict an exodus of people from Kyiv.
TGcom24's logo was digitally added to a frame from the movie Deep Impact, to appear as though the network was using the image as authentic footage.
Snopes→ Trump Ally Bannon Now Willing to Testify Before Jan. 6 Panel
Steve Bannon has told the House committee investigating the attack that he is now willing to testify.
Logically→ Wendy’s uses horse meat in its products.
Wendy's does not use horse meat in its products. An old, debunked image has been repurposed to make this false claim.
Logically→ An image shows Dutch farmers stealing a fighter jet from a Dutch air force facility to protest the government’s environmental plans.
The image shows a tractor transporting an aircraft from Velika Gorica to Jarun city, Croatia. It is not linked to the recent Dutch farmers' protest.
Snopes→ Over-The-Counter Birth Control? Drugmaker Seeks FDA Approval
For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S.
Snopes→ Yosemite Fire Grows As Crews Protect Iconic Sequoias
Firefighters were working in difficult terrain to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town as the U.S. weathers another very active year for fires.
Logically→ The Highland Park shooter is a trans woman.
There is no evidence that the Highland Park mass shooter is transgender. The women's outfit was part of his escape plan.
Logically→ The Dutch government is using nitrogen standards to expropriate farmland to build a million houses for illegal immigrants.
The Dutch government is focused on reducing nitrogen emissions to achieve environment-related goals.
Poynter→ What protections would HIPAA provide against criminal prosecution for abortion?
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states are moving toward outlawing or severely restricting abortion within their borders. Some abortion rights advocates have […] The post What protections would HIPAA prov
Health Feedback→ Abortion can be medically necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman
REVIEW In a video published by the organization Live Action, which opposes abortion, neonatologist Kendra Kolb claimed that abortion is never medically necessary. One of the reasons she cited is that the treatment of life-threatening conditions like
Snopes→ ‘Sopranos’ Actor Tony Sirico, ‘Paulie Walnuts,’ Dies at 79
Sirico, who played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in “The Sopranos” and brought his tough-guy swagger to films including “Goodfellas,” died Friday.
Health Feedback→ Abortifacient plants are dangerous, and ineffective as an abortion method
REVIEW On 24 June 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court of Justice overturned the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling, putting an end to the constitutional protection of abortion rights and enabling each state to set its own laws regulating abortions. As more than 10 st
Washington Post→ A one-source story about a 10-year-old and an abortion goes viral
News reports around the globe and now President Biden have cited the case of a 10-year-old who sought an abortion. But this is a difficult story to confirm.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Restart Of CERN Collider Caused Time Travel
Did the restart of experiments at the CERN subatomic particle collider on July 5, 2022, cause time travel at the organization's headquarters along the border of France and Switzerland? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that anythin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 80 Million Tons Of Atrazine Are NOT Used On Crops; Atrazine Does NOT Change Your Gender
Are there 80 million tons of Atrazine used on American crops and does it change your gender? No, neither are true: The study cited in the post clearly states that 80 million pounds of Atrazine is used in the United States, not 80 million
Snopes→ No, That Plymouth Rock Meme Doesn’t Disprove Rise in Sea Level
Plymouth Rock has a complicated and contentious history in the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Ukrainian POWs Does NOT Prove That Ukrainian Soldiers Were Killing Civilians In Town of Rubizhne
By Uliana Malashenko Does a video of Ukrainian soldiers captured by the Russian army prove that their Ukrainian counterparts were killing civilians in Rubizhne, a town in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, in spring 2022? No, that's n
FactCheck.org→ ‘Liberal World Order’ Is Decades-Old Term Misinterpreted by Social Media Posts
Quick Take “Liberal world order” is a decades-old term referring to a system of global cooperation. A Biden administration adviser used the term to explain why gasoline prices are tied to the war in Ukraine. But social media posts use t
AllSides→ Fact check: Liberal website changes headline that falsely said DeSantis signed a bill that forces students to register their political views
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/fact-check-desantis-florida-students-professors-political-views/index.html
Snopes→ Elon Musk Says He’s Terminating $44B Twitter Buyout Deal
Elon Musk’s tumultuous $44 billion bid to buy Twitter is on the verge of collapse — after the Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter's board Friday saying he is terminating the acquisition.
Snopes→ Elon Musk Says He’s Terminating $44B Twitter Buyout Deal
Twitter did not immediately respond to a message for comment.
Snopes→ Did Madame Tussauds Put Boris Johnson Figure Outside Unemployment Office?
Critics of the outgoing Conservative U.K. prime minister experienced considerable schadenfreude after he announced his resignation, in July 2022.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No horsing around: Wendy’s uses real beef, company officials say
Fast food chain Wendy’s was “exposed for using horse meat.”
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Ron DeSantis falsely claims Biden trying to ‘buy off’ states to adopt critical race theory
The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory.
Snopes→ Tear Gas: Senators Decry Lack of Federal Safety Assessment
In 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters were doused with tear gas.
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misrepresent Police Statement About Fourth of July Shooter
Quick Take Seven people died in a mass shooting in a Chicago suburb on Independence Day. Police said they believe the shooter was dressed in women’s clothing to conceal his identity and help him during his escape. But some social media users are
AllSides→ ‘Straight-Up Misinformation’: Pollster Nate Silver Calls Out Speaker Pelosi For Misrepresenting His Work
https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/05/straight-up-misinformation-pollster-pelosi-misrepresenting-work-disinformation-polls/
Snopes→ Impassioned Biden Signs Order on Abortion Access
Under mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful in response to the ruling, he signed an executive order to try to protect access to the procedure.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Moscow wasn’t ‘engulfed in flames’
“Moscow was engulfed in flames” after a giant explosion.