Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Trans runners didn’t complain about ill-fitting uniforms; that’s satire
Transgender athletes’ participation in competitions often stirs social media debate. A recent post stoked negative user reactions after claiming that transgender athletes complained about ill-fitting… Read More
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Fact Check: Alex Jones claimed ‘Obama created ISIS.’ That’s Pants on Fire!
After the Islamic State group that was once known as ISIS claimed responsibility for the March 22 terror attack on a Moscow concert venue, conspiracy… Read More
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Fact Check: El eclipse no será el ‘más peligroso’, la Guardia Nacional se prepara pero para lidiar con turistas
La Guardia Nacional de Estados Unidos se está preparando para el eclipse del 8 de abril, pero no porque se espera que cause devastaciones. Una… Read More
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Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg didn’t blame Baltimore bridge collapse on racism. This clip is from 2021
After a critical bridge collapsed in Baltimore, some social media users claimed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was pinning the incident on a systemic cause: racism.… Read More
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Fact Check: Is J.D. Vance right that native-born Americans have seen no job growth under Biden?
Echoing a Republican talking point, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, claimed that all jobs created during the Biden administration have gone to foreign-born workers and that… Read More
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Fact Check: US warning Russia about a terror attack doesn’t mean the US ordered it. It was the ‘duty to warn’
The attack on a concert hall outside Moscow that left Russia reeling has sparked conspiracy theories and false claims online, some of which blamed the… Read More
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Fact Check: Instagram posts – No, the movie "Leave the World Behind" didn’t predict the Baltimore bridge collapse
The movie “Leave the World Behind” predicted the Baltimore bridge crash. Source Read More
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Fact Check: Baltimore bridge collapse: A cyberattack, a movie and other false claims about the ship accident
As investigators tried to determine why a container ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, social media users shared baseless speculation about the cause.… Read More
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FactChecking RFK Jr.’s V.P. Announcement
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. In announcing his choice for vice president, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his running… Read More
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Fact Check: No, the captain of the container ship that hit the bridge in Baltimore wasn’t Ukrainian
Officials briefed on the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse say there’s no credible evidence the container ship’s collision with the bridge’s support column was a… Read More