Category: Fact Check
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Texas Abortion Recipients Not Subject to Penalty, Contrary to Online Claims
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Abortion is illegal in Texas, with narrow exceptions for the life and health… Read More
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Fact Check: Did a Florida school district send permission slips to teach kids Black history? Here are the facts
When Chuck Walter saw the permission slip from his daughter’s Miami school, he turned to social media. Sharing an image of a form that requested… Read More
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Review Article By Misinformation Spreaders Misleads About mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have a good safety record and have saved millions of lives. But viral posts claim the contrary, citing a… Read More
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Fact Check: Social media posts invented the name ‘Sahil Omar’ as one of the Kansas City shooting suspects
Kansas City authorities announced charges Feb. 16 against two juveniles in connection with the mass shooting at a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration that… Read More
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Indictment of FBI Informant Undermines Centerpiece of GOP’s Impeachment Case
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. In directing the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Google didn’t confirm that the 1969 US moon landing was fake
An Instagram video featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin recycles the consistently debunked conspiracy theory that the 1969 U.S. moon landing was fake. In the clip,… Read More
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Posts Misidentify Suspect in Kansas City Parade Shootings
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Kansas City authorities charged two juvenile suspects with crimes connected to the Feb.… Read More
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Fact Check: If the state expanded Medicaid could Wisconsin hire thousands of more teachers?
How many teachers could a half a billion dollars pay for using savings from Wisconsin expanding Medicaid? That’s the hypothetical that was raised by state… Read More
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Fact Check: Sorting out what Marco Rubio said about Senate immigration bill’s ‘asylum corps’
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has led attempts to update immigration law, this month rejected a bill that would have given immigration officials more funding… Read More
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Fact Check: What’s going on at the US-Mexico border, and what are asylum and parole?
With immigration a top issue heading into the 2024 election, politicians have been speaking often about the challenges at the southern border. The stunning collapse… Read More