Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Congressman off base in ad claiming Fauci shipped COVID-19 to Montana a year before it was detected
A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious… Read More
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Fact Check: Ask PolitiFact: Can Joe Biden ‘shut down the border’ on his own?
President Joe Biden says he has done everything under his authority to try to reduce illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border, and that he’ll… Read More
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Fact Check: Altered photo shows Taylor Swift holding a ‘Trump won’ flag
Taylor Swift is promoting false claims that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent — at least according to an altered photo that’s getting a lot… Read More
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Fact Check: Claim that the government is spraying the sky, blocking sun to mitigate climate change is wrong
Could a nine-day winter stretch of overcast skies be evidence of a widespread government plot to block out the sun and poison people while mitigating… Read More
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Fact Check: Texas tractors are not lining up on the U.S. southern border, that Facebook video is from Germany
There is a lot of debate on how to defend the U.S. southern border, but Texas tractors aren’t lining up en masse to do so.… Read More
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Biden Makes False Claim About Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. About 140 law enforcement officers were injured during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol,… Read More
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Fact Check: Un doctor ecuatoriano no fue atacado en televisión, ni creó una cura para la hipertensión
¿Miembros de empresas farmacéuticas golpearon a un doctor en la televisión por curar la hipertensión? No, no te dejes engañar por estas publicaciones falsas. “Escándalo… Read More
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Posts Sling Baseless Claims at Judge in Defamation Case Against Trump
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Misinformation peddlers baselessly claim a judge who presided over the defamation case that… Read More
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Fact Check: No hay un nuevo programa que cubra 100% de los gastos funerarios
Organizar un funeral no suele ser algo agradable o barato, por lo cual una publicación en Facebook da esperanzas de cómo facilitar este proceso. “Nuevo… Read More
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Posts Misrepresent Mouse Study of Pangolin Virus
SciCheck Digest A study showed a type of lab mouse is highly susceptible to a coronavirus derived from pangolins, a scaly, cat-sized mammal. This doesn’t… Read More