Category: Fact Check
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What We Know About the Brooklyn Synagogue Tunnel
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Nine men were charged with criminal mischief or attempted criminal mischief and other… Read More
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Fact Check: Ask PolitiFact: What branch of government is ‘really’ responsible for the crisis at the border?
Images of thousands of people crowded at the southern U.S. border have permeated President Joe Biden’s time in office. Republicans in Congress blame Biden for… Read More
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Fact Check: COVID-19 vaccines saved lives, did not cause 17 million deaths
Three years after the first COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, harmful misinformation about their effects persists on social media. On Instagram, a user shared a… Read More
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Fact Check: Would NBA star’s family qualify for financial aid benefits based on affirmative action?
Determining which students get financial aid can be a challenge and when the decision-making process involves race and ethnicity, it can become even more complicated. … Read More
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Fact Check: Bloodied Palestinian baby doll wasn’t made by Israel. It was an art protest.
A video of a bloodied Palestinian baby doll on display at a toy store with packaging that says it was “made in Israel” has angered… Read More
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Fact Check: Trump said he won the Iowa caucus three times. Wrong. He lost to Ted Cruz in 2016
After former President Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus by a landslide, he distorted his record on past Hawkeye State losses and wins. “This is… Read More
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Fact Check: Singer Kelly Clarkson is not selling weight-loss keto gummies
Another deepfake video of singer Kelly Clarkson has been used to sell weight-loss products. An Oct. 10 Facebook video shows what appears to be Clarkson… Read More
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Fact Check: Joe Biden links Donald Trump’s jobs record to Herbert Hoover’s, without any mention of COVID-19
President Joe Biden wasted little time jumping on a remark by former President Donald Trump, in which Trump invoked Herbert Hoover, who was president during… Read More
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Fact Check: This 2021 video shows ship fire off Sri Lanka’s coast, not 2024 Houthi strike
Following a series of U.S. airstrikes against militants in Yemen, Iran-backed Houthi fighters on Jan. 15 fired a missile that struck a U.S. container ship… Read More
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Fact Check: What would a second Donald Trump presidency look like for health care? We explore.
On the presidential campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is, once again, promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — a nebulous goal… Read More