Category: Fact Check
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Vitamin K Injection for Babies is Safe and Can Save Lives, Contrary to Post
SciCheck Digest An injection of vitamin K for babies has been recommended and used safely for more than 60 years. It prevents life-threatening bleeding in… Read More
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Fact Check: How Elon Musk ditched Twitter’s safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation
Hours after federal filings showed entrepreneur Elon Musk offered about $43 billion to buy Twitter, Musk told a Vancouver TED Talk audience about his vision… Read More
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Fact Check: Is Gov. Jim Justice right that West Virginia had its biggest tourism year in 2022?
Did West Virginia have its best tourism year ever in 2022, as Gov. Jim Justice said recently? In a Sept. 12 post on X, formerly… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Joe Biden no advirtió en octubre de 2023 de un ataque de Corea del Norte contra EE. UU.
Un video en Facebook dice que Joe Biden advirtió sobre un ataque de Corea del Norte contra Estados Unidos similar al de Hamas contra Israel,… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Nikki Haley didn’t say she wants the U.S. to take in Gaza refugees, as DeSantis PAC claims
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his campaign have accused competitor Nikki Haley, his Republican presidential nomination competitor, of laying the welcome mat for Gaza refugees.… Read More
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Fact Check: Car that disrupted traffic in New York waved Puerto Rican flag, not Palestinian flag
Social media users have warned that the Israel-Hamas war is leading to havoc, even on U.S. freeways. One Oct. 12 Instagram video described what looks… Read More
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Fact Check: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un delivered this speech in October 2020. He didn’t name Trump, Biden
As nations around the world responded to the outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas, some social media users started circulating a video that they… Read More
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Fact Check: Video no muestra disturbios en una manifestación propalestina en Barcelona, es de 2020
Las manifestaciones alrededor del mundo debido a la guerra entre Israel y Hamas no se han hecho esperar. Un video en Facebook afirma mostrar enfrentamientos… Read More
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Fact Check: Israel-Hamas war: How politicians, media outlets amplified uncorroborated report of beheaded babies
Editor’s note: This story contains references and links to graphic images and videos. Footage of death and destruction in Israel and Gaza is plentiful, disturbing… Read More
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Fact Check: Vivek Ramaswamy claims Russia leads the US in hypersonic missiles. That’s Half True
After formally filing for the New Hampshire primary Oct. 18, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy weighed in on whether the United States needs an Iron… Read More