Category: Fact Check
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Post Paints Misleading Picture of Biden’s Financial Support for Israel and Palestinians
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take An Instagram post misleadingly claims President Joe Biden is “funding every angle of… Read More
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Fact Check: Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive
Decimated communities. Burned-out buildings. Survivors mourning loved ones killed amid smoke and debris. These are the all-too-real scenes of Israel and Gaza. But in the… Read More
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Fact Check: Joe Biden said he would not build “another foot of wall” as president. Did he keep his word?
Construction on approximately 20 miles of border barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border will begin soon in Texas, the Biden administration announced Oct. 5. It’s a… Read More
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Fact Check: Donald Trump’s off-base claims about electric car ‘mandates’ and markets
Is the end near for U.S. automakers? Former President Donald Trump recently told an audience of nonunion autoworkers near Detroit that electric cars are poised to… Read More
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Fact Check: No evidence to support claim about cocaine in Justin Trudeau’s plane
It’s a salacious claim worthy of a subplot in a fictional tv show: A head of state touches down in India on a cocaine-filled airplane.… Read More
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Fact Check: Van Orden seen at Jan. 6 rally, but there’s scant evidence he participated in the insurrection
When Democrat Rebecca Cooke, a small-business owner and nonprofit founder, entered the race against first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden of western Wisconsin’s 3rd… Read More
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Fact Check: Behind-the-scenes footage of short film isn’t Hamas propaganda
A video showing several people standing around camera equipment is being presented as an example of Hamas-produced propaganda following the group’s Oct. 7 attack on… Read More
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Fact Check: Old video mischaracterized as showing Hamas attacking Israel in 2023
Following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel, video games and old warfare footage are being mischaracterized to claim they show recent violence in the Middle… Read More
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Fact Check: Are less than 2% of WVU students affected by the elimination of majors?
Cuts to academic departments pursued by West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee have put him at odds with students and faculty members. Gee has… Read More
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Fact Check: Donald Trump was quoting U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar when he said Israel hypnotized the world
Former President Donald Trump has condemned Hamas’ recent attack on Israel, but some social media accounts may mislead users to believe otherwise. “Israel has hypnotized… Read More