Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Old video of fencing at the Supreme Court reshared as new on social media
A video appearing in social media feeds warns of “something big” as a camera pans along a section of tall black fencing in front of…
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Fact Check: Claim about Cristiano Ronaldo and rainbow armbands is False
Soccer, football, or fútbol — no matter what you call it, you likely know one of the sport’s most famous players: Cristiano Ronaldo. But did…
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Fact Check: Claims that linguist Noam Chomsky is dead are not true, family says
Viral social media posts claimed famed linguistics scholar Noam Chomsky died. But his family said that’s not true. A June 18 post on Threads said:…
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Fact Check: Joe Biden cherry-picks Donald Trump statement on cutting Social Security
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have sparred over their plans for Social Security, as each seeks to make clear that they have…
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Fact Check: Edited, satirical video of Karine Jean-Pierre on ‘The View’ taken out of context on social media
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre talked about the economy under the Biden administration during a December appearance on ABC’s talk show “The View,” but…
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Fact Check: Claim misrepresents California bill about parental notification for LGBTQ+ students
California’s Senate passed a bill June 13 that blocks school districts from forcing staff to notify parents about students’ gender identity or sexual orientation without…
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Fact Check: Caitlin Clark didn’t replace Brittney Griner on the Olympic team; that’s fake news
Basketball phenom Caitlin Clark, now with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, was not among the names on the roster for the 12-player U.S. women’s basketball team…
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Fact Check: ‘Cheap fake’ videos, and the phrase itself, take 2024 election’s center stage
President Joe Biden sitting in an “invisible” chair in France. Biden wandering off from an event in Italy. Biden freezing on stage at a Los…
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Fact Check: Social media post takes Pfizer CEO’s COVID-19 ‘rehearsal’ comment out of context
A Threads post took a year-old statement by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla out of context to say the executive recently admitted that COVID-19 was used…
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Fact Check: No, Caitlin Clark didn’t join Canada’s Olympic team
Is basketball phenom Caitlin Clark trading the stars and stripes for a red maple leaf at the Summer Olympics in Paris? “Caitlin Clark has officially…