Category: Fact Check
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Still No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Increases Cancer Risk, Despite Posts
SciCheck Digest It has not been shown that COVID-19 vaccines cause or accelerate cancer. Yet opponents of the vaccines say a new review article “has… Read More
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Fact Check: No, these photos don’t show an unidentified woman left for dead, as social media posts claim
Dozens of Facebook posts are drawing attention as accounts urge people to help identify “a young woman who was involved in a hit and run… Read More
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Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi omits pandemic in singling out job losses under Donald Trump
With the economy consistently important to potential 2024 voters, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., compared the job-creation records of President Joe Biden and former… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Airbnb isn’t expecting government lockdowns June 6
A recent Facebook post warns of likely government lockdowns starting in a matter of weeks. The source? Supposedly, a short-term housing rental company. “BREAKING: AirBnB… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan
Former President Donald Trump at May 1 rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan — battleground states with high numbers of manufacturing jobs — highlighted his vision for… Read More
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Fact Check: Did the health care of immigrants illegally in the country cost Florida taxpayers $566 million?
Florida taxpayers are spending millions of dollars to cover the health care costs of people in the U.S. illegally, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., said on… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact-checking claims that George Soros is ‘paying student radicals’ involved in campus protests
Is a billionaire bankrolling student protests at universities across the country? “We all knew it but now it’s confirmed … ” read one April 26… Read More
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Fact Check: Did Trump say states have the right to monitor, punish women over abortion, as Kamala Harris said?
On the same day Florida’s six-week abortion ban took effect, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Jacksonville to blast the law and blame one person: Florida… Read More
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Fact Check: The devil’s in the details: Viral Donald Trump Time cover is edited
The devil’s in the details, but not on this Time magazine cover. On April 30, the 100-year-old magazine known for its iconic covers released its… Read More
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Fact Check: No, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t say the moon is more important than the sun
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., didn’t say the moon is more useful than the sun, and neither did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But the New… Read More