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  • Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media

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    Did a man make it public that he plans to go after Target stores in Phoenix, Arizona, that support the LGBT movement? Yes, the screenshot of a text message warning is real. A person who considers himself a professional internet provocateur made a video with another person that was posted online. In the video he threatened that in the month…

    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media Threats Made
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Most Horrible Emergency Landing Ever' -- It's Computer-Generated Video Game Footage

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    Does this video accurately show airplanes in situations that depict the "most horrible emergency landing ever"? No, that's not true: This footage is not real. It is a computer-generated video that is from a flight-simulator game, one of numerous such videos on this Facebook page and on other Facebook pages. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on April 25,…

    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Most Horrible Emergency Landing Ever' -- It's Computer-Generated Video Game Footage Simulation
  • Fact Check: Breast Milk 'Leakage' Does NOT Contain 'All The Impurity That's In The Mother's Body'

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    Does breast milk "leakage" contain "all the impurity that's in the mother's body"? No, that's not true: "This claim is false and is not grounded in science," Dr. Christopher M. Zahn, chief of clinical practice and interim chief of health equity and quality for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, told Lead Stories. Nursing mothers do not secrete "leakage"…

    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Breast Milk 'Leakage' Does NOT Contain 'All The Impurity That's In The Mother's Body' Med Misinfo
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag

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    Was the May 2022 Texas school shooting a "false flag"? No, there's no evidence that's true: A false flag is an operation, or attack, that's made to look like it was carried out by someone other than the person who is responsible. Authorities have identified Salvador Ramos as the shooter. He is believed to have acted alone, according to a…

    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag Recycled Bunk
  • Fact Check: Company With White Leaders Does NOT Own Trademark For 'Juneteenth' -- But It DID File Application For Trademark

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    Does Balchem Corporation, a company with white leadership, own a trademark of the word "Juneteenth"? No, that's not true: Although Balchem submitted an application to trademark the word, that application was dead by the time this claim was made. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that recognizes the emancipation of all enslaved Black people in the United States. The claim appeared…

    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Company With White Leaders Does NOT Own Trademark For 'Juneteenth' -- But It DID File Application For Trademark Dead Trademark
  • Fact Check: NO Truth To Claim Of Planned Racial Attack In Bowie, Maryland, Walmart On May 24, 2022

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    Did two white men walk into a Walmart location in Bowie, Maryland, on May 24, 2022, planning to carry out a hate crime plot against Black people? No, that's not true: A spokesperson from the Bowie Police Department said this story is false. Also, no threats had been made to the Bowie Walmart. In reality, there was a disorderly person…

    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Truth To Claim Of Planned Racial Attack In Bowie, Maryland, Walmart On May 24, 2022 No Threat
  • Fact Check: Old Stock Photos Of Monkeypox Lesions Do NOT Mean Fraud By Press

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    Do many media outlets recycle old photos of monkeypox lesions when reporting on current or past outbreaks of monkeypox? Does this indicate that there have not been any new cases of monkeypox found and the reporting is not factual? No, that's not true: It is common practice for media outlets to use stock photos. The screenshots in this claim do…

    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Old Stock Photos Of Monkeypox Lesions Do NOT Mean Fraud By Press Stock Photo
  • Fact Check: US Mass Shootings DID Increase More Than 90% From 2017

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    Did mass shootings in the United States increase more than 90 percent from 2017? Yes, that's true: While there are various definitions for what is considered a mass shooting, the Gun Violence Archive recorded a 98.9 percent increase in mass shootings in the U.S. from 2017 to 2021. The FBI recorded a similar percentage increase for active shooter incidents, which…

    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: US Mass Shootings DID Increase More Than 90% From 2017 About 98.9%
  • Fact Check: Rapper Dr. Creep Did NOT Predict The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic In A 2013 Song

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    Did a rapper named Dr. Creep predict the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, also known as COVID-19, in a song he created titled "Pandemic"? No, that's not true: The musician outright refuted this claim in a Facebook post near the beginning of the pandemic, stating that he was referencing the coronavirus pandemics that were ongoing in 2013 -- which was different from…

    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Rapper Dr. Creep Did NOT Predict The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic In A 2013 Song Fact Check: Rapper Dr. Creep Did NOT Predict The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic In A 2013 Song Happenstance
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooter Was 'Illegal Immigrant'

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    Was Salvador Ramos, the shooter who killed children and faculty members at a Texas elementary school on May 24, 2022, an illegal immigrant? No, that's not true: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Ramos was a U.S. citizen and a state legislator said Ramos was born in the United States. The claim appeared in a tweet (archived here) on May 24,…

    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooter Was 'Illegal Immigrant' U.S. Citizen
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  • Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Texas School Shooter Salvador Ramos Not Ramos

    Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Texas School Shooter Salvador Ramos

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    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media Threats Made

    Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: Parents Should NOT Make, Feed Homemade Baby Formula To Infants Risky Recipes

    Fact Check: Parents Should NOT Make, Feed Homemade Baby Formula To Infants

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    • May 12, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag Recycled Bunk

    Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Salvador Ramos Was Transgender Uncorroborated

    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Salvador Ramos Was Transgender

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    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Dish Soap Will NOT Remove A Tick From Skin Use Tweezers

    Fact Check: Dish Soap Will NOT Remove A Tick From Skin

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    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove No Planes Were Involved In 9/11 Attacks -- There Are Other Angles, Images, Videos We Saw It Live

    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove No Planes Were Involved In 9/11 Attacks -- There Are Other Angles, Images, Videos

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    • May 16, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne

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  • Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media Threats Made

    Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Most Horrible Emergency Landing Ever' -- It's Computer-Generated Video Game Footage Simulation

    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Most Horrible Emergency Landing Ever' -- It's Computer-Generated Video Game Footage

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
  • Fact Check: Breast Milk 'Leakage' Does NOT Contain 'All The Impurity That's In The Mother's Body' Med Misinfo

    Fact Check: Breast Milk 'Leakage' Does NOT Contain 'All The Impurity That's In The Mother's Body'

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag Recycled Bunk

    Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Company With White Leaders Does NOT Own Trademark For 'Juneteenth' -- But It DID File Application For Trademark Dead Trademark

    Fact Check: Company With White Leaders Does NOT Own Trademark For 'Juneteenth' -- But It DID File Application For Trademark

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
  • Fact Check: NO Truth To Claim Of Planned Racial Attack In Bowie, Maryland, Walmart On May 24, 2022 No Threat

    Fact Check: NO Truth To Claim Of Planned Racial Attack In Bowie, Maryland, Walmart On May 24, 2022

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    • May 26, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
  • Fact Check: Old Stock Photos Of Monkeypox Lesions Do NOT Mean Fraud By Press Stock Photo

    Fact Check: Old Stock Photos Of Monkeypox Lesions Do NOT Mean Fraud By Press

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    • May 25, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson

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