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  • Fact Check: Planes Involved In 9/11 Attacks Were NOT Listed As 'Valid' Instead Of 'Destroyed' In FAA Accident Database

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    Were two of the airplanes involved in the 9/11 terrorist attack listed as "valid" instead of "destroyed" in FAA records? No, that's not true: The planes involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack that bore tail numbers N591UA and N612UA were listed as destroyed in FAA records reviewed by Lead Stories. What explains the re-appearance of the tail numbers…

    • Aug 12, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Planes Involved In 9/11 Attacks Were NOT Listed As 'Valid' Instead Of 'Destroyed' In FAA Accident Database Numbers Reused
  • Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Give A Speech Claiming He Saw A Soldier's Body Transfer At 'Bagram Air Base In Iraq' -- Geography Error Made By Transcriber

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    Did Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz give a 9/11 anniversary speech in which he claimed that while serving in the National Guard he "stood one night in the dark of night at Bagram Air Base in Iraq", seemingly unaware Bagram is in Afghanistan? No, that's not true: Video of his speech shows Walz only said he was at "Bagram," not "Bagram…

    • Aug 12, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Give A Speech Claiming He Saw A Soldier's Body Transfer At 'Bagram Air Base In Iraq' -- Geography Error Made By Transcriber Bad Transcript
  • Fact Check: Rate Of River Mouth Sedimentation Does NOT Prove No River Existed Before 2399 BC

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    Did all rivers on Earth "commence" in the spring of 2399 B.C.? No, that's not true: The birth of the oldest rivers predates this point in time by millions of years, according to the consensus of earth science. A U.S. Geological Survey scientist confirmed that to Lead Stories. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on Facebook on June…

    • Jul 18, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Rate Of River Mouth Sedimentation Does NOT Prove No River Existed Before 2399 BC Many Are Older
  • Fact Check: 9/11 Commission Did NOT Refuse To Interview World Trade Center Custodian William Rodriguez -- They Interviewed Him In 2004

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    Did the 9/11 Commission refuse to interview William Rodriguez, a custodian in the World Trade Center 7 Building? No, that's not true: Rodriguez was interviewed by the 9/11 Commission Report staff in 2004. The report did not mention Rodriguez saying he was "witnessing bombs" seconds before the first plane hit the World Trade Center, as is claimed in a social…

    • Mar 5, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: 9/11 Commission Did NOT Refuse To Interview World Trade Center Custodian William Rodriguez -- They Interviewed Him In 2004 Interviewed
  • Fact Check: Radium Exposure Is NOT Beneficial To Human Health

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    Is exposure to radium beneficial to human health, as a post on Instagram implies? No, that's not true: Radium is recognized by public health experts as a known carcinogen or cancer-causing agent. While it is true that radium was historically touted in the 20th century for its supposed health benefits and used in a variety of products at the time,…

    • Feb 28, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Radium Exposure Is NOT Beneficial To Human Health Toxic
  • Fact Check: 4,000 Israeli Employees Were NOT Warned Not To Go To Work On 9/11 -- Baseless Conspiracy Myth

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    Did approximately 4,000 Israelis avoid the attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, because advance warning from an Israeli messaging service told them precisely when and where they would happen? No, that's not true: These claims are the foundation of a baseless conspiracy theory that the 9/11 attacks were a Zionist false flag and the lecturer who…

    • Feb 16, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 4,000 Israeli Employees Were NOT Warned Not To Go To Work On 9/11 -- Baseless Conspiracy Myth No Where/What
  • Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Bush And Bin Laden Meeting Before 9/11 -- These 9/12 Photos Have Been Altered

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    Do grainy photos show that former President George W. Bush and other key Department of Defense staff met with Osama bin Laden before the September 11, 2001, attacks? No, that's not true: These photos, which were taken the day after the attacks, have been altered. High-quality photos taken at a meeting held inside the Pentagon show Deputy Secretary of Defense…

    • Jan 22, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Bush And Bin Laden Meeting Before 9/11 -- These 9/12 Photos Have Been Altered Altered Image
  • Fact Check: 'Measurements' Do NOT Prove That Plane Didn't Crash Into Pentagon On 9/11

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    Do "measurements" of winds, the Pentagon, and a plane prove that an airplane did not crash into the Pentagon on 9/11? No, that's not true: According to multiple credible and corroborating sources, including videos and photographs of the attack, witness accounts and the 9/11 Commission Report, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, killing all…

    • Oct 2, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: 'Measurements' Do NOT Prove That Plane Didn't Crash Into Pentagon On 9/11 Flight 77
  • Fact Check: This Video Of Exploding Twin Towers Without Planes Is NOT Real -- Plane Crashes Are Edited Out

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    Does a video of the South Tower at the World Trade Center in New York City exploding without a plane crashing into it during the 9/11 attacks mean that bombs were the reason the buildings exploded? No, that's not true: The video has been edited to remove the hijacked United Flight 175 plane hitting the South Tower on September 11,…

    • Sep 12, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: This Video Of Exploding Twin Towers Without Planes Is NOT Real -- Plane Crashes Are Edited Out Edited Video
  • Fact Check: BBC Video Does NOT Prove 9/11 WTC 7 Conspiracy -- A Reporting Error On A Chaotic, Confusing Day Was Corrected ASAP

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    Does a BBC report from September 11, 2001, saying World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7) fell more than 20 minutes before it actually did prove a conspiracy? No, that's not true: There's no evidence of a WTC 7 conspiracy. The discrepancy in the reporting of WTC 7's collapse time, after the Twin Towers' collapse, can be explained by the…

    • Sep 11, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: BBC Video Does NOT Prove 9/11 WTC 7 Conspiracy -- A Reporting Error On A Chaotic, Confusing Day Was Corrected ASAP Reporting Slip
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