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  • Fact Check: US Soldier Holding A 'China Flag' Is NOT Unusual During Foreign Leader's Visit

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    Was an American soldier holding a "China flag" when President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California unusual or a breach of protocol as implied by a tweet from Graham Allen? No, that's not true: A State Department spokesperson told Lead Stories that anytime a foreign leader is hosted in the United States, a member of the…

    • Nov 21, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: US Soldier Holding A 'China Flag' Is NOT Unusual During Foreign Leader's Visit It's Protocol
  • Fact Check: Barack Obama's Stepfather Did NOT Run Death Squads For The Indonesian Army

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    Did Barack Obama's stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, run death squads for the Indonesian army in the mid-1960s? No, that's not true: The identities of those who organized the death squads are well known and Soetoro was not one of them, a professor who has studied the mass violence of 1965-66 in Indonesia told Lead Stories. While Soetoro, a geography student, was…

    • Nov 17, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Barack Obama's Stepfather Did NOT Run Death Squads For The Indonesian Army Mapping Work
  • Fact Check: US National Debt Was NOT Paid Off In 2017 -- Last Time Was 1835

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    Does a viral video show proof that the U.S. national debt was paid off in 2017? No, that's not true: The U.S. Treasury website shows the current U.S. national debt, which is about $33.7 trillion, a number accepted by U.S. financial markets, independent economists and the Federal Reserve Bank. The video relies on paperwork that has nothing to do with…

    • Nov 17, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: US National Debt Was NOT Paid Off In 2017 -- Last Time Was 1835 Still Exists
  • Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show 'Prague Newspaper' Quote On Canada's Trudeau -- It's Old Meme That Has Targeted Other Politicians

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    Did a "Prague newspaper" publish an article referring to Canada as a "confederacy of fools" and describing its prime minister, Justin Trudeau, as "the prince of fools" in 2023? No, that's not true: The purported quote is a years-old repurposed fragment of text whose authorship has never been verified. In the past, the same quote was used to criticize other…

    • Nov 14, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show 'Prague Newspaper' Quote On Canada's Trudeau -- It's Old Meme That Has Targeted Other Politicians Fake Quote
  • Fact Check: NBC News Did NOT Report that Obama Was 'Illegally Serving A Third Term' As President

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    Did NBC News say that former President Barack Obama, who left the White House in January 2017, was serving a "third term" in 2023 as a shadow president? No, that's not true: NBC did not report that. Its news article only referred to claims about Obama "somehow secretly still in power" as an example of election-related misinformation, emphasizing that such…

    • Nov 6, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NBC News Did NOT Report that Obama Was 'Illegally Serving A Third Term' As President No Such Report
  • Fact Check: University of Pennsylvania Protest Chant Did NOT Urge 'Jewish Genocide' -- It Said 'We Charge You With Genocide'

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    Did University of Pennsylvania students chant, "We want Jewish genocide!" at a pro-Palestine rally in Philadelphia? No, that's not true: The chant was, "Israel, Israel, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide." The student group posted a clarification on Instagram after their chant was misrepresented. The claim appeared in a post on Instagram published by @jewishlivesmatter on October 17,…

    • Oct 19, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: University of Pennsylvania Protest Chant Did NOT Urge 'Jewish Genocide' -- It Said 'We Charge You With Genocide' Misrepresented
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump On September 26, 2023 Posted On 'Truth' That He'll Beat Obama In '24 And Send NBC To Firing Squad

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    Did former president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump publish a social media post that confused President Joe Biden with former president Barack Obama in the 2024 election? No, that's not true: A screenshot that claims to show such a post cannot be found on Trump's Truth Social account page. The alleged post is likely a parody of previous statements…

    • Oct 4, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump On September 26, 2023 Posted On 'Truth' That He'll Beat Obama In '24 And Send NBC To Firing Squad Not Real Post
  • Fact Check: Sen. Kennedy Did NOT Read Obama Texts To Larry Sinclair - He Was Reading From Sexually Explicit Books

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    Did Sen. John Kennedy read aloud during a Senate hearing sexually explicit text messages former President Barack Obama sent to Larry Sinclair? No, that's not true: The video is authentic, but mislabeled. The Louisiana Republican was reading gay sex scenes from two books during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding banning books from libraries. The claim appeared with a video…

    • Sep 13, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Sen. Kennedy Did NOT Read Obama Texts To Larry Sinclair - He Was Reading From Sexually Explicit Books From Books
  • Fact Check: Obamas Do NOT Have Maui Estate That Would Have Been Affected By August 2023 Wildfires

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    Do former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama own an estate in Maui, Hawaii, and was that supposed Maui estate "spared from the fires" that affected Maui in early August 2023? No, that's not true: The Obamas do not own an estate in Maui, where the fires primarily spread. Rather, they are reportedly developing a property in Oahu,…

    • Aug 31, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Obamas Do NOT Have Maui Estate That Would Have Been Affected By August 2023 Wildfires It's On Oahu
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Obama's Chef Was Writing Tell-All Book Before 'Mysterious Death'

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    Was the Obamas' personal chef writing a tell-all book before his "mysterious death"? No, that's not true: There is no proof shown in a video making the claim that Tafari Campbell was writing a book about the former president and first lady at the time of his death near their Martha's Vineyard home. The video purports to be from "Inside…

    • Aug 24, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Obama's Chef Was Writing Tell-All Book Before 'Mysterious Death' No Proof
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