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  • Fact Check: Graph Purporting To Show Nationalities Of Ukrainian 'Mercenaries' Killed In Kursk, Russia, Did NOT Originate From Statista

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    Did Statista publish a graph detailing the nationalities of the people described as "mercenaries" who fought for Ukraine and were killed in the Kursk region of Russia? No, that's not true: The data on the Statista website doesn't show the graph shared on social media. Unlike authentic charts published by that company, the graph omitted the source of the figures…

    • Apr 17, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Graph Purporting To Show Nationalities Of Ukrainian 'Mercenaries' Killed In Kursk, Russia, Did NOT Originate From Statista Fake Graph
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Coca-Cola Truck Found 'Full Of Children' being trafficked -- It Was Police Holiday Toy Drive

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    Does a video show a Coca-Cola truck found "full of children" being trafficked? No, that's not true: "It's fake news," a spokesperson for the Davenport, Iowa, Police Department told Lead Stories. The video shows the Davenport Police Department toy drive held December 14 and 15, 2024, the spokesperson confirmed. The police department shared multiple images from the event showing their…

    • Dec 17, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Coca-Cola Truck Found 'Full Of Children' being trafficked -- It Was Police Holiday Toy Drive Cop Party
  • Fact Check: Coca-Cola Did NOT Cut Ties With Taylor Swift After She Endorsed Kamala Harris -- From Self-Described Satire Site

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    Did Coca-Cola cut ties with Taylor Swift after she endorsed Kamala Harris for president? No, that's not true: This comes from a social media post that's clearly marked as satire. Coca-Cola told Lead Stories it wasn't true, and it's not even clear the company still had any contractual ties to Swift when she made her political plug. The claim appeared…

    • Sep 19, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Coca-Cola Did NOT Cut Ties With Taylor Swift After She Endorsed Kamala Harris -- From Self-Described Satire Site Satirical Post
  • Fact Check: Study Does NOT Prove Drinking Coke, Pepsi Results In Larger Testicles, Increases Testosterone

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    Does a study published by Chinese researchers prove that drinking Coke or Pepsi causes larger testicles and increases testosterone? No, that's not true: The study was only done on mice, not humans, so it doesn't directly apply. An associate professor of urologic surgery said a social media post characterizing the study in such a way "totally misses." The claim appeared…

    • Feb 28, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Study Does NOT Prove Drinking Coke, Pepsi Results In Larger Testicles, Increases Testosterone Mice ≠ Men
  • Fact Check: DASANI's Bottled Water Does NOT Contain Lethal Amount Of Potassium Chloride

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    Does the bottled drinking water DASANI contain lethal amounts of potassium chloride, the same chemical used to kill death row inmates? No, that's not true: All bottled water contains small amounts of the mineral, but both a water sciences expert and a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesperson tell Lead Stories that the level of potassium chrloide in bottled…

    • Dec 2, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: DASANI's Bottled Water Does NOT Contain Lethal Amount Of Potassium Chloride Trace Amount
  • Fact Check: Coca-Cola Did NOT Produce Can With Slogan 'Try To Be Less White'

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    Did Coca-Cola produce and disseminate soda cans with the slogan "Try to be less white" featured on the side? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the beverage company told Lead Stories that such cans were never made. The claim follows controversy from February 2021 over diversity training material available to Coca-Cola employees that included content encouraging them to be…

    • Jun 11, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Coca-Cola Did NOT Produce Can With Slogan 'Try To Be Less White' Fake Can
  • Fact Check: Additives In Dasani Bottled Water Are NOT Dangerous To Drink

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    Does Dasani bottled water contain additives that are bad for you, that make it "the worst water bottle ever," such as salt, magnesium sulfate to make your mouth dry and potassium chloride, the same chemical used in a lethal injection to stop the heart? No, that's not true: At the concentration and volume present in the bottled water, the minerals…

    • Jun 2, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Additives In Dasani Bottled Water Are NOT Dangerous To Drink Regulated
  • Fact Check: Boycott Did NOT Cause Pepsi To Outsell Coke And Was Not Cause Of 100 Cancelled Delta Flights

    Fact Check

    Did Pepsi sell more products than Coca-Cola during the April, 2021 boycott declared by conservatives to punish the company for criticizing Georgia's new voting restrictions? Did Delta cancel 100 flights because of the boycotts? No, that's not true: according to Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's first quarter earnings reports, Coca-Cola earned almost $600 million more than PepsiCo in the first quarter. Delta…

    • May 6, 2021
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Boycott Did NOT Cause Pepsi To Outsell Coke And Was Not Cause Of 100 Cancelled Delta Flights Not Measured
  • Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT Removing Coke From All State-Owned Buildings

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    Is Georgia removing Coke from all state-owned buildings? No, that's not true: Although a group of GOP state legislators requested that Coca-Cola products be removed from their offices, there is no known effort to spread such a ban to all state-owned buildings. The lawmakers' request came on the heels of a statement from Coke's CEO, who criticized Georgia's new voting…

    • Apr 7, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT Removing Coke From All State-Owned Buildings No Such Ban
  • Fact Check: PepsiCo Did NOT Give $100 Million To Black Lives Matter

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    Did PepsiCo give $100 million to BLM? No, that's not true: False rumors that circulated in summer 2020 and were debunked at that time resurfaced in March 2021. In summer 2020 several large corporations pledged large sums of money to racial equality initiatives. Some posts on social media misrepresented these corporate pledges as donations that were going directly to The…

    • Mar 11, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: PepsiCo Did NOT Give $100 Million To Black Lives Matter No Source
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