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    Does an authentic video show a weapon being fired at a drone in New Jersey in mid-December 2024? No, that's not true: The earliest version of the video shared on social media doesn't include gunfire or video effects. Robert Earl White, who originally published the clip, clarified in a follow-up post: "Yes, the gunfire is fake in this video ..."…

    • Dec 20, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Weapon Fired At NJ Drone -- FAKE Gunfire Added To Original Clip EFX Added
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    Does a social media video show police apprehending a elderly man on a scooter who was involved in a "far-right" riot in the United Kingdom in 2024? No, that's not true: At least two media organizations have reported that this video shows a police incident in Amsterdam in 2022. This video footage does not show a participant in one of…

    • Aug 9, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
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    Is there a New York Post headline and article that claims Congress will vote on a bill that would make it a crime to question the events surrounding the September 11, 2001, attacks? No, that's not true: Such a headline and article never appeared in the New York Post. Additionally, there's no evidence that Congress is prepared to vote on…

    • May 2, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NY Post Did NOT Report Congress Will Vote On Bill Criminalizing Skepticism About 9/11 Fake Headline
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    Did 60,000 scientists call for an end to mass vaccination? No, that's not true: In an October 2020 document called "The Great Barrington Declaration," three health experts from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford described their plan as "Focused Protection." It urged "those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus…

    • Dec 10, 2021
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 60,000 Scientists Do NOT Call For End To Mass Vaccination Anti-lockdown
  • UPDATED Fake News: NO Report: 'Camera Malfunction' In Epstein's Prison Cell Prevented Recording Of His Alleged Suicide

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    Is there a report that a "camera malfunction" in Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell prevented recording of his alleged suicide? No, that is not true: There were no media reports that a camera monitoring inside Epstein's cell malfunctioned in the hours before the accused sex traffickers death on Saturday August 10, 2019. There were tweets from a political marketing executive. These…

    • Aug 10, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    UPDATED Fake News: NO Report: 'Camera Malfunction' In Epstein's Prison Cell Prevented Recording Of His Alleged Suicide
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