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  • Fact Check: Fake AI-Generated Video Shows Erika Kirk Breathing Heavily Into The Microphone

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    Does a real video show Erika Kirk and capture the sound of her heavy breathing on camera? No, that's not true: This 15-second video clip is fake. The AI-generated footage is modeled after a real video released by The Charlie Kirk Show on April 30, 2026, but there are key differences between the two videos. There are inconsistencies between the…

    • May 1, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Fake AI-Generated Video Shows Erika Kirk Breathing Heavily Into The Microphone AI-Generated
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Any 'WEF Document' Said '6 Billion Humans Will Die In 2025' -- Cited Report Not WEF, Not Reliable, Does Not Have That Number

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    Did a World Economic Forum report confirm that upwards of 6 billion people of Earth's 8 billion occupants will die in 2025, as online outlet The People's Voice said? No, that's not true: the only "report" cited by The People's Voice to support that statement is an old population-reduction prediction of a much smaller size by a website named Deagel.com…

    • Aug 28, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Any 'WEF Document' Said '6 Billion Humans Will Die In 2025' -- Cited Report Not WEF, Not Reliable, Does Not Have That Number No Such Report
  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Confirm 143,233% Increase in 'Turbo-Cancers' Due to 'mRNA Jabs'

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm a "143,233% increase in turbo-cancers due to mRNA jabs," including COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: A CDC spokesperson confirmed to Lead Stories that "There is no evidence to date indicating that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer of any sort (including so-called 'turbo cancers')." The article where this claim originated didn't…

    • Sep 26, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Confirm 143,233% Increase in 'Turbo-Cancers' Due to 'mRNA Jabs' Didn't Happen
  • Fact Check: Laser Beam Was NOT Present In Press Photo Of Burning Lahaina Church -- Photo Was Swiped And Edited To Deceive

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    Did an orange laser beam ignite a fire in a Maui church that was already consumed in flames, surrounded by blowing embers, and palm trees bending in a heavy wind? No, that's not true: This photo has been altered. The original photo by Maui News photographer Matthew Thayer has been picked up by The Associated Press and was featured in…

    • Aug 17, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Laser Beam Was NOT Present In Press Photo Of Burning Lahaina Church -- Photo Was Swiped And Edited To Deceive Altered Image
  • Fact Check: Subsection of UK Report, On Vaccinated COVID Victims Does NOT Prove Vaccines Ineffective

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    Are vaccines proven ineffective by a U.K. report published in February 2023, which found that 92 percent of "deaths involving COVID-19" occurred in fully vaccinated individuals? No, that's not true: Implying causality from a limited set of data leaves out consequential variables such as the ages of the dead, other underlying diseases, and whether booster recommendations had been followed. While…

    • Mar 1, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Subsection of UK Report, On Vaccinated COVID Victims Does NOT Prove Vaccines Ineffective Not Calculated
  • Fact Check: CDC Report Does NOT Reveal Over 1 Million Americans Have 'Died Suddenly' Since COVID Vaccine Roll-Out, Another Government Report Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are To Blame

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    Does a "secret" CDC report reveal that at least 1.1 million Americans have "Died Suddenly" since the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out? Does a separate government report from the United Kingdom prove the vaccines are to blame? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to connect COVID vaccinations to the deaths. Simply because these people received COVID shots and later died doesn't…

    • Dec 9, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: CDC Report Does NOT Reveal Over 1 Million Americans Have 'Died Suddenly' Since COVID Vaccine Roll-Out, Another Government Report Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are To Blame Few Vax-Caused
  • Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Reveal 90% Of Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against COVID Lost Their Babies

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    Do Pfizer documents reveal that 90 percent of pregnant women vaccinated against COVID lost their babies, and that COVID vaccination is going to lead to "mass depopulation"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that claim. Extrapolations from a small data subset don't warrant application of non-professional assumptions about effects of vaccines in the absence of data. The…

    • Oct 20, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Reveal 90% Of Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against COVID Lost Their Babies Guess ≠ Data
  • Fact Check: Pfizer's COVID Vaccine Does NOT Cause 'Astonishing Drop In Male Fertility' -- Sperm Count Dip Is Temporary

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    Does the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine cause an "Astonishing Drop in Male Fertility"? No, that's not true: The shot temporarily lowers sperm count, much the same as after a "simple viral infection," according to Itai Gat, one of the authors of a study published June 17, 2022, that looked into the connection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said…

    • Oct 7, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Pfizer's COVID Vaccine Does NOT Cause 'Astonishing Drop In Male Fertility' -- Sperm Count Dip Is Temporary Brief Drop
  • Fact Check: COVID Vaccines NOT To Blame For Fact That Triple-Vaccinated Account For 91% Of COVID Deaths In England, Wales

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    Did the United Kingdom publish reports that show individuals triple-vaccinated against the coronavirus account for 91% of the COVID-19 deaths in the country through 2022? Do these reports further show that over 24,000 "unexplained" excess deaths have occurred since April 2022? No, that's not true: While the U.K. Office of National Statistics states that the figures for triple-vaccination status and…

    • Sep 20, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: COVID Vaccines NOT To Blame For Fact That Triple-Vaccinated Account For 91% Of COVID Deaths In England, Wales Highly Vaxxed
  • Fact Check: England Did NOT Publish 'Horrific Figures On COVID Vaccine Deaths' -- Data Does NOT Link Deaths To Shots

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    Did England publish "horrific figures on COVID Vaccine Deaths" that show 1 in 482 people died within a month of receiving their shot, 1 in 246 died within 60 days and 1 in 73 died by May 2022? No, that's not true: While the figures are correct, according to the U.K. Office of National Statistics, the statistics are missing crucial…

    • Sep 14, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: England Did NOT Publish 'Horrific Figures On COVID Vaccine Deaths' -- Data Does NOT Link Deaths To Shots Age Is Factor
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