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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jada Pinkett Smith Promoting 'Health Spending Card' -- Fake Audio Is Combined With Video Clips of Pinkett Smith

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    Does a video on Facebook show actress Jada Pinkett Smith endorsing a "health spending card" promotion? No, that's not true: The audio in this post is fake, as she was talking about her health in at least one of the video clips used in this claim -- not a "health spending card." Fake promotions, such as the one linked to…

    • Nov 1, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jada Pinkett Smith Promoting 'Health Spending Card' -- Fake Audio Is Combined With Video Clips of Pinkett Smith Phishing Ruse
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Jada Pinkett Smith Said 'White Supremacy Responsible for Cleopatra's Terrible Audience Score'

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    Did renowned actress and film producer Jada Pinkett Smith say that "she blames 'white supremacists' for the flop of her new Netflix docudrama series, Queen Cleopatra"? No, that's not true: No credible evidence exists that Pinkett Smith has made any such statement. The website where this claim appeared also has a reputation for publishing fabricated and inaccurate content. The claim…

    • May 19, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Jada Pinkett Smith Said 'White Supremacy Responsible for Cleopatra's Terrible Audience Score' No Record
  • Fact Check: Chris Rock Did NOT Apologize To Jada Pinkett Smith For Oscars Joke As Of March 28, 2022

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    Did comedian Chris Rock apologize - as of March 28, 2022 - to actress Jada Pinkett Smith after making a joke about her hair at the Oscars? No, that's not true: Although actor Will Smith, Pinkett Smith's husband, apologized to Rock for slapping him onstage at the award show for the joke, Rock did not apologize for the joke. The…

    • Mar 29, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Chris Rock Did NOT Apologize To Jada Pinkett Smith For Oscars Joke As Of March 28, 2022 Fake Apology
  • Fact Check: Alopecia Is NOT Just Hair Loss -- It Can Be Caused By An Autoimmune Disease

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    Is alopecia literally just male or female pattern baldness or hair loss? No, that is missing context. Alopecia does mean "hair loss," but it can be "an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss," according to Yale Medicine. The claim was made after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars on March 27, 2022, when the comedian joked about Jada…

    • Mar 28, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Alopecia Is NOT Just Hair Loss -- It Can Be Caused By An Autoimmune Disease It's A Disease
  • Fact Check: One Of The First Memorial Day Celebrations WAS Started By Formerly Enslaved Black People

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    Did formerly enslaved Black people start Memorial Day in the U.S.? Evidence suggests that they may have: A celebration on May 1, 1865, is considered one of the first mass memorializations of fallen soldiers in the country. The celebration was organized and attended by formerly enslaved Black people who, along with white sympathizers, honored Union soldiers who died in the…

    • Jun 2, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: One Of The First Memorial Day Celebrations WAS Started By Formerly Enslaved Black People Was Observed
  • Hoax Alert: Will & Jada Pinkett-Smith Did NOT Buy B.E.T. For $600 Million

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    They also did not promise to make it 'black' again, contrary to a fake news story making the rounds on the internet. Supposedly they bought it with the help of an (unnamed) investment group for $600 million in cash. The story had bogus quotes from the couple, with Jada supposedly saying: There's power couples and then there's Will and I.…

    • Jan 30, 2016
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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