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  • Fact Check: 'Official Study' Is NOT Official, Does NOT Conclude That Masks Caused More COVID

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    Did an official study conclude that masks caused more COVID-19? No, that's not true: This is not an official study by a government or medical organization. It is a study written by an individual, Beny Spira, an associate professor of microbiology at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Also, the conclusions section of his report says, "no cause-effect conclusions…

    • May 12, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 'Official Study' Is NOT Official, Does NOT Conclude That Masks Caused More COVID Not Catalyst
  • Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Reveal Vaccinated People Transfer COVID Shot To Unvaccinated Through Inhalation, Skin Contact

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    Do Pfizer documents reveal vaccinated people will transfer their COVID-19 shots to the unvaccinated through inhalation and skin contact? No, that's not true: The claim is based on the standard clinical study protocol used for a wide range of medicines. There is no publicly available evidence the mRNA COVID vaccines cause vaccinated persons to cast off excess spike proteins. The…

    • Apr 6, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Reveal Vaccinated People Transfer COVID Shot To Unvaccinated Through Inhalation, Skin Contact No Danger
  • Fact Check: Irish Examiner Did NOT Report That Referee Whistles Caused Heart Problems For Athletes

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    Did the Irish Examiner publish a report about a sudden increase in heart problems among sports players due to referee whistles? No, that's not true: A spoof image was created using a fake story and the masthead of the Irish Examiner. This was circulated on social media via a screenshot -- but this article never appeared in the Irish Examiner.…

    • Apr 4, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Irish Examiner Did NOT Report That Referee Whistles Caused Heart Problems For Athletes Article Spoof
  • Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Go Back To Using A Gold Standard In Early March 2022

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    Did Russia go back to using a currency that operates on a gold standard? No, that's not true: Although Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced the abolition of the value-added tax (VAT) on precious metals in March 2022, this change is unrelated to whether the Russian ruble, Russia's currency, is based on the value of gold. The claim appeared in…

    • Mar 9, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Go Back To Using A Gold Standard In Early March 2022 Tax Adjustment
  • Fact Check: Ex-CIA Agent Did NOT Confess On His Deathbed He Infected Bob Marley With Cancer

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    Did a former CIA agent confess on his deathbed that he infected reggae legend Bob Marley with cancer? No, that's not true: There is no record of a now-deceased CIA agent named Bill Oxley, beyond a story published in 2017 and later deleted by the publisher, who explained to Lead Stories it was unpublished in a purge of unreliable conspiracy…

    • Nov 24, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Ex-CIA Agent Did NOT Confess On His Deathbed He Infected Bob Marley With Cancer No Such Agent
  • Fact Check: Jim Carrey Did NOT Say 'Hollywood Elites Eat Whole Babies For Christmas' - 'The More They Suffer - The Better They Taste'

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    Did Jim Carrey say that Hollywood elites eat whole babies for Christmas and that the more they suffer, the better they taste? No that's not true. This story originated on a website that was notorious for publishing questionable stories and has since rebranded. The 2017 story was erased from the websites, and the publisher has provided a retraction stating there…

    • Jul 24, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Jim Carrey Did NOT Say 'Hollywood Elites Eat Whole Babies For Christmas' - 'The More They Suffer - The Better They Taste' No, He Didn't
  • Fact Check: Mel Gibson NEVER Said Hollywood Is Controlled By 'Parasites' Who Are Involved In Child Sacrifice, Pedophilia

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    Did Mel Gibson say that Hollywood is controlled by "parasites" who are involved in child sacrifice and pedophilia? No, there is nothing to substantiate the old claim that Gibson said it while on a promotional tour in 2017. The actor's spokesman told Lead Stories, "I can assure you that he never said such a thing ... he never stated that…

    • Jul 1, 2020
    • by: Gita Smith
    Fact Check: Mel Gibson NEVER Said Hollywood Is Controlled By 'Parasites' Who Are Involved In Child Sacrifice, Pedophilia Denied
  • Fact Check: Leaked IRS Tax Returns Did NOT show George Soros Wired $1.7M To Antifa

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    Did leaked IRS tax returns show George Soros wired $1.7 million to Antifa? No, that's not true: The Open Society Foundations, created by Soros, has made several large donations to The Center for Community Change, but that group is not affiliated with Antifa. The tax documents were not leaked since they are widely-available public records. The claim originated in a…

    • Jun 7, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Leaked IRS Tax Returns Did NOT show George Soros Wired $1.7M To Antifa Not ANTIFA
  • Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Order Guantanamo Bay To Prepare For 'High Level' Prisoners

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    Did President Trump order the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to prepare for "high level" prisoners? No, that's not true: The original publisher of the story posted in 2018 determined it was an "unreliable conspiracy" theory and retracted it. In the two years after the claim was first made, there have no arrests of American politicians as was predicted. The…

    • May 28, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Order Guantanamo Bay To Prepare For 'High Level' Prisoners Still Waiting
  • Fake News: Bill Gates Did NOT Admit Vaccinations Are Intended To Reduce Population

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    Did Bill Gates admit in a CNN interview that vaccinations are intended to reduce the world's population? No, that's not true: The Microsoft founder was talking to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in 2013 about his investment in delivering child vaccinations to third world countries with the goal of saving lives. Gates said that reducing population growth is one of the…

    • Nov 11, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Bill Gates Did NOT Admit Vaccinations Are Intended To Reduce Population
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  • Fact Check: Gas Prices Did NOT Reach National Average Of $1.87 Per Gallon In February 2021 Not That Low

    Fact Check: Gas Prices Did NOT Reach National Average Of $1.87 Per Gallon In February 2021

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    • Feb 17, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Presence of These Microscopic Insects In Our Food, Drinks -- It's Clickbait It's Clickbait

    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Presence of These Microscopic Insects In Our Food, Drinks -- It's Clickbait

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    • May 20, 2022
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  • Fact Check: Parents Should NOT Make, Feed Homemade Baby Formula To Infants Risky Recipes

    Fact Check: Parents Should NOT Make, Feed Homemade Baby Formula To Infants

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    • May 12, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
  • Fact Check: Recent Fires At US Food Processing Plants Do NOT Show Plot To Cause Food Shortage No Pattern

    Fact Check: Recent Fires At US Food Processing Plants Do NOT Show Plot To Cause Food Shortage

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    • Apr 26, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: '2000 Mules' Does NOT Prove 2020 Election Was Stolen -- Documentary Contains Holes, Assumptions Big Holes

    Fact Check: '2000 Mules' Does NOT Prove 2020 Election Was Stolen -- Documentary Contains Holes, Assumptions

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    • May 11, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove No Planes Were Involved In 9/11 Attacks -- There Are Other Angles, Images, Videos We Saw It Live

    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove No Planes Were Involved In 9/11 Attacks -- There Are Other Angles, Images, Videos

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    • May 16, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: Russia Boycott, Keystone XL Stoppage Are NOT The Drivers Of Gas Price Hikes Many Causes

    Fact Check: Russia Boycott, Keystone XL Stoppage Are NOT The Drivers Of Gas Price Hikes

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    • Mar 18, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner

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    Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Have News Report On April 22, 2022, About New Program That Could Earn Americans Up To $50,000

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    • May 23, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Monkeypox Is Biological Warfare No Bio War

    Fact Check: NO Evidence Monkeypox Is Biological Warfare

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    • May 23, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: It's NOT True That 'Not One Real Video Has Surfaced' From 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict Various Videos

    Fact Check: It's NOT True That 'Not One Real Video Has Surfaced' From 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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    • May 23, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
  • Fact Check: Sniper Wali Did NOT Say That Fraudulent Scheme Was Organized In Ukraine To Steal US Military Aid Conjecture

    Fact Check: Sniper Wali Did NOT Say That Fraudulent Scheme Was Organized In Ukraine To Steal US Military Aid

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    • May 23, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
  • Fact Check: Water Fluoridation Did NOT Result From Government Request For Scientists To Find A Use For Surplus Fluoride Not History

    Fact Check: Water Fluoridation Did NOT Result From Government Request For Scientists To Find A Use For Surplus Fluoride

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    • May 20, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: Biden Is NOT 'Set to Sell America's Sovereignty to Globalists' At The World Health Organization Not For Sale

    Fact Check: Biden Is NOT 'Set to Sell America's Sovereignty to Globalists' At The World Health Organization

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    • May 20, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
  • Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Publish Data That 'Suggests' People Triple-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Get Sicker, Develop Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease 3X Vax ≠ Sick

    Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Publish Data That 'Suggests' People Triple-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Get Sicker, Develop Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease

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    • May 20, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne

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