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

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    Is it true that "not one real video has surfaced" from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: There is an abundance of footage showing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on May 20, 2022. The post, which contained several claims and featured images of figures from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)…

    • May 23, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: It's NOT True That 'Not One Real Video Has Surfaced' From 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict Various Videos
  • Fact Check: Sniper Wali Did NOT Say That Fraudulent Scheme Was Organized In Ukraine To Steal US Military Aid

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    Did the Canadian sniper known by the pseudonym Wali claim that a fraudulent scheme was organized in Ukraine to steal U.S. military aid? No, that's not true: In a conversation with a journalist from the Canadian edition of La Presse, which the authors of the claim refer to, Wali does not say a word about theft. The number of virtually…

    • 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: High U.S. Gas Prices In 2022 Are NOT Related To Closed Pipelines

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    Are high U.S. gas prices in 2022 related to closed pipelines? No, that's not true: The high gas prices in 2022 are mostly attributed to the price of crude oil, along with global economics and world affairs. There is no evidence that closed pipelines have dramatically affected gas prices in 2022. Although President Joe Biden blocked the rest of the…

    • May 19, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: High U.S. Gas Prices In 2022 Are NOT Related To Closed Pipelines Other Reasons
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Ukraine Soldier DOES Show Paintgun -- It's From Training Exercise

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    Did Ukrainian soldiers turn back a Russian incursion with paintball guns? Did Reuters represent a photo of soldiers training with paintball gear as an actual military conflict? No, that's not true: The photo originally included in a May 16, 2022, article was captioned to reflect that it showed a training simulation in Sumy, Ukraine, on April 15, 2022. This caption…

    • May 19, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photo Of Ukraine Soldier DOES Show Paintgun -- It's From Training Exercise Training
  • Fact Check: 'US General Eric Olson' Did NOT Surrender In Ukraine In May 2022 -- Unrelated Image Of Other Soldiers Is From April 2022

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    Did "US General Eric Olson" surrender with other troops in at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image of a line of soldiers used in a post is from April 14, 2022, which was weeks before the Ukrainian military announced in May 2022 that Ukrainian forced had completed their "combat mission" in Mariupol, and…

    • May 17, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 'US General Eric Olson' Did NOT Surrender In Ukraine In May 2022 -- Unrelated Image Of Other Soldiers Is From April 2022 Not Olson
  • Fact Check: Disinformation 'Czar' Did NOT Say She Wants 'Trustworthy Verified People' Like Herself To Be Able To 'Add Context' To Other People's Tweets

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    Did White House disinformation "czar" Nina Jankowicz say she wants "trustworthy verified people" like her to be able to "add context" to other people's tweets? No, that's not true: Her clipped comments from January 2021 were taken out of context. Jankowicz, who in April 2022 was named executive director of the Department of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board, was responding…

    • May 13, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Disinformation 'Czar' Did NOT Say She Wants 'Trustworthy Verified People' Like Herself To Be Able To 'Add Context' To Other People's Tweets Out of Context
  • Fact Check: Ruble's Designation As 'World's Best-Performing Currency' Does NOT Tell Full Story

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    Was the Russian ruble named the "world's best-performing currency" in May 2022? Yes, but that claim requires significant context: Bloomberg did publish an article on May 11, 2022, stating that the ruble was the "year's best performing currency." However, the Bloomberg article also provided the necessary information to clarify the claim, explaining that the ruble appears much stronger theoretically than…

    • May 12, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Ruble's Designation As 'World's Best-Performing Currency' Does NOT Tell Full Story Only On Paper
  • Fact Check: Biden, Soros, Obama Are NOT Planning A New World Order Conspiracy -- Quotes Are Being Taken Out Of Context

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    Did President Joe Biden, George Soros and former President Barack Obama talk about fulfilling the conspiracy theory of tyrannically taking over the world, otherwise known as the New World Order? No, that's not true: The quotes are legitimate, but they are used out of context. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on April 27, 2022. However, its origin seems…

    • May 12, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Biden, Soros, Obama Are NOT Planning A New World Order Conspiracy -- Quotes Are Being Taken Out Of Context Quotes Misused
  • Fact Check: Racist Backstory Of Timberland Boots Is NOT 'Black History Fact' -- It's Totally False Satirical Post

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    Was the founder of the Timberland boot company an 18th-century slave owner in Mississippi named Timberland Hawkins who hung slaves he couldn't auction from a tree in his field that's still standing and is now featured as the Timberland company logo? No, none of that is true: This post is a spinoff from earlier false social media rumors that the…

    • May 10, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Racist Backstory Of Timberland Boots Is NOT 'Black History Fact' -- It's Totally False Satirical Post Satire History
  • Fact Check: No Evidence That Burning Food Factories, Bird Flu, Food Crisis Are Globalist Plot For Control

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    Is there an orchestrated globalist plot to control the world's population that includes burning down food processing plants, introducing bird flu to commercial poultry flocks, raising the price of fertilizer and disrupting the growing season in Ukraine and Russia with war? No, that's not true: The title of this video is clickbait, there is no "shocking truth" revealed. Many of…

    • May 10, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: No Evidence That Burning Food Factories, Bird Flu, Food Crisis Are Globalist Plot For Control No Evidence
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    Fact Check: Gas Prices Did NOT Reach National Average Of $1.87 Per Gallon In February 2021

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

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

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    • May 12, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
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    Fact Check: Recent Fires At US Food Processing Plants Do NOT Show Plot To Cause Food Shortage

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

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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

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    • May 23, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
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