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  • Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Deface Philadelphia's Liberty Bell, Did NOT Burn Flag On Capitol Grounds

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    Did protesters deface the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia or burn the U.S. flag on the Capitol grounds as a video on TikTok claimed? No, that's not true: Video and photo evidence show that they defaced a replica bell in Washington, D.C. While protesters did burn a U.S. flag in Washington, media coverage and a statement from Vice President Kamala Harris…

    • Jul 26, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Deface Philadelphia's Liberty Bell, Did NOT Burn Flag On Capitol Grounds Pix: Elsewhere
  • Fact Check: Social Media Posts Do NOT Offer Genuine Concern Over Missing Teen -- They Are Real Estate Scams

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    Did authentic social media posts offer genuine concern over a missing teen named Kaniesa Perez? No, that's not true: The posts exploit a real missing teen story and falsely say that Kaniesa Perez went missing on the same day from Dover, Pennsylvania, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, among other locations more than a thousand miles apart. In reality, the teen went…

    • Jul 16, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Social Media Posts Do NOT Offer Genuine Concern Over Missing Teen -- They Are Real Estate Scams Fact Check: Social Media Posts Do NOT Offer Genuine Concern Over Missing Teen -- They Are Real Estate Scams Scam Bait
  • Fact Check: Amtrak Does NOT Offer $1 Card For All US Residents That Lets Them Ride Trains For A Year Without Extra Fees

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    Does Amtrak have a promotion for a $1 card that allows every U.S. resident to ride their trains with no extra charges for a year? No, that's not true: An Amtrak spokesperson told Lead Stories that the card is a scam offer. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook on August 16, 2023. The caption of the…

    • Aug 23, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Amtrak Does NOT Offer $1 Card For All US Residents That Lets Them Ride Trains For A Year Without Extra Fees Phony Promo
  • Fact Check: False Promotions Use Famous Brand Names -- Tricking People To Hand Over Personal Information

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    Can simply answering three or four questions and paying a nominal handling fee qualify people to redeem tickets, receive expensive products, $500 or even $1,000 gift cards, store credit or compensation from well-known brands? No, that's not true: In the first quarter of 2023, Lead Stories tracked a large-scale phishing operation on Facebook that manipulatively tricks people into divulging personal…

    • Mar 21, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: False Promotions Use Famous Brand Names -- Tricking People To Hand Over Personal Information Phishing Ruse
  • Fact Check: Amtrak Employees Are NOT Walking Out Because Of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

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    Are Amtrak employees walking off the job because of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate? No, that's not true. The cancellation of two trains on a route in the Northeast on October 10, 2021, were not due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Amtrak told Lead Stories. A trainworker union officer confirmed that, saying no members of Transport Workers Union of America had…

    • Oct 12, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Amtrak Employees Are NOT Walking Out Because Of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Regular Delay
  • Fact Check: List Of Questions About Biden's Inauguration Is Mix Of Myths And Falsehoods

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    Does a list of questions about Joe Biden's inauguration contain only accurate and factual statements? No, that's not true: The rhetorical questions, posed to imply that Biden is not really president, are a mix of myths, falsehoods and statements that are missing crucial context. Among them are claims that Biden took the oath of office using a "fake" Bible, that…

    • Jan 25, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: List Of Questions About Biden's Inauguration Is Mix Of Myths And Falsehoods Tall Tales
  • Fake News: George Soros NOT Among 7 Dead In Thompson Amtrak Derailing

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    Was George Soros killed in an Amtrak train derailment near Thompson, California? No, that's not true; the news was made up by a liberal satire website that often gets its content copied by fake news websites from Macedonia, omitting the satire disclaimer. Even without that disclaimer the story contains so many obvious hints only a total idiot would believe it.…

    • Oct 7, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: George Soros NOT Among 7 Dead In Thompson Amtrak Derailing
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