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  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Lia Thomas Was Booed Off Stage At NCAA Legends' Meet And Greet -- Claim Is From Satire Site

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    Was swimmer Lia Thomas "Booed Off Stage at the 'NCAA Legends' Meet and Greet"? No, that's not true: This claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. The website where this claim originated has a disclaimer that reads "Everything on this website is fiction." The claim appeared in an article published by The Dunning-Kruger…

    • Oct 19, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Lia Thomas Was Booed Off Stage At NCAA Legends' Meet And Greet -- Claim Is From Satire Site Satire Site
  • Fact Check: Peter McCullough Cites Discredited Papers, Recirculates COVID-19 Falsehoods In September 13, 2023, Speech

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    Did Dr. Peter McCullough, an American cardiologist who has repeatedly made anti-COVID-19 vaccine statements, successfully discredit the World Health Organization (WHO) and the global health community's approach to COVID-19 treatment during a speech in Strasbourg, France, on September 13, 2023? No, that's not true: McCullough bases his claims on rejected scientific papers with methodological flaws and long-debunked assertions. The physician…

    • Oct 3, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Peter McCullough Cites Discredited Papers, Recirculates COVID-19 Falsehoods In September 13, 2023, Speech Echoed Myths
  • Fact Check: Steeler's Coach Mike Tomlin Did NOT Say No More Kneeling On His Field, Did Not Cut Pittsburgh's Last Kneeler AND NFL Mediator Did NOT Side With Him

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    Did Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin say his football players were not allowed to kneel on the field anymore and then cut the last player to kneel, and did an NFL mediator side with him over the controversy? No, that's not true: All three claims were made on a satire website that has a disclaimer that describes itself as part…

    • Aug 22, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Steeler's Coach Mike Tomlin Did NOT Say No More Kneeling On His Field, Did Not Cut Pittsburgh's Last Kneeler AND NFL Mediator Did NOT Side With Him Football Farce
  • Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Did NOT Have Wheaties Campaign Canceled After Missed Penalty Kick

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    Did professional soccer player Megan Rapinoe have a campaign with the breakfast cereal Wheaties that was canceled after she missed a penalty kick during the 2023 World Cup? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for General Mills, the parent company of Wheaties, confirmed that the claim is false. The claim also started on a satirical website. The claim originated in…

    • Aug 9, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Did NOT Have Wheaties Campaign Canceled After Missed Penalty Kick Satirical Site
  • Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Was NOT 'Released' From 'OL Reign' Or Olympic Team And Did NOT Lose '$25M Broadcasting Deal'

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    Was Megan Rapinoe, a renowned U.S. women's soccer player, fired from the Seattle "OL Reign" team and the U.S. Olympic team, and did she also lose a multi-million TV deal as a result of missing a penalty kick during the Women's World Cup series? No, that's not true: Rapinoe only announced finishing her professional career after the U.S. was eliminated…

    • Aug 7, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Was NOT 'Released' From 'OL Reign' Or Olympic Team And Did NOT Lose '$25M Broadcasting Deal' Satire≠Facts
  • Fact Check: NO Proven Link Between 'Athlete Cardiac Arrests' And COVID-19 Vaccine -- Many Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine-Related Cases Cited In Goodsciencing List

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    Does a social media post listing "1,884 Athlete Cardiac Arrests" and 1,310 deaths between January 2021 and July 2023 prove a connection between these mishaps and the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: While the ultimate source of the information cited in the post lists hundreds of "athletes" who have died or collapsed for various reasons (some of them clearly…

    • Aug 2, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Proven Link Between 'Athlete Cardiac Arrests' And COVID-19 Vaccine -- Many Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine-Related Cases Cited In Goodsciencing List Nonspecific
  • Fact Check: NCAA Did NOT Revoke Swimmer Lia Thomas' National Championship -- Story Is From A Satirical Site

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    Did the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) strip former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas of her NCAA National Championship record and refer her case to the Indiana state attorney for "possible fraud charges"? No, neither of those claims are true: This claim is from a satirical website, The Dunning-Kruger Times. There is no evidence Thomas is being stripped of…

    • May 22, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NCAA Did NOT Revoke Swimmer Lia Thomas' National Championship -- Story Is From A Satirical Site Satirical Site
  • Fact Check: Otto Warburg Did NOT Invent 'Oxygen Therapy' -- EWOT NOT Proven To Cure 'Top 200 Diseases In The World'

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    Can exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT) "cure the top 200 diseases in the world ... by using oxygen and raising people's heart rates," as was discovered by chemist Otto Warburg? No, none of that is true: Warburg was a German scientist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1931 for his findings that cancer cells can survive in the absence…

    • May 11, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Otto Warburg Did NOT Invent 'Oxygen Therapy' -- EWOT NOT Proven To Cure 'Top 200 Diseases In The World' Not A Cure
  • Fact Check: Professional Athletes HAVE Lived To Be 100 Years Old -- Exercise Is Shown To Increase Lifespan

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    Has a professional athlete never lived to be 100 years old, thus evidencing that exercise "doesn't increase lifespan" and "in fact, exercise can shorten lifespan"? No, that's not true: Globally, there are a number of professional athletes who have lived to be 100 years old and beyond, including several of whom are alive as of this publication. Furthermore, scientific evidence…

    • May 8, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Professional Athletes HAVE Lived To Be 100 Years Old -- Exercise Is Shown To Increase Lifespan Living Longer
  • NewsBlaze CEO Appears Linked To Anonymous Anti-Vax Site GoodSciencing.com

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    This article lays out the evidence Alan Gray (CEO of alternative news site NewsBlaze) is quite likely the key person behind the anonymously published website named Real Science hosted on the domain name goodsciencing.com. It was recently in the news because it was the source for some spectacular (but wrong) statistics about athletes suffering cardiac arrests (here's our fact…

    • Jan 5, 2023
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    NewsBlaze CEO Appears Linked To Anonymous Anti-Vax Site GoodSciencing.com Not Science
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