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  • Fact Check: Canadian Journalist Did NOT Promote Nazi-Style 'Final Solution' For Unvaccinated People -- It Was 'Meant To Be Satirical'

    Fact Check

    Did Canadian journalist Mark Slapinski promote a Nazi-style "final solution" for people who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: Slapinski said on one of his social media accounts that his words about unvaccinated Canadians were "meant to be satirical." The claim appeared in a post and video on Instagram on July 13, 2023, under the title…

    • Jul 14, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Canadian Journalist Did NOT Promote Nazi-Style 'Final Solution' For Unvaccinated People -- It Was 'Meant To Be Satirical' Satirical
  • NewsBlaze CEO Appears Linked To Anonymous Anti-Vax Site GoodSciencing.com

    Analysis

    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
  • Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Issue International Arrest Warrant For Jacob Rothschild, George Soros

    Fact Check

    Did Russia issue an international arrest warrant for billionaires Jacob Rothschild and George Soros? No, that's not true: Variations of this hoax have circulated for years. While Russia banned two charities run by Soros in 2015, the Kremlin said an international arrest warrant was never sought for him. Lead Stories found no evidence of an arrest warrant ever being issued…

    • Mar 30, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Issue International Arrest Warrant For Jacob Rothschild, George Soros No Writ Here
  • Fact Check: Trucker Convoy Leader Was NOT Found Dead In Her Cell

    Fact Check

    Was Tamara Lich, one of the leaders of the Ottawa trucker convoy, found dead in her jail cell? No, that's not true: Lich was alive as of February 23, 2022, according to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, where she was being detained. The spokesperson for the Ministry of the Solicitor General confirmed to Lead Stories that Lich had not been found…

    • Feb 23, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Trucker Convoy Leader Was NOT Found Dead In Her Cell Alive
  • Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ

    Analysis

    On November 10, 2021, Lead Stories published a fact check about an article published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on November 2, 2021. In response, the BMJ published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on December 17, 2021, calling our fact check "inaccurate, incompetent and irresponsible." We addressed their concerns in a December 18, 2021, article, going over their…

    • Jan 27, 2022
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ
  • Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Was NOT Arrested At Home In Switzerland

    Fact Check

    Was Klaus Schwab arrested at his home in Switzerland? No, that's not true: The founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), was not arrested at home in Switzerland both the Swiss Federal Police and the police in Geneva, Switzerland said, calling the claim "fake news." The claim was originally posted on Conservative Beaver, a website that has since been disabled.…

    • Nov 29, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Was NOT Arrested At Home In Switzerland Made Up Story
  • Fact Check: Moderna CEO Was NOT Arrested By FBI On November 22, 2021

    Fact Check

    Was Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, arrested by the FBI on November 22, 2021? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to suggest that Bancel was arrested and the website where the claim originally appeared is a known fake news website. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) published on November 22, 2021, by CelebSaga. One portion of…

    • Nov 24, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Moderna CEO Was NOT Arrested By FBI On November 22, 2021 Not Arrested
  • Pfizer Petitions Court For Identity of 'Conservative Beaver' Publisher -- Lead Stories May Have Found Him

    Analysis

    Wanted for Defamation On November 5, 2021, a website named Conservative Beaver published a false story about the CEO of Pfizer being arrested for fraud. It wasn't the first false story published by the website and it wouldn't be the last: Only a few days later the site falsely claimed Myriam Bourla (the wife of Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla) died…

    • Nov 24, 2021
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Pfizer Petitions Court For Identity of 'Conservative Beaver' Publisher -- Lead Stories May Have Found Him Found Him?
  • Fact Check: Wife of Pfizer CEO Is NOT Dead

    Fact Check

    Did Myriam Bourla, the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, die November 10, 2021 after complications from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: She was photographed with her husband at an awards ceremony on November 11, 2021. Conservative Beaver, the website where the claim originated, often writes fabricated stories about public figures. The claim appeared in an article (archived…

    • Nov 12, 2021
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Wife of Pfizer CEO Is NOT Dead She's Alive
  • Fact Check: Travis Scott Was NOT Arrested In The Days Following Fatal Astroworld Festival

    Fact Check

    Was rapper Travis Scott arrested after his Astroworld festival concert, where eight people died? No, that's not true: The Houston Police Department told Lead Stories on November 10, 2021, that the claim was not accurate. Scott also tweeted a statement on November 6, 2021, the day after the festival, at which eight people were killed and 17 were hospitalized, with…

    • Nov 10, 2021
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Travis Scott Was NOT Arrested In The Days Following Fatal Astroworld Festival No Arrest
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