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  • Fact Check: Gasoline Prices Did NOT Fall Below $1.98 A Gallon As President Trump Claimed on May 2, 2025

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    Did U.S. gas prices drop below $1.98 a gallon as President Trump claimed in a May 2, 2025 Truth Social post? No, that's not true: The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $3.18 on May 2, 2025, according to the AAA survey. The cheapest gas was in Mississippi, where the average price for regular unleaded was…

    • May 2, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Gasoline Prices Did NOT Fall Below $1.98 A Gallon As President Trump Claimed on May 2, 2025 Above $3
  • Fact Check: Kuhbandner and Reitzner Study Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Excess Mortality In Germany -- Other Causes Identified

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    Did a German preprint study published in February 2024 by Christof Kuhbandner and Matthias Reitzner prove that COVID-19 vaccines caused the number of deaths per year to rise above recent trends, as several online posts and articles implied? No, that's not true: While it's true there has been a documented increase in excess mortality during the pandemic years, German health…

    • Jul 8, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Kuhbandner and Reitzner Study Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Excess Mortality In Germany -- Other Causes Identified Not Causation
  • Fact Check: Video Showing 'The View' Guest Accusing Karine Jean-Pierre Of 'Bullshit' On Air Is NOT Real -- Clip Is Edited To Add A Person

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    Did a guest on "The View" accuse White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of espousing "bullshit" on an episode of "The View"? No, that's not true: Damon Imani, a social media personality, edited himself into clips of the real December 5, 2023, episode, on which Jean-Pierre was a guest. Imani has a history of making content where he digitally adds…

    • Feb 26, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video Showing 'The View' Guest Accusing Karine Jean-Pierre Of 'Bullshit' On Air Is NOT Real -- Clip Is Edited To Add A Person Edited Video
  • Fact Check: Handmade Contraption 'Hack' Does NOT Save Fuel, Could Be Dangerous -- Clickbait Video Skit

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    Does a video on social media show a "hack" that will "slash your gas expenses"? No, that's not true: This video fails to deliver what is promised in seven minutes of drawn-out instructions on how to make a nonfunctional contraption. How the gas savings might occur is never disclosed. Furthermore, a safety professional with the National Fire Protection Association advises…

    • Nov 14, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Handmade Contraption 'Hack' Does NOT Save Fuel, Could Be Dangerous -- Clickbait Video Skit Pointless Skit
  • Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Tell Crew There Will Be 'No Woke Crap' On His Movie Set

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    Did Sylvester Stallone ban "woke crap" on the set of one of his movies, speaking against "a bunch of granola moms and their soy boy husbands"? No, that's not true. The claim originated from a satirical website that describes everything it publishes as "fiction." The story initially appeared in an article (archived here) published by The Dunning-Kruger Times on March…

    • Jun 12, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Tell Crew There Will Be 'No Woke Crap' On His Movie Set Satire
  • 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: Speedway NOT Offering Consumers $500 Gift Card As 'Settlement' for High Prices -- It's Hoax

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    Is the Speedway gas and convenience store chain giving $500 gift cards to consumers who answer three questions as part of a price-gouging lawsuit settlement? No, that's not true: The post is a hoax. There is no evidence on Speedway's official web page of any lawsuit settlement and a link included with the post doesn't route uses to any real…

    • Jan 24, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Speedway NOT Offering Consumers $500 Gift Card As 'Settlement' for High Prices -- It's Hoax Gift Card Fake
  • Fact Check: Price Of Gas Was NOT $5 A Gallon When Biden Took Office -- It Was Less Than Half As Much

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    Was the price of gasoline $5 a gallon when President Joe Biden took office in January 2021? No, that's not true: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website says a gallon of regular unleaded gas was only going for close to $2.33, on average, at that time. For September 2022, the most recent month government statistics were available at…

    • Oct 28, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Price Of Gas Was NOT $5 A Gallon When Biden Took Office -- It Was Less Than Half As Much Fact Check: Price Of Gas Was NOT $5 A Gallon When Biden Took Office -- It Was Less Than Half As Much It Was $2.33
  • Fact Check: Texas Did NOT Produce More Oil Than Saudi Arabia On October 7, 2018

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    Was the state of Texas, not Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producer in the world on October 7, 2018? No, that's not true: In 2018, Texas produced, on average, roughly 4.42 million barrels of oil a day, while Saudi Arabia produced nearly 10.6 million barrels a day on average, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's website. An energy expert…

    • Oct 20, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Texas Did NOT Produce More Oil Than Saudi Arabia On October 7, 2018 Not Texas
  • Fact Check: German Library Did NOT Call For Russian Books To Be Donated 'For Heating Purposes'

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    Did the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), one of the largest German academic libraries, ask its readers to bring in Russian books "for heating purposes"? No, that's not true: SLUB General Director Katrin Stump denied the leaflet's authenticity and said that the library had filed a criminal complaint about the claim. The claim appeared in a Facebook post…

    • Sep 14, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: German Library Did NOT Call For Russian Books To Be Donated 'For Heating Purposes' Forged
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