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  • Fact Check: There ARE Enough Cows Worldwide To Supply McDonald's Beef Burgers

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    Are there too few cows in the world to supply McDonald's beef burgers? No, that's not true: There are far more than enough head of cattle worldwide to supply McDonald's estimated 2.5 billion burgers served per year. If all the patties were quarter-pounders, heavier than the standard McDonald's burgers, the required 625 million pounds of beef would require about 1.25…

    • Feb 13, 2025
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: There ARE Enough Cows Worldwide To Supply McDonald's Beef Burgers Math Wrong
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Parker Does NOT Show Altoona McDonald's Employee Who Reported Sighting Of Luigi Mangione In Pennsylvania

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    Does a viral photo show the Altoona McDonald's employee who made the 911 call to report a sighting of Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The photo shows a comedian from New York. A profile on Facebook that contained the original version of the image also placed that person in New York, not Pennsylvania. The claim appeared in…

    • Dec 18, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Parker Does NOT Show Altoona McDonald's Employee Who Reported Sighting Of Luigi Mangione In Pennsylvania Comedian
  • Fact Check: Account Activity Does NOT Reflect That Viral List Of Businesses, Celebrities 'Stopped Posting On Twitter'

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    Have Visa, Etsy, Adobe, Android, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Mastercard, McDonald's, CVS Pharmacy, Home Depot and Walmart all stopped posting on Twitter, now called X? No, that's not true: There is no indication that the accounts named in this list have, in a coordinated fashion, stopped posting on the social media platform. Some of the accounts have not been very…

    • Nov 15, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Account Activity Does NOT Reflect That Viral List Of Businesses, Celebrities 'Stopped Posting On Twitter' Still Active
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly Announce Plans To 'Officially' Buy McDonald's As Of November 13, 2024

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    Did Elon Musk publicly announce plans to "officially" buy McDonald's in November 2024? No, that's not true: As of this publication, there is no record of Musk having formally announced plans to buy the food company, and McDonald's has not reported such a purchase. Furthermore, an online AI detector tool found that images published in the post that depicted Musk…

    • Nov 13, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly Announce Plans To 'Officially' Buy McDonald's As Of November 13, 2024 Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly Announce Plans To 'Officially' Buy McDonald's As Of November 13, 2024 No Evidence
  • Fact Check: McDonald's Stock Did NOT Jump 200% After Trump Visited Franchise -- Satire Origin

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    Did McDonald's stock climb 200 percent after Donald Trump made a campaign appearance at one of its franchises? No, that's not true: This comes from a website that regularly publishes fake stories, and the original article was clearly labeled as "satire." McDonald's shares actually dropped after Trump visited one of its restaurants. The claim appeared in a post (archived here)…

    • Nov 13, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: McDonald's Stock Did NOT Jump 200% After Trump Visited Franchise -- Satire Origin Satire Label
  • Fact Check: McDonald's E.coli Outbreak Did NOT Happen After Trump Made Fries There

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    Did the E.coli outbreak involving McDonald's occur soon after Donald Trump worked at one McDonald's restaurant for one hour during his 2024 presidential campaign? No, that's not true: The E.coli outbreak traced to some McDonald's franchises began weeks before Trump's announcement he would do a shift at a single McDonald's restaurant. The Food and Drug Administration reported that the outbreak…

    • Oct 30, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: McDonald's E.coli Outbreak Did NOT Happen After Trump Made Fries There Pre-Trump
  • Fact Check: FAKE Picture Of Elon Musk, Trump, Mark Robinson Is A Mashup Of Altered Images

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    Does a real photo show Elon Musk, Donald Trump and the lieutenant governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson, together? No, that's not true: This image was made by combining three individual photos taken at different locations on different days. Not only were the subjects from three images collaged together, but some elements in the source photos were digitally altered, notably…

    • Oct 29, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: FAKE Picture Of Elon Musk, Trump, Mark Robinson Is A Mashup Of Altered Images Edited Photos
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Kamala Harris In McDonald's Uniform IS FAKE -- Real Image Is Of A Different Woman

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    Is a photo of Kamala Harris in a blue McDonald's uniform authentic? No, that's not true: A reverse image search proved that the photo has been altered. It never showed Harris. The original image comes from an online gallery of photos posted in 2007 to commemorate a different woman's death. The claim about the altered photo appeared in a post…

    • Oct 28, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Photo Of Kamala Harris In McDonald's Uniform IS FAKE -- Real Image Is Of A Different Woman Doctored Pic
  • Fact Check: McDonald's Did NOT Issue An October 20, 2024, Statement That Kamala Harris Never Worked There

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    Did McDonald's issue a statement on October 20, 2024, that stated Kamala Harris had never worked at a McDonald's franchise? No, that's not true: McDonald's never issued such a statement. Instead, an October 20, 2024, internal memo attributed to McDonald's acknowledges, without refuting, "Vice President Harris's fond memories working under the Arches." The claim appeared in a post (archived here)…

    • Oct 22, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: McDonald's Did NOT Issue An October 20, 2024, Statement That Kamala Harris Never Worked There No Statement
  • Fact Check: McDonald's Corporate Did NOT Say 'They Have No Record Whatsoever' Of Kamala Harris Working There

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    Did McDonald's corporate make a statement saying that "they have no record whatsoever of KAMALA HARRIS ever working at any of their locations"? No, that's not true: The McDonald's corporate website page of press releases has no mention of Kamala Harris. A Google search of McDonald's corporate website did not bring up any mention of Kamala Harris at all. There…

    • Sep 10, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: McDonald's Corporate Did NOT Say 'They Have No Record Whatsoever' Of Kamala Harris Working There No Statement
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