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  • Fact Check: Special Forces Did NOT Destroy 'DEW' Plane

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    Did U.S. Special Forces destroy a DEW, which stands for directed energy weapon, plane? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories the story is "false." The website that made the claim regularly publishes completely fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article published by Real Raw News on March 10, 2024, titled "Special Forces Destroy DEW…

    • Mar 13, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Special Forces Did NOT Destroy 'DEW' Plane Pentagon: Nope
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bill Gates Advocating Destroying Agricultural Land -- Portions Of Gates' Remarks Have Been Cut

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    Does a video prove Bill Gates suggested destroying agricultural land? No, that's not true: A convoluted post on social media cut out portions of Gates' response to a question, changing the context of what he said. The edited clip of Gates speaking at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., in 2019 was merged with an unrelated video showing cattle running…

    • Mar 12, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bill Gates Advocating Destroying Agricultural Land -- Portions Of Gates' Remarks Have Been Cut Out Of Context
  • Fact Check: '80 Percent Of Texas' Cattle Grazing Land' Was NOT Destroyed In 2024 Wildfires

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    Was "80 percent of Texas' cattle grazing land" destroyed in the 2024 wildfires burning across the Texas Panhandle, as is claimed in a post and video on Instagram? No, that's not true: As of this writing, more than 1.2 million acres have been burned in the state in four active fires in the Texas Panhandle, which contains less than 10…

    • Mar 11, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: '80 Percent Of Texas' Cattle Grazing Land' Was NOT Destroyed In 2024 Wildfires Not Equivalent
  • Fact Check: 'Right Roof' On Unburned Texas Homes Was NOT Biden's Reference To 'Blue Roof' Conspiracy But To Fire-Resistant Roofing

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    Did Joe Biden let slip that there is a "right roof" with a certain color that will protect a home from being destroyed by lasers or directed energy weapons during wildfires as some conspiracists suggest? No, that's not true: In a video clip of Joe Biden speaking in Brownsville, Texas, he does say how in the aftermath of a wildfire…

    • Mar 4, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Right Roof' On Unburned Texas Homes Was NOT Biden's Reference To 'Blue Roof' Conspiracy But To Fire-Resistant Roofing Fire-Resistant
  • Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Show 'Green Laser ... Directed Energy Weapon' Igniting Texas 2024 Wildfire -- Fake and Outdated Video

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    Does a viral video of a "green laser" authentically show a beam igniting a Texas wildfire that started in late February 2024? No, that's not true: The clip was posted two months before the blaze. It was first published in a social media account of a person describing themselves as a "video creator" who made no references to Texas…

    • Mar 4, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Show 'Green Laser ... Directed Energy Weapon' Igniting Texas 2024 Wildfire -- Fake and Outdated Video Old Video
  • Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT 'Neutralize Fleeing FEMA Convoy' On Maui

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    Did U.S. Marines "neutralize" a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) convoy on Maui around August 20, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that there's "absolutely no truth to this claim." Also, the website this claim originated from carries a disclaimer stating that it publishes satirical content. The claim appeared in an article published by…

    • Aug 21, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT 'Neutralize Fleeing FEMA Convoy' On Maui Pentagon: Nope
  • Fact Check: These Photos Are NOT Associated With 'Chemtrails'

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    Does this collection of photos show the inner workings of airplanes that spray "chemtrails" and has this information been "declassified"? No, that's not true: These photos do not show "chemtrail spraying equipment." The photos are either misidentified, are a joke, or are intentionally unidentified, but they have been presented in a false context allowing imaginations to run wild. There is…

    • Jan 18, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: These Photos Are NOT Associated With 'Chemtrails' Misrepresented
  • Fact Check: 'Kim Martin Morrow' Is NOT The CEO Of Netflix And Was NOT Charged With 15 Counts Of Child Pornography

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    Was "Kim Martin Morrow the CEO of Netflix" charged with 15 charges for child pornography? No, that's not true. Kim Martin Morrow is not the CEO of Netflix -- that is Reed Hastings -- and neither has been charged on 15 counts for child pornography. The story on someone named Morrow and pornography charges is completely made up, as was…

    • Sep 16, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 'Kim Martin Morrow' Is NOT The CEO Of Netflix And Was NOT Charged With 15 Counts Of Child Pornography Wrong Person
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