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  • Fact Check: NO Evidence 'White Hats Disable Amphibious Cruiser That Attacked GITMO'

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    Did "white hats" in the U.S. military "disable an amphibious cruiser that attacked GITMO" as of January 4, 2023? No, that's not true: The aircraft carrier identified with a photo as the "aggressor" was never put into service and was sold for scrap in 1971. Also, this claim was made on a website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim…

    • Jan 4, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence 'White Hats Disable Amphibious Cruiser That Attacked GITMO' No Proof
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Attack On A Priest In France

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    Does a video on social media in August 2022 show an act of aggression against a French priest? No, that's not true: The clip shows a 2020 incident in Guyana. Some of this claim's variations had such hashtags as "diversity," "multiculturalism" and "openborders," implying that the attacker could be an immigrant. According to previous media reports, it is not the…

    • Aug 17, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Attack On A Priest In France Guyana
  • Fact Check: This Is NOT A 399-Year-Old Woman -- This Is A Thai Monk Who Is 109

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    Is this person in this video a 399-year-old woman? No, that's not true: It's a 109-year-old Thai monk, according to a Thai media website. He gained a lot of attention when his granddaughter posted him to her TikTok account. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on July 27, 2022. The video consists of multiple clips of the person, most…

    • Jul 29, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: This Is NOT A 399-Year-Old Woman -- This Is A Thai Monk Who Is 109 Thai Monk 109
  • Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Sentence Tom Vilsack To Hang

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    Did a military tribunal sentence Tom Vilsack, the U.S. secretary of agriculture, to hang? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) told Lead Stories that this claim is false. A duty officer for the Pentagon told us that this story was "ridiculous" and "untrue." Real Raw News, the website that published this story, is…

    • May 10, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Sentence Tom Vilsack To Hang Fictional News
  • Fact Check: This Is NOT A 163-Year-Old Black Man -- This Is A Thai Monk Who Is 109

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    Is the person in this video a 163-year-old Black man who is the oldest man in the world? No, that's not true: The man seen in this video is a 109-year-old monk from Thailand. He gained attention when his granddaughter posted video of him on her TikTok account. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on February 19,…

    • Mar 3, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: This Is NOT A 163-Year-Old Black Man -- This Is A Thai Monk Who Is 109 109 & Thai
  • Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Send Bombers To Venezuela During Ukraine Invasion -- News Report Is From 2018

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    Did Russia send jet bombers to Venezuela during its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022? No, that's not true: A CNN news report describing Russian bombers that landed in Venezuela to conduct exercises over the Caribbean was broadcast in 2018. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on February 25, 2022. The post has a TikTok that included…

    • Mar 2, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Send Bombers To Venezuela During Ukraine Invasion -- News Report Is From 2018 2018 Report
  • An open letter to YouTube's CEO from the world's fact-checkers

    Analysis

    Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It's been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how destructive disinformation and misinformation can be for social harmony, democracy, and public health; too many lives and livelihoods have been ruined, and far too many people have lost loved ones to disinformation. As an international network of fact-checking…

    • Jan 12, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    An open letter to YouTube's CEO from the world's fact-checkers Open Letter
  • Fact Check: Giant UFO Was NOT Filmed Hovering Over Malaysian Village

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    Did several Malaysians film a giant UFO hovering over a village? No, that's not true: The UFO featured in this video clip was the creation of filmmaker Damien White. Extensive footage of this UFO, including 3-D wireframes from the early stages of the CGI animation, were posted to White's YouTube channel in 2007. This fictional CGI short film was originally…

    • May 5, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Giant UFO Was NOT Filmed Hovering Over Malaysian Village CGI Effects
  • Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 'Absolute Interference' Video Recycles Debunked Claims About The 2020 Election

    Fact Check

    Does Mike Lindell's "Absolute Interference" video, his third that purports to prove 2020 election fraud, contain only proven statements? No, that's not true: It contradicts itself and recycles claims that have been debunked before, relying on discredited and anonymous guests who make unsubstantiated and disproven allegations. The video's orienting claim is that foreign and domestic actors hacked the election through…

    • Apr 21, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 'Absolute Interference'  Video Recycles Debunked Claims About The 2020 Election Discredited
  • Fact Check: 'Unmasked' Video Does NOT Uncover The Truth About The 2020 Presidential Election

    Fact Check

    Does the "Unmasked" video uncover the truth about the 2020 presidential election? No, it doesn't: The video remixes previously debunked claims of vote fraud and election theft. Chief among them were allegations that "vote spikes" in battleground states were suspicious, that Georgia poll workers pulled boxes of illegal ballots from under a table for counting, that foreign countries skewed the…

    • Feb 8, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: 'Unmasked' Video Does NOT Uncover The Truth About The 2020 Presidential Election Debunked Data
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