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  • Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT File $60M Defamation Suit Against Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg

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    Did Kyle Rittenhouse file a $60 million defamation lawsuit against Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg? No, that's not true: It is a satirical claim published by a network of websites that trolls conservatives with false articles. There is no such court filing by Rittenhouse, who was recently found not guilty of murder in Kenosha, Wisconsin, against the two TV talk…

    • Nov 28, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT File $60M Defamation Suit Against Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg Trolling
  • Fact Check: Field In Madison, Georgia, Does NOT Store 'Disposable Coffins' And Is Not Owned By CDC Or FEMA

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    Did the CDC pay someone to store up to 500,000 "disposable coffins" in what had been a soybean field in Madison, Georgia? Does this indicate that there is a "plan" that might include "FEMA Camps" and an impending need to bury hundreds of thousands of people? No, that's not true: This video is a baseless, old, recycled conspiracy tale that…

    • Oct 28, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Field In Madison, Georgia, Does NOT Store 'Disposable Coffins' And Is Not Owned By CDC Or FEMA Old Myth
  • Fact Check: Farm Owner Was NOT Denied A Permit To Build A Horse Shelter

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    Did a German farmer build a giant table and chairs as a shelter for his horses in order to get around the local council's refusal to grant him a permit to build a standard horse shelter? No, that's not true: The owner of this land, a wood merchant, never applied for a permit for a shelter, so no permit was…

    • Oct 25, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Farm Owner Was NOT Denied A Permit To Build A Horse Shelter Not Denied
  • Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide As Claimed By Ex-Pfizer Employee

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    Do the COVID vaccines contain graphene oxide as claimed by a "whistleblower" on the "Stew Peters Show"? No, that's not true: The claim rests on made-up connections between vaccine makers and a company that produces polyethylene glycol derivative products. The person making the claims, Karen Kingston, can't correctly be called a Pfizer vaccine whistleblower since she sold erectile dysfunction pills,…

    • Aug 6, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide As Claimed By Ex-Pfizer Employee No Graphene
  • Fact Check: Headline Does NOT Accurately Summarize Status Of Research Into COVID-19 Lockdown Effectiveness

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    Did the headline on this Facebook post correctly describe a draft report about the effect of lockdowns on the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. and other countries? No, that's not true: The paper is, by its own wording, still a working draft and has not yet been subjected to professional peer review. That's the customary process through which the…

    • Jun 25, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Headline Does NOT Accurately Summarize Status Of Research Into COVID-19 Lockdown Effectiveness Headline Errs
  • Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Let Viewers Hear 'Undercover' W.H.O. Video Offered As Proof Of Vaccine Dangers

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    Does an anti-vaccine advocate prove his claims of vaccine dangers with "undercover" video of private World Health Organization meetings and does he provide credible citations of scientific research to prove his claims? No, that's not true: The video caption promises "an undercover footage - the media don't want you to see" but delivers less than a quarter-minute -- without audio.…

    • May 21, 2021
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Let Viewers Hear 'Undercover' W.H.O. Video Offered As Proof Of Vaccine Dangers Claims ≠ Cites
  • Fact Check: Third Bridge Spanning The Chesapeake Bay Is NOT In Planning Stages: It's April Fools'

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    Did Jeff Bezos agree to pay for a six and a half mile long bridge in Maryland in exchange for the rezoning of some land to build an Amazon distribution center and drone launching facility? No, that's not true: A short film produced by Queen Anne's County Television was an April Fools' hoax. The video began with elements typically found…

    • Apr 2, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Third Bridge Spanning The Chesapeake Bay Is NOT In Planning Stages: It's April Fools' April Fool's
  • Fact Check: An Officer Was NOT Saved From Choking By Man He Had Handcuffed -- It's A Skit

    Fact Check

    Did a patrolman choke on his gum and was lifesaving aid rendered to him by a man he had just handcuffed and taken into custody? No, that's not true: This video is from Rick Lax Productions, creator of fictional short videos. It is of the "social dilemma" genre of skit videos featuring dramatic, funny, or awkward situations and pranks. When…

    • Mar 12, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: An Officer Was NOT Saved From Choking By Man He Had Handcuffed -- It's A Skit Video Skit
  • Fact Check: Driver Is NOT Asleep At The Wheel In A Roundabout

    Fact Check

    Did a woman walking her dog bravely step out into the road to wake a person passed out asleep at the wheel of a moving car that was accurately circling a roundabout? No, that's not true: This is a "caught on camera" skit from Rick Lax Productions that was designed to look like it had been captured by a traffic…

    • Feb 4, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Driver Is NOT Asleep At The Wheel In A Roundabout Staged Skit
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove President Biden's Oval Office Is Filmed In Castle Rock Entertainment Studio

    Fact Check

    Does a video comparing an aerial view of a studio in Culver City, CA, with a video clip showing journalists visiting Joe Biden's Oval Office prove the office is just a soundstage from "Castle Rock Entertainment"? No, that's not true: Several elements in the video clearly show the White House in Washington, D.C., and many details in the video do…

    • Feb 4, 2021
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove President Biden's Oval Office Is Filmed In Castle Rock Entertainment Studio White House
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