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  • Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Announce Fundraising Concert With Beyonce To Support Kamala Harris As Of July 26, 2024

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    Did Taylor Swift announce they were scheduling a fundraising concert with Beyonce to support Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate? No, that's not true: Neither the singers, nor Harris has announced a fundraising concert. The stadium named in the article announcing the concert shows no such scheduled event on its website. The claim appeared in an article (archived here)…

    • Jul 26, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Announce Fundraising Concert With Beyonce To Support Kamala Harris As Of July 26, 2024 No Public Word
  • Fact Check: Malta 'Roman Tidal Baths' Photos Do NOT Prove Sea Level Stable For Millennia -- Sharp Rise Seen In Last Twenty Years

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    Does a photo of the "Roman tidal baths" on Malta demonstrate that the sea level has been consistent for thousands of years? No, that's not true: The waterfront architecture known as the Roman Baths of Sliema were not built during the Roman Empire thousands of years ago, but some time in the late 19th century -- so their seaside existence…

    • Jul 8, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Malta 'Roman Tidal Baths' Photos Do NOT Prove Sea Level Stable For Millennia -- Sharp Rise Seen In Last Twenty Years Levels Rose
  • Fact Check: Earth's Average Temperature NOT 2 Degrees Celsius Warmer 55,000 Years Ago

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    Was the Earth's average temperature 2 degrees Celsius warmer 55,000 years ago? No, that's not true: Climate experts contacted by Lead Stories all agreed that the Earth's temperature 55,000 years ago was colder than today's average temperature, not warmer. Ice core samples and other geological data show that global temperatures were lower due to extensive ice sheets and lower greenhouse…

    • Jun 21, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Earth's Average Temperature NOT 2 Degrees Celsius Warmer 55,000 Years Ago Fact Check: Earth's Average Temperature NOT 2 Degrees Celsius Warmer 55,000 Years Ago PhDs: 'Bogus'
  • Fact Check: Global Warming NOT Disproved By May 1895 Records Showing Average Temperature Was Higher Than May 2024 Average

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    Does a warmer average temperature in May 1895 compared to May 2024 disprove global warming, as a post with a chart on social media implied? No, that's not true: Climate experts contacted by Lead Stories said the data was cherry-picked and misleading and that the data chart was altered so as to mislead readers about the long-term trend. Short-term fluctuations…

    • Jun 18, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Global Warming NOT Disproved By May 1895 Records Showing Average Temperature Was Higher Than May 2024 Average Cherry-Picked
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pro-Palestinian Protesters Running Onto Field During Congressional Baseball Game -- It Was Environmental Group

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    Does a social media video show pro-Palestinian protesters running onto the field during the annual Congressional Baseball Game on June 12, 2024? No, that's not true: A small group of demonstrators did storm the field at Nationals Park, interrupting the congressional game, but they were not pro-Palestinian protesters as a viral post on X claimed. Instead, they were environmental activists…

    • Jun 13, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pro-Palestinian Protesters Running Onto Field During Congressional Baseball Game -- It Was Environmental Group Eco-Activists
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Harrison Ford Expressing Support For Palestine -- His Topic Was The Amazon Rainforest

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    Does a viral video show actor Harrison Ford advocating for Palestine? No, that's not true: A fragment of his speech was taken out of context. Ford was discussing the Amazon rainforest at a 2019 United Nations climate event, over four years before the Hamas-Israel war that began on October 7, 2023. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on…

    • May 10, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Harrison Ford Expressing Support For Palestine -- His Topic Was The Amazon Rainforest Climate Talks
  • Fact Check: London Authorities Are NOT Legally Prohibited From Removing Bat Boxes Protesters Put On Surveillance Cameras

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    Are officials in London legally prohibited from removing bat boxes that protesters place on the city's traffic surveillance cameras? No, that's not true: It's illegal to install anything over these traffic cameras, which monitor vehicles entering and exiting the Ultra Low Emission Zone in and around the British capital. A spokesperson for Transport for London, which runs the city's transportation…

    • Apr 12, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: London Authorities Are NOT Legally Prohibited From Removing Bat Boxes Protesters Put On Surveillance Cameras Govt: No Ban
  • Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Say It Plans To Inject Millions Of Tons Of Ice Into Atmosphere

    Fact Check

    Did NASA announce it is planning to inject millions of tons of ice into the atmosphere? No, that's not true: NASA has no plans to carry out such a large-scale intervention in the atmosphere. This claim is a misinterpretation of a proposed geoengineering concept, which suggests using ice particles to reflect sunlight and potentially moderate the effects of climate change.…

    • Mar 8, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Say It Plans To Inject Millions Of Tons Of Ice Into Atmosphere Study-Not Plan
  • Fact Check: Maldives Did NOT Announce Bankruptcy At IMF As Of February 18, 2024

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    Did the Maldives announce its bankruptcy at the International Monetary Fund as of February 18, 2024? No, that's not true: A publicly available report issued by the International Monetary Fund on February 6, 2024, said the South Asian country was at a high risk of "debt distress," but never said it was bankrupt or had announced bankruptcy. As of February…

    • Feb 20, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Maldives Did NOT Announce Bankruptcy At IMF As Of February 18, 2024 Financial Risk
  • Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Suggest Limit Of No More Than 2 or 3 Cups Of Coffee Per Year

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    Did the World Economic Forum declare that coffee drinkers will have to limit themselves to two or three cups of coffee per year in the future? No, that's not true: No recommendation to limit coffee consumption was made at the Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. At a session titled "Putting a Price On Nature," guest panelist Hubert Keller mentioned…

    • Jan 24, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Suggest Limit Of No More Than 2 or 3 Cups Of Coffee Per Year No Limit Set
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