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  • Fact Check: WEF Is NOT Calling For Slaughter Of Millions Of Pet Cats, Dogs To Fight Climate Change

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    Is the World Economic Forum (WEF) calling for a new initiative to "slaughter" millions of cats and dogs in order to decrease the effects of climate change? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real WEF initiative. NewsPunch, where the claim originated, fabricated the claim using some material from a CNN article that does not…

    • Dec 13, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: WEF Is NOT Calling For Slaughter Of Millions Of Pet Cats, Dogs To Fight Climate Change No Pet Purge
  • Fact Check: World Cup German National Team's Plane NOT Banned From Landing In Qatar For FIFA Because Of Its Diversity Logo, Mural

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    Did Qatar ban the German team's plane landing there for the FIFA World Cup because of the aircraft's inclusive logo and mural? No, that's not true: The plane left Frankfurt, Germany, and landed in Muscat, Oman, for training in mid-November. The German team boarded a smaller plane from there to fly the shorter distance to Qatar for the World Cup.…

    • Dec 5, 2022
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: World Cup German National Team's Plane NOT Banned From Landing In Qatar For FIFA Because Of Its Diversity Logo, Mural No Plane Ban
  • Fact Check: Global Warming Is NOT Caused By Solar System Having Two Suns

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    Is global warming caused by the solar system having two suns? No, that's not true: An astronomy expert and the National Weather Service told Lead Stories this claim is "completely false." The claim appeared in a video on Instagram on November 28, 2022. The caption for the posted video read: Just hanging out by the Great Spinx's paw dropping 4BIDDENKNOWLEDGE.…

    • Dec 2, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Global Warming Is NOT Caused By Solar System Having Two Suns Only One Sun
  • Fact Check: Dutch Government Is NOT Planning To Quit The World Economic Forum

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    Is the Dutch government planning to cancel its membership in the World Economic Forum, the Swiss-based international public policy organization? No, that's not true: The claim is based on a press release by a radical-right opposition party in the Belgian region of Flanders, not the Netherlands. The release says Flanders' leadership wants to tighten cooperation with the WEF, not withdraw…

    • Nov 11, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Dutch Government Is NOT Planning To Quit The World Economic Forum Doubly Wrong
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Confirm That Vaccines Are 'Mind Control Neuroweapon' That 'Can React To 5G Towers'

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    Did Karen Kingston present the new evidence confirming that vaccines against COVID-19 are a "mind control neuroweapon" that "can react to 5G towers"? No, that's not true. She only repeated the false claims previously debunked by Lead Stories, "supporting" them with unrelated quotes taken out of context. The claim originated from a fragment of the Stew Peters show (archived here)…

    • Oct 10, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Confirm That Vaccines Are 'Mind Control Neuroweapon' That 'Can React To 5G Towers' Old Falsehoods
  • Fact Check: Bill Gates Was NOT Caught Admitting 'Climate Change Is WEF Scam'

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    Was Bill Gates caught admitting the climate change agenda is a giant scam for the New World Order? No, that's not true: A video clip of Gates used in a claim does not show him saying the word "scam" when speaking about climate change. He never said the word, and his comments regarding solutions for climate change are taken wildly…

    • Oct 3, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Bill Gates Was NOT Caught Admitting 'Climate Change Is WEF Scam' Never Said
  • Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove 'Everything' In Antarctica Is 'Turning Red'

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    Do the photos in a recent TikTok video prove that "everything" in Antarctica is "turning red"? No, that's not true: The three compiled images seen in the TikTok video show three different locations in Antarctica. In one, taken on Galindez Island, the red coloring on the glaciers is caused by carotenoids in algae appearing more often due to rising temperatures…

    • Sep 9, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove 'Everything' In Antarctica Is 'Turning Red' Not All 1 Spot
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Chief Justice John Robert' Was Arrested As Of August 23, 2022

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    Was "Chief Justice John Robert" arrested as of August 23, 2022? No, that's not true: The caption in this post is clickbait. There is no publicly available evidence to substantiate the claim, the accompanying video does not mention such an arrest and multiple errors suggest a credible news source did not create this post. The claim originated in a Facebook…

    • Aug 23, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Chief Justice John Robert' Was Arrested As Of August 23, 2022 No Arrest
  • Fact Check: Loire River Did NOT 'Run Dry' -- Photo Shows A Dry Branch Of The Loire But Not The Main Channel

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    Did the Loire River, the longest in France, run dry for the first time in at least 2,000 years due to an unprecedented drought in southwestern Europe? No, that's not true: The Loire River did not run dry, nor did it fall to a record low flow rate. This photo shows a branch of the Loire that dries up when…

    • Aug 22, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Loire River Did NOT 'Run Dry' -- Photo Shows A Dry Branch Of The Loire But Not The Main Channel Distributary
  • Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove That Sea Levels Aren't Rising -- They Are

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    Do photos prove that sea levels aren't rising? No, that's not true: Scientists agree that the global sea level is rising, and it is rising at an increasing rate. Photographs of historic landmarks, displayed without any context or explanation, cannot show whether sea levels are rising or falling. The photos appeared in a Facebook post published on July 17, 2022.…

    • Jul 29, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove That Sea Levels Aren't Rising -- They Are Levels Rising
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