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  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Spend $40 Million On Super Bowl Ads

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    Did Elon Musk spend $40 million on Super Bowl ads that listed all the corruption the Department of Government Efficiency has found so far? No, that's not true: There was no credible evidence supporting the assertion that Musk bought five 30-second ads for the February 9, 2025, Super Bowl about the "corruptions DOGE has found so far." No ads aired…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Spend $40 Million On Super Bowl Ads No Sale
  • Fact Check: FEMA To Fire Employees Over 'Egregious' NYC Hotel Payments, But $59 Million Claim Lacks Confirmation

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    Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency fraudulently send $59 million to luxury hotels in New York City to "house illegal migrants"? It's complicated: A New York City Hall spokesperson told Lead Stories that New York "never paid luxury-hotel rates" and that about a third of the $59 million -- around $19 million -- covered "direct hotel costs." A Department of…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FEMA To Fire Employees Over 'Egregious' NYC Hotel Payments, But $59 Million Claim Lacks Confirmation $19M Hotel Tab
  • Fact Check: Mirrored Video Of MAGA Hat Wearing Patient Who 'Gets Denied Healthcare' Originated On Channel With Skits

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    Does a video on TikTok authentically show a patient denied health care by a black female doctor because the man is wearing a MAGA hat? No, that's not true: The video appears to be a mirrored version of a video that originally appeared on a TikTok channel along with other skits. In a second version of the video the "doctor"…

    • Feb 11, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Mirrored Video Of MAGA Hat Wearing Patient Who 'Gets Denied Healthcare' Originated On Channel With Skits Mirrored Skit
  • Fact Check: Reporter Katherine Long Who Broke DOGE Employee Resignation Story Did NOT Work For USAID When Article Was Published

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    Did Katherine Long, the reporter who broke a news story about the resignation of a DOGE employee work for USAID when the story was published in February 2025? No, that's not true: The reporter in question was previously employed by an organization that worked with USAID. At the time of this publication, Long was writing for the Wall Street Journal.…

    • Feb 10, 2025
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Reporter Katherine Long Who Broke DOGE Employee Resignation Story Did NOT Work For USAID When Article Was Published Not USAID
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca-Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas -- Company Denies Rumor

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    Is there evidence the Coca-Cola Company called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on their own workers in Texas and did several of them get deported as a result? No, that's not true: Online posts and videos making this claim lack details about the concrete place and time this supposedly happened and they offer up differing versions of events. A…

    • Feb 9, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca-Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas -- Company Denies Rumor Coke Denies
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call USAID 'One Of The Biggest Globalist Terror Organizations In History'

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    Did Elon Musk say that the U.S. Agency for International Development is "one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that he publicly said that. However, Musk did call the organization "criminal." The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook on February 4, 2025. It read: Elon Musk has…

    • Feb 6, 2025
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call USAID 'One Of The Biggest Globalist Terror Organizations In History' Never Said
  • Fact Check: E! News Did NOT Report Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn And Other Celebrities Were Paid By USAID To Visit Ukraine

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    Did E! News report USAID paid celebrities like Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn, Orlando Bloom or Jean-Claude Van Damme millions of dollars to visit President Zelenskyy in Ukraine? No, that's not true: E! News told Lead Stories the video is "not authentic" and did not originate with them. Stiller denied he received any USAID money, posting on X that…

    • Feb 6, 2025
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: E! News Did NOT Report Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn And Other Celebrities Were Paid By USAID To Visit Ukraine Fake Story
  • Fact Check: NO 'National Pillow Fluffing Initiative,' Similar Government Expenses Found by DOGE -- It's A Comedy Skit

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    Is the U.S. government spending money on the "National Pillow Fluffing Initiative," the "Bureau of Elevator Music Standards," the "National Velcro Noise Study," the "Program of Ice Cube Uniformity," the "American Cloud Watching Fund," the "Federal Kazoo Orchestra Grant" and the "Federal Bureau of Traffic Cone Counting"? No, that's not true: All these supposed expenses originated in a comedy skit…

    • Feb 5, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: NO 'National Pillow Fluffing Initiative,' Similar Government Expenses Found by DOGE -- It's A Comedy Skit Satire Skit
  • Fact Check: Samuel Hydén NOT The Shooter In Örebro, Sweden, School Shooting On February 4, 2025

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    Was Samuel Hydén (or Sam Hyde) the perpetrator of a school shooting in Örebro, Sweden, on February 4, 2025? No, that's not true: Comedian Sam Hyde is often named as the perpetrator by internet trolls whenever a mass-casualty incident happens. It is a bizarre in-joke that has been going on for years, often using variations of his name to make…

    • Feb 4, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Samuel Hydén NOT The Shooter In Örebro, Sweden, School Shooting On February 4, 2025 Joke Meme
  • Fact Check: Parody Account Claimed Pentagon Spent $600 Million On Sushi, Air Force $1,280 Per Paper Coffee Cup, IRS $230K on Cinnamon Coffee

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    Did Elon Musk post he found out at DOGE that the Pentagon spent $600 million per year on sushi, the Air Force $1,280 per paper coffee cup and the IRS $230k per month on "Starbucks Cinammon Roast K Cups"? No, that's not true: Those claims originated on a parody account that pretended to be Elon Musk. The account was literally…

    • Feb 4, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Parody Account Claimed Pentagon Spent $600 Million On Sushi, Air Force $1,280 Per Paper Coffee Cup, IRS $230K on Cinnamon Coffee Parody Account
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