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  • Fact Check: 163 Paid Protesters Did NOT File A Lawsuit Against George Soros For 'Not Paying Their Bail'

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    Did 163 paid protesters file a lawsuit against George Soros when he backed out of a commitment to pay their bail? No, that's not true: This is a fictional article published by a known satire website that mostly writes content about Democrats to trick Trump supporters into believing and sharing the articles, thereby creating advertising revenue for the satire site.…

    • Jun 22, 2020
    • by: Victoria Eavis
    Fact Check: 163 Paid Protesters Did NOT File A Lawsuit Against George Soros For 'Not Paying Their Bail' Trolling
  • Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth

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    Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be fact checked. An example of the massive meme is found in a post (archived here) shared on Facebook June 4, 2020. It opened:…

    • Jun 10, 2020
    • by: Eric Ferkenhoff
    Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth Some Fiction
  • Fact Check: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Is NOT George Soros' Niece

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    Is Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the niece of billionaire philanthropist George Soros? No, she is not. Soros, the descendant of Hungarian Jews, has two nephews by his only brother, Paul, but no nieces. Whitmer's family tree bends toward England and Bavaria, not Hungary, going many generations back. The false claim appeared in a post published on Facebook on June 1,…

    • Jun 10, 2020
    • by: Gita Smith
    Fact Check: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Is NOT George Soros' Niece No Niece
  • Fact Check: 'Protester' Was Joking When He Told Interviewer George Soros Paid Him To Protest

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    Was a man serious when he told a journalist that George Soros invited him to lunch, paid him by personal check to protest, and made him rich? No, that's not true: A video of the "paid protester" is a 3-year-old spoof, according to the man who conducted the faux interview and posted the original two-minute video. Furthermore, the man featured…

    • Jun 9, 2020
    • by: Jessica Ravitz
    Fact Check: 'Protester' Was Joking When He Told Interviewer George Soros Paid Him To Protest Mockery
  • Fact Check: Leaked IRS Tax Returns Did NOT show George Soros Wired $1.7M To Antifa

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    Did leaked IRS tax returns show George Soros wired $1.7 million to Antifa? No, that's not true: The Open Society Foundations, created by Soros, has made several large donations to The Center for Community Change, but that group is not affiliated with Antifa. The tax documents were not leaked since they are widely-available public records. The claim originated in a…

    • Jun 7, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Leaked IRS Tax Returns Did NOT show George Soros Wired $1.7M To Antifa Not ANTIFA
  • Fact Check: Bill Gates, The CDC, Drs. Fauci And Birx NOT 'Silent' On Protests; COVID-19 Lockdowns NOT A 'Scam'

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    Have philanthropist Bill Gates, along with Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention been silent amid the widespread protests sparked by George Floyd's death? And does this supposed silence "prove" that fears and lockdowns over the novel coronavirus were part of a "scam"? No, neither is true. All of these people and institutions…

    • Jun 5, 2020
    • by: Eric Ferkenhoff
    Fact Check: Bill Gates, The CDC, Drs. Fauci And Birx NOT 'Silent' On Protests; COVID-19 Lockdowns NOT A 'Scam' Fact Check: Bill Gates, The CDC, Drs. Fauci And Birx NOT 'Silent' On Protests; COVID-19 Lockdowns NOT A 'Scam' They've Spoken
  • Fact Check: George Soros Did NOT Say He Is 'Funding Black Hate Groups' To 'Bring Down' The U.S.

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    Did George Soros say in a 2014 interview with Bild, Germany's largest and most popular tabloid newspaper, that he was "going to bring down the United States by funding Black Hate groups"? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Bild told Lead Stories that the billionaire and philanthropist was not interviewed by the paper in 2014 and that the quote…

    • Jun 4, 2020
    • by: Jessica Ravitz
    Fact Check: George Soros Did NOT Say He Is 'Funding Black Hate Groups' To 'Bring Down' The U.S. Phony Quote
  • Fact Check: George Floyd Death Protester Did NOT Accidentally Drop Riot Manual

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    Did someone protesting the death of George Floyd accidentally drop pages from a riot manual? No, that's not true: The image shared on social media that purportedly gives instructions for carrying out a riot is one page used in a 2015 hoax and is not related to the protests that followed the death of George Floyd that is blamed on…

    • May 31, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: George Floyd Death Protester Did NOT Accidentally Drop Riot Manual Old Photo
  • Fact Check: No Evidence Video Of Cop Pinning George Floyd Down Is 'False Flag' -- Minneapolis Police Cars DO Say 'POLICE' On License Plates

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    Is the video of a Minneapolis police officer pinning down George Floyd before Floyd died a "false flag" because the police car license plate that says "POLICE" is fake? No, that's not true. The video of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin putting his knee into Floyd's neck before he died shows a police car with the license plate "POLICE" --…

    • May 28, 2020
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: No Evidence Video Of Cop Pinning George Floyd Down Is 'False Flag' -- Minneapolis Police Cars DO Say 'POLICE' On License Plates Real Plate
  • Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton NOT Ranked World's 18th Richest Woman

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    Was Chelsea Clinton ranked the world's 18th richest woman? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news websites. The people…

    • May 23, 2020
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton NOT Ranked World's 18th Richest Woman Liberal Satire
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