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  • Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Lose 23 Million Subscribers After 'Trying To Cancel Elon Musk'

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    Did the Walt Disney Company lose 23 million subscribers after "trying to cancel Elon Musk"? No, that's not true: This claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. The website has a disclaimer that reads, "Everything on this website is fiction." The claim appeared in an article published by The Dunning-Kruger Times on November…

    • Dec 1, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Lose 23 Million Subscribers After 'Trying To Cancel Elon Musk' Satirical Site
  • Fact Check: American Emergency Fund Website Does NOT Give 'Americans In Need' $5,000 'In Cash' For Free -- It's Website Collecting Personal Data

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    Can "Americans in need" get $5,000 in cash for free through the American Emergency Fund "just in a few minutes"? No, that's not true: The website named in this offer gathers sensitive personal data from applicants for a supposed personal loan and then shares it with a broad range of unidentified entities. This practice may expose people to identity theft.…

    • Dec 1, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: American Emergency Fund Website Does NOT Give 'Americans In Need' $5,000 'In Cash' For Free  -- It's Website Collecting Personal Data Data Grab
  • Fact Check: New York Post Did NOT Say 'Award Winning ABC Journalist' Who Pleaded Guilty To Child Porn Debunked 'Pizzagate'

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    Does a New York Post headline claim that James Gordon Meek, a former investigative journalist for ABC who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in September 2023, also "debunked" the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory? No, that's not true: Such a headline never appeared in the New York Post. Additionally, there's no evidence that Meek ever wrote a story about Pizzagate. The…

    • Dec 1, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: New York Post Did NOT Say 'Award Winning ABC Journalist' Who Pleaded Guilty To Child Porn Debunked 'Pizzagate' Faux Headline
  • Fact Check: Pneumonia Listed In Pfizer Document Does NOT Prove Its COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Respiratory Outbreak In China

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    Does the listing of "Pneumonia mycoplasma" in Pfizer's guidance on adverse event reports associated with its COVID-19 vaccine prove that the shot caused a respiratory outbreak in China? No, that's not true: It's a fundamental misreading of standard vaccine documents, which direct doctors to rapidly report any problems from a long list as a precaution. The Centers for Disease Control…

    • Nov 30, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Pneumonia Listed In Pfizer Document Does NOT Prove Its COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Respiratory Outbreak In China Not Observed
  • Fact Check: Taylor Swift Is NOT Modeling Hat Made Of Human Faces Inspired By Crimes Of Wisconsin Serial Killer Ed Gein

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    Was Taylor Swift photographed wearing a hat made of pieced-together preserved faces skinned from real human beings? No, that's not true on two points: The model in the photo is not pop star Swift but the special effects artist who partnered in making the hat, Kayla Arena. And the hat is made from latex, silicone, crepe hair and synthetic eyelashes…

    • Nov 30, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Taylor Swift Is NOT Modeling Hat Made Of Human Faces Inspired By Crimes Of Wisconsin Serial Killer Ed Gein  Not Swift
  • Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Stephen Colbert On November 25, 2023

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    Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps place talk show host Stephen Colbert under arrest for committing treason and defrauding the country as of November 25, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. The website where this claim was made publishes fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article…

    • Nov 30, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Stephen Colbert On November 25, 2023 Pentagon: Nope
  • Fact Check: Reports About 'EMP Threat' or 'Blackout Warfare' Are NOT Classified, NOT From Department of Homeland Security, NOT Secret, NOT Leaked

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    Were reports that talk about a supposed imminent "EMP Threat" or "Blackout Warfare" against the U.S. "leaked" from the Department of Homeland Security, and were these documents "classified" in any way? No, that's not true: The reports that are sometimes used on social media to promote a documentary by Teddy Daniels are publicly available and easily accessible on the internet.…

    • Nov 30, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Reports About 'EMP Threat' or 'Blackout Warfare' Are NOT Classified, NOT From Department of Homeland Security, NOT Secret, NOT Leaked Public Doc
  • Fact Check: Calling A 1-800 Number Does NOT Help Get 'Stimulus Deposit' -- US Government Did NOT Distribute Such Payments In November 2023

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    Could a call to a hotline number expedite receiving a "stimulus deposit" in November 2023? No, that's not true: The federal government was not distributing such payments as of this writing. The toll-free number shared on social media was a sex hotline, not a contact of a federal agency. The claim reappeared in a post on Facebook on November 29,…

    • Nov 30, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Calling A 1-800 Number Does NOT Help Get 'Stimulus Deposit' -- US Government Did NOT Distribute Such Payments In November 2023 No Such Thing
  • Fact Check: Lone Train Car Was NOT Full Of Molten Sulfur, Intentionally Abandoned In Marietta, Oklahoma

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    Was a lone train car labeled "Molten Sulfur" abandoned with molten sulfur inside in Marietta, Oklahoma? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the railway on which the car was sitting said that the train car was empty and was being repaired to stop it from potentially derailing. At the time of writing, the train car was not sitting on…

    • Nov 29, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Lone Train Car Was NOT Full Of Molten Sulfur, Intentionally Abandoned In Marietta, Oklahoma Defective Car
  • Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Discuss Teddy Daniels Documentary About Supposed Impending Attack On US

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    Did Joe Rogan discuss a "scathing documentary" about an impending attack on the United States during an episode of Rogan's podcast partly shown in a video posted on Facebook? No, that's not true: A transcript of the full episode featuring Russell Brand never mentions Teddy Daniels or his documentary about an attack that supposedly would wipe out 90 percent of…

    • Nov 29, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Discuss Teddy Daniels Documentary About Supposed Impending Attack On US Never Said
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