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  • Fact Check: 'Iranian Whistleblower' Did NOT Reveal Successful Hack Of Voter Registration Database To Create Fraudulent Military Ballots

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    Does a video show an "Iranian whistleblower" revealing how they hacked a federal voter registration database during the U.S. 2020 election and created fraudulent overseas ballots? No, that's not true: The footage -- shown at an election integrity event in October -- includes a screen recording that the U.S. Justice Department already determined is intended to mislead people. It does…

    • Nov 14, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: 'Iranian Whistleblower' Did NOT Reveal Successful Hack Of Voter Registration Database To Create Fraudulent Military Ballots Feds Said Fake
  • Fact Check: Soursop Fruit Has NOT Been Proven To Be 10,000 Times Stronger Than Chemotherapy And Is NOT In Use As Cancer Treatment

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    Is soursop fruit 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy? No, that's not true: Soursop has not been proven in any clinical trials to be stronger than chemotherapy to any degree. According to a cancer professor at Harvard, this is "not a plausible statement and there's nothing to back it up." The claim appeared in an Instagram post on October 29, 2022.…

    • Nov 3, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Soursop Fruit Has NOT Been Proven To Be 10,000 Times Stronger Than Chemotherapy And Is NOT In Use As Cancer Treatment Not Proven
  • Fact Check: This Is NOT Recent Photo From Kyiv Of Man Shooting At Iranian Drones From His Balcony Window

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    Is this a recent photo from Kyiv, Ukraine, of a man shooting at Iranian drones from his balcony window? No, that's not true: This photo is from a Twitter account that acknowledges this tweet is an old picture and a meme. The claim appeared in a tweet on October 17, 2022 (archived here), that opened: Casual morning in Kyiv: Coffee,…

    • Oct 17, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: This Is NOT Recent Photo From Kyiv Of Man Shooting At Iranian Drones From His Balcony Window Satirical
  • Fact Check: Aluminum-Based Antiperspirants Do NOT Cause Or Exacerbate Breast Cancers

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    Do aluminum-based antiperspirants cause or exacerbate breast cancers? No, that's not true: No connection has been established between these types of antiperspirants and breast cancer. According to the Cleveland Clinic, "No scientific evidence has been discovered that links the use of these deodorants and antiperspirants to the development of breast cancer." The claim appeared in an Instagram post and video…

    • Oct 14, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Aluminum-Based Antiperspirants Do NOT Cause Or Exacerbate Breast Cancers No Sweat
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Mahsa Amini's Father Dancing On Her Grave

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    Was the father of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in Iran after being arrested for allegedly violating strict hijab laws, seen dancing on her grave? No, that's not true. A video alleged to show Amini's father dancing is an excerpt from a fictional TV series in Azerbaijan, Iran's northwestern neighbor. The claim appeared in an October 1, 2022,…

    • Oct 7, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Mahsa Amini's Father Dancing On Her Grave TV Show
  • Fact Check: Reflection In Astronaut's Visor From Apollo 17 Moon Landing Does NOT Prove It Was Hoax

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    Does a reflection in an astronaut's helmet visor from the Apollo 17 moon landing prove that it was a hoax? No, that's not true: The reflection seen in astronaut Gene Cernan's helmet visor shows astronaut Harrison Schmidt standing in front of him on the surface of the moon in 1972. "The view is a little distorted due to the curvature…

    • Aug 22, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Reflection In Astronaut's Visor From Apollo 17 Moon Landing Does NOT Prove It Was Hoax On The Moon
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Ukraine's Navy Artillery Destroying 13 Russian Warships In The Black Sea

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    Does a Facebook video show the Ukrainian navy destroying "13 Russian warships in the Black Sea"? No, that's not true: The clip recycles old unrelated footage of Russian -- not Ukrainian -- ships in action. More importantly, the video never discusses the 13 "destroyed" ships mentioned in the caption -- the narrator only says that those are "on high alert."…

    • Aug 18, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Ukraine's Navy Artillery Destroying 13 Russian Warships In The Black Sea Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Rep. John Haller' Reading Anti-Terrorism Bill With Repeated 'Classified' Parts -- It's Old Satire

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    Does a video show "Rep. John Haller" of Pennsylvania reading through the "HR 8791 -- the Homeland Terrorism Preparedness Bill" and interrupting his reading by repeatedly saying material is "classified"? No, that's not true: There was no Rep. John Haller representing Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District in 2007 when the video originally appeared. And there was no HR 8791 during that…

    • Aug 17, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Rep. John Haller' Reading Anti-Terrorism Bill With Repeated 'Classified' Parts -- It's Old Satire Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Rep. John Haller' Reading Anti-Terrorism Bill With Repeated 'Classified' Parts -- It's Old Satire Satire Recycle
  • Fact Check: Barack Obama Did NOT Take 30 Million Documents From The White House To Chicago And Then Refuse To Return Them

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    Did former President Barack Obama take 30 million pages of documents, including some secret nuclear papers, from the White House to Chicago when he left the presidency and then refuse to return them? No, that's not true: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) did ship 30 million pages of documents to a secure NARA facility in Chicago, but they…

    • Aug 12, 2022
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Barack Obama Did NOT Take 30 Million Documents From The White House To Chicago And Then Refuse To Return Them Docs Not Taken
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Putin Is Preparing To Flee Russia 'Should He Be Defeated In Ukraine'

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    Is Russian President Vladimir Putin preparing to "flee Russia should he be defeated in Ukraine"? As of August 2, 2022, there is no publicly available evidence that such plans are in place. The post making that claim cites a Telegram channel that says it has access to Kremlin insiders, but provides no proof that is the case. The story appeared…

    • Aug 2, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Putin Is Preparing To Flee Russia 'Should He Be Defeated In Ukraine' No Evidence
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