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  • Fact Check: There Is NO Plan To Launch US Central Bank Digital Currency In December 2022

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    Is President Joe Biden going to launch a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) in December 2022? No, that's not true: Although Biden signed an executive order in March 2022 that required research into the future of money and payment systems in the country, the order did not mandate that the federal government establish a national CBDC. The claim appeared…

    • Aug 25, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: There Is NO Plan To Launch US Central Bank Digital Currency In December 2022 Just Research
  • Fact Check: Russia and China Did NOT Team Up To Create 'New Global Reserve Currency' Based On Rare Earth Minerals

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    Are Russia and China creating a "new global reserve currency" based on "rare earth minerals" as videos on social media claim? No, that's not true: The original source of the story, Russian President Vladimir Putin, brought up the idea of a reserve currency based on a basket of currencies of BRICS countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa…

    • Aug 19, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Russia and China Did NOT Team Up To Create 'New Global Reserve Currency' Based On Rare Earth Minerals Recycled Rumor
  • Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Announce Recruitment Of 'Information Warriors' To Control Narrative On Social Media

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    Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) announce the recruitment of "information warriors" to control the narrative on social media? No, that's not true: The WEF has recruited no such people. An article making the claim misrepresents a UN initiative called "Verified," which was launched in May 2020 in an effort to fight misinformation around COVID-19. The article (archived here) was…

    • Aug 19, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Announce Recruitment Of 'Information Warriors' To Control Narrative On Social Media UN Initiative
  • Fact Check: Woman Found Dead In Arkansas River Is NOT Provably Linked To Clinton Advisor Who Apparently Killed Self

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    Was a woman found dead in the Arkansas River linked to the "suspicious death" of former Clinton advisor Mark Middleton? No, that's not true: A report in radaronline.com quoted an anonymous source -- purportedly an associate of Middleton's -- to link Ashley Haynes and Middleton. The alleged link first appeared in a radaronline.com article, and nowhere else, on May 27,…

    • Aug 17, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Woman Found Dead In Arkansas River Is NOT Provably Linked To Clinton Advisor Who Apparently Killed Self Case Closed
  • Fact Check: Klaus Schwab's WEF Does NOT Plan To Censor Internet Using Artificial Intelligence

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    Does the World Economic Forum (WEF), founded by Klaus Schwab, plan to censor the internet using artificial intelligence? No, that's not true: The WEF does not have the ability to make such a decision or enforce it. An opinion column by one of many columnists on the WEF website was misrepresented by News Punch, a website that warns its audiences…

    • Aug 16, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Klaus Schwab's WEF Does NOT Plan To Censor Internet Using Artificial Intelligence Columnist≠WEF
  • Fact Check: 1 In 25 Clients Of Germany's Largest Health Insurer Were NOT Treated For COVID Vaccine Side Effects In 2021

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    Were 1 in every 25 clients of Germany's largest health insurer, Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), treated for side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021? No, that's not true: Only one of the four diagnosis codes (ICD) for billing health insurers used to come up with the ratio was specific to COVID vaccination. Two of the other three codes could pertain…

    • Aug 12, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 1 In 25 Clients Of Germany's Largest Health Insurer Were NOT Treated For COVID Vaccine Side Effects In 2021 Not All COVID
  • Fact Check: Study DID Find Bacteria, Fungi On Face Masks -- But They're NOT 'Petri Dishes For Dangerous Pathogens To Fester'

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    Did a study find potentially disease-causing bacteria and fungi on face masks? Yes, that's true, but the study's authors only made one recommendation based on their findings and that was for immunocompromised people to avoid repeated use of masks to prevent infections. In an email to Lead Stories, study author Ah-Mee Park, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology…

    • Aug 5, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Study DID Find Bacteria, Fungi On Face Masks -- But They're NOT 'Petri Dishes For Dangerous Pathogens To Fester' Mask Hygiene
  • Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Register To Vote As A Man

    Fact Check

    Did Michelle Obama register to vote as a man in 1994 in Illinois? No, that's not true: A public information officer at the Illinois State Board of Elections told Lead Stories that this claim is inaccurate. The document that is supposedly the former first lady's voter registration record did not come from the Board as an article falsely claims, and…

    • Jul 26, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Register To Vote As A Man Fake Proof
  • Fact Check: Moon Landings Were NOT Fake, NASA Says

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    Has NASA "all but admitted the [moon] landings were fake" in the past 12 months, but mainstream media is not reporting on the revelations so the public doesn't know? No, that's not true: The Apollo missions that orbited and landed on the moon really happened. There has been no new information, no "admission" from NASA that would undermine the historical…

    • Jul 19, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Moon Landings Were NOT Fake, NASA Says No Big Reveal
  • Fact Check: Images Of Beating Do NOT Show Vigilante Justice in Mississippi But A Ukrainian Being Tortured

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    Was a pedophile who molested a 2-year-old girl whipped to death by Eddie Lavelle Wilson, a man who "loves the child dearly"? No, that's not true: These stills were taken from a real video that was filmed in the area around Kommunar in eastern Ukraine and widely distributed in 2016. The video shows a man taped to a post who…

    • Jul 6, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Images Of Beating Do NOT Show Vigilante Justice in Mississippi But A Ukrainian Being Tortured Torture Victim
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