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  • Fact Check: 'Hold The Line' Video Contains Several False Claims About Biden, Trump, COVID-19

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    Does a video titled "Hold The Line" present the truth about President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and a range of other subjects from COVID-19 to birth certificates? No, that's not true. The video pushes debunked QAnon conspiracy theories surrounding the authenticity of the 2020 presidential election, claims that Joe Biden is not the real president and that Donald…

    • Jan 28, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 'Hold The Line' Video Contains Several False Claims About Biden, Trump, COVID-19 Conspiracies
  • Fact Check: Joe Biden's Inauguration Was NOT Pre-Recorded

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    Was the Biden inauguration pre-recorded? No, that's not true: Joe Biden's inauguration was a live event that took place on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C., at the Capitol Building. Conspiracy theorist Charlie Ward provides no evidence other than saying he had a video hours before the live broadcasts and that he "shared it with all my people." He does…

    • Jan 26, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Joe Biden's Inauguration Was NOT Pre-Recorded Pre-posterous
  • Fact Check: Broken Link That Included The Word 'Guantanamo' On The Site Of The Office Of Military Commissions Did NOT Have Any Special Significance

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    Did a broken link that included the word "Guantanamo" on the website of the Office of Military Commissions have any special significance? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the link, which took users to a dead page on the site of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, had any import at all. The federal court has…

    • Jan 19, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Broken Link That Included The Word 'Guantanamo' On The Site Of The Office Of Military Commissions Did NOT Have Any Special Significance No Import
  • Fact Check: John F. Kennedy Jr. Is NOT Working To Expose His Father's Killers -- President Kennedy's Son Died In A 1999 Plane Crash

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    Is John F. Kennedy Jr. actively working to expose his father's killers, even if it means he has to bring down the whole government? No, that's not true: JFK Jr. has been dead since crashing his small plane into the Atlantic Ocean on July 19, 1999. One common belief of QAnon followers is that the younger Kennedy is still alive…

    • Jan 18, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: John F. Kennedy Jr. Is NOT Working To Expose His Father's Killers -- President Kennedy's Son Died In A 1999 Plane Crash JFK Jr Is Dead
  • Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Issue A Correction Over A Ted Cruz Qanon Pin That Turned Out To Be A Dorito

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    Did CNN issue a correction over a misidentified Qanon pin supposedly being worn by Ted Cruz that turned out to be a Dorito chip? No, that's not true: CNN never reported such a story in the first place and the image with the correction is fake. Cruz commented on the story himself on Twitter An example of the viral image…

    • Jan 16, 2021
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Issue A Correction Over A Ted Cruz Qanon Pin That Turned Out To Be A Dorito Not Real
  • Fact Check: Claims Biden Inauguration Was Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses Have NO Merit

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    Was the inauguration cancelled; will Donald Trump remain in office; and will ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC all lose their licenses? No, none of that is true: A made-up story containing those claims and predictions was written by a discredited conspiracy writer and published by 'Before It's News', a news platform that lets anyone write and publish what they…

    • Jan 15, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Claims Biden Inauguration Was Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses Have NO Merit Fan Fiction
  • Fact Check: 'A Letter from the Chairman' From Nye County, Nevada GOP Repeats Several Unproven Conspiracy Theories

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    Does a letter published by the chairman of a Nevada county Republican Central Committee, disputing the outcome of the presidential election, include evidence for the conspiracy theories proposed? No, that's not true: the widely viral article cites several unproven and disproven conspiracy theories, including "vote dumps", servers in Germany switching votes, President Trump escaping Washington on a "Doomsday" plane and…

    • Jan 10, 2021
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: 'A Letter from the Chairman' From Nye County, Nevada GOP Repeats Several Unproven Conspiracy Theories No Evidence
  • Fact Check: The Simpsons Did NOT Predict The Horned Protester Who Stormed The Capitol

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    Did "The Simpsons" predict the protester wearing viking horns who stormed the United States Capitol building? No, that's not true: A meme claims a Simpsons TV episode once showed the "Groundskeeper Willie" character dressed like the man in viking horns who was photographed inside the Capitol with insurrectionists on the afternoon of January 6, 2021. The image of the Simpsons…

    • Jan 8, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: The Simpsons Did NOT Predict The Horned Protester Who Stormed The Capitol Fake Photo
  • Fact Check: Man Pictured Inside Capitol Does NOT Have A Hammer And Sickle Tattoo On His Hand

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    Did one of the people who stormed into the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, have a communist hammer and sickle tattoo on his hand? No, that's not true: The man pictured inside the Capitol building has been identified by Lead Stories as Will Watson, and additional photos of his hands show that his tattoo is from the video…

    • Jan 7, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Man Pictured Inside Capitol Does NOT Have A Hammer And Sickle Tattoo On His Hand Outsiders Mark
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Pelosi's Son-in-Law Michiel Vos Meeting Horned QAnon Supporter Is Real But Part of His Correspondent Job

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    Did a photo show Michiel Vos, son-in-law of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, meeting the shirtless, horned QAnon supporter who was widely mistaken for an Antifa activist during the January 6 events and is that a sign the two were in cahoots somehow? No, that's not true: the photo showing Vos next to Jake Angeli (aka "QAnon Shaman") was…

    • Jan 7, 2021
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Pelosi's Son-in-Law Michiel Vos Meeting Horned QAnon Supporter Is Real But Part of His Correspondent Job Reporter
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