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  • Fact Check: A Heckling Crowd Did NOT Chant 'Fuck Joe Biden' At Speech -- It's Altered Audio

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    Did a crowd of hecklers shouting "Fuck Joe Biden!" interrupt the U.S. president during a White House speech about gun violence and gun safety laws? No, that's not true: The video has been digitally altered to add a loud chorus of voices. The original footage shows that only one person, the father of a shooting victim, interrupted Biden to say…

    • Jan 27, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: A Heckling Crowd Did NOT Chant 'Fuck Joe Biden' At Speech -- It's Altered Audio Altered Audio
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Uvalde School District Police Chief Donated To Biden, Beto O'Rourke

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    Did the police chief for Uvalde, Texas, Consolidated Independent School District, make political contributions to President Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke, candidate for governor of Texas in 2022 and a former U.S. representative for the state? Not that Lead Stories could find: Although individuals with the name "Pedro Arredondo" and the name "Peter Arredondo" donated to Democratic causes, none of…

    • Jun 27, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Uvalde School District Police Chief Donated To Biden, Beto O'Rourke Wrong Pete
  • Fact Check: Matthew McConaughey Did NOT Tweet About An Account Harassing Him For 'Wanting To Take Action Against Guns'

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    Did actor Matthew McConaughey tweet that Instagram needs to shut down an account for harassing him because he "wanted to take action against guns"? No, that's not true: The tweet is fake and the account shown for @McConaughey is suspended on Twitter. His real verified Twitter account did not post the message. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on…

    • Jun 9, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Matthew McConaughey Did NOT Tweet About An Account Harassing Him For  'Wanting To Take Action Against Guns' Fake Tweet
  • Fact Check: Cop At Parkland School Was NOT 'Stealing Hundreds Of Dollars From Backpacks Of Students' Before 2018 Shooting

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    Was the school resource officer assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, "literally stealing hundreds of dollars from the backpacks of students" just before the 2018 shooting? No, that's not true: The Instagram post refers to a deposition without offering details of when or where or why that deposition was taken. The deposition was taken for a…

    • Jun 9, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Cop At Parkland School Was NOT 'Stealing Hundreds Of Dollars From Backpacks Of Students' Before 2018 Shooting Fact Check: Cop At Parkland School Was NOT 'Stealing Hundreds Of Dollars From Backpacks Of Students' Before 2018 Shooting Not Stolen
  • Fact Check: House Did NOT Vote to Criminalize Disassembling, Cleaning And Reassembling Your Gun

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    Did the House of Representatives vote to criminalize disassembling, cleaning and reassembling your gun? No, that's not true: A House gun control bill, passed June 8, 2022, would regulate ghost guns, untraceable firearms that can be assembled at home. The legislation, which is not expected to pass the Senate, has no effect on an individual's ability to disassemble, clean and…

    • Jun 9, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: House Did NOT Vote to Criminalize Disassembling, Cleaning And Reassembling Your Gun No Effect
  • Fact Check: Uvalde Victim Amerie Jo Garza Did NOT Have 2 'Different Fathers' Speaking On 2 TV Networks -- One Is Her Father, The Other Her Stepfather

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    Did two different television networks report on the same Uvalde school shooting victim with two different fathers? No, that's not true: Both the biological father and stepfather of Amerie Jo Garza, 10, gave interviews to different networks but were both initially identified as her father. News reports clarified their relationship with her but a social media post said "same victim,…

    • May 31, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Uvalde Victim Amerie Jo Garza Did NOT Have 2 'Different Fathers' Speaking On 2 TV Networks -- One Is Her Father, The Other Her Stepfather Dad, Stepdad
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado Killed Gunman In Texas School Shooting

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    Did Jacob Albarado, an off-duty Border Patrol agent, kill Salvador Ramos, the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school? There's no such evidence: Albarado, whose wife worked at the school and child attended the school, went to the scene and helped evacuate children during the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. In…

    • May 31, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado Killed Gunman In Texas School Shooting No ID On Agent
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooting Was '100% A Planned Attack' That Cops Were 'In On'

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    Was the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, "100% a planned attack" that cops were "in on"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the shooting was planned or orchestrated by anyone other than the shooter, Salvador Ramos. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on May 28, 2022. The post features a video taken outside Robb Elementary…

    • May 31, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooting Was '100% A Planned Attack' That Cops Were 'In On' Just Ramos
  • Fact Check: Viral Post About Texas School Shooter Contains False, Unsupported Claims

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    Does a viral post about Salvador Ramos, the Texas school shooter, contain only verified and proven facts? No, that's not true: Although the post contains some true statements, it also includes some false and unsubstantiated claims. For example, there is no proof that Ramos dressed in women's clothing, just as there is no evidence that he had any help in…

    • May 27, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Viral Post About Texas School Shooter Contains False, Unsupported Claims Speculation
  • Fact Check: Uvalde 'Uncle's' Story Is NOT True -- 'Somebody Somehow Got Into My Account' Twitter User Claims

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    Did a representative of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott follow a family home after they identified the body of a child killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting and offer to pay them to stand with him to oppose stronger gun laws -- as reported in a May 26, 2022, Twitter thread by an account called @MyCancerJourne3? No, that's not true:…

    • May 27, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Uvalde 'Uncle's' Story Is NOT True -- 'Somebody Somehow Got Into My Account' Twitter User Claims Story Denied
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