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  • Fact Check: Crystals Found In Some 'Lunchables' Nacho Cheese Dip Are NOT Glass Shards But Phosphate Crystals, Company Says

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    Does the nacho cheese dip in Lunchables "Nachos Cheese Dip & Salsa" contain shards of glass? No, that's not true: The crystals have been widely reported by consumers -- but they are not glass. The crystals may form from one of the regular ingredients in the snack food under certain conditions. A Kraft Heinz spokesman acknowledged in a statement that…

    • Jan 27, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Crystals Found In Some 'Lunchables' Nacho Cheese Dip Are NOT Glass Shards But Phosphate Crystals, Company Says Harmless
  • Fact Check: Respiratory Ailments NOT Cured By Combining Hydrogen Peroxide, Iodine In Nebulizer

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    Does the combination of hydrogen peroxide and iodine cure respiratory ailments when used as a makeshift medication in a nebulizer? No, that's not true: An emergency medicine toxicologist at the non-profit National Capital Poison Center told Lead Stories that such a practice is "unsafe." A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesperson further verified that this claim is false as…

    • Jan 20, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Respiratory Ailments NOT Cured By Combining Hydrogen Peroxide, Iodine In Nebulizer Unsafe
  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vaccines Are A 'Depopulation Kill Plan'

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admit that COVID-19 vaccines were created as part of a "depopulation kill plan"? No, that's not true: The CDC has never described COVID vaccine programs as a "depopulation plan." There is no record of the health agency having made this statement, and an article claiming as much did not cite any…

    • Jan 13, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vaccines Are A 'Depopulation Kill Plan' No Admission
  • Fact Check: Hitler Did NOT Invent Highways And Microphones As Ye (Formerly Kanye West) Said

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    Did Hitler invent highways and microphones, as Ye said in a radio interview? No, that's not true: The Nazis appropriated highway plans and construction already occurring. Several people are credited with inventing the microphone in the late 1800s, long before Hitler's time in power in Germany. The claim appeared in an interview (archived here) by Ye, who changed his name…

    • Dec 1, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Hitler Did NOT Invent Highways And Microphones As Ye (Formerly Kanye West) Said Not Creator
  • Fact Check: Myanmar Does NOT Use The Same Voting Machines As The US - It Doesn't Even Use Voting Machines

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    Does the southeast Asian country of Myanmar use the same voting machines as the United States in its elections? No, that's not true: According to a spokesperson for the Asian Network for Free Elections, a non-governmental organization that works to promote democracy in Asia, Myanmar has not used voting machines in its elections at all. The claim, which has also…

    • Nov 17, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Myanmar Does NOT Use The Same Voting Machines As The US - It Doesn't Even Use Voting Machines Paper Ballots
  • Fact Check: George Soros Did NOT Fund Purchase Of Voting Machines To Rig 2022 Election

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    Did billionaire philanthropist George Soros fund the purchase of voting machines in order to rig the 2022 midterm elections? No, that's not true: Elections are funded by taxpayer dollars and Soros has no connections to voting machine or voting software companies. The claim appeared in a November 6, 2022, Instagram post that uses a long string of hashtags for a…

    • Nov 7, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: George Soros Did NOT Fund Purchase Of Voting Machines To Rig 2022 Election Tax $$ Funded
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Narcotraffickers, Communists Celebrating Lula Election Victory In Brazil -- It's From 2019

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    Does a social media video show narcotraffickers and Communists celebrating the election victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva In Brazil's presidential election? No, that's not true: The video clip shows street celebrations in Brazil from August 2019 following a court order. The claim appeared in an article and video (archived here) published by the InfoWars website on October 31,…

    • Nov 2, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Narcotraffickers, Communists Celebrating Lula Election Victory In Brazil -- It's From 2019 Old Video
  • Fact Check: 2009 TV Show NOT Proof COVID-19 Was Planned -- It's Just An Older Conspiracy Theory

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    Does a 2009 television show prove the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: There is no evidence presented in the nearly three-minute clip from the "Secret Societies" episode of the truTV show "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura" that proves the epidemic was planned by the global elite to reduce the world's surplus population. The claims appeared in a…

    • Apr 21, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 2009 TV Show NOT Proof COVID-19 Was Planned -- It's Just An Older Conspiracy Theory Old, Not New
  • Fact Check: Alex Jones DID Predict War Months Ahead Of Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine In February 2022 -- But Said 'Smart Money Is On A War With China'

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    Did Alex Jones predict war about four months ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022? Yes, that's true: But the American conspiracy theorist said nothing about the two European neighbors during his InfoWars show on October 21, 2021. Instead, he said that "the smart money is on a war with China." The video clip included in the social…

    • Mar 4, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Alex Jones DID Predict War Months Ahead Of Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine In February 2022 -- But Said 'Smart Money Is On A War With China' China ≠ Russia
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Vaccines Cause Brain Damage

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    Do vaccines cause brain damage? No, there's no evidence that's true: Although vaccines are not risk-free, there is an almost universal consensus in the medical community that they are safe and save millions of lives each year. A person is far more likely to be harmed by a serious complication, such as brain damage, from a disease than by a…

    • Dec 28, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Vaccines Cause Brain Damage Pseudoscience
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