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  • Fact Check: Thailand Does NOT Plan To 'Nullify' Pfizer-BioNTech Contracts -- NO Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Caused Thai Princess' Collapse

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    Did the government of Thailand announce plans to cancel COVID-19 vaccine contracts with Pfizer-BioNTech after a suspected connection between the Pfizer vaccine and Princess Bajrakitiyabha's December 2022 collapse was established? No, that's not true: An official from Thailand's National Vaccine Institute told the Associated Press on February 7, 2023, that the country does not intend to reconsider its contract with…

    • Feb 7, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Thailand Does NOT Plan To 'Nullify' Pfizer-BioNTech Contracts -- NO Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Caused Thai Princess' Collapse Natural Causes
  • Fact Check: Preprint Study Of Cleveland Clinic Workers Does NOT Prove Vaccinations Increase Risk Of COVID Infection

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    Does each dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increase a person's chance of getting the COVID-19 virus? No, that's not true: While data from a preprint (not-peer-reviewed) study posted on December 19, 2022, suggests that the "higher the number of vaccines previously received, the higher the risk of contracting COVID-19," medical experts contacted by Lead Stories cast doubt on coming to…

    • Jan 6, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Preprint Study Of Cleveland Clinic Workers Does NOT Prove Vaccinations Increase Risk Of COVID Infection Only 1st Draft
  • Fact Check: Military Did NOT Execute US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink

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    Did the U.S. military hang U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink for committing treason? No, that's not true: The story is entirely fabricated and Brink remains an ambassador in good standing. The claim originated on the website Real Raw News on October 17, 2022 under the title "Military Hangs to Death US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink" (archived here). It…

    • Oct 20, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Military Did NOT Execute US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink Still Tweeting
  • Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest US Ambassador To Ukraine Bridget Brink

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    Did the military arrest the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink? No, that's not true: Real Raw News, the website that posted the story, has a disclaimer saying that their articles are "humor, parody and satire." The site has a history of posting false stories of arrests and executions of government officials, celebrities and well-known public figures. Also, the Posse…

    • Oct 11, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest US Ambassador To Ukraine Bridget Brink Not Arrested
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Confirm That Vaccines Are 'Mind Control Neuroweapon' That 'Can React To 5G Towers'

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    Did Karen Kingston present the new evidence confirming that vaccines against COVID-19 are a "mind control neuroweapon" that "can react to 5G towers"? No, that's not true. She only repeated the false claims previously debunked by Lead Stories, "supporting" them with unrelated quotes taken out of context. The claim originated from a fragment of the Stew Peters show (archived here)…

    • Oct 10, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Confirm That Vaccines Are 'Mind Control Neuroweapon' That 'Can React To 5G Towers' Old Falsehoods
  • Fact Check: Actor Elijah Wood Was NOT Arrested for Child Sex Crimes

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    Was actor Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings" movies, arrested for child sex crimes? No, that's not true: Contrary to the claim that Wood was arrested by the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, the Posse Comitatus Act forbids the military from enforcing civilian law. The claim was posted on a satirical website that…

    • Oct 6, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Actor Elijah Wood Was NOT Arrested for Child Sex Crimes No Arrest
  • Fact Check: Websites About Geoengineering Do NOT Prove Airplanes Are Spraying The Atmosphere To Control Weather

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    Do a video of a plane's contrails and websites about geoengineering prove that climate control spraying is taking place? No, that's not true: There is no large-scale atmospheric spraying taking place. The plane's contrails are made almost entirely of water vapor. The webpages shown, from Wikipedia and Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program, are real websites that review proposed scientific means…

    • Oct 4, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Websites About Geoengineering Do NOT Prove Airplanes Are Spraying The Atmosphere To Control Weather Contrail
  • Fact Check: 'Entire leadership of NATO' Was NOT Fired On September 5, 2022

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    Did the "entire leadership of NATO" lose their jobs on September 5, 2022? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support this claim. An event of this scale would be intensively covered by media organizations in many countries, including the United States, but there were no such reports. The text of this claim does not name any of…

    • Sep 16, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 'Entire leadership of NATO' Was NOT Fired On September 5, 2022 Did Not Happen
  • Fact Check: German Politician Did NOT Issue A Warning About September 24, 2022 -- He Misspoke And Gaffe Was Misused

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    Did German politician Friedrich Merz issue a warning that something would occur on September 24, 2022, which would be remembered into the future and not be forgotten by any person? No, that's not true: On February 27, 2022, just days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Merz spoke of the first pictures seen, and first thoughts in…

    • Sep 15, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: German Politician Did NOT Issue A Warning About September 24, 2022  -- He Misspoke And Gaffe Was Misused He Misspoke
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Debt Jubilee 'Officially Declared' For Death Of Queen Elizabeth II

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    Was a debt jubilee, the cancellation of a broad range of debts from the public record, "officially declared" after Queen Elizabeth II's death? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, no such announcement has been made. The man who posted the rumor online was promoting his online store selling precious metals. The claim appeared in a Facebook post…

    • Sep 9, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Debt Jubilee 'Officially Declared' For Death Of Queen Elizabeth II Self-Promotion
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