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  • Fact Check: The Ukrainian City Of Ochakiv Is NOT Home To A NATO Base

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    Is it true that Russia destroyed a NATO base in the Ukrainian city of Ochakiv? No, it's not true. Not a single NATO facility has ever existed in Ukraine. The Ochakiv naval base belongs to Ukraine, not NATO. While it was reported that Russians shelled the base on more than one occasion, a video of its purported destruction contains unrelated…

    • Jun 24, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: The Ukrainian City Of Ochakiv Is NOT Home To A NATO Base Ukrainian base
  • Fact Check: 'Panther Of Kharkiv' Is NOT A Real Military Working Cat

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    Is this a picture of a cat, Mikael, "The panther of Kharkiv," trained by the Ukrainian army to spot Russian sniper laser dots and to signal where the sniper is? No, that's not true: While this cat may enjoy chasing a red dot, there is no evidence that this or any other cat has been trained to do the job…

    • Mar 3, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: 'Panther Of Kharkiv' Is NOT A Real Military Working Cat Satire Story
  • Fact Check: Field In Madison, Georgia, Does NOT Store 'Disposable Coffins' And Is Not Owned By CDC Or FEMA

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    Did the CDC pay someone to store up to 500,000 "disposable coffins" in what had been a soybean field in Madison, Georgia? Does this indicate that there is a "plan" that might include "FEMA Camps" and an impending need to bury hundreds of thousands of people? No, that's not true: This video is a baseless, old, recycled conspiracy tale that…

    • Oct 28, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Field In Madison, Georgia, Does NOT Store 'Disposable Coffins' And Is Not Owned By CDC Or FEMA Old Myth
  • Fact Check: Devils Tower Does NOT Have A Massive Underground Root System

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    Was a massive root system discovered under Devils Tower, a geological formation designated as a national monument in Wyoming? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Wyoming State Parks confirmed that the claim originated from a satirical social media post. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) published on July 6, 2021. The post featured a picture of…

    • Jul 7, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Devils Tower Does NOT Have A Massive Underground Root System Tower Not Tree
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Facebook Community Standards Team

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    Does a photo of a dozen people dining at a restaurant show Facebook's community standards team? No, that's not true: The photo was first published in 2018 on a Facebook page of "Flat Earthers," a group that challenges the idea that the earth is a sphere. The photo used to mock Facebook employees who enforce "community standards" on the social…

    • Apr 26, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Facebook Community Standards Team Flat Earthers
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Economic Reforms Known As NESARA Were Secretly Approved by Congress And Bill Clinton

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    Did President Bill Clinton quietly sign into law an economic reform measure secretly passed by Congress and did President George W. Bush later orchestrate the 9/11 attacks to prevent the enactment of the law, commonly known as NESARA? No, that's not true: The claims about NESARA, which at the time of its introduction stood for the National Economic Security and…

    • Mar 29, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Economic Reforms Known As NESARA Were Secretly Approved by Congress And Bill Clinton Proof Missing
  • Fact Check: 'Perseverance' Landing Craft And 'Ingenuity' Helicopter Are NOT Rendered Flightless 'Fairy Tale' By Mars' Atmosphere

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    Is the atmosphere on Mars too thin for the Ingenuity helicopter to fly and does it lack enough oxygen for combustion to brake any ship on landing? No, that's not true: Mars' atmospheric volume is less than 1% of that on Earth and the Red Planet has less than the 16% oxygen found on Earth, but scientists have found ways…

    • Mar 8, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: 'Perseverance' Landing Craft And 'Ingenuity' Helicopter Are NOT Rendered Flightless 'Fairy Tale' By Mars' Atmosphere Bad Science
  • Fact Check: There Was NO 6.0 To 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake In the San Francisco Bay Area Over The Weekend, Leaving Prediction Flat

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    Was a post's prediction accurate for a 6.0 to 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the San Francisco Bay between October 1 and 2, 2020? No, as anyone in the Bay Area or keeping up with news can testify, that didn't happen. Earthquakes are still unpredictable. While this graphic contains very specific details that give the impression of this being a measured,…

    • Oct 5, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: There Was NO 6.0 To 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake In the San Francisco Bay Area Over The Weekend, Leaving Prediction Flat Unpredictable
  • Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Fraudulently Count Poisoning, Trauma And Unintentional Injuries In COVID Death Tally

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    Did the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fraudulently add deaths from poisoning, trauma and unintentional injury to its tally of COVID-19 deaths? No, that's not true: That claim is based on a mischaracterization of CDC listings of patients' other health conditions, which are commonly listed on death certificates as "comorbidities." The claim cites as a source "c19study," an…

    • Sep 4, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Fraudulently Count Poisoning, Trauma And Unintentional Injuries In COVID Death Tally Data Distorted
  • Fact Check: That Was NOT JFK Jr. Spotted At July 3, 2020, Mount Rushmore Celebration

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    Was JFK Jr. spotted at the Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2020? No, that's not true: John F. Kennedy Jr. died in plane crash in 1999, which makes it a certainty that the son of the 35th president of the United States did not attend the Mount Rushmore speech of the 45th, President Donald Trump.…

    • Jul 6, 2020
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: That Was NOT JFK Jr. Spotted At July 3, 2020, Mount Rushmore Celebration JFK Jr Is Dead
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