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  • Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Suppress Results Of Study On Safety Of Hepatitis B Vaccine In Infants -- Results Available For Decades

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    Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suppress the results of a study that purportedly showed an increased risk of neurodevelopmental delays in newborns who were given a Hepatitis B vaccine during the first month of life? No, that's not true: The results of the study have been available for decades. The early findings of the two-phase study…

    • Apr 10, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Suppress Results Of Study On Safety Of Hepatitis B Vaccine In Infants -- Results Available For Decades Nothing Hidden
  • Fact Check: Appearance Of '33 COVID Cases' Phrase In Multiple News Clips Does NOT Prove Pandemic Conspiracy

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    Does a string of edited-together U.S. news clips with the words "33 COVID cases" in one form or another in each prove that COVID-19 and the pandemic were fabricated or orchestrated? No, that's not true: The cherry-picked soundbites -- all appearing to be from early days of the pandemic -- reveal no particular conspiracy or that the virus doesn't exist.…

    • Apr 6, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Appearance Of '33 COVID Cases' Phrase In Multiple News Clips Does NOT Prove Pandemic Conspiracy Meaningless #s
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Ascension Happening Now In Turkey During Earthquake'

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    Does a viral video show "proof" of "ascension" in Turkey during the deadly earthquake on February 6, 2023? No, that's not true: The clip itself bears a label that indicates it has been digitally altered. The claim appeared in a video on Facebook on February 5, 2023. The caption said: ASCENSION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN TURKEY 🇹🇷 AFTER THOUSANDS DEAD…

    • Feb 7, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Ascension Happening Now In Turkey During Earthquake' Video Effect
  • Fact Check: Image Of Zelenskyy Portrayed As Locust Did NOT Appear In NYC's Central Park As Of January 10, 2023

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    Did an image of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy depicting him as a "locust" eating up budgets around the world appear in New York City's Central Park as of January 10, 2023? No, that's not true. A Lead Stories reporter found no traces of it and the NYC Parks Press Office denied seeing such a drawing. The claim appeared in a…

    • Jan 16, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Of Zelenskyy Portrayed As Locust Did NOT Appear In NYC's Central Park As Of January 10, 2023 No Signs
  • Fact Check: Judge Has NOT Sentenced Young Thug To 25 Years In Prison, As Of January 12, 2023

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    Did the judge in the trial of Young Thug sentence the Atlanta rapper to 25 years in maximum-security prison, as of January 12, 2023? No, that's not true: Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, was not convicted -- much less sentenced -- as of January 12, 2023, when this fact check was written. The claim appeared on Facebook…

    • Jan 12, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Judge Has NOT Sentenced Young Thug To 25 Years In Prison, As Of January 12, 2023 Trial Ongoing
  • Fact Check: Researcher Did Find Possible Racist Origin Of 'Jingle Bells' -- But Song Isn't About Slave Bells, Which Did Exist

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    Does the song "Jingle Bells" make a hidden reference to slaves forced to wear bells so they could be easily tracked if they tried to escape under the cover of night? No, that's not true: The song "Jingle Bells," originally named "One Horse Open Sleigh," is a song about the fun of a winter sleigh ride. The song is not…

    • Dec 21, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Researcher Did Find Possible Racist Origin Of 'Jingle Bells' -- But Song Isn't About Slave Bells, Which Did Exist Sleigh Bells
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Voter Fraud When Herschel Walker's Numbers Go Down On Fox News

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    Does a sudden decrease in the displayed vote tally for U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker during Fox News coverage of Georgia's December 6, 2022, runoff election prove that voter fraud occurred? No, that's not true: Human error by the Associated Press (AP), the news organization that provides voting data for multiple networks, including Fox News, was responsible for the change…

    • Dec 13, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Voter Fraud When Herschel Walker's Numbers Go Down On Fox News Human Error
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Toxin-Laced Tissue Was Placed In Georgia Gas Pump Handle By Human Traffickers

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    Did police in Kennesaw, Georgia, investigate a toxin-laced tissue that was reportedly placed on a gas pump handle by human traffickers to incapacitate their victims? No, that's not true: Lead Stories contacted two law enforcement agencies in Cobb County, Georgia, where the incident allegedly took place, and neither had any record of that, nor of it being reported. The person…

    • Dec 13, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Toxin-Laced Tissue Was Placed In Georgia Gas Pump Handle By Human Traffickers Police Say No
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Graffiti Showing Zelenskyy Eating Money Ever Appeared In Paris

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    Did graffiti showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy eating money appear in the capital of France during November 2022? No, that's not true: Neither local authorities nor the personnel of a store located near the supposed graffiti's site saw it. Journalists sent on location did not find any signs of the graffiti. The absence of other images of the scene suggests…

    • Dec 7, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Graffiti Showing Zelenskyy Eating Money Ever Appeared In Paris No Signs
  • Fact Check: Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Detain Nancy Pelosi On Charges Of Treason, Conspiracy

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    Did U.S. Special Forces take House Speaker Nancy Pelosi into custody after the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps charged her with "multiple counts of treason and seditious conspiracy"? No, that's not true: A representative of the U.S. Special Operations Command earlier denied to Lead Stories that Special Forces had arrested any civilian, and noted that the Special Forces do…

    • Dec 6, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Detain Nancy Pelosi On Charges Of Treason, Conspiracy Real Fake News
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