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  • Fact Check: France And Australia Did NOT Say COVID-19 Vaccine Is A Fraud

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    Did France and Australia suspend their COVID-19 vaccination programs and say vaccine is a fraud? No, that's not true. Both France and Australia are continuing their vaccination programs to protect people from coronavirus infection. The claim originated as a post (archived here) where it was published by Alex Jones and Infowars.com on January 31, 2021, under the title "MAJOR GOVERNMENTS…

    • Feb 1, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: France And Australia Did NOT Say COVID-19 Vaccine Is A Fraud Still Jabbing
  • Fact Check: Marines Did NOT Refuse To Salute Joe Biden

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    Does this video show Marines who "refuse" to salute Joe Biden on Inauguration Day? No, that's not true: While the Marines who were standing on either side of the entrance to the Capitol building, holding the doors open, did not render a salute as then-President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill approached and entered, this should not be characterized as…

    • Jan 25, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Marines Did NOT Refuse To Salute Joe Biden Not Protocol
  • Fact Check: Statistics Show COVID-19 Is NOT 'The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated On An Unsuspecting Public' And Is NOT 'Just Another Bad Flu'

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    Is Canadian pathologist Dr. Roger Hodkinson correct when he asserts that COVID-19 is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public" and "just another bad flu"? No, neither of those claims is true: Data from the CDC show that COVID-19 deaths so far in the United States are four times greater than the highest level of deaths reported each…

    • Nov 23, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Statistics Show COVID-19 Is NOT 'The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated On An Unsuspecting Public' And Is NOT 'Just Another Bad Flu' More fatal
  • Fact Check: Department Of Homeland Security Did NOT Craft An Election Fraud Sting With Watermarked Ballots -- This Is A Hoax

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    Did The Department Of Homeland Security craft an election fraud sting by printing watermarked ballots? No, that's not true: The design, printing and auditing of ballots are processes managed by state and local election officials. One of many versions of this rumor appeared when it was uploaded to Facebook in a post (archived here) published on November 5, 2020, with…

    • Nov 6, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Department Of Homeland Security Did NOT Craft An Election Fraud Sting With Watermarked Ballots -- This Is A Hoax Can't Happen
  • Fact Check: Stacks Of Bricks Found in Cities Nationwide Are NOT Connected To Election Results

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    Did groups hoping to incite violence stage stacks of bricks in cities around the country to be used in post-election rioting? No, that's not true: All of the photos of bricks presented in this article were associated with local construction projects in the areas where they were spotted, and were not brought into the cities in advance by trouble makers…

    • Nov 3, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Stacks Of Bricks Found in Cities Nationwide Are NOT Connected To Election Results Construction
  • Fact Check: There Is NO Election Night Coup D'état Plot Coordinated By Sunrise Movement, BLM, Dems

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    Are the Sunrise Movement, Black Lives Matter, other left-leaning organizations and the Democratic Party caught on tape coordinating a coup if President Trump wins re-election, including the takeover of government buildings like the White House along with transportation hubs and key U.S. cities? No, this is not true. Sunrise, an anti-Trump climate-change movement, told Lead Stories its Zoom meetings were…

    • Nov 3, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: There Is NO Election Night Coup D'état Plot Coordinated By Sunrise Movement, BLM, Dems Clipped Tapes
  • Fact Check: The White House Is NOT Confirmed To Be Set To Release Footage Of Hunter Biden Raping And Torturing Little Girls

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    Is it confirmed that The White House has video footage -- and is set to release it -- of Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden's son Hunter raping and torturing minor girls? No, that's not true: conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' claim is not supported by independent named sources, authenticated documents nor any other form of evidence that is the minimum required…

    • Oct 20, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: The White House Is NOT Confirmed To Be Set To Release Footage Of Hunter Biden Raping And Torturing Little Girls Unconfirmed
  • Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Tweet In 2018 That Michelle Obama Is Transsexual

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    Did Chelsea Clinton tweet in 2018 that she was sick of people harassing former President Barack Obama because he "had the courage of conviction to marry a transsexual" in Michelle Obama? No, that is not true. The tweet is fake. The former first lady is not a transsexual. The claim can be found in a post (archived here) published to…

    • Oct 7, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Tweet In 2018 That Michelle Obama Is Transsexual Fake Tweet
  • Fact Check: Radio Host Provides NO Evidence Joe Biden Was Given Debate Questions Ahead of First Debate with Trump

    Fact Check

    Did Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News or someone on his team give former Vice President Joe Biden a crib sheet ahead of debate #1 with President Donald Trump? No evidence nor provenance was supplied by the Republican operative who made the claim on an Iowa radio show to substantiate that before it was amplified by several other outlets. The…

    • Sep 29, 2020
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Radio Host Provides NO Evidence Joe Biden Was Given Debate Questions Ahead of First Debate with Trump No Evidence
  • Fact Check: NO Proof That Government Contractors Played A Role In Carrying Out A 'Coup Against President Trump'

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    Did government contractors play a role in carrying out a "coup against President Trump" as claimed in the "ShadowGate" video? No, that's not true: There's zero evidence to support the claim, a variation on the oft-debunked myth that Trump is fighting a deep state. A "whistleblower" exaggerated his role in developing a program that he falsely claimed was then used…

    • Aug 18, 2020
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Proof That Government Contractors Played A Role In Carrying Out A 'Coup Against President Trump' No Scandal
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