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  • Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab's Daughter Nicole Did NOT Say 'Permanent Climate Lockdowns Coming -- Whether You Like It or Not'

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    Did Nicole Schwab -- daughter of World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab -- say, "permanent climate lockdowns [are] coming -- whether you like it or not"? No, that's not true: There is no record of Nicole Schwab having said that. An article that falsely reported the quote in July 2023 self-debunks by including a link to an authentic video…

    • Aug 2, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab's Daughter Nicole Did NOT Say 'Permanent Climate Lockdowns Coming -- Whether You Like It or Not' Never Said
  • Fact Check: The CIA Does NOT Try To Cover Up The Existence Of Diego Garcia Island -- Info Is On The Agency's Website

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    Does the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hide the existence of the military base on Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean? No, that's not true: As of this writing, the agency discusses this specific base on the publicly available section of its website. The claim appeared in a post published on Instagram on July 13, 2023. The caption said: Island…

    • Jul 31, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: The CIA Does NOT Try To Cover Up The Existence Of Diego Garcia Island -- Info Is On The Agency's Website Not A Secret
  • Fact Check: Polish Astronaut Did NOT Admit The Earth Is Flat --- It Was A Joke

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    Did Polish astronaut Miroslaw Hermaszewski admit in a 2018 interview that that the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: The claim takes his remarks out of context -- it was an apparent joke aimed at flat-earthers and demonstrating obvious annoyance with an interviewer's questions. Elements of his descriptions of his space mission, later in the interview, are consistent with…

    • Jul 13, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Polish Astronaut Did NOT Admit The Earth Is Flat --- It Was A Joke Humor
  • Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Declare 'War On Russia' On Or Before June 17, 2023

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    Did President Joe Biden declare "war on Russia" as of June 17, 2023? No, that's not true: This video post is missing context as the footage, taken from a March 2022 event of Biden speaking to the House Democratic Caucus, was edited. The transcript of his original remarks and a video recording of the event show that the video clip…

    • Jun 22, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Declare 'War On Russia' On Or Before June 17, 2023 Out Of Context
  • Fact Check: Colorful Image Is NOT A Real Photo Of A 'Complete Rainbow' Captured By Pilot At 30,000 Feet

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    Did a pilot capture a photo of a complete full-circle rainbow while flying 30,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean? No, that's not true: This image is not a real photograph -- it's a fabricated image. Several key features present in real rainbows are missing from this image. Lloyd J. Ferraro, the pilot who has been incorrectly credited for taking the…

    • Mar 1, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Colorful Image Is NOT A Real Photo Of A 'Complete Rainbow' Captured By Pilot At 30,000 Feet Fantasy Image
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023

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    Was this video taken just before the deadly Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal on January 15, 2023? No, that's not true: The post's video, showing a plane on fire and then crashing, is of a Russian military transport plane prototype that crashed outside the city of Moscow in October 2021. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on…

    • Jan 17, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023 Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023 Wrong Plane
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Klaus Schwab Has 'Banned Vaccinated Pilots From Transporting World Economic Forum Members In And Out Of Davos'

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    Did Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), ban "vaccinated pilots from transporting World Economic Forum members in and out of Davos due to the safety risk they pose"? No, there's no evidence that's true: The supposed source for the claim denies that he said the WEF had reached out looking for unvaccinated pilots. He…

    • Jan 16, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Klaus Schwab Has 'Banned Vaccinated Pilots From Transporting World Economic Forum Members In And Out Of Davos' Clickbait
  • Fact Check: Dramatic Lenticular Cloud Layers Do NOT Signal End Of World Or Even Storm

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    Does this short video of a dramatic layered cloud demonstrate "what the end of the world looks like" -- is it an impending scary natural disaster? No, that's not true: While we can't predict what the end of the world will look like, the clouds in the photo are Altocumulus Standing Lenticular (ACSL) clouds, which are typically formed by strong…

    • Dec 22, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Dramatic Lenticular Cloud Layers Do NOT Signal End Of World Or Even Storm Not A Storm
  • Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Elon Musk Flew To 'Epstein Island'; Map Is Fake And There's No Place To Land

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    Does an image of a flight log shared on social media show that a private jet owned by Elon Musk traveled to Little St. James Island -- also known as "Epstein Island" -- a dozen times since 2010? No, that's not true: The map has been acknowledged as a fake by its maker, and no plane can fly to the…

    • Dec 19, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Elon Musk Flew To 'Epstein Island'; Map Is Fake And There's No Place To Land Flight Fakes
  • Fact Check: Death Of Envoy Pilot Has NOT Been Linked To COVID-19 Vaccine Or Booster

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    Did a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) insider, a whistleblower, provide exclusive information to Real Raw News about a conversation on a cockpit voice recorder just before the pilot of Envoy Air flight 3556 became unresponsive? Does this recording point to a COVID-19 booster shot as the likely cause of the pilot's death and is this evidence of a government coverup…

    • Dec 6, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Death Of Envoy Pilot Has NOT Been Linked To COVID-19 Vaccine Or Booster Unproven Claim
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