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  • Fact Check: This Tweet Is FAKE -- French President Macron Did NOT Say Europe Needs To Be Prepared To Take Up To 60 Million Refugees

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    Did French President Emmanuel Macron make a campaign promise that "Europe must be ready to accept up to 60 million refugees over the next 20 years from Africa and the Middle East"? No, that's not true: This is a fake tweet that is designed to look like a BBC News report from April 11, 2022. The BBC has confirmed this…

    • Apr 22, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: This Tweet Is FAKE -- French President Macron Did NOT Say Europe Needs To Be Prepared To Take Up To 60 Million Refugees Spoof News
  • Fact Check: 2009 TV Show NOT Proof COVID-19 Was Planned -- It's Just An Older Conspiracy Theory

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    Does a 2009 television show prove the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: There is no evidence presented in the nearly three-minute clip from the "Secret Societies" episode of the truTV show "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura" that proves the epidemic was planned by the global elite to reduce the world's surplus population. The claims appeared in a…

    • Apr 21, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 2009 TV Show NOT Proof COVID-19 Was Planned -- It's Just An Older Conspiracy Theory Old, Not New
  • Fact Check: Putin Did NOT End Rothschild Control Over Russia By Nationalizing Russian Central Bank -- State Bank Was Created More Than A Century Ago

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    Did Russian leader Vladimir Putin end the Rothschild family's control over Russia by nationalizing Russia's central bank? No, that's not true: Russia has had a central bank for more than 160 years. Alexander II, the emperor of Russia, signed a decree to establish the State Bank in 1860. There's no evidence the Rothschild family, which has built a banking and…

    • Apr 18, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Putin Did NOT End Rothschild Control Over Russia By Nationalizing Russian Central Bank -- State Bank Was Created More Than A Century Ago Bigoted Myth
  • Fact Check: COVID-19 IS A Virus, NOT Snake Venom Being Used To Poison, Turn People Into Satanic Hybrids

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    Rather than a virus, is COVID-19 instead snake venom being used to poison people or turn them into satanic hybrids? No, that's not true: The claim is part of an elaborate conspiracy theory packed into an anti-vaccine documentary filled with falsehoods, scare tactics and religious imagery that takes viewers from the Garden of Eden to modern times. The virus that…

    • Apr 13, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: COVID-19 IS A Virus, NOT Snake Venom Being Used To Poison, Turn People Into Satanic Hybrids No Snake Venom
  • Fact Check: Obamacare And Medical Coding Are NOT Part Of A Global System Of Human Trafficking

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    Are Obamacare and medical coding part of a coordinated global system of human and child trafficking? No, that's not true: Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 with the goals of making affordable health insurance available to more people, expanding the Medicaid program and lowering the costs…

    • Apr 11, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Obamacare And Medical Coding Are NOT Part Of A Global System Of Human Trafficking No Secret Code
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Putin Bombed 'Biden-Owned 200-Acre Villa' in Ukraine Or 'Biolabs & Pedophile Rings' -- Or That Any Of Those Exist in Ukraine

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    Did Russian President Vladimir Putin bomb a villa in Ukraine that U.S. President Joe Biden owned? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this happened or that Biden owns a villa in Ukraine. When searching for credible articles about the claim that Biden owned a villa in Ukraine, and that Putin had bombed it in Russia's invasion of…

    • Mar 7, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Putin Bombed 'Biden-Owned 200-Acre Villa' in Ukraine Or 'Biolabs & Pedophile Rings' -- Or That Any Of Those Exist in Ukraine No Evidence
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Chief Justice John Roberts Was Arrested

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    Did Chief Justice John Roberts get arrested? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Roberts was arrested as of February 14, 2022. The video in this Facebook post does not mention Roberts once. The caption of the post also misspells Roberts' name. The claim originated from a Facebook post (archived here) published on February 12, 2022. It opened:…

    • Feb 14, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Chief Justice John Roberts Was Arrested No Evidence
  • Fact Check: Gematria Codes Used By Conspiracy Theories ALWAYS Result In Matches

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    Do gematria codes used by conspiracy theories always result in matches? Yes, that's true: Gematria is a form of numerology in which the letters of the alphabet are substituted with corresponding numbers. A single word or phrase can yield several values depending on which alphanumerical cipher is used. Gematria is popular with conspiracy theorists, looking to find hidden connections or…

    • Jan 3, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Gematria Codes Used By Conspiracy Theories ALWAYS Result In Matches Not Predictive
  • Fact Check: Mafia Assassins Were NOT Sent To Rome To Avenge Pope Francis' 'Death' -- He Wasn't Killed

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    Were Mafia assassins dispatched to Rome during the Christmas holiday season to avenge the murder of Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The pope was alive on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Additionally, the claim primarily relies on several conspiracy theories to "prove" its case. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) published by BenjaminFulford.net on December 27, 2021,…

    • Dec 28, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Mafia Assassins Were NOT Sent To Rome To Avenge Pope Francis' 'Death' -- He Wasn't Killed Not Murdered
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