Current Events in April 2023
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Friday, April 28, 2023
- Fact Check: Photo Of Shirtless Person In Jockstrap Is NOT Traceable To UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
- Fact Check: Georgia High School Did NOT Teach Students To Create Real 'Cannibalism' Business Plan -- It Was A Lesson In Satire For English Class
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Rep. Eric Swalwell 'Crying' After Marjorie Taylor Greene's Remarks
- Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT File Suit Against Whoopi, 'The View' for 'Dehumanizing' Remarks
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Sudan Bio Lab Smoking April 25, 2023 After An Attack -- Snip Is From April 20 Video of Airport
Thursday, April 27, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Road Roller Demolishing Bud Light Cans In Criticism Of Dylan Mulvaney Ad
- Fact Check: Fasting Will NOT Cure AIDS
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Russian Missile Strike 'Killed 200 NATO Generals, Including At Least 20 Or 30 High-Ranking American Officers'
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Sudan Rapid Support Force' In Control Of 'Khartoum International Airport And Military Base' On April 15, 2023
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
- Fact Check: Moscow Aerial Video NOT Captured By Ukrainian Drones In April 2023
- Fact Check: Issue 337 Of The New European Does NOT Feature Cartoon Of Dalai Lama And Zelenskyy -- It's Fake
- Fact Check: Apeel Produce Coating Does NOT Have 'Long List Of Hazardous Cautions'
- Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Announce Massive Unidentified Flying Object Between Earth And Sun
- Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Sentence Liz Cheney To Hang
- Fact Check: BlackRock Investment Company Does NOT Own Dominion Voting Systems
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
- Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence That Folic Acid Causes Depression
- Fact Check: Florida Legislation Would NOT Impose Death Penalty For Admitting Children To Drag Shows
- Fact Check: Children's Book 'Abuela' Has NOT Been 'Banned In Many States'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Little 8-Year-Old Girl Had 67 Different DNA Samples Inside Of Her'
Monday, April 24, 2023
- Fact Check: 'lol CRYBABIES' Billboard Is NOT A Real Bud Light Promotion -- Edited Video Hoax
- Fact Check: Russia Was NOT 'Reconnected Back To SWIFT' On April 22, 2023
- Fact Check: Budweiser Brands Were NOT Uninvited To Munich's Oktoberfest -- They Have Never Been Sold There
Friday, April 21, 2023
- Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Ban COVID-19 Vaccines
- Fact Check: Robot Did NOT Commit Suicide -- It Fell During Trade Show Demo
- Fact Check: New York City Is NOT 'Trying To Ban Meat'
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
- Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Snub UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak When He Arrived In Belfast On April 11, 2023
- Fact Check: There Is NO 'Dimensional Gateway' In Antarctica -- These Photos Were Edited
- Fact Check: HIV Is NOT Cured With Papaya Leaf And Black Seed Tea
- Fact Check: Ohio Is NOT Introducing A New Decapitation Death Penalty Procedure -- Satire From The Onion
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
- Fact Check: Troops In Hazmat Suits Did NOT Land In Helicopters, Arrest 5 People On Utah State Campus For Manufacturing Ricin In April 2023
- Fact Check: Washington State Bill Does NOT Allow 'Government To Take Minor Children Away From Parents If They Refuse To Agree To Gender Transition Surgery'
- Fact Check: Video's Audio Does NOT Have Fallon Fox Speaking In Authentic Voice
- Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Turn Down $120M Disney Deal On April 3, 2023 -- It's Fictional Story
Monday, April 17, 2023
- Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Claim Biggest Problem During Revolutionary War Was Lack Of Airports -- He Was Referencing Trump
- Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Address American People In English About Their Democracy -- It's AI
- Fact Check: Video Of Crowd Running From Gunfire Was NOT In Dadeville, Alabama, But New Year's Eve In Mobile
Thursday, April 13, 2023
- Fact Check: Photos Of Passport Do NOT Prove President Barack Obama Was Born In Kenya -- It was His Father's Passport
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Running From Real Zombies In US
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'GWEN' Tower That Downloads Brainwaves
- Fact Check: Video By Bitcoin Mining Company Riot Platforms Does NOT Prove Zero Carbon Emissions
- Fact Check: Joke Video Of 'Cloud Factory' At Chicago Ingredion Plant NOT Real
- Fact Check: Man's Search For Birth Mom NOT Real -- It's Ruse To Get Shares, Harvest Personal Information
- Fact Check: Justin Bieber's Mother Did NOT Say Her Son Was Conceived As Result Of Rape In Her Autobiography
- Fact Check: Rep. Jim Jordan Did NOT Slap Robert Mueller During Testimony
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
- Fact Check: mRNA Vaccination Of Animals Does NOT Cause Involuntary Vaccination Of Humans Who Eat Their Meat
- Fact Check: Switzerland Did NOT Order 'Immediate Halt' To COVID-19 Vaccinations Claiming 'More Harm Than Good'
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Fighter Jet Intercepting US Navy Aircraft On April 10, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Protestors 'Destroying One Of The HAARP Platforms in Brazil' -- Or Anywhere
Monday, April 10, 2023
- Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Suppress Results Of Study On Safety Of Hepatitis B Vaccine In Infants -- Results Available For Decades
- Fact Check: Data Does NOT Show 'Net Zero' Warming In Antarctica For Over 70 Years
- Fact Check: Biggie Smalls Did NOT Predict COVID-19 In 1994
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Nike Is Giving Away Gift Cards For $1
- Fact Check: Anheuser-Busch CEO Did NOT Resign After 'Record Low' Sales Of Bud Light
Friday, April 7, 2023
- Fact Check: 'Woke' Did NOT Originally Come From 'Willingly Overlooking Known Evil'
- Fact Check: New COVID Variants Did NOT Stop 'All The Sudden' After Fauci Retirement At End Of 2022
- Fact Check: Claim That Obama Will 'Relocate To Kenya In June' Is NOT News Story -- It's April Fool's Day Joke
Thursday, April 6, 2023
- Fact Check: 'Easter' Does NOT Have Etymological Link To Babylonian Deity And Infant Sacrifices
- Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Cut Off Benjamin Watson Because He Spoke About Jesus During Brooke Baldwin Interview
- Fact Check: Appearance Of '33 COVID Cases' Phrase In Multiple News Clips Does NOT Prove Pandemic Conspiracy
- Fact Check: Poster Does NOT Show A Real War Recruiting Campaign Launched By Ukraine In The U.S. To Target Low-Income Populations
- Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Say He Won't Take A Call From Chinese Leader Xi Jinping
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Manhattan DA Arrested -- Video Just Shows Alvin Bragg Leaving His Office
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Joe Biden Stepping On Cat -- Squeal Was Digitally Added
- Fact Check: Eating Chicken Does NOT Causes Herpes Infections In Humans
- Fact Check: 'Found Dog' Posts Are NOT Legit Effort To Find Owner -- It's A Ruse To Get Shares And Harvest Personal Info
- Fact Check: Trump 'Mug Shot' Is NOT Real -- It Was Made Using AI
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A 'Cost Of Living March' In London On April 1, 2023 -- It's A 2018 Anti-Brexit March
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Russian 'Retaliation Strike' On Secret NATO Bunker
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
- Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine 'Analysis' Does NOT Prove $147 Billion In Economic Damage, Tens Of Millions Injured Or Disabled
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Uyghur Women On 'The Second Day Of Ramadan' in 2023
- Fact Check: Surveillance Footage Does NOT Show Nashville School Shooter Wearing Different Shoes And Pants
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Ingesting Pavana Leaf Will Treat Cancers
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukraine Staging War Scenes 'To Maintain Morale In The Ranks'
- Fact Check: Joe Biden Is NOT Being Led By A Blind Man In Video
- Fact Check: Morgan Freeman Did NOT Criticize Biden's Ice Cream Comments -- It's An AI Mask
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Boy Dressed Like A Girl' On Biden Plane
Monday, April 3, 2023
- Fact Check: WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Did NOT Say US 'Deeply Concerned' About Brazil And China Switching To 'National Currencies' To Do Business With Each Other
- Fact Check: US Postal Inspection Service Has Warned Of Counterfeit Forever Stamps Sold Online
- Fact Check: Social Media Image NOT Photo Of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange -- It's AI-Generated Deepfake
- Fact Check: 'Ukraine Elite Drone' Footage Does NOT Show Bakhmut Combat On April 1, 2023
- Fact Check: FedNow Service Will NOT Replace Traditional U.S. Currency -- It's Just A Payment System
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