Current Events in August 2023

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

• Fact Check: 78,000 People Are NOT Under The Water In Great Britain -- Old Video Clips Are Misrepresented
• Fact Check: Obamas Do NOT Have Maui Estate That Would Have Been Affected By August 2023 Wildfires
• Fact Check: 'Survey' Does NOT Prove Vaccinated Over '2X More Likely To Get COVID Than the Unvaccinated'
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Riley Gaines Turned Down $3 Million Partnership With Nike -- Story Is From A Satire Site

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

• Fact Check: Riley Gaines Did NOT 'Beat' Lia Thomas For The 'Last Spot On The Pro Tour' -- Story Is From A Satire Site
• Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Publish Video Claiming Prigozhin 'Is Alive' On August 29, 2023
• Fact Check: RT Did NOT Publish Article Saying 'Post-Vaccine Myocarditis' Affected Pilot In Plane Crash That Killed Yevgeny Prigozhin
• Fact Check: World Health Organization Did NOT Say COVID-19 Vaccination Can Cause Multiple Sclerosis
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Mark Zuckerberg Banned Elon Musk From Facebook -- Claim Comes From A Satirical Website

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

• Fact Check: Belarus Did NOT Annex Kaliningrad 'With NATO Approval' In August 2023
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Ukraine Seized 'Train' Filled With Russian SU-57 Jets In August 2023
• Fact Check: Study Does NOT Show Ivermectin Reduces COVID-19 Mortality By 74%

Monday, August 28, 2023

• Fact Check: Indictments Against Trump Do NOT Carry 'Potential Death Penalty'
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say People Resisting 'mRNA Tsunami' Will Be 'Excluded From Society' -- Misattributed And Distorted Quote
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Jason Aldean Refused $1M To Sing National Anthem At Super Bowl -- Claim Comes From A Satirical Website
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Chanting 'Fk (Fuck) Joe Biden' in Maui -- It Was Digitally Altered

Friday, August 25, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Wagner Boss Prigozhin Jet On Fire Before Crashing' -- It Was Filmed Two Months Prior
• Fact Check: Vitamin K Shots Do NOT 'Poison' Babies -- They Protect Newborns From Life-Threatening Events
• Fact Check: Candace Owens Did Not Call Megan Rapinoe An 'Angry Toddler', Did NOT Debate Her During 'Candace' Show

Thursday, August 24, 2023

• Fact Check: Trump NOT Wearing Black Pin-Stripe Suit Or Striped Tie In His Real Mug Shot -- Counterfeits Abound
• Fact Check: mRNA NOT Added To All Childhood Vaccines Without Regulatory Reapproval -- Any Changes Require Vaccines To Be Treated As New Product, Re-Evaluated
• Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT Declare That All 'Unvaccinated Citizens Must Be Locked Down This Winter'
• Fact Check: German Government Does NOT Have Study Figures Showing Pfizer COVID Vaccine Safer Than Placebo -- But Shot Still Safe, Effective
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show LA Metro Station Flooded By 'Hurriquake' -- It's An Amusement Park Ride
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Obama's Chef Was Writing Tell-All Book Before 'Mysterious Death'

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

• Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks
• Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report Gavin Newsom Is First Governor To Call For Bill To Remove Trump From Ballot; Newsom Did NOT Say That
• Fact Check: Amtrak Does NOT Offer $1 Card For All US Residents That Lets Them Ride Trains For A Year Without Extra Fees

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Announce Elon Musk Unveiled An AI-Powered Trading Platform -- This Video Is Manipulated
• Fact Check: 14 U.S. Cities Did NOT 'Sign WEF Treaty To Ban Meat, Dairy, Private Cars by 2030'
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 'Computers From J6 Operation'
• Fact Check: Hawaii IS A State -- President Eisenhower Signed Proclamation Making It Official
• Fact Check: Steeler's Coach Mike Tomlin Did NOT Say No More Kneeling On His Field, Did Not Cut Pittsburgh's Last Kneeler AND NFL Mediator Did NOT Side With Him
• Fact Check: There Is NO Federal Benefits Program Offering $5,600 'Health Spending Cards'
• Fact Check: Hurricane Dora DID Affect Winds During Maui Wildfires, Even Though It Was Hundreds Of Miles Away
• Fact Check: Maui Wildfires Are NOT Linked To Green Lasers Recorded Over Mauna Kea, Hawaii, On January 28, 2023

Monday, August 21, 2023

• Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT 'Neutralize Fleeing FEMA Convoy' On Maui
• Fact Check: Cleveland Clinic Study Did NOT Prove 'Absolute Linear Correlation' Between COVID-19 Vaccines And Infection Risk
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Insurance Companies Are Denying Maui Fire Losses Due To 'Zoning Infractions'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show An 'Official Statement' Saying That Putin Was 'Assassinated' or 'Hospitalized' in August 2023
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ODAB-500P Aerosol Bombs In Ukraine In 2023

Friday, August 18, 2023

• Fact Check: Rachel Levine Did NOT Refer To Mothers As 'Egg Producers' While Visiting A Gender Clinic in Alaska
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Visiting Maui After Wildfires -- It's Alabama In 2019
• Fact Check: Maui Did NOT Ban New Building Unless There Was A Serious Natural Disaster
• Fact Check: NASA In Hebrew Does NOT Translate To 'To Deceive'
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2023 DEW Attack On Hawaii -- It's A 2018 SpaceX Launch From California
• Fact Check: Latvia Did NOT Plan To Invade Russia In 2023 Or Between 2011 And 2015 -- It's A Parody Account's Claim

Thursday, August 17, 2023

• Fact Check: Hawaii's Governor Green Did NOT Announce State To Take Ownership Of Lahaina To Turn It Into A 'Smart City'
• Fact Check: Laser Beam Was NOT Present In Press Photo Of Burning Lahaina Church -- Photo Was Swiped And Edited To Deceive
• Fact Check: NO 'Secret CDC Report' Shows Hundreds Of Thousands Of Children 'Died Suddenly' Following Rollout Of COVID-19 Vaccines
• Fact Check: Speed Of 'Fire and Fury' Book Publication Does NOT Prove Maui Fire Was Planned Or Foretold
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fire Crawling On Cement In Maui -- It's Ohio In 2022
• Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest Former IRS Director Charles Rettig

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

• Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine-Related 'Turbo Cancers' Are NOT Real -- Thus NOT 'Contagious' Or 'Behaving Like A Bioweapon'
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Mug Shot Is NOT Real
• Fact Check: Explosion Was NOT Caused By Laser From Sky -- A Transformer Blew In Macul, Chile
• Fact Check: Riley Gaines Did NOT Settle Civil Suit Against Lia Thomas for $1.2 Million -- It's From A Satirical Site

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

• Fact Check: Rail Gun Physics Does NOT Prove The Earth Is 'Missing Curvature'
• Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Approve Ivermectin As COVID-19 Treatment
• Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Execute 'Defiant 5G Executives'
• Fact Check: Hawaii Digital Government Summit Was NOT Planned To Rebuild Maui As 'The First Smart Island,' 'Governed by AI'
• Fact Check: Stephen King's Book Sales Have NOT Dropped 70 Percent Since He 'Went Woke' -- This Is Satire Story
• Fact Check: Gas Station Explosion Was NOT Ignited By Red Laser Beam Weapon -- CGI Effect Added To Real Video

Monday, August 14, 2023

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Hawaii Wildfires Caused By 'Direct Energy Weapon Assault'
• Fact Check: Nattokinase NOT A Proven COVID 'Spike Protein Detox' NOR Has US Even Set Dosages -- It's A Food Supplement
• Fact Check: Standing Trees Do NOT Prove Maui Wildfires Were False Flag Operations

Friday, August 11, 2023

• Fact Check: Internet Personality Lil Tay Has NOT Died, Despite August 9, 2023, Death Notice On Her Instagram Page
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Giant Barbie Next To Burj Khalifa in Dubai -- It's A Computer-Generated Ad
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove That Prigozhin Joined Zelenskyy Or That Wagner Mercenaries Agreed To Fight For Ukraine
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Georgia Has More Than 2 Million 'Phantom Voters' On Its Voter Rolls
• Fact Check: Mugshot Is NOT Of A Brawling Alabama Boater -- Shows Man Nabbed For Voyeurism In 2020

Thursday, August 10, 2023

• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce An AI-Powered Trading Platform On BBC News -- This Video Is Manipulated
• Fact Check: Tom Selleck Did NOT Speak Out In Support Of Jason Aldean As Of August10, 2023
• Fact Check: NO Evidence DA Fani Willis Is Challenging Trump To Prove Affair Claim Or Face Charges For 'Sullying' A Prosecutor
• Fact Check: World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab Did NOT 'Openly Call For AI Technology To Replace Democratic Elections' in 2023
• Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Was NOT Arrested By US Marines On August 7, 2023

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

• Fact Check: US Map Image Does NOT Show An Actual 2023-24 Snow Forecast -- It's A 2014 Creation From A Satirical Site
• Fact Check: Graco Is NOT Giving Away Car Seats For $1
• Fact Check: UN Chief Did NOT Warn Christians To 'Embrace The Legalization Of Pedophilia' Or Be 'Excluded' From Society
• Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Did NOT Have Wheaties Campaign Canceled After Missed Penalty Kick
• Fact Check: VAERS Data Is NOT 'Crystal Clear' Proof That COVID-19 Vaccines Are Killing '1 Person Per 1,000 Doses'
• Fact Check: John Daly Did NOT Make Homophobic Remarks On Megan Rapinoe's Missed Penalty Kick

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

• Fact Check: Pfizer Employees In Australia Did NOT Receive Different COVID-19 Vaccines Than Public
• Fact Check: Illinois Governor Did NOT Sign Law Allowing 'Illegal Immigrants To Become Police Officers'
• Fact Check: Michigan Police Did NOT Find 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Fake Voter Registration Applications
• Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Ban '5G Across Russia' Or Destroy 'All Towers' -- Signal Is Still Present
• Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Was NOT Dropped By ESPN, Nike After Missing Penalty Kick

Monday, August 7, 2023

• Fact Check: U.S. Public Schools STILL Teach Declaration Of Independence
• Fact Check: German Weather Station Did NOT Show Map On Fire With High Temperatures
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Eating Cayenne Pepper Repairs DNA Directly Or Kills Cancer In Humans
• Fact Check: Megan Rapinoe Was NOT 'Released' From 'OL Reign' Or Olympic Team And Did NOT Lose '$25M Broadcasting Deal'
• Fact Check: Scene Of Mike Pence Carrying A Rainbow Flag In A Parade Is NOT A Real Photo -- It's An AI-Generated Image

Friday, August 4, 2023

• Fact Check: British Journalist Martin Lewis Did NOT Endorse An Elon Musk Investment Project
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Family Said J&J Executive's Child 'Died Suddenly' After Getting A Vaccine
• Fact Check: Video Claiming Trump Ad Is Fire Was NOT Produced Or Released By Trump Campaign
• Fact Check: Simpsons Did NOT Predict New Twitter X Logo -- Altered Cartoon Image Of Old iPhone Home Screen
• Fact Check: 'White Hats' Did NOT Arrest 'Black Hats' in New York State

Thursday, August 3, 2023

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Corn Blight Linked To Chinese Spy Balloon -- Video Revealed As Comedy Skit
• Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Does NOT Have 'Logo' That Looks Like CIA Seal

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

• Fact Check: US Doctor Did NOT Represent World Health Organization At COVID Summit In Brussels -- She Was Criticizing WHO
• Fact Check: Mike Tyson Has NOT Died As Of August 2, 2023
• Fact Check: Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Does NOT Face A Chornobyl-Style Disaster From Water Shortage As Of July 2023
• Fact Check: NO Proven Link Between 'Athlete Cardiac Arrests' And COVID-19 Vaccine -- Many Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine-Related Cases Cited In Goodsciencing List
• Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab's Daughter Nicole Did NOT Say 'Permanent Climate Lockdowns Coming -- Whether You Like It or Not'
• Fact Check: 'Good Harvest' Does NOT Produce 'Human Steak' -- That Company Doesn't Exist And There's No Human Steak Factory

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

• Fact Check: 'Lady In Green' Did NOT Hypnotize Mitch McConnell, Freezing Him With A Touch -- Sen. Capito Was Standing Behind Him With Others
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show USAID Supplying Ephedrine, Methylphenidate To Forces In Ukraine -- Video Is 'Fabricated ... Staged'
• Fact Check: Billboard In Japan Did NOT Carry An Anti-Ukraine Message -- Sign In Video Is Edited
• Fact Check: 'Lab Grown' Chicken Approved By Regulators Is NOT 'Grown From Human Cells'
• Fact Check: Jason Aldean Did NOT File Defamation Suit Against Whoopi and 'The View' With Statement 'I'm No Racist'