Current Events in October 2023

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

• Fact Check: Map Shared On Social Media By Elon Musk Does NOT Accurately Show US Military Presence In Middle East
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hamas Crisis Actors Pretending To Be Corpses -- It's 2013 Student Protest In Egypt
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Rioters' Forcibly Entering DC Home On October 28, 2023 -- Homeowner Welcomed Them In During 2020 Demonstration

Monday, October 30, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Attack On Gas Station In Israel In 2023 -- It Is 2014 Footage From Russia
• Fact Check: The Salzburg, Austria, Airport Does NOT Have A Counter For Stranded Travelers Who Intended To Fly To Australia
• Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Suggest Sending Elon Musk To The Sun -- It's A Doctored Video
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Putin Announcing That 'Russia Will Openly Help To Palestine' -- It's An Old, Unrelated Recording

Friday, October 27, 2023

• Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Palestinian Child As Crisis Actor -- These 2016 Photos Show Real Child Helped In Aleppo, Syria
• Fact Check: McDonald's Did NOT Change Its Wrappers To Blue and White In Support Of Israel
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Police Pushing Crowds In Gaza In October 2023 -- It Was Filmed Months Before In East Jerusalem
• Fact Check: Side-By-Side Videos Do NOT Show 'Hamas Crisis Actor' Faking Injuries -- It's Two Different People

Thursday, October 26, 2023

• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Gaza 'Corpse ... Texting On His Phone' -- Image Predates 2023 Conflict
• Fact Check: Photos Of Hamas Leaders 'Living Luxuriously' Are NOT AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Black Flag Over Iran's Razavi Shrine Was NOT Call For War To All Muslims In October 2023 -- Claim Misrepresented Its Meaning
• Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Lia Thomas And NCAA Forced To Pay Riley Gaines Millions Of Dollars In Lawsuit' -- Claim Is From A Satire Site
• Fact Check: Video Of Trump's Plane Guarded By Jets Is NOT Real -- It's From A Video Game
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest Of Lewiston, Maine, Shooting Suspect Robert Card On October 25, 2023 -- Suspect Still Being Sought A Day After Claim Was Posted

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

• Fact Check: John Kerry Did NOT Say 'We Must Sacrifice Billions Of Humans To Save Planet Earth'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barcelona Clash Between Pro-Palestine Protesters, Police In 2023 -- It's Footage Of A COVID Anti-Lockdown Protest

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Police Arresting Jews Protesting Violence Against Palestinians
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Recent Convoy of Armored UN Vehicles In Hagerstown, MD Preparing US Takeover -- Alastair Williamson Report Is Old
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Palestinians Are Faking Injuries In October 2023 Hamas-Israel Conflict -- It Shows A Makeup Artist In A 2017 Documentary
• Fact Check: Photo Of Cheering Atlético Madrid Fans And Huge Palestinian Flag Is NOT Genuine -- It's AI Image

Monday, October 23, 2023

• Fact Check: There's NO Evidence A Video Documents An Aircraft Releasing Mosquitoes Over Los Angeles
• Fact Check: Study Does NOT Show That Vaccination Causes Greater Prevalence Of Childhood Illnesses
• Fact Check: Greta Thunberg Did NOT Post A Photo Of Herself Holding A Poster Reading '6 Million Wasn't Enough' -- Her Photo Was Doctored
• Fact Check: Pro-Gaza Protesters In India Are NOT Waving The Italian Flag -- It Is The Welfare Party Of India Flag
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden Reintroducing The Military Draft -- It's An AI Production
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Helicopters From Arab Countries Moving Toward Gaza -- It Shows Mexican Navy Anniversary In Veracruz, Mexico
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Joe Biden Sunbathing On Beach During Gaza And U.S. House Crises In October 2023 -- It's An Old Picture

Friday, October 20, 2023

• Fact Check: London Mayor Did NOT 'Sign Up All Nine Million Londoners For The Planetary Health Diet' And 'Vegetarian Plan' In October 2023 -- Claim Distorts His Statements
• Fact Check: Vaccines Did NOT Kill Millions During 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic -- Flu Virus Was The Killer
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Embassy In Bahrain On Fire -- It's A 2012 Attack On A Sitra Police Station

Thursday, October 19, 2023

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Lia Thomas Was Booed Off Stage At NCAA Legends' Meet And Greet -- Claim Is From Satire Site
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Zionist Israeli Police' Raiding Synagogue To Arrest Jewish Youth Who Support Palestinian Rights In October 2023 -- It's From 2021
• Fact Check: Neither 'The Rock' Nor Joe Rogan Endorsed $5,600 'Health Spending' Cards From Feds For Every American
• Fact Check: University of Pennsylvania Protest Chant Did NOT Urge 'Jewish Genocide' -- It Said 'We Charge You With Genocide'
• Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Say He Was Born In Israel -- He Was Talking About Why Israel Was Created
• Fact Check: Wall Street Journal Did NOT Report That An 'American MK-84' Bomb Was Dropped On Gaza Hospital
• Fact Check: Turkish President Erdogan Did NOT Threaten 'To Intervene In The Israeli War On Gaza'
• Fact Check: US Embassy In Lebanon Was NOT On Fire On October 18, 2023

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Dad' Hugging 'Dead Body' Of A Child Killed in October 2023 Hamas-Israeli Conflict
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Pro-Palestine Activists' Setting Fire To Police Station In Brussels In October 2023 -- Footage Is From 2021
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Gordon Ramsay Banned Megan Rapinoe From His Restaurants For Life -- It's Satire
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Palestinian Children 'Searching For Burnt Food' During 2023 Hamas-Israel Conflict -- It's Footage From Syrian Refugee Camp
• Fact Check: That's NOT People Sleeping On Ground In Gaza In October 2023 -- It's World Youth Day In Portugal Weeks Earlier
• Fact Check: 'Palestinian Ambassador In Japan' DID Say Gaza Hospital Received Warning From Israel 'One Hour Before The Strike' -- But He Later Clarified That To Say His Words Referred To Previous Airstrikes

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Egyptian Bedouin Muslims Demanding Gaza Border Be Opened -- Annual Wadi Zalaga Camel Race
• Fact Check: It's NOT An Authentic 'Leaked Memo' That Says CENTCOM Thinks 'American Troops Do Not Want To Die For Israel'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Failed Hamas Rocket Launch' Striking Hospital In Gaza On October 17, 2023 -- It's From 2022 Video
• Fact Check: Video From Hospital Does NOT Show 'Rapture' Disappearances -- Was Part Of 'Pre-Enactment' Campaign
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Kim Jong-Un Talking About Hamas-Israel Violence In October 2023 -- It's From 2020

Monday, October 16, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Egyptians Delivering Food And Water To Gaza Since The Start Of October 2023 Conflict
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce A New Trading App Investing Platform On The BBC
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hamas Paragliders Invading Israel -- Forces Fly Egyptian Flag
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Francis Declares Klaus Schwab 'More Important' Than Jesus Christ
• Fact Check: Photo Is NOT Of Palestinian Children Killed During 2023 Israel-Hamas Conflict -- It's From 10 Years Earlier In Syria
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'The New Iron Beam In Full Display' -- It's From A Video Game

Friday, October 13, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Climbing Wall At Lebanon-Israel Border In October 2023 - It's From 2021
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Captured At Site Of Israeli Music Festival Massacre -- Video Shows 2015 Guatemala Attack

Thursday, October 12, 2023

• Fact Check: Vegas Sphere Did NOT Project Flag Of Israel In October 2023 -- It's Edited Video
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Hamas Paraglider' Crashing Into Power Line -- Footage Predates Most Recent Israel-Hamas Conflict
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Air Force One In Egypt By October 12, 2023 -- It's KC-10 Extender Tanker Plane During Exercise Bright Star 23
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Plane Carrying Equipment To Israel During 2023 Hamas Conflict -- Footage Was Taken Much Earlier
• Fact Check: Video Of Hamas Military Wing Spokesperson Thanking Iran Is NOT From October 2023 -- It's From 2014

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

• Fact Check: Israeli Defense Minister Did NOT Announce Abolition Of 'All Rules Of War' During Clearing Of Gaza In October 2023
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'High-Profile' Israeli Generals Captured By Hamas Fighters -- They Are Politicians From Azerbaijan
• Fact Check: 'Mass Graves Of Thousands Of Children Killed By Fauci In Illegal Experiments' NOT Found In NYC -- Or Anywhere Else
• Fact Check: US Embassy In Beirut Did NOT Evacuate As Of October 11, 2023
• Fact Check: Off-Camera Audio In CNN Video Was NOT Authentic During Airstrike -- Satirical Audio Track Was Added
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2023 Pro-Palestine March In Chicago In Response To Hamas-Israel Conflict -- It's Footage From March In 2021
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show White Phosphorus Bomb Used In Gaza -- Scene Was Originally Recorded In Ukraine
• Fact Check: Bellingcat Did NOT Conclude Ukraine Smuggled Weapons to Hamas -- Claim Comes From Fake BBC Video
• Fact Check: Israel Defense Forces Did NOT Evacuate Air Bases Near Gaza On October 7, 2023 -- Video In Post Is From Weeks Earlier

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hamas Fighters Parachuting Into SuperNova Rave Ahead Of Attack -- Video Is From An Event In Egypt
• Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Warn US Not To Interfere In Hamas-Israel War -- He Was Speaking About Ukraine And Russia
• Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Bomb, Destroy 900-Year-Old Church of Saint Porphyrios In Gaza On October 9, 2023
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Parliament Chanting 'Death To America' In Connection To 2023 Hamas-Israel Conflict -- It's Old Footage
• Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israeli Air Force Striking Targets In Gaza In October 2023 -- It Is Video From Five Months Earlier
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Rockets Fired By Hamas From Gaza Strip Toward Israel In 2023 -- Old Footage From 2020
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Hamas Terrorist With Kidnapped Jewish Baby Girl In Gaza' -- Toddler Is Arab, Video Is From Before Hamas Attack In October 2023
• Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israelis Rehearsing 'Fake Child Death Video' To Frame Hamas In 2023 -- It's A Staged Scene From A Film

Monday, October 9, 2023

• Fact Check: Arma 3 Video Game Clips Falsely Presented As Footage Depicting 2023 Conflict Between Israel And Hamas
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Arabs' Displayed Kidnapped Jewish Children In Cages -- Video Predates 2023 Hamas Conflict
• Fact Check: Biden White House 'Memo' Does NOT Show $8 Billion In New Aid For Israel -- It's An Altered Document
• Fact Check: Putin Did NOT 'Warn' WEF's Klaus Schwab His 'Days Are Numbered'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hamas Soldiers Parachuting Into Israel -- It's An Egyptian Military Academy Exercise 250 Miles Away
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Document Pakistan's Air Force Going To Aid Hamas Invasion of Israel
• Fact Check: Hamas Did NOT Claim Ukraine Sold Them Weapons Used To Attack Israel In October 2023
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing SuperNova Festival During Hamas Attack In Israel -- Video Shows Bruno Mars Fans Running To Concert Seats Days Earlier
• Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Woman Taking Selfies Does NOT Show A Kidnapped Israeli Woman -- She's An Arabic-Speaking Influencer
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Gaza Right Now' With Sky Lit Up Red With Smoke And Rockets -- 2020 Fireworks From Soccer Fans In Algeria

Saturday, October 7, 2023

• Fact Check: Trump Was NOT Giving His Opinion When He Said 'Israel Has Hypnotized The World" in 2019 - He Quoted Rep. Ilhan Omar

Friday, October 6, 2023

• Fact Check: Zelenskyy's Wife Did NOT Spend Over $1.1 Million On Cartier Jewelry In NYC On September 22, 2023
• Fact Check: Canadian Government Data Does NOT Show People Multi-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Have Lost 73% To 74% Of Their 'Immune Capability'

Thursday, October 5, 2023

• Fact Check: Attorney General Letitia James Did NOT Lose 80% Of Case Against Trump
• Fact Check: Bill Gates' 'Air Vaccine' Was NOT 'Approved For Use Against Non-Consenting Humans'
• Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Call Elon Musk A 'Dangerous Extremist Fuse In The Internet' -- Video Was Unrelated To Musk
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Rapper Boosie Was Celebrating Pride Day in Baton Rouge
• Fact Check: Venus Williams Did NOT 'Refuse To Play Against A Trans Woman' -- Claim Is From A Satire Network

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Trans Species Rights' Protest In Germany -- People Barking Like Dogs Were At A Fetish Events Rally
• Fact Check: 'Human-Robots' Patent NOT Granted, Not Synched With COVID-19 -- Application Predates Pandemic More Than 12 Months
• Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Report 99% Of COVID Deaths Weren't Caused By COVID -- Claim Abuses A Headline Gaffe
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump On September 26, 2023 Posted On 'Truth' That He'll Beat Obama In '24 And Send NBC To Firing Squad
• Fact Check: NFL Coaches Did NOT Unanimously Vote To Ban 'Anthem Kneeling'
• Fact Check: Masks In Photo Do NOT Prove 2023 Nobel Winners Distrust Trust Vaccine They Enabled -- Image Predates Award

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

• Fact Check: Trump Judge Engoron Was NOT Drinking From A Tanqueray Gin Bottle During A Hearing
• Fact Check: FEMA's October 4 Test Will NOT Send 'Special Sound Nationwide For 30 Minutes' On All Phones, Computers, TVs, Radios
• Fact Check: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Does NOT Have Net Worth Of $13 Million
• Fact Check: Yale Scientists Did NOT 'Claim' New 'Airborne mRNA' Can 'Vaccinate Large Populations Without Their Knowledge Or Consent'

Monday, October 2, 2023

• Fact Check: FEMA's October 4, 2023, Wireless Emergency Alert Test Is NOT Mandatory On Mobile Devices -- It is Possible To Opt Out
• Fact Check: Sweden Did NOT Confirm The Loss Of All Leopard 2A5 Tanks Delivered To Ukraine
• Fact Check: USA Today Did NOT Post Video Of Zelenskyy's Bodyguard 'Starting A Fight In A Bar' -- And There's NO Record Of Such A Brawl
• Fact Check: Football Coach Deion Sanders Did NOT Bench 'One Of His Best For Kneeling' During National Anthem -- Claim Is From A Satire Site
• Fact Check: Governor Katie Hobbs Did NOT 'Mysteriously' Step Down -- She Left Arizona For One Night For A DC Meeting
• Fact Check: 'No Zelensky No War' Billboard Was NOT Displayed On New York's Fifth Avenue -- It Was Edited Into 2021 Video
• Fact Check: Government Documents Do NOT Prove The United States Is 'Currently Under Military Occupancy' -- They Discuss Other Things
• Fact Check: Updated COVID-19 Vaccines NOT Only Tested On 'A Total Of 10 Mice' -- Hundreds Of Humans Also Received Shots During Clinical Trials
• Fact Check: AZ Senate Did NOT Bring 'Rico Indictments Against Katie Hobbs, Adrian Fontes' And Others