Current Events in February 2024
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Fact Check: Audio Is Faked In Post Purporting To Show Navalny's Mother Accusing His Wife
- Fact Check: Trudeau Misspoke When He Said 'Russia Must Win This War' -- He Corrected, Saying 'Ukraine Must Win This War'
- Fact Check: 'White Hats' Did NOT Foil Supposed Plot to 'Assassinate President Trump' -- Story Is From Site That Produces Fiction
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Showing 'The View' Guest Accusing Karine Jean-Pierre Of 'Bullshit' On Air Is NOT Real -- Clip Is Edited To Add A Person
- Fact Check: Disney World Is NOT Adding Urinals To All Women's Restrooms -- Claim Originated On A Satire and Parody Website
- Fact Check: Israel Was NOT Still Banned From International Ice Hockey Federation Competitions As Of February 21, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
- Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT Participate In Fiction Website's Fantasy of U.S. Customs And Border Protection Patrol Conspiracy
- Fact Check: Parents' Refusal To Use Chosen Pronouns Was NOT Reason Child Was Removed From Indiana Home -- Care For Eating Disorder, Mental Health Were Needed
- Fact Check: Solar Flares ARE Real And CAN Disrupt Telecommunications Networks
- Fact Check: Google Is NOT Sunsetting Gmail On August 1, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Donald Trump Shoving Man At Mar-A-Lago
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Fact Check: NYC Spokesman Did NOT Say Trucker Boycott Caused Empty Shelves In February 2024 Throughout City
- Fact Check: Minors Arrested In Connection With Kansas City Parade Shooting Are NOT Charged With Shooting People
- Fact Check: Officials Could NOT Have Kept Kyle Rittenhouse's Name Secret
- Fact Check: MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow Did NOT Tweet Discouraging People From Disclosing Vaccine Injuries
- Fact Check: Red Cross Blood Donation Question Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccine Is Harmful
- Fact Check: Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar Did NOT Pose With 'Defund The Police' Protestors -- Photo Is Edited
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Fact Check: Study Did NOT Find MMR Vaccination Causes Increased Likelihood Of Asthma, Eczema
- Fact Check: Maldives Did NOT Announce Bankruptcy At IMF As Of February 18, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Immigrants In Canada 'Forced To Live' Near Active Train Tracks
- Fact Check: Video Of Students Wearing Face Masks Was NOT Recorded In 2024 As Post Implies -- It Was Filmed In 2021
Monday, February 19, 2024
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Kansas City Parade Shooting Suspect
- Fact Check: 'CNN' Video Of Joe Biden Speaking About Oil Smuggling Is NOT Authentic -- It's AI-Generated With Voice Added
- Fact Check: Netanyahu Clip About 'Liberating' Black Africans Is NOT His Future Plan -- It Was A Historical Quote On Decolonization
- Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Convict Oprah Winfrey, Did NOT Sentence Her To Death
- Fact Check: Amy Schumer Did NOT Say She Developed VAIDS As A Direct Result Of COVID-19 Vaccination
Friday, February 16, 2024
- Fact Check: Angelina Jolie Did NOT Say That 'The World Should Unite Against Israel'
- Fact Check: France 24 Did NOT Report Macron Cancelled Visit To Ukraine Over Fears Of Assassination Attempt
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Fact Check: Special Counsel Robert Hur Did NOT Say Biden Was Mentally Unfit To Stand Trial
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Said They Would Leave US If Trump Wins In 2024
- Fact Check: 'Sahil Omar' Is NOT A Suspected Super Bowl Parade Shooter
- Fact Check: Drop in Vaccination Rates in Japan Did NOT Cause Drastic Drop In Infant Mortality Rates
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Fact Check: Israeli Gov't Post Does NOT Show Shelters For Gaza As Is Implied -- Video Shows Tents In Moldova For Ukrainianian Refugees
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Kansas City Chiefs Will Not Renew Travis Kelce's Contract
- Fact Check: Michelle Obama Is NOT A Candidate For President In 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Is NOT Authentic Euronews Report About French Farmers And Ukrainian Embassy
- Fact Check: 'The Rock' Was NOT Booed In Las Vegas Over Lack Of Help To Victims Of Maui Wildfires
- Fact Check: Picture Of Travis Kelce With 'Biden Harris 2024' Hat Is NOT Real -- It Was Edited
- Fact Check: Purported Ben Shapiro Post About Tracy Chapman At 2024 Grammy Awards Is NOT Real
- Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Ask Putin Why He Believes That 'A Christian Can Be Gay' -- Quote Was Made Up
Friday, February 9, 2024
- Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Put Bounty On Tucker Carlson's Head
- Fact Check: Undocumented Immigrants In US DO Pay Taxes
- Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Tell Carlson 'Biden Is Just A Facade For This Power Structure'
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- Fact Check: Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin Exchange About US Border Is NOT Authentic -- Interview Hadn't Happened Yet
- Fact Check: John Kirby Did NOT Say Zero Civilians Had Died In Gaza -- He Said 'The Right Number Of Civilian Casualties Is Zero'
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Seek Surveillance Powers To Monitor Every Person For 'Disease Control' -- Proposed Plan NOT Legally Binding Document
- Fact Check: Russian Official Did NOT Suggest Russia Is Supplying Weapons To Texas
- Fact Check: Microsoft Did NOT Say It Would Disable Computers of Users Who Share 'Non-Mainstream Content' Online
Monday, February 5, 2024
- Fact Check: Flyer Listing 'Sudden Death' As Side Effect Is NOT An Authentic Government COVID-19 Vaccine Placard
- Fact Check: Denver Police Department Has NOT Arrested More Than '50 Al-Qaeda Members' -- Department Denied The Claim
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Convoy Of Truckers 'Heading To Texas' In 2024
- Fact Check: US Navy Seal 'White Hats' Did NOT Kill Intruders At Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago Estate In January 2024
Friday, February 2, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Texas Tractors'
- Fact Check: NO Proof 'Dozens Of Ukrainians' Asked Russia To Help Return Ukrainian Refugee Children From European Union
Thursday, February 1, 2024
- Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Convict WHO Official Chikwe Ihekweazu In January 2024
- Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Marburg Virus -- It's Not On Ingredients List, Post Gives No Proof
- Fact Check: E. Jean Carroll Was NOT Only Person To File Lawsuit Under NY's Adult Survivor Act
- Fact Check: The Nazis Were NOT Involved With Abortion Pill RU-486 -- It Was Developed By French Firm Decades After WWII
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Health Care Providers Using Lidocaine To Secretly Vaccinate People Without Consent
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