Current Events in August 2024

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Friday, August 30, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Biden Or Harris Declined To Attend August 2024 Arlington Memorial Ceremony For Service Members Killed In Afghanistan
• Fact Check: Graphic Does NOT Show Authentic Fox News Poll With Veterans' Support for Kamala Harris
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Moscow With Power Off In August 2024 Due To Western Sanctions -- Image Is From 2014

Thursday, August 29, 2024

• Fact Check: Harris-Walz Campaign DOES Support 25% Tax On Unrealized Gains -- But ONLY For Taxpayers Worth $100 Million
• Fact Check: Parody Account Faked Recording Of Trump Call To Fox, Describing Soldiers As 'Dumb,' Service 'Stupid'
• Fact Check: UK Police Did NOT Arrest 11-Year-Old For 'Mean Tweets' In August 2024; Suspects Were Taken Into Custody For Arson And 'Violent Disorder'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows 'Al Jazeera' Report That UAE Froze France Fighter Jet Deal Over Arrest Of Telegram CEO

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

• Fact Check: Jamaican 'Certificate Of Birth' Naming Kamala Harris Is NOT Authentic -- Harris Was Born In California
• Fact Check: NO Evidence UK, France Issued 'Secret International Arrest Warrant' For Elon Musk As Of August 28, 2024
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Any 'WEF Document' Said '6 Billion Humans Will Die In 2025' -- Cited Report Not WEF, Not Reliable, Does Not Have That Number
• Fact Check: Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison Did NOT Say Conservatives 'Should Take Their Money To Home Depot'

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

• Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Mislead People About His Dog -- Brown & White Dog In A Post Is NOT His, Black Lab Scout IS
• Fact Check: NO Evidence University Of Texas Students Who Knelt During National Anthem Were 'Removed From Scholarships' -- Photo Is Of Kennesaw State University Protests
• Fact Check: UK Man Was NOT Sentenced For 'Waving An English Flag'
• Fact Check: Telegram Did NOT Announce In August 2024 That Apple Might Delete App Without Notice
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post Online Conspiracy Theory That Kamala Harris Is A Man -- Post NOT Found On Trump's Social Media Accounts
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Has Biden, Harris Supporters Holding 'Give Up Your Guns' And 'Abolish The 2A' Signs

Monday, August 26, 2024

• Fact Check: Kamala Harris's Mother Did NOT Lie In Immigration Application
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barack Obama In A Cell At GITMO -- Clip Is From 2013 When Obama Visited Mandela's Jail Cell

Friday, August 23, 2024

• Fact Check: Mexico's President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Did NOT Hold Menorah High During Speech -- Manipulated Photo
• Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Tweet About Ann Coulter's Fiancés -- It's Fake Post
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Say It Would Put 20% Sales Tax On Golf Products -- Satire Account
• Fact Check: English Police Did NOT Single Out Far-Right Southport Rioters By Publishing Their Addresses
• Fact Check: Travis Kelce Was NOT Fined $10 Million For Taking A Knee During National Anthem
• Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris Rally NOT Digitally Altered To Fake Crowd Size At Temple University On August 6, 2024

Thursday, August 22, 2024

• Fact Check: Musk, Trump Have NOT Teamed Up On Crypto Scheme -- AI-Generated Scam Pitch
• Face Check: NO Evidence that Gov. Tim Walz 'Put Tampons In 10 Year Old Boys Bathrooms'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Purports To Show Tim Walz Dancing With Cowboy Hat And Dollar Bills In His Pants -- It's Another Person
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Depict DNC Attendees Chanting 'Death To America' -- Audio Is Added
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Was NOT 'Too Intoxicated To Stand Up' During Democratic National Convention

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

• Fact Check: DNC Did NOT Eliminate Women's Bathrooms, Turn Them Into Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT 'Unveil' National COVID Vaccination Mandate -- It's Just For Her Campaign Employees
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Snub Ashley Biden By Not Standing Up -- Harris Remained Seated Following Custom For Standing Ovation
• Fact Check: California Did NOT 'Pass' On Assigning Delegates To Kamala Harris At Democratic National Convention
• Fact Check: 'JD Vance Full Family Kit' Is NOT Authentic Organic Trend Among Trump Fans -- Coordinated Stunt
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows 'Five Dancing Israelis' On September 11, 2001, World Trade Center Attacks

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

• Fact Check: Monkeypox Virus NOT Known To Spread Through Airborne Transmission
• Fact Check: 2017 Study On Resveratrol Does NOT Support Its Use For Treating Mpox; It Was Never Tested On People, Animals
• Fact Check: Gov. Josh Shapiro Did NOT Skip 2024 Democratic National Convention -- He's Attended Several Events
• Fact Check: Thomas Jolly 'Who Created The Olympics Opening Ceremony' Was NOT Struck By Lightning

Monday, August 19, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Proof 'Eight Cancer Doctors' Aboard Brazil Voepass Flight Vowed To 'Release Evidence Linking mRNA To Turbo Cancer' Before Crash
• Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Endorse Donald Trump In August 2024
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Confusing Pennsylvania, North Carolina During August 17, 2024, Rally -- He's Acknowledging A Group Of Supporters
• Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Order Governments To Prepare For 'Mega Lockdowns' Due To 'Deadly Monkeypox'; It Does NOT Have That Power

Friday, August 16, 2024

• Fact Check: Cancer Researcher 'Dr. Leo Ferreira' Was NOT Killed In Brazil Plane Crash -- It Was José Ferreira
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons In Russia's Kursk Region -- It's From Iraq In 2015

Thursday, August 15, 2024

• Fact Check: Images Of Woman In Short Skirts, Black Stockings Are NOT Real Photos Of Kamala Harris
• Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Air MrBeast Casino Segment -- Video Was Digitally Manipulated
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jarren Duran Of Red Sox Getting Standing Ovation in August 2024 After Suspension For Homophobic Slur Toward Fan -- Crowd Footage Is From 2023

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

• Fact Check: Satirical Claim Falsely Says Hope Walz Received $82,000 In Student Loan Forgiveness, Parents Worth $138 Million

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

• Fact Check: Trump DID Fly On Plane Previously Owned By Epstein -- Trump Campaign Says It Leased Plane Without Knowing Aircraft's History
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show 'American Mercenaries' Invading Kursk, Russia, In August 2024
• Fact Check: Supposed Ad For 'Actors Needed' PREDATES Harris Presidential Campaign Rallies in 2024 By Several Years
• Fact Check: Tim Walz DID Coach High School State Football Championship Team, Did NOT Lose Job Over DUI
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Andy Reid Said During Press Conference That Kneeling Protesters Should 'Lose' Their Olympic Medal
• Fact Check: Brittney Griner Did NOT Announce She 'Is Leaving The United States'

Monday, August 12, 2024

• Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Give A Speech Claiming He Saw A Soldier's Body Transfer At 'Bagram Air Base In Iraq' -- Geography Error Made By Transcriber
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Post AI-Generated Photo Of Crowds -- It Came From Self-Described Parody Account
• Fact Check: 113 Non-Citizens Did NOT Vote For President In DC June '2024 Presidential Primary'
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Live Stream July 13, 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania, Rally -- But Reporting Team Covered It
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT 'Freeze' During Speech At Bozeman Rally -- Paused To Call For Medical Aid To A Crowd Member
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Emmanuel Macron Kissing A Man
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris' August 8, 2024, Detroit Rally Photo Is NOT AI-Generated; Airplane Engine and Fuselage Reflection Explained by Physics
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Owe Money To Bozeman Airport -- Plane Diversion Due To Mechanical Reasons

Friday, August 9, 2024

• Fact Check: Public Records Do NOT Confirm Zelenskyy Bought Italian Villa From Sting For 75 Million Euros
• Fact Check: Clickbait Thumbnail Images Boost False YouTube Conspiracies About Trump Shooter
• Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris' August 8, 2024 Detroit Rally Was NOT Digitally Altered
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UK Police Chasing One Of '100 Far-Right' Protesters In 2024
• Fact Check: Non-Citizens Shown In Norcross, Georgia, Video Shared by Musk Did NOT Register To Vote
• Fact Check: Walz Did NOT Approve Legislation That Overrules Existing Protocols On Age For Gender-Affirming Surgeries
• Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris' August 2024 Wisconsin Rally NOT Digitally Altered
• Fact Check: Screenshot Of 'Tim Walz's Communist Agenda' Is NOT Authentic FOX Business Web Page -- It's A Liberal Parody Of FOX

Thursday, August 8, 2024

• Fact Check: Daily Telegraph Did NOT Publish Article Claiming UK PM Starmer Is Considering 'Emergency Detainment Camps' On Falkland Islands

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence VP Candidate Walz Overstated Army National Guard Rank Or Abandoned Unit Before Deployment
• Fact Check: Minnesota Mail-In Ballot Envelopes Do NOT Have Political Party Affiliation On Outside
• Fact Check: AP Did NOT Publish Fact Check On Fake Walz Horse Related Stomach Pumping Story
• Fact Check: There WERE American Flags At August 6, 2024, Harris-Walz Rally in Philadelphia
• Fact Check: Throat-Slitting Gesture NOT Filmed At Paris Olympics -- Scene Of Moroccan Footballers' Throat Slitting Motions, Shouting 'Allahu Akbar' Is From 2023

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

• Fact Check: Turkish Olympian Yusuf Dikec Did NOT Spontaneously Get Interested In Sport Shooting During Divorce
• Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He's Willing To Box 'Olympic Dude'
• Fact Check: Jack Black Did NOT Receive Lifetime Ban From Academy Of Country Music Following Bandmate's Comments About Trump
• Fact Check: Project 2025 Does NOT Claim 'Only Valid Family' Is Working Father, Stay-At-Home Mother, Their Children
• Fact Check: NO 'Leaked Footage' Of Trump Shooter And BlackRock CEO Holding Gun -- FAKE AI-Generated Still Images
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles Is Retiring Or 'Expecting A Baby' As 2024 Paris Games Wrap Up

Monday, August 5, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Joe Rogan Is Suing MSNBC For $30 Million For A Deceptive Video Edit That Made Him Look Pro-Kamala Harris
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man
• Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Call For 'Military To Roundup mRNA Vaccine Refusers During Bird Flu Pandemic' In August 2024
• Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Image Shows Trump Supporters Wearing Diapers At The Republican National Convention In July 2024
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce That He Would 'Stop All Donations' To Olympics -- Fake Quote Is From AI-Produced Article

Friday, August 2, 2024

• Fact Check: Yokasi Maogo Is NOT Name Of Any Olympic Swimmer From Japan -- Baseless Pun In Spanish
• Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Walk 'Into An Empty Plane For No Reason' After Prisoner Exchange With Russia -- He Thanked Crew Still On Board
• Fact Check: Samsung Did NOT Withdraw From $1 Billion Olympics Sponsorship -- Claim From Satire Site
• Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Italian Prime Minister Scowling Over 'Two Girls Kissing At The Olympics'

Thursday, August 1, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Olympic Athlete Vomiting Because He Swam In Seine -- He Cited Heat
• Fact Check: Biden, Harris Did NOT Personally Oversee Plea Deal With Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Other 9/11 Defendants
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Suggest Young People 'Should Not Have Children Due To Climate Change'