Current Events in December 2024
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Dick Cheney Died In December 2024
- Fact Check: Israeli Government Official Did NOT Say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Had Been Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
Monday, December 30, 2024
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Post 'My Tolerance For Ketamine Is Unlimited' -- It's A Fake Screenshot
- Fact Check: Trump NOT Reported By Journalists To Be 'Furious' About Posts Urging 'To Bring Kazoos, Recorders, And Vuvuzelas' To Inauguration
- Fact Check: Biden Followed Protocol By Ordering Flags Lowered For Carter During Trump's Inauguration
Friday, December 27, 2024
- Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Israeli Soldiers In Front Of Gaza Ruins Forming A Hanukkah Menorah
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Turkish Commandos' Swearing To Hunt Down 'USA/Israel's Terrorists' In December 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Document Drone Crash In New York City On Christmas Eve 2024 -- Video Is An AI Fake
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Air Strike On Houthi Positions In Yemen During Hannukah 2024 -- It Was July 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024
- Fact Check: Police Did NOT Discover Tunnels Under UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's Home
- Fact Check: 'No Incels' Poster In New York City Bus Shelter Was NOT A Bluesky Ad
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
- Fact Check: NYPD Has NOT Released ID Of Woman Set On Fire On Subway Car As Of December 24, 2024
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Purchase Boeing As Of December 24, 2024
- Fact Check: Toronto Menorah Did NOT Get Deliberately Knocked Down On December 19, 2024
Monday, December 23, 2024
- Fact Check: Spain Did NOT Experience US-Style Shutdown For 10 Months In 2016
- Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Donald Trump Called Elon Musk A 'Two Bit Car Salesman' On Truth Social
- Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Decriminalize Child Pornography Possession In 2024
- Fact Check: Suspected German Christmas Market Attacker Did NOT Say 'Allahu Akbar' On Arrest Video
- Fact Check: Jim Carrey Was NOT Dead As Of December 15, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Weapon Fired At NJ Drone -- FAKE Gunfire Added To Original Clip
- Fact Check: Samir El Hydeouchi NOT Identified As The Driver In Magdeburg Christmas Market Attack -- Sam Hyde Hoax
- Fact Check: House Democrats NOT Only Ones To Vote Against Spending Bill
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Car-Sized Drone Or Flying Object In Las Vegas
- Fact Check: Elon Musk's Mother Did NOT Say 'The Poor Should Have Kids So My Son's Factories Have Workers' In December 2024
- Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Cut Short Christmas Visit To Delaware
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows AI-Generated 'UFO UAP Drone' In Maryland In December 2024
- Fact Check: NO Reports Indicate George Stephanopoulos Is 'Expected To Be Fired' After Trump Settlement With ABC News -- In Variety Or Any Other Trusted Outlet
- Fact Check: Mexico Did NOT Propose Annexing Guatemala To Make It The 33rd Mexican State In 2024
- Fact Check: FAKE 'Over 300 Confirmed Kills' Quote Was Falsely Attributed To Rep. Dan Crenshaw
- Fact Check: 2024 Continuing Resolution Did NOT Include 40% Pay Raise For Congress
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Drones Over US In 2024
- Fact Check: Biden Administration Did NOT Spend $3 Billion For Just 93 Postal Delivery Electric Vehicles
- Fact Check: NFL Did NOT Fire 3 Referees For Bribery Scheme
- Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Parker Does NOT Show Altoona McDonald's Employee Who Reported Sighting Of Luigi Mangione In Pennsylvania
- Fact Check: Video Has FAKE Audio Of ABC News Saying 'A Million Ukrainian Soldiers Have Died' -- Voice Is Likely AI
- Fact Check: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Did NOT Threaten To Deport 2 Million Americans
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Fact Check: Authorities Have NOT Released Gender Identity Of Suspected Wisconsin School Shooter As Of December 17, 2024
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Coca-Cola Truck Found 'Full Of Children' being trafficked -- It Was Police Holiday Toy Drive
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A 'Drone Down' In New Jersey -- Small Plane Crashed In Connecticut
- Fact Check: Samuel Hyde Was NOT Identified As The Shooter In The Abundant Life Christian School Shooting In Wisconsin
- Fact Check: Drones Reported Over New Jersey, New York Are NOT Tracking Nuclear Material, Nuclear Agency Says
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Fact Check: Photo Of Joe Biden's 1973 Swearing-In Does NOT Show Young Hunter Biden With Injuries -- It's His Brother
- Fact Check: Luigi Mangione Is NOT Skateboarding Man In Video
- Fact Check: Video Of NYC Street Party Does NOT Show Celebration Of UnitedHealthcare CEO's Death
- Fact Check: Pentagon Did NOT Say Drones 'Not Of Earthly Origin' In December 11, 2024 Briefing
Friday, December 13, 2024
- Fact Check: Biden Deported Chinese Student Convicted Of Child Porn Crimes As Part Of Prisoner Swap -- Court Documents Don't Identify Him As Chinese Spy
- Fact Check: Social Security Is NOT 'Gone' Due To Lack of Money For Those Eligible To Begin Collecting June 1, 2025 -- Funding Available As Of Late 2024
- Fact Check: FAKE Article Excerpt Says Baseball Player Juan Soto Joined Mets Due To Pro-Trump Views Of Yankees Teammates
- Fact Check: New York Times Did NOT Publish Opinion Column With Headline 'The Glorification Of Luigi Mangione Is Inherently Anti-Israeli'
- Fact Check: Brian Thompson From UK Did NOT Die In Ambulance 'Held Up By Anti Tax Activists'-- He Never Existed
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Talking About Nancy Pelosi
- Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Armed Drones In New Jersey Firing Weapons In December 2024 -- It's A Marine Helicopter, Military Confirms
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Fact Check: Mitch McConnell's Head Was NOT Bandaged After Fall At Senate Republican Lunch In December 2024 -- Old Clip Was Edited
- Fact Check: George Clooney Did NOT Leave US Permanently For UK Because He 'Can't Take The Red Wave Anymore'
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real 'Drone Over' New Jersey -- Video Was Digitally Created
- Fact Check: 'Pro-Vaccine' Surgeon Did NOT Die Of COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Heart Attack
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Fact Check: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s View On Vaccines Is NOT Only That 'They Should Be Studied'
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Looting After 'Not Guilty' Verdict In Jordan Neely Chokehold Death
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Fact Check: UnitedHealth Group Did NOT Continue Investor Meeting After Learning UnitedHeathcare CEO Was Killed
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Ballot Cheating During Orange County, California, Bomb Threat Livestream Interruption Or Any Other Time In November 2024
- Fact Check: FAKE 'Manifesto' Supposedly By Luigi Mangione Posted On Substack -- Taken Down For 'Impersonation'
- Fact Check: Real YouTube Account Of Luigi Mangione Did NOT Schedule 'The Truth' Video Before Arrest
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publish Post Justifying That Insurance Companies Can Act 'Ruthlessly'
- Fact Check: Biden CANNOT Pardon Alleged Gunman Luigi Mangione Because Pending Charges Are State Crimes
- Fact Check: Burger King Did NOT Post 'We Don't Snitch' After Luigi Mangione's Arrest At A McDonald's
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Fact Check: Donald Trump's Plan To End Birthright Citizenship Does NOT Mean Four Of His Children Would Have Been Denied Citizenship
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Pile Of DVD Porn Movies Found In Assad's Palace, Picture Is From 2021 Estate Auction
- Fact Check: FAKE Listing Shows Job Opening For UnitedHealthcare CEO
- Fact Check: US Is NOT 'The Only Country' With Birthright Citizenship
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Was Set To Testify Against Nancy Pelosi For Insider Trading
- Fact Check: All US Walmart Self-Checkout Lanes Are NOT Exclusive To Walmart+ Members As Of December 9, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show December 2024 Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake In California -- Past Quakes Around World
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Leonardo DiCaprio Announced He Was Leaving US, Saying 'This Is Not The Country I Want To Live In' As Of December 6, 2024
- Fact Check: ACLU Lawyer Chase Strangio Did NOT Advocate For Gender-Affirming Medical Interventions For Toddlers
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet 'The World Would Not Be Able To Function' Without CEOs After UnitedHealthCare CEO's Murder
- Fact Check: Samuel Hyde Was NOT Identified As Shooter Of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Buy '€88 Million Hotel In Courchevel Ski Resort In France'
- Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Did NOT Cause Death Of 'Fully Vaccinated' Fox Contributor Kelly Powers -- Cancer Diagnosis In Mid-2020
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Jason Momoa Said He Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- Fact Check: Trudeau's Visit To Mar-A-Lago In November 2024 Does NOT Prove Trump Was Barred From Entering Canada For Felony Conviction At The Time
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jeanine Pirro Criticizing Trump Over Pardons, The Original Fox News Segment Was About Biden
- Fact Check: Photo Of Convoy Does NOT Show Seoul, South Korea, Under Martial Law -- Training Exercise Picture
- Fact Check: Wendy's, Olive Garden, Other Restaurant Companies Did NOT Donate To Trump In 2024 Election
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Were NOT Manufactured By Military Contractors, But By Pfizer And Moderna
- Fact Check: NATO Admiral Did NOT Say Alliance Would Launch Pre-Emptive Strikes On Russia In Event Of War
- Fact Check: Clickbait Article Does NOT Deliver Info On New Chick-fil-A Policies Or Boycotts
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Fact Check: Smile From Biden Was NOT Prompted By Reporter's Question About Pardon For Hunter -- Different Question, Different Day
- Fact Check: Conor McGregor Was NOT Sued For Sexual Assault After Announcing For President Of Ireland -- Suit Was Filed Years Earlier
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Hillary Clinton Said, As Of December 2, 2024, She Would Leave US If Rumored "Epstein Client List" Was Released
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say He Would Release Epstein and Diddy 'Lists' On January 20, 2024
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