Fact Check in May 2021
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Monday, May 31, 2021
- Fact Check: 'Mass Shooting Today In Lakewood' Threat On 5/31/2021 Is NOT Real -- Fake Message Put Up In 'Swatting' Situation
- Fact Check: Story About Trans Species Man Self-Identifying As Deer Being Shot By Hunters Is NOT Real
Friday, May 28, 2021
- Fact Check: Physicians For Informed Consent Fact Sheet Is NOT Factual
- Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Are Rewriting DNA, Sneaking In Microchips, Causing Infertility
- Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Lift Mask Guidelines 'Out Of The Blue With No Solid Explanation'
- Fact Check: Watermelon With Ringed Markings Is NOT Dangerous To Eat
- Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Quietly Release Data Showing 7 Out Of 10 Americans Are Declining The COVID-19 Vaccine
- Fact Check: Batch Of 950 Military Ballots For Biden In Fulton County, Georgia, Is NOT Proof Of Election Fraud
- Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest Adam Schiff
- Fact Check: Jacksonville Jaguars Did NOT Sign Colin Kaepernick
- Fact Check: 'Beautiful Turtle Living In Atlantic Ocean' Is NOT Alive, It's A Glass Pendant
- Fact Check: Titanium Dioxide In Food Does NOT Kill Children
- Fact Check: An Image Of An Alien Is NOT Hidden In Plain Sight On A Dollar Bill
- Fact Check: Local Popeyes Did NOT Post a Sign Saying They 'Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To White People'
- Fact Check: 1967 Medallion Is NOT An Israeli Shekel And Did NOT Predict 9/11 Attack On USA
Thursday, May 27, 2021
- Fact Check: Lumber, Gas, Wheat, Coal And Corn Price Climbs Began Before 2021 -- NOT Just Since Biden Took Office
- Fact Check: Video Provides NO Evidence For Claim Fauci Had PCR Test Inventor Murdered
- Fact Check: Antibiotics Do NOT Stop Birth Control From Working
- Fact Check: Comment In Lancet Does NOT 'Confirm' COVID-19 Vaccine Is Not 95% Effective
- Fact Check: Video About COVID-19 Recycles Disproven Claims And Decontextualized Information About Testing, Treatments And The Vaccines
- Fact Check: Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier Did NOT Say All Vaccinated People Will Die Within Two Years
- Fact Check: This Child Was NOT Incarcerated For Changing 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Theme Song Lyrics -- He Was A Murder Victim
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
- Fact Check: The COVID-19 Vaccine Does NOT Wipe Out The Body's Natural Antibodies
- Fact Check: FDA Briefing Documents Do NOT Prove Moderna COVID Vaccine Causes Death And Autoimmune Disease
- Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT First State To Decertify 2020 Election Results -- NO State Has
- Fact Check: 10,000 Canadian Doctors Did NOT Say The Pandemic Is A Fraud
- Fact Check: Chicago Police Are NOT Required To Ask Consent Of Arrestees
- Fact Check: This Oil-Disposal Tip Was In Popular Science Magazine In 1963 -- But It Was NOT A Good Idea Then And It's NOT A Good Idea Now
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
- Fact Check: Teen Did NOT Sleep With His Bullies' Mothers To 'Assert Dominance'
- Fact Check: 2015 'USA Crime Statistics' Do NOT Show Correct Numbers For Killings By Race, Or For Police Killings Of Both Blacks And Whites
- Fact Check: In Most Of The United States It Is NOT Illegal For A Private Business To Ask For Proof Of Vaccination
- Fact Check: Video About COVID-19 Vaccines Is Mash-Up Of False And Unproven Claims
- Fact Check: Trump Will NOT Be Sworn In 19th President, Military Is NOT In Charge And Biden Is The Legitimate President
Monday, May 24, 2021
- Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Tweet About Bill Gates Having A 'Physical Relationship With An Underling'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Whistleblower Claimed Dominion Changed 3.8 Million Votes
- Fact Check: This Video Is NOT Footage Of Israeli Defense System
Friday, May 21, 2021
- Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Let Viewers Hear 'Undercover' W.H.O. Video Offered As Proof Of Vaccine Dangers
- Fact Check: A Man Can NOT Just Donate A Testicle For $35,000 Cash
- Fact Check: South Africa Did NOT Approve Polyandry Law
- Fact Check: Video Gives NO Evidence Palestinian Girl Was Killed By Israeli Settler And Weapon Put Next To Her Body To 'Falsify The Truth'
- Fact Check: Democrats Were Not 'Caught' Not Wearing Masks -- CDC Guidelines Allowed It
- Fact Check: Social Security Card IS NOT Useable Like A Credit Card
- Fact Check: Video Does Not Show Personal Information On 'Dark Web' About People Who Had Taken COVID-19 Vaccine
- Fact Check: Life Insurers Will NOT Penalize Claimants Who Have Taken COVID-19 Vaccine
Thursday, May 20, 2021
- Fact Check: Vaccine Needle Is NOT Left In Arm And Is Not A Prop -- It's A Retractable Safety Syringe
- Fact Check: U.S. States Are NOT Liquefying 'Vaccine-Murdered People,' Spreading Them On Food Crops
- Fact Check: President Joe Biden Was NOT Computer Generated
- Fact Check: Rapper NBA YoungBoy NOT Found Dead In His Jail Cell
- Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Caught 'Fake Driving' During His Test-Drive Of Ford's Electric F-150
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Creature With Glowing Eyes In The Sky
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
- Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Make The Claims Made In BitChute Captions Promoting It
- Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT Self-Spreading Vaccines
- Fact Check: Dr. Fauci Did NOT Imply That Mask-Wearing Was For Show
- Fact Check: Car Trunk Surprise Military Homecoming Video Is NOT Real -- It's A Skit
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
- Fact Check: Material Safety Warnings for 'Deadly Poison SM-102' Are NOT For The Form Used In Moderna's COVID Vaccine
- Fact Check: Picture Of Military Convoy Did NOT Originally Include UFO -- It's A Photoshop Contest
- Fact Check: Fauci 'Project Manager' Did NOT Confess To Creating COVID-19
- Fact Check: White County Sheriff And Beebe Police In Arkansas Did NOT Issue Amber Alert For Purported Kidnapped And Missing 8-Year-Old Girl
- Fact Check: Electric Cars In Storage Lot Were NOT Abandoned Due To Battery Problems
- Fact Check: Kit Kat Did NOT Release Diagonally Cut Candy Bar For Pride Month
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Biden Groping White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Monday, May 17, 2021
- Fact Check: Job Search Requirement Is NOT YET Reinstated for Every State's Unemployment Benefits
- Fact Check: NO Evidence To Support Video's Claim That Turkey And Russia Are Getting Ready to Attack Israel
- Fact Check: Article Does NOT Prove Transgender And Cisgender Girls Are On A Level Playing Field
- Fact Check: Drs. Fauci, Marks Did NOT Say 'About 40 To 50% Of CDC, FDA Employees Are Refusing The COVID-19 Vaccine'
- Fact Check: Special 'American Homeowner Relief' Program Does NOT Give $3,708 Back To Homeowners
Friday, May 14, 2021
- Fact Check: Woman In Video Did NOT Really Wash Her Car With Gasoline -- It's A Skit
- Fact Check: Car Hack Can NOT Save Your Life -- Secret Button In Gas Tank To Open Doors Doesn't Exist
- Fact Check: University of Miami Study Does NOT Confirm COVID Vaccine Will Affect Sperm Production
- Fact Check: 'X22 Report' Video Does NOT Contain Only True Claims About COVID-19, 2020 Election
- Fact Check: Styrofoam Coolers Are NOT Cheap Way To Hoard Gasoline
- Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Hamas Rocket Launchers Passing Through Gaza Neighborhood
Thursday, May 13, 2021
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A 'Terrible Gas Driver' -- The Truck Is From A Sewer Cleaning Company
- Fact Check: Fake Funeral Was NOT Propaganda But A Prank
- Fact Check: This TikTok Video Does NOT Show Display Of Israeli Artillery
- Fact Check: Scope Of Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Is NOT Related To Whether States Are Red Or Blue
- Fact Check: If The Gas Station Is Out Of Gas You Can NOT Put Diesel In Your Car As Long As You Water It Down
- Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show May 2021 Rocket Launches By Hamas
- Fact Check: Cristiano Ronaldo Did NOT Refuse To Shake Hands With The President Of Israel
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
- Fact Check: U.S. Was NOT Energy Independent Four Months Ago
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show May 2021 Scene Of Woman Pumping Gas Into Plastic Bags -- It's From December 2019
- Fact Check: This ExxonMobil Gas Station Sign Is NOT Real
- Fact Check: CDC Will NOT Count Only Unvaccinated COVID-19 Cases
- Fact Check: Photo Of A Trunk Full Of Gas-Filled Garbage Bags Is NOT From The United States In 2021 -- It Was Taken In Mexico In 2019
- Fact Check: Oxtail Is NOT Kangaroo Meat in Disguise
- Fact Check: A Woman Fainted -- But Did NOT Die -- At Guanajuato, Mexico, COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
- Fact Check: A Medical Review Board Did NOT Revoke A Medical License From Jill Biden
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccine Contains A Magnetic Microchip
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
- Fact Check: The Military Is NOT In Control Of The White House; Biden IS In Charge -- He's The President
- Fact Check: PlayStation Will NOT Shut Down Its PS3 Servers
- Fact Check: The Keystone Pipeline Is NOT Closed And Is NOT Causing The Gas Shortage On The East Coast
- Fact Check: Scientists Did NOT Spot Mushrooms on Mars
- Fact Check: Trevor Noah Did NOT Discourage Mask-Wearing Or COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Fact Check: CDC Does NOT 'Admit' More Dead from COVID-19 Vaccine Than Vaccines Over Last 20 Years Combined
- Fact Check: Michigan Has NOT Authorized A Full Forensic Audit Of The 2020 Presidential Election
Monday, May 10, 2021
- Fact Check: The Sound Of Marine One Before Bidens' Departure Is NOT Unusual
- Fact Check: Video Of Assault On Female Police Officer Is From 1997, NOT 2021
- Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Say 'If Jesus Were Alive Today He'd Be Working At Planned Parenthood'
Friday, May 7, 2021
- Fact Check: Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney And Maria Zack Video Shows NO Proof Of Election Fraud
- Fact Check: French Fry Ad Featuring 'Sexy Ronald' Is NOT From McDonald's In Japan
- Fact Check: Traffic Reporter Did NOT Melt Down On Live TV: It's A Comedy Sketch
- Fact Check: Four-Year-Old Was NOT Kidnapped And Found Assaulted In Sam's Club
- Fact Check: Video Of Blank Product Insert Inside J&J Vaccine Box Does NOT Show Anything Unexpected Or Untoward
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Ohio Doctor's Death Caused By Second Shot Of Covid-19 Vaccine (Update: Cause Found)
- Fact Check: "Live" Video Does NOT Show Live Gas Station Explosion
Thursday, May 6, 2021
- Fact Check: Risk of Dying From AstraZeneca Is NOT Higher Than Of COVID-19 In Norway
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Pentagon Coup -- The Joint Chiefs Of Staff Were NOT Overthrown
- Fact Check: Boycott Did NOT Cause Pepsi To Outsell Coke And Was Not Cause Of 100 Cancelled Delta Flights
- Fact Check: 'New Evidence' On Voting Systems In Antrim County, Michigan, Lacks Context
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
- Fact Check: Carters and Bidens Were NOT Breaking Indoor Mask-Wearing Guidelines In Photo
- Fact Check: 'The Simpsons' Did NOT Predict George Floyd's Death, The Notre Dame Fire, The Ebola Breakout Or Donald Trump Touching An Orb
- Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Document 3,848 Deaths Due To COVID Injections
- Fact Check: Giant UFO Was NOT Filmed Hovering Over Malaysian Village
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
- Fact Check: COVID-19 IS Airborne But 'Everybody' Won't Catch It
- Fact Check: 'How To Hit A Woman So No One Knows' Was NOT Googled 163 Million Times During 2020
- Fact Check: Dr. Fauci Was NOT Insulted By Instagram Influencer At Airport
Monday, May 3, 2021
- Fact Check: Patients Who Die Within 20 Days Of Positive COVID Test Are NOT Automatically Added To Pandemic Death Tally
- Fact Check: Winning Kentucky Derby Jockey Did NOT Reject A White House Invitation Saying He Didn't Want To See 'A Horse's Ass'
- Fact Check: Proposed $25,000 First-Time Homebuyer Credit Act Is NOT Law
- Fact Check: 'Nurse' Video Is Full Of Recycled, Debunked Claims About COVID-19 By Tarot Card Reader
- Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Caught On Camera Inappropriately Touching A Little Boy
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