Fact Check in May 2022
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
- Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Poland Plans To Occupy Western Ukraine
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Considering Buying Keystone XL Pipeline -- Claim Is From A Satirical Site
- Fact Check: Uvalde Victim Amerie Jo Garza Did NOT Have 2 'Different Fathers' Speaking On 2 TV Networks -- One Is Her Father, The Other Her Stepfather
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado Killed Gunman In Texas School Shooting
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Leak News That Putin Had Cancer Surgery
- Fact Check: Costco Digital Gas Pump Screen Did NOT Display 'Blame Joe Biden' Message -- It's An Altered Image
- Fact Check: The Rothschild Family Does NOT Own AP, Reuters
- Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooting Was '100% A Planned Attack' That Cops Were 'In On'
Monday, May 30, 2022
- Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Did NOT Say By 2023 'We Will Reduce' The Number Of People By 50%
- Fact Check: 2019 Baby-Swapping Nurse Story With NO Evidence Resurfaces With Some Details Changed
Friday, May 27, 2022
- Fact Check: Viral Post About Texas School Shooter Contains False, Unsupported Claims
- Fact Check: Uvalde 'Uncle's' Story Is NOT True -- 'Somebody Somehow Got Into My Account' Twitter User Claims
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Photo Of Person Wearing Checkered Skirt Is Texas School Shooter
- Fact Check: UK Has NOT Sent Warships To Black Sea To Break Russia's Blockade As Of May 27, 2022-- But Did Salute The Idea
- Fact Check: Ted Cruz Does NOT Have A 'Template Ready To Tweet' Whenever Shootings Happen
- Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Receive $22 Million From 'The View' -- It's Satire
Thursday, May 26, 2022
- Fact Check: Videotaped Threats Against Phoenix Target Stores, LGBT People And Supporters WERE Posted To Social Media
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Most Horrible Emergency Landing Ever' -- It's Computer-Generated Video Game Footage
- Fact Check: Breast Milk 'Leakage' Does NOT Contain 'All The Impurity That's In The Mother's Body'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Texas School Shooting Was A False Flag
- Fact Check: Company With White Leaders Does NOT Own Trademark For 'Juneteenth' -- But It DID File Application For Trademark
- Fact Check: NO Truth To Claim Of Planned Racial Attack In Bowie, Maryland, Walmart On May 24, 2022
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
- Fact Check: Old Stock Photos Of Monkeypox Lesions Do NOT Mean Fraud By Press
- Fact Check: US Mass Shootings DID Increase More Than 90% From 2017
- Fact Check: Rapper Dr. Creep Did NOT Predict The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic In A 2013 Song
- Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooter Was 'Illegal Immigrant'
- Fact Check: Zelenskyy's Daughter Did NOT Disown Her Father -- It's A Video Of Different Person
- Fact Check: Data DOES Show British Children Up To 303 Times More Likely To Die From COVID After Vaccination Than Unvaccinated Kids -- But Sickest Got Shots First
- Fact Check: NO Evidence That Salvador Ramos Was Transgender
- Fact Check: Dish Soap Will NOT Remove A Tick From Skin
- Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Texas School Shooter Salvador Ramos
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
- Fact Check: Wilhelm Reich Did NOT Invent A Cure For Cancer Or Claim That He Had
- Fact Check: NO Pepsi Navy -- U.S.-Soviet Deal Did NOT Make Pepsi The '6th Most Powerful Military In The World'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Monkeypox, Shingles
- Fact Check: The City Of London, The Vatican And Washington, D.C., Are NOT All Sovereign States
- Fact Check: NO Evidence That Bill Gates Is Behind Monkeypox Outbreak -- Recorded Remarks Taken Out Of Context
- Fact Check: Rice Krispies Mascot 'Pop' Was NOT Rebranded As Transgender Character
- Fact Check: Omega-3 Capsules Are NOT Harmful To Human Body
- Fact Check: Alec Baldwin Was NOT Arrested, Sentenced To Death By US Military On May 16, 2022
- Fact Check: Tom Vilsack Was NOT Hanged By Military At Guantanamo Bay On May 16, 2022
Monday, May 23, 2022
- Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Have News Report On April 22, 2022, About New Program That Could Earn Americans Up To $50,000
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Monkeypox Is Biological Warfare
- Fact Check: It's NOT True That 'Not One Real Video Has Surfaced' From 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Fact Check: Sniper Wali Did NOT Say That Fraudulent Scheme Was Organized In Ukraine To Steal US Military Aid
Friday, May 20, 2022
- Fact Check: Water Fluoridation Did NOT Result From Government Request For Scientists To Find A Use For Surplus Fluoride
- Fact Check: Biden Is NOT 'Set to Sell America's Sovereignty to Globalists' At The World Health Organization
- Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Publish Data That 'Suggests' People Triple-Vaccinated For COVID-19 Get Sicker, Develop Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease
- Fact Check: Video Is NOT Real News Interview About Gays In The Military -- It's 2007 Satire
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Presence of These Microscopic Insects In Our Food, Drinks -- It's Clickbait
- Fact Check: 'Biggest Drop In The DOW Stock Market Ever' Did NOT Happen During Biden Administration
Thursday, May 19, 2022
- Fact Check: High U.S. Gas Prices In 2022 Are NOT Related To Closed Pipelines
- Fact Check: GOP Turnout For 2022 Pennsylvania Primary DID Increase By 500K Votes Over 2018 -- More Democrats Voted, Too
- Fact Check: Photo Of Ukraine Soldier DOES Show Paintgun -- It's From Training Exercise
- Fact Check: UFO In Shape Of Pyramid Was NOT Seen Over The Pentagon In 2018
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
- Fact Check: Students In North Carolina NOT Identifying As 'Furries,' Asking For Litter Boxes In School Restrooms
- Fact Check: Fox News And Candace Owens Did NOT Tweet About 'Ivermectin's Hidden Cost' -- Screenshot Is Fake
- Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Launch 'Artificial Breast Milk' During 2022 Baby Formula Shortage
- Fact Check: Fibers In Eye Do NOT Indicate Immune System Strength
- Fact Check: Washington Post Did NOT Publish Article About Dog That's New Face Of Online Homophobia
- Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine WAS Available When Biden Took Office
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Titanic Was Intentionally Sunk To Create Federal Reserve
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
- Fact Check: 'US General Eric Olson' Did NOT Surrender In Ukraine In May 2022 -- Unrelated Image Of Other Soldiers Is From April 2022
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Similac, Enfamil Will Send Free Baby Formula To Parents
- Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Find Pesticides In Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
- Fact Check: U.S. Customers CANNOT Order Baby Formula From Amazon Canada
- Fact Check: Tricare Will NOT Now Pay To Ship Baby Formula To All Beneficiaries -- Only By Doctor's Order
- Fact Check: Actor Morgan Freeman Did NOT Tweet That Whiteness 'Is A Disease' -- It's Another Morgan Freeman
Monday, May 16, 2022
- Fact Check: HIV Can NOT Be Reversed Naturally
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove No Planes Were Involved In 9/11 Attacks -- There Are Other Angles, Images, Videos
- Fact Check: Walmart Has NOT Announced A Plan To Offer Abortion Services - That Claim Is Satirical
Friday, May 13, 2022
- Fact Check: Disinformation 'Czar' Did NOT Say She Wants 'Trustworthy Verified People' Like Herself To Be Able To 'Add Context' To Other People's Tweets
- Fact Check: Two Graphs Of Election Returns Do NOT Compare Voter Turnout in US and Philippines
- Fact Check: The World Health Organization Will NOT Have Authority To Lock Down All of America
- Fact Check: NO Evidence That Hunter Biden Was Arrested On May 12, 2022
- Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth II Did NOT Congratulate Marcos Jr. On May 11, 2022, For His Presidential Election Win -- It's Satire Post
Thursday, May 12, 2022
- Fact Check: Ruble's Designation As 'World's Best-Performing Currency' Does NOT Tell Full Story
- Fact Check: 'Official Study' Is NOT Official, Does NOT Conclude That Masks Caused More COVID
- Fact Check: Biden, Soros, Obama Are NOT Planning A New World Order Conspiracy -- Quotes Are Being Taken Out Of Context
- Fact Check: NO Guarantee That Joining Satanic Temple Would Give Legal Religious Protection To Terminate Pregnancy
- Fact Check: Parents Should NOT Make, Feed Homemade Baby Formula To Infants
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
- Fact Check: '2000 Mules' Does NOT Prove 2020 Election Was Stolen -- Documentary Contains Holes, Assumptions
- Fact Check: Trey Gowdy Did NOT Say He Saw Movie '2000 Mules' Or He 'Always Believed That Rampant Cheating Occurred' In Election
- Fact Check: Pfizer CEO, Pfizer VP Have NOT Been Arrested
- Fact Check: Individuals Who Seek Or Get Abortion in Alabama Are NOT 'Thrown In Prison For Life'
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
- Fact Check: Racist Backstory Of Timberland Boots Is NOT 'Black History Fact' -- It's Totally False Satirical Post
- Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Sentence Tom Vilsack To Hang
- Fact Check: Tennessee, Missouri Are NOT Banning Plan B, Other Emergency Contraceptive Pills
- Fact Check: No Evidence That Burning Food Factories, Bird Flu, Food Crisis Are Globalist Plot For Control
Monday, May 9, 2022
- Fact Check: Rubbing Vicks VapoRub On Feet, Covering With Socks Does NOT Stop Coughing
- Fact Check: Pfizer Documents Do NOT Show COVID Vaccine Claim Of 95% Efficacy Is 'Completely False,' Do NOT Show Harm To Fetuses
- Fact Check: Kentucky Derby Winning Jockey Did NOT Reject White House Invitation By Referring To 'A Horse's Ass' -- It's Old Fake Quote
- Fact Check: Canadian EV Charging Station Is NOT Powered With Diesel Generator -- Proximity In Photo Is Coincidental
- Fact Check: Americans CAN Own Private Property; All Children Are NOT Wards Of State
- Fact Check: Polish Armed Forces Did NOT Write Letter In April 2022 Announcing Plan To Send 'Airborne Units' To Ukraine
- Fact Check: Government Does NOT Offer Free Dental Work For Senior Citizens
Friday, May 6, 2022
- Fact Check: Fat Cells Do NOT Have 'Eternal Life' -- They Die And Are Replaced
- Fact Check: Original Artist's Message In Webcomic Was NOT Labeling Single Woman 'A Victim Of Feminism'
- Fact Check: Photo Is NOT Of Yemeni Child Sleeping Between Parents' Graves -- It's Old Image From Art Project
- Fact Check: Fetuses Do NOT Have Fingerprints At 9 Weeks
- Fact Check: Netherlands Does NOT Have Lowest Abortion Rate In The World, But Its Rate IS Low Compared To Other Countries
Thursday, May 5, 2022
- Fact Check: End Of The World Was NOT Ushered In By A Shelf Cloud
- Fact Check: Plan B Pills Are NOT Inside Pregnancy Tests -- Tablet Inside Tests Is A Desiccant Disc To Keep Contents Dry
- Fact Check: Screenshot Of Ship-Tracking Map Does NOT Prove All Ships Shown Along Chinese Coast Are 'Waiting To Dock'
- Fact Check: Farmers Are NOT Paid To Destroy Crops, And There's NO Evidence Of Plan To Destroy Food Processing Plants
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Of 'Increased Emergency Cardiovascular Events' In Israel's Under-40s With Vaccine Rollout, 3rd COVID Wave
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
- Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet 'I Tried To Buy The Bidens, But The Chinese Wouldn't Sell Them'
- Fact Check: Barack Obama Is NOT A Muslim
- Fact Check: There Was NO 'NATO Patriot Missile Attack' On Russian Troops Near Ukraine Border
- Fact Check: Photo Is NOT A Current 'Whites Only Sundown Town' Sign -- It's From 2018 Movie 'Green Book' Set In 1960s
- Fact Check: Biden Administration Is NOT Providing Solar Panels, Tesla Powerwall To Qualified Homeowners For Free
- Fact Check: CDC Study Does NOT Find COVID-19 Vaccination Increases Risk Of Autoimmune Disease Myocarditis By 13,200%
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Troops Using 'Dozens Of UK-Sent Tanks' To Attack Russian Convoy
- Fact Check: Ukraine Did NOT Drop 'Dozens' Of Bombs From Drone On Russian Forces On May 4, 2022
- Fact Check: Chlorine Was NOT Absorbed By Strawberries Washed In Tap Water -- It Formed Disinfection Byproducts
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
- Fact Check: Radiation From AirPods Is NOT Dangerous; They Do NOT Emit More Radiation Than Microwave
- Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Destroy Moderna Vaccine Warehouse
- Fact Check: Ship Vlora Did NOT Carry Refugees From WWII Europe -- 1991 Incident Was Albania To Italy
- Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth Did NOT 'Surprise Everyone By Declaring New King And Queen' -- Line Of Succession Is Unchanged
- Fact Check: Vaccine Ingredients NOT Toxic To People In Amounts In Shots -- They're Approved By FDA
Monday, May 2, 2022
- Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on April 26, 2022
- Fact Check: Prince Charles Was NOT 'Rush Towards Hospital,' Camilla HAS Improved Since COVID Infection
- Fact Check: 'Ghost Of Kyiv' Was NOT Killed In Battle Or Identified -- Mythical Aviator 'Embodies The Collective Spirit' Of Ukrainian Pilots
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