Fact Check in March 2024

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Friday, March 29, 2024

• Fact Check: Tom Hanks, Taylor Swift Did NOT Boycott Oscars Over 'Woke' Policies
• Fact Check: Video Showing 'The View' Guest Accusing Whoopi Goldberg Of Being 'Full Of Shit' Is NOT Real -- Satirical Clip Is Edited
• Fact Check: Patting Elbow Pit Does NOT Cure Stomachache
• Fact Check: Simpsons Did NOT Predict Baltimore Bridge Collapse -- Image Was Created By AI
• Fact Check: Baby Carrots DO Have Nutritional Value, ARE Generally Safe For Kidneys
• Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Sign Executive Order Ending Social Security In June 2024
• Fact Check: US Embassy In Russia Did NOT Issue Security Alert 48 Hours Before Attack On Moscow Concert Hall

Thursday, March 28, 2024

• Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Charge Merrick Garland With Treason, Did NOT Begin 'Military Tribunal Day I'
• Fact Check: Photo Showing Black Figure On Bridge Does NOT Show Baltimore Bridge Shortly Before Collapse -- It's Old Picture, Different Bridge
• Fact Check: Chicago Mayor Did NOT Tell Migrants They Can Rob Americans If They Run Out of Debit Card Funds -- Satire Source
• Fact Check: Hallie Biden Did NOT Write On X That Trump Won The 2020 Election -- Post Is From Suspended Account That Impersonated Her

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

• Fact Check: Buttigieg Remarks About Racism And Underpass Were NOT Made After Collapse Of Key Bridge In Baltimore
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Brag He Ogled 'Miss Teen' Contestants As They Dressed Backstage -- He Said Miss USA and Miss Universe
• Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban COVID-19 Shots Over 'Soaring Sudden Deaths' -- There's No Ban At All
• Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Convict 'D.C. District Attorney' Matthew Graves Of Treason In March 2024
• Fact Check: Captain Of Ship That Hit Francis Scott Key Bridge In Baltimore Was NOT Ukrainian
• Fact Check: Mitch McConnell's Sister-In-Law Angela Chao Is NOT Listed As CEO Of Company That Owns Ship That Hit Baltimore Bridge
• Fact Check: Image Of Human Hands Packaged For Sale As Meat Is NOT Real -- AI-Generated

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

• Fact Check: Long-Distance Photos Do NOT Disprove Earth's Curvature
• Fact Check: Many Posts About Copperhead Snakes Smelling Like Cucumbers Are Part Of Bait And Switch Scam
• Fact Check: Stretching Back, Arms Does NOT Improve Liver, Spleen Function Via 'Meridians'
• Fact Check: ABC Did NOT Confirm That 'The View' Is Canceled In March 2024
• Fact Check: 'Not A Dude!' Inscription On Woman's Swimsuit Is NOT Authentic
• Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Was NOT Fired From 'The View' In March 2024 -- Claim Is From Satirical Page
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Large Explosion' Of Francis Scott Key Bridge -- It's A Video From October 2022

Monday, March 25, 2024

• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call For Tyson Foods Boycott As Of March 23, 2024
• Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Discuss Black Jesus In Major Speech -- Both Sound And Contents Of The Address Were AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Ukrainian Defense Official Oleksiy Danilov Did NOT Describe Moscow Concert Hall Attack As 'A Lot Of Fun' -- It's A Deepfake
• Fact Check: 'Sám Shevchenko', 'Samel Hydruskli' And 'Samuel Hydenko' Are NOT Names Of Moscow Concert Hall Suspects
• Fact Check: Buzz Aldrin Did NOT Post That 'The Apollo 11 Missions' Were 'Staged'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A 'Corpse' In A Bodybag Smoking A Cigarette After Moscow Attack -- It's A 2020 Scene From A Music Video

Friday, March 22, 2024

• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 'First 3 Shooters' From Crocus City Hall Attack In Moscow -- It's Evgeny Prigozhin In All Three
• Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Judge Sharon Coleman For Treason In March 2024
• Fact Check: It Is NOT Illegal For Athletes To Promote Milk As Healthy
• Fact Check: Trump Is NOT Selling Holy Oil To Raise Funds For His Legal Bills
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Call For Prince Harry 'To Leave The U.S.'
• Fact Check: 'Royal Insider' Did NOT Say 'Kate Middleton Was Sacrificed and Replaced With Body Double'
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say He Might Buy 'The View' Just So He Could Cancel It -- Article First Appeared On Satire Site
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Arkansas Airport Executive Killed In Shootout With ATF Was Tied To Hillary Clinton

Thursday, March 21, 2024

• Fact Check: Barbara O'Neill Did NOT Endorse 'Concoction' Of Wheat, Herbs For Liver, Colon Tumors
• Fact Check: Children 5 And Older CANNOT Consent To Vaccination Under Obamacare Even If They Can Recite Alphabet
• Fact Check: Candace Owens Did NOT File Petition To Ban Lia Thomas From Women's Sports
• Fact Check: Washington State Did NOT Get Rid Of Its Lawyer Licensure Requirements -- Bar Exam Just Became One Of Many Ways To Earn License
• Fact Check: Officials Did NOT Warn Residents To Prepare For Disaster Or Biological Attack During Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024
• Fact Check: 'Nickelodeon' Does NOT Have Latin Etymology Meaning 'I Don't Care About God'
• Fact Check: NO Marine Officer Said 'I Have Spent Over 15 Years On Mars In Secret Space Program' -- NO Humans Have Set Foot On Mars As Of March 2024

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

• Fact Check: Most Immigrants, Their Families CANNOT Get 'Direct USA Immigration Through The EB3 Greencard Visa' Program
• Fact Check: Mixture Of Dates, Walnuts, Almonds, Raisins Soaked In Water And Ground NOT Proven To Kill Intestinal Worms
• Fact Check: Anheuser Busch Will NOT Discontinue, Rebrand Bud Light, Did NOT Say 'We Can't Save It'
• Fact Check: NO Proof Castor Oil Can 'Break Up' Gallstones, Kidney Stones

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

• Fact Check: AI Conspiracy Video Of 14-Foot-Tall Antarctic 'Opium Bird' Is NOT Real
• Fact Check: US Government Not Providing $5,000 To Each Illegal Migrant; All Americans NOT Eligible For A $5,000 Federal Subsidy
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Showing Putin 'Stability' Billboard Surrounded By Flames Is AI Generated
• Fact Check: Former CNN Correspondent Barbara Starr Is NOT A Mass Shooting Crisis Actor
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Twa Tribe Were First Inhabitants Of Ireland

Monday, March 18, 2024

• Fact Check: Images Used To Imply Michelle Obama Is Male Are Fakes
• Fact Check: Study Did NOT Find Electric Cars Pollute '1,850 Times More' Than Gas-Powered Vehicles
• Fact Check: Trump Used The Word 'Bloodbath' In Car Import Tariff Segment of Speech
• Fact Check: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Did NOT Hold 'Honk If You Want A Bloodbath' Sign -- It's An Edited Video
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Malia And Sasha Obama With Their 'Real Parents' -- It's An Edited Image
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Union Jack At Half Mast In The UK In 2024

Friday, March 15, 2024

• Fact Check: Garth Brooks Did NOT Announce 'Plans To Permanently Leave The US'
• Fact Check: Monica Petersen Did NOT Die In Haiti While Investigating Clintons For Sex Trafficking
• Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Cannibalism In Haiti During 2024 Coup
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Being Cooked On A Spit By Cannibals In Haiti -- It Was 2018 Halloween Prop In China
• Fact Check: Video Is NOT Proof Of Joe Biden And Hillary Clinton Plagiarizing Each Other
• Fact Check: Guy Fieri Did NOT Ban Whoopi Goldberg From 'His Restaurant'
• Fact Check: Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Did NOT Raise Taxes On Most People Earning Under $75,000

Thursday, March 14, 2024

• Fact Check: NOT All Disease Symptoms Result From Lymphatic System Expelling Toxins
• Fact Check: Lia Thomas Did NOT Say She Is Leaving US For 'More Tolerant Country'
• Fact Check: European Commission Did NOT Propose Banning Repairs On Cars Over 15 Years Old

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence John Cena Lost 'Four Sponsors Worth Millions After Humiliating Himself At The Oscars'
• Fact Check: Fire Did NOT Kill 12 Million Chickens On Texas Farm
• Fact Check: Special Forces Did NOT Destroy 'DEW' Plane
• Fact Check: US Marshals Deputy Did NOT Follow Biden As He Exited 2024 State Of The Union Address -- Man Is US Secret Service Agent
• Fact Check: Vaccines Did NOT Cause 'Explosion In Autoimmune Diseases' -- They Strengthen Body's Natural Defenses

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

• Fact Check: Investigators Did NOT Discover Real Corpse Of Michael Jackson In 2005
• Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Budweiser Brands' Were Not Invited To Great American Beer Festival For First Time Since 1982
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bill Gates Advocating Destroying Agricultural Land -- Portions Of Gates' Remarks Have Been Cut

Monday, March 11, 2024

• Fact Check: '80 Percent Of Texas' Cattle Grazing Land' Was NOT Destroyed In 2024 Wildfires
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Daughter Of Dr. Sebi On Trial For 'Spreading Health Secrets'
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Hillary Clinton Specifically Said She 'Would Like To See People Like Donald Trump Run For Office'

Friday, March 8, 2024

• Fact Check: Online Certificate Does NOT Qualify Veterans For Permit To Carry Concealed Firearm In All States
• Fact Check: Marines Did NOT Arrest Victoria Nuland, Husband
• Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Say It Plans To Inject Millions Of Tons Of Ice Into Atmosphere
• Fact Check: Water With Fluoride Does NOT Cause Neurological Damage In Babies
• Fact Check: Fluoride In Toothpaste Is NOT Proven To Cause Brain Damage In Adults
• Fact Check: FAKED Photo Shows Israeli Military Personnel Holding ISIS Flag

Thursday, March 7, 2024

• Fact Check: Dairy Does NOT Cause Asthma
• Fact Check: Navy Judge Advocate General Did NOT Hang Biden's Chief Science Officer Arati Prabhakar
• Fact Check: Water Is NOT Most Powerful Blood Thinner -- It's NOT A 'Blood Thinner' At All
• Fact Check: Sodium Bicarbonate In Bottled Water Does NOT Cause 'Severe Side Effects'
• Fact Check: Chemotherapy Drugs Are NOT '100% Mustard Gas'
• Fact Check: Mel Gibson Did NOT Release Video Of Satanic Rituals On Epstein Island

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Dragon Head 'Mud Fossil Remains'
• Fact Check: U.S. Military Commission Did NOT Sentence Rear Adm. Michael Platt To Death In February 2024
• Fact Check: California Bill AB-1840 Would NOT Give Interest-Free Home Loans To Undocumented, DOES To Eligible US Citizens
• Fact Check: Biden Has NOT 'Secretly Flown 320,000 Illegal Immigrants From Latin American Airports' to US Cities
• Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Say Biden Was Planning 'Terrible Crime' Against Russia On March 7, 2024
• Fact Check: Cape Coral Residents NOT Painting Roofs BLUE For Laser Protection -- Blue Tarps Covered Roofs After Hurricane Ian

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

• Fact Check: Potential Adverse Reactions Are NOT Listed On Hepatitis B Vaccine Package Insert Because FDA Says They Are Causally Related
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Megalodon Shark Attack Of Fishing Boat -- Staged Production For 'Shark Week'
• Fact Check: 9/11 Commission Did NOT Refuse To Interview World Trade Center Custodian William Rodriguez -- They Interviewed Him In 2004
• Fact Check: The Moon Is NOT A 'Machine Filled With Computers'
• Fact Check: US Does NOT Have Federal Ban On Collecting Rainwater

Monday, March 4, 2024

• Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Say A US Navy Ship Was Attacked By A Megalodon
• Fact Check: HIV Medication Does NOT Weaken Immune System; Body CANNOT Reverse HIV/AIDS On Its Own
• Fact Check: 'Right Roof' On Unburned Texas Homes Was NOT Biden's Reference To 'Blue Roof' Conspiracy But To Fire-Resistant Roofing
• Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Show 'Green Laser ... Directed Energy Weapon' Igniting Texas 2024 Wildfire -- Fake and Outdated Video
• Fact Check: 'The Cause To Every Disease' Does NOT Originate In The Colon
• Fact Check: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Did NOT Threaten To 'Seize' Homes And Bank Accounts Of Truckers Who Boycott
• Fact Check: CMT Did NOT Ban Taylor Swift 'For Life' -- Claim Is From A Satire Website

Friday, March 1, 2024

• Fact Check: The April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse Will NOT Pass Over 8 North American Towns Named Nineveh
• Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Arrest 3rd Colorado Supreme Court Justice
• Fact Check: Israelis Do NOT Get Free Health Care In US, Do NOT Receive Organs Ahead Of Americans
• Fact Check: IDF DID Fire Shots Near Site Of Gaza Trampling Incident On February 29, 2024
• Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Recently Change Its Rules To Prohibit Palestine As Country Of Birth On Passports