Fact Check in April 2024

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

• Fact Check: FDA Has NOT Approved Ear Magnets For Smoking Cessation As Of April 2024
• Fact Check: Airbnb Did NOT Say It's Expecting 'Large-Scale Government Actions And Lockdowns' To Begin On June 6, 2024
• Fact Check: US Government Did NOT Buy $5 Billion In Bitcoin -- It Was Seizure Of Stolen Funds
• Fact Check: Faked Video Does NOT Show Naturopath Barbara O'Neill Recommending Oxygen Pills For Tiredness
• Fact Check: Biden Was NOT 'Ignored' During Visit To Gas Station -- Video Shows People Paying Attention To Him
• Fact Check: 2012 Ceremony At London Olympics Did NOT Feature 'Figure Of Death' Holding Syringe -- It's Voldemort Character From 'Harry Potter'

Monday, April 29, 2024

• Fact Check: Using Communal Swimming Pool CANNOT Cause HIV Infection
• Fact Check: Piers Morgan Did NOT Interview Barbara O'Neill About A Diabetes Remedy -- Fake Video
• Fact Check: Barbara O'Neill Did NOT Endorse Thyme Oil That Supposedly Kills 97% Of Lung Tumor Cells
• Fact Check: Doctored Image Of Paraglider Dummies At Columbia University Is NOT Authentic -- It Was Digitally Altered
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Publicly State That Bill Gates Should Go To Prison As Of April 2024 -- Claim Is From Site That Publishes 'Fake News' And Satire
• Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Say 'The Moon Is More Important Than The Sun'

Friday, April 26, 2024

• Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Declare Emergency Over 'Explosion Of mRNA Cancers'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden 'Shaking Hands With A Ghost' -- He's Gesturing To Crowd
• Fact Check: NO Evidence A Guantanamo Hospital Orderly Was Arrested For Trying To Murder Klaus Schwab
• Fact Check: Eating Burnt Orange, Brown Sugar Does NOT Repair Sense Of Taste, Smell
• Fact Check: Posts Warning Of Catalytic Converter Thieves Are NOT Authentic -- Part Of A Spamming Ruse

Thursday, April 25, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence That Special Forces Freed 'Military and Civilian J6ers From Deep State Prison'
• Fact Check: 46 Out Of 50 States Did NOT Recount Their Votes And Find Biden Lost
• Fact Check: Comedy Video Does NOT Show Man Actually Asking City Council To Legalize Sports Gambling After His Successful Betting On Transgender Athletes
• Fact Check: Carrot, Baking Soda Recipe Does NOT Repair Eyesight In 1 Week
• Fact Check: Kentucky Man Did NOT Sue and Win Lawsuit Against Himself For Hitting Own Head With Boomerang -- Old Hoax Story

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

• Fact Check: Compilation Of Storm Videos Does NOT Exclusively Show April 2024 Storm That Caused Dubai Flooding
• Fact Check: Foods Like Oreos, Lucky Charms Are NOT Facing Nationwide Ban In US
• Fact Check: Tyson Foods Is NOT Adding Insects To Meat Products
• Fact Check: Country Music Hall Of Fame Did NOT Say It Would Not Consider Taylor Swift For Induction -- Story Originated From Satire Website
• Fact Check: Weight-Loss 'Coffee Trick' Was NOT Promoted By Dr. Oz Or Endorsed By Adele -- Original Sound Was Replaced With AI-Generated Audio
• Fact Check: Corn Syrup Is NOT 'Illegal In Much Of The World'
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Image Purporting To Show 'Dr. Sebi's Son' In Court Is Authentic -- Likely AI Creation
• Fact Check: Altered Image Of Stormy Daniels Wearing A Mushroom Dress Is NOT Authentic 2024 Trial Photo -- Picture Is From 2018, Dress Was Plain Blue

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

• Fact Check: 'Map Of America From 1500' Does NOT Prove Antarctica Was Inhabited For Centuries - It's A Fake Map From A 1911 Book
• Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Attend Daughter Ivanka's Graduation -- Post Implying Otherwise Ignores Second Photo
• Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Vote 'For Palestine' In October 2023 UN Security Council Session -- Post Misrepresents Council's President's Spoken Mistake

Monday, April 22, 2024

• Fact Check: Exercise And Diet Do NOT Cure Type 1 Diabetes
• Fact Check: Ben Carson Did NOT Endorse Cure For Tinnitus, Hearing Loss -- Audio Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Hush-Money Trial Judge Did NOT Say To Trump, 'You Didn't Attend The Graduations Of Your Other Four Children'
• Fact Check: Lainey Wilson Has NOT Endorsed Weight-Loss Gummies
• Fact Check: Tamela Mann Has NOT Promoted Weight Loss Gummies

Friday, April 19, 2024

• Fact Check: Declassified 1957 CIA File Mentioning 'Tartar History' Does NOT Vindicate Tartarian Empire Conspiracy Theory
• Fact Check: NGO Flyer Encouraging Migrants To Vote For Biden Is NOT Authentic; It's Fake
• Fact Check: Marines Attending Event At Mar-A-Lago DID Have Permission To Wear Uniforms -- It Was Charity Event
• Fact Check: NON Authentic Photo Of P. Diddy, Trump, Jeffrey Epstein Sitting With Young Women Shows Signs of AI Manipulation
• Fact Check: Satirical Video Does NOT Show Actual Lesbian Mother Describing How She Sued Sperm Donor For 40% Of Paycheck
• Fact Check: Photo Showing Trump, Epstein With Minor Girl Is NOT Authentic

Thursday, April 18, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Of Joe Rogan Talking About Extraterrestrial Life On Planet K2-18 B Is NOT Authentic
• Fact Check: Riley Gaines Did NOT Win $10 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Whoopi Goldberg -- Confirmed By Gaines On X
• Fact Check: Photo Of Paltry Crowd Is NOT From Beyonce's Concert In 2024
• Fact Check: NO Evidence That A 'White Hat' Officer's Wife Was Found Dead Under Suspicious Circumstances In North Carolina

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

• Fact Check: Delta Force Did NOT Arrest Klaus Schwab In April 2024
• Fact Check: World's 'First Permanent Electrified Road' Is NOT Open As Of April 2024 -- Project In Sweden Is Paused
• Fact Check: Judge Merchan Did NOT Say Trump Could Not Attend Barron's Graduation -- He Said It Depends On How Trial Is 'Doing On Time'
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Mine Extracting 'Lithium For Electric Cars'
• Fact Check: Elon Musk, Joanna Gaines Did NOT Endorse 'Watt Saver'
• Fact Check: Laptop Use By Preteen, Teen Girls Does NOT Cause Miscarriages Later In Life

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

• Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Buy Jeffrey Epstein's Island -- Joke Website Originated Claim
• Fact Check: Roseanne Barr And Michael Richards Are NOT Developing 'New Non-Woke Sitcom Focused On Traditional Values' -- It's Satirical Article
• Fact Check: NO 'Reliable Evidence' Budwig Diet Can Cure Or Treat Cancer With Flaxseed Oil And Cottage Cheese
• Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Give $16 Billion Of US Money To Iran In 2023; They're Frozen Iranian Assets
• Fact Check: Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie Did NOT Co-Create 'Non Woke Production Studio' -- It's AI-Generated Satire

Monday, April 15, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Drone Tangled In Power Lines In Iraq
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Document Archaeologists At Tombs Of Giants In Crimea -- Recycled Clickbait With AI-Generated Images
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Yemeni Missiles Launched At Israel On April 13, 2024 -- Clip Has Been On The Internet Since 2015
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Palestinians Celebrating After 'Hearing The News Of Iran's Attack On Israel' -- Clip Is Outdated
• Fact Check: Putin Did NOT 'Declare That Russia Will Support Iran If The United States Attacks Iran's Soil In Support Of Israel' -- He Had NOT Publicly Commented On That Topic As Of April 15, 2024
• Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Has NOT Been Hospitalized; Rep Says On April 15, 2024, Schwab's 'Health Is Excellent'

Sunday, April 14, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israelis Fleeing Iranian Aerial Attack -- It's Fans Mobbing One Direction Singer In Argentina
• Fact Check: Benjamin Cohen Was NOT Sydney Mall Attacker -- He Was Wrongly Linked To Mass Stabbing By Social Media

Saturday, April 13, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Iranian Barrage Of Hundreds Of Cruise Missiles, Drones On Israel
• Fact Check: Video, Photo Do NOT Show Iranian Aerial Attack On Israel On April 13, 2024 -- They Predate Barrage By A Day
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Retaliatory Attack On Iran's Capital Tehran -- It's An Old Picture, Mislabelled

Friday, April 12, 2024

• Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Release A Photo Of Zelenskyy Captured and Arrested
• Fact Check: London Authorities Are NOT Legally Prohibited From Removing Bat Boxes Protesters Put On Surveillance Cameras
• Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Rescue 11 Kidnapped Children in Kansas
• Fact Check: Photo Of Baby Surrounded By Debris Does NOT Portray Damage Caused By Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine -- Scene Was Staged In 2015
• Fact Check: Map That Shows Parts Of US To Be Hit By Floods, Earthquakes From 2024 Is NOT Official
• Fact Check: Mika Brzezinski Did NOT Say Elon Musk Can 'Control Exactly What People Think'
• Fact Check: Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg Did NOT Co-Create 'Non-Woke Film Production Studio' -- Satire Website Source

Thursday, April 11, 2024

• Fact Check: It's NOT Impossible For Women To Snore -- They Are Equally Likely, Sleep Expert Says
• Fact Check: Snoop Dogg Did NOT Endorse Smoking Prevention Gummies Purportedly Created By Barbara O'Neill
• Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Find Victoria Nuland Guilty 'By Default,' Or Sentence Her To Hang
• Fact Check: In-N-Out Burger Is NOT 'Leaving California Over Wage Hikes And Woke Policies' -- Claim Is From Satire Site
• Fact Check: Dairy Consumption Does NOT Lead To Calcium Deficiency Due To Acidity
• Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Declare 'Pedophilia' Is Sexual Orientation, Must Be Added To LGBTQ+
• Fact Check: Faked Photo Does NOT Show Total Eclipse With Swirling Corona -- AI Generated
• Fact Check: Faked Photo Appears To Show Taylor Swift Holding 'Trump Won / Democrats Cheated' Banner -- It Was Edited
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2024 Solar Eclipse -- It's From 2017 Eclipse

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

• Fact Check: Canada Is NOT Killing Autistic People Without Their Consent
• Fact Check: Migrant Throwing Rock From Overpass Story Does NOT Check Out -- Local Teens Charged With 2014 Crime
• Fact Check: Maine Lawmaker's Remarks Do NOT Support Views Of Local Neo-Nazi Group -- They Had To Do With Freedom Of Speech

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Anti-Oil Protesters Who Glued Themselves To Tanker Of Cooking Oil -- It Carried Chemical Substance
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2024 Eclipse -- Picture Is From 2012
• Fact Check: Eclipse Over Portugal 'Right Now' Is NOT Authentic 2024 Photo -- Edited Image Has Circulated Since 2021
• Fact Check: NJ Trump Supporter Was NOT Attacked Due To His Political Beliefs -- It Was Personal Dispute
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden Calling Man 'F*gg*t' -- Biden Said 'Thank You'

Monday, April 8, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence That Volodymyr Zelenskyy Bought Highgrove House From Britain's King Charles III
• Fact Check: Tennessee Did NOT Ban The Inclusion Of Vaccines In The Food Supply
• Fact Check: NASA Is NOT Keeping Old Cars In Lot In Preparation For Electromagnetic Pulse 'Blast' -- Video Shows Props On Film Set
• Fact Check: NO Evidence AOC Said 'I Get My Food From The Grocery Store' In Response To Supply Disruptions From Collapsed Baltimore Bridge -- It's Satire
• Fact Check: A Solar Eclipse IS The Moon Blocking Out The Sun

Friday, April 5, 2024

• Fact Check: Francis Scott Key Bridge Is NOT In Movie 'Leave The World Behind'
• Fact Check: Differing Length, Persistence Of Plane's Vapor Trail Does NOT Indicate If It Is Contrail Or Something Else
• Fact Check: 2 Million Voters Did NOT Register Without Photo ID In Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas In First 3 Months Of 2024
• Fact Check: 'Free Speech' Sign On Campus Did NOT Say 'You're Not Ready For University Yet'
• Fact Check: Everyone Should NOT Deworm Routinely -- Only At-Risk Populations In Specific Regions
• Fact Check: Biden, White House DID Mention Jesus Christ, The Resurrection On Easter

Thursday, April 4, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Animation Of Human Vaccination -- It's 2014 Depiction Of Viral Material Infecting Bacteria
• Fact Check: US Flag Code DOES Specify Key Attributes Of The Banner, And What The US Flag Should Look Like
• Fact Check: Iran Did NOT Attack USS Liberty Off Coast Of Bahrain In April 2024 -- US Military Has No Such Ship
• Fact Check: Jason Aldean Did NOT Say 'Straight Day Of Visibility Concert Is Happening'
• Fact Check: Meme Listing Countries That Forbid Mail-In Voting Is NOT Fully Accurate -- Especially As To Citizens Living Abroad
• Fact Check: All Protein Powder Is NOT Made From Maggots -- Video Shows Only One Product In South Korea
• Fact Check: Sun And Moon WILL Align Briefly In Path Of Totality During April 8, 2024, Eclipse

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

• Fact Check: Aldi Grocery Stores Do NOT Sell Lab-Grown Meat
• Fact Check: Biden White House Did NOT Introduce Rule Banning Christian Symbols From Easter Egg Contest -- Policy Is Decades Old
• Fact Check: Chick-fil-A Did NOT Announce It Is 'Moving To Fake Chicken' -- Company Said It's Shifting Policy On Animal Antibiotics
• Fact Check: WTC Developer Larry Silverstein Did NOT Get '$1 Trillion' Insurance Payout From Baltimore Bridge
• Fact Check: Sesame Oil Is NOT More Effective Cancer Treatment Than Dose Of Radiation Or Chemotherapy
• Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Arrest Colorado Supreme Court Justice Melissa Hart

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

• Fact Check: NASA Shooting 3 Rockets During Solar Eclipse Is NOT Nefarious Or 'Strange' -- It's Atmospheric Research During Unique Event

Monday, April 1, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Anti-Bunker Missile Strike In Yemen -- It's Gamer Video From Arma 3
• Fact Check: Video Of Kelly Clarkson Promoting Keto Weight-Loss Gummies Is NOT Authentic
• Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Declare Easter Sunday 'Transgender Day Of Visibility' -- 'TDOV' Is Always March 31, But Easter Varies Yearly
• Fact Check: Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki Did NOT Promote A Blood Vessel Cleaning Product -- Or Any Commercial Product, Ever
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say '144,000 Black People With Superpower Godlike Abilities' Are 'Chosen Ones' -- Audio Was AI-Generated