Fact Check in September 2024

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Monday, September 30, 2024

• Fact Check: NEXRAD, Doppler, HAARP Did NOT Push Hurricane Helene Up East Coast With Weather Control
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Kamala Harris Receiving Audio Through Earrings
• Fact Check: Harris Staffer Did NOT Say Harris 'Doesn't' Own A Firearm On CNN -- Transcript & Original Video Show Staffer Says Harris 'Does' Own A Gun
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris DID Tweet About Hurricane Helene
• Fact Check: Project 2025 Does NOT Call for Closing National Hurricane Center, But Recommends Breaking Up, Downsizing Parent Agency
• Fact Check: 'Weatherman Loses It Live On Air' Video Is NOT Authentic -- 'Jim Acosted' Is Comedian
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Navy SEALs Seized Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Adrenochrome Stash

Friday, September 27, 2024

• Fact Check: Private Jet Did NOT Fly Through Eye Of Hurricane Helene -- Experts Say It Flew Above Or Skirted Edge
• Fact Check: Storm Video Compilation Does NOT Show Hurricane Helene In Fort Myers, Florida -- Mislabeled Old Footage
• Fact Check: NO Evidence A 'Diddy' And Will Smith Sex Tape Was Leaked
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows 2 Heavily Armed Men In Line At Fast Food Restaurant
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Travis Kelce Endorsed Kamala Harris For President In Late September 2024 -- Did NOT Say 'Taylor Made The Right Choice'
• Fact Check: Video Of Madonna, Beyonce, Britney Spears Supposedly Performing Satanic Rituals Is NOT Authentic -- It's AI
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Kamala Harris Drunk -- It's Altered Video
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Taylor Swift Was Named In Sean 'Diddy' Combs' List

Thursday, September 26, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Dancing on 'Soul Train'
• Fact Check: Video Of 'Drilling' Cloud Does NOT Show Authentic UFO
• Fact Check: Video From Springfield, Ohio, Does NOT Show 'Haitian Militia,' But Self-Described Israelite Group
• Fact Check: LeBron James Selfie In Maid Costume Is NOT Real, NOT From 'Diddy Party' -- It's Computer Generated
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hurricane Helene Storm Surge -- Footage Is From 2022
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Matt Damon Said Jennifer Lopez Was Involved In Alleged Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex Crimes

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

• Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Lose Five Major Sponsors After Endorsing Kamala Harris -- Site Says Story Not Real
• Fact Check: Serena Williams Did NOT Die Following 'Tragic Car Crash' On September 23, 2024
• Fact Check: Reports Of Missing Cats In Bangor, Maine, Do NOT Prove Haitian Immigrants Were Involved With Pet Disappearances
• Fact Check: DOJ Release Of Trump Bounty Letter NOT Meant To Encourage More Attacks But Aimed At Keeping Routh In Custody
• Fact Check: FAKE Posts About Missing 3-Year-Old Alliyah Evans Kidnapped From Target In Various Cities Are Bait & Switch
• Fact Check: Coca-Cola Does NOT Allow 'Allah Loves You' Or 'Jesus Loves You' On Custom Cans
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove 'Harvesting Children's Faces' In China Or Elsewhere -- It Shows Women Talking About Facelifts
• Fact Check: FAKE Posts About Missing Elderly Couple Raymond Peterson And Wife Sophie Are Bait-And-Switch Real Estate Ads

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

• Fact Check: Radar Images Are NOT Evidence Pulses Of Weaponized Microwave Energy Are Targeting US Population
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Black Man In Springfield, Ohio, With Suitcase Full Of Frogs -- Video Took Place In Grenada
• Fact Check: Shaq Did NOT Throw Tim Walz Out Of Restaurant Or Say 'Don't Come Back Here, You're A Disappointment'
• Fact Check: FBI Crime Data Did NOT Report Zero Homicides In Los Angeles Or New Orleans In 2023
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Interview Between Trump, 'Diddy' Combs That Never Happened
• Fact Check: Sen. John Fetterman Did NOT Say He Would Vote For Trump

Monday, September 23, 2024

• Fact Check: Megan Fox Did NOT Delete Her X And Instagram Posts In September 2024
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Shows Alexis Lorenze Suffering Typical Reaction To DTaP, Meningitis, Pneumonia Vaccines -- But Vaccination Can Prompt Reactions In People With Her Rare Condition
• Fact Check: Usher Did NOT Delete His X Account After Diddy Scandal Broke -- He Says He Was Hacked
• Fact Check: Pink Did NOT 'Wipe' Her X Account In September 2024 After 'Diddy' Combs Indictment -- She Deleted In February 2024
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Kamala Harris Used Teleprompter During Interview With Oprah Winfrey
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Kamala Harris Giving Speech While 'Hammered' -- It Was Altered To Make Her Sound Drunk
• Fact Check: JD Vance Did NOT Admit To Using A 'Rent-A-Dog' -- Clip Does NOT Show His Full Comment
• Fact Check: Taylor Swift Has NOT Announced She 'Regrets Endorsing Harris And Walz'

Friday, September 20, 2024

• Fact Check: Usher DID Say He Supports Kamala Harris in Joy Behar Interview -- Video Where He 'Refuses' Is Edited
• Fact Check: Starbucks Is NOT Going Cashless In UK On October 1, 2024
• Fact Check: Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift Breakup Contract Is NOT Real -- PR Firm Full Scope Says 'Fabricated' and 'Entirely False'
• Fact Check: Debt-Relief Ad For Veterans Does NOT Represent White House Initiative -- It's Made-Up
• Fact Check: Screenshot Does NOT Show Authentic Ryan Wesley Routh Instagram Account

Thursday, September 19, 2024

• Fact Check: Users Can NOT Get $750 Shein Gift Card By Answering Questions On Facebook -- Bait-and-Switch Scheme
• Fact Check: Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Say He'll 'Go To Russia' If Disrespected In US -- From Satire Article
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Invent Wirelessly-Controlled 'Birth Control Microchip'
• Fact Check: NO Explosives Were Found At Trump Rally In Long Island, New York
• Fact Check: Tractor Supply's Apple-A-Day Bucket Of Horse Electrolytes Are NOT Tested For Humans, NOT FDA-Approved For Human Consumption
• Fact Check: French Girl Is NOT Really Being Harassed By 2 Migrants -- It's Fake Situation With Actors
• Fact Check: Coca-Cola Did NOT Cut Ties With Taylor Swift After She Endorsed Kamala Harris -- From Self-Described Satire Site
• Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Lose 17 Million Instagram Followers After Kamala Harris Endorsement -- From Satirical Account

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

• Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Cancel Eras Tour Dates After Poor Ticket Sales Due To Harris 'Endorsement Backlash'
• Fact Check: American University Of Beirut Did NOT Switch Paging System Due To Prior Knowledge Of 2024 Lebanon Bombings
• Fact Check: Report Supposedly Filed With Springfield, Ohio Police Does NOT Prove Pet-Eating Conspiracies True
• Fact Check: Press Secretary Did NOT Abruptly End Briefing When Fox Reporter Asked A Question -- Topic Was Discussed, Video Clip Is Edited
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tim Walz Calling Trump, Vance 'Threat To Democracy' After 2nd Assassination Attempt
• Fact Check: Gov. Gavin Newsom Did NOT Sign Bill Banning Memes And Parody In California
• Fact Check: Jack Black Did NOT Vow To Permanently Leave US -- From Satire Site

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

• Fact Check: Ryan Routh Did NOT Appear In BlackRock Ad, Separate Video Shows Routh In Pro-Ukraine Rally Footage
• Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Five Children Passed Away' In U.S. From Instant Ramen Noodles During Recall
• Fact Check: Blog Post Does NOT Prove Thomas Matthew Crooks Made Payments To Ryan Wesley Routh
• Fact Check: DeSantis Did NOT Refuse To Give Alleged Trump Shooter Routh To FBI
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Dog Being Spit-Roasted By 'Bosnian Neighbors' in U.S.
• Fact Check: Police Audio Does NOT Confirm Haitians Hunting Geese In Springfield, Ohio -- No Verifying Evidence
• Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Suggest Jail For Posting 'Misinformation' -- She Meant Those Paid To Push Russian Propaganda
• Fact Check: Howard University Professors Did NOT Say Kamala Harris 'Was The Worst Student Ever' -- Satire
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Has Kamala Harris Posing With Sean 'Diddy' Combs -- Actual Photo Was Harris With TV Host Montel Williams In 2001

Monday, September 16, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Police Deputy Tyler Cooper Found Lost Toddler -- It's Bait & Switch
• Fact Check: Taking Shower Does NOT Prevent Skin Absorbing Vitamin D From Sun
• Fact Check: ABC Debate Moderators Did NOT Get Million-Dollar Payments From Soros -- Self-Described Satire
• Fact Check: FAKE Posts About Missing '32-Year-Old Kyle Thomas' In Various Cities Are Bait-And-Switch
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Posted '0-2' On Truth Social After 2nd Assassination Attempt
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Whoopi Goldberg Vowed To Follow Brittney Griner If Griner Left US

Friday, September 13, 2024

• Fact Check: NFL Did NOT Say It Was Considering Banning Taylor Swift From Superbowl -- It's From Satire Article
• Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Threaten Elon Musk Over Remarks About Taylor Swift -- It's A Fake Tweet
• Fact Check: Woman Wearing 'Trump 2024' Shirt Was NOT Denied Entrance To Business By Owner -- Staged Video
• Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT Lose 'Brand Deals Worth $125 Million' After Endorsing Kamala Harris
• Fact Check: FAKE NYPD Memo Says Members Must Start Displaying Their Pronouns

Thursday, September 12, 2024

• Fact Check: Posts With 3-Year-Old Girl Found By 'Deputy Amy Braidley' Are NOT Authentic -- Bait & Switch For Real Estate Ads
• Fact Check: Haiti's Average IQ Is NOT 67
• Fact Check: NO Evidence ABC Fired Presidential Debate Moderators David Muir And Linsey Davis -- Claim Came From Website With Satire Label
• Fact Check: Footage Of Ingenuity Helicopter's First Flight Showed Mars NOT Algerian Desert Landscape
• Fact Check: Biden, Harris DID Visit Shanksville Memorial On 9/11 Anniversary
• Fact Check: CNN's Fact Checker Did NOT Say Kamala Harris 'Lied 17 Times' In First 10 Minutes Of Presidential Debate -- Original Claim Had Satire Disclaimer
• Fact Check: ABC News Moderators Did NOT Say During Trump-Harris Debate That Late-Term Abortions Don't Happen

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

• Fact Check: Gordon Ramsay Did NOT Throw Tim Walz Out of 'Hell's Kitchen' -- It's From Satire Article
• Fact Check: Photo Of Man Holding Dead Goose Is NOT Haitian Immigrant In Springfield, Ohio
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris' Earrings In Debate Are NOT Sound-Receiving Devices -- They're Tiffany Design
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet 'Anyone Caught Promoting Propaganda Will Be Suspended from X'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Venezuelans Overrunning Supermarket In Aurora, Colorado
• Fact Check: 92% Of ABC Viewers Did NOT Say Trump 'Won' September 10, 2024, Presidential Debate -- 'Poll' Has Fox News Link
• Fact Check: Philadelphia Eagles Did NOT Endorse Kamala Harris For President

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

• Fact Check: US Intelligence Does NOT Undercut DOJ With 'No Foreign Interference' Announcement
• Fact Check: 'The Rock' And Elton John Had NOT Endorsed Donald Trump In 2024, As Of September 10, 2024
• Fact Check: McDonald's Corporate Did NOT Say 'They Have No Record Whatsoever' Of Kamala Harris Working There
• Fact Check: World Boxing Organization Did NOT Declare Imane Khelif A Man, Force Her To Return Medals And Prize Money
• Fact Check: FAKE Social Media Posts Do NOT Offer Genuine Concern For A 3-Year-Old Girl Named Mila Found By 'Deputy Sara Thomas'
• Fact Check: FAKE Posts About Missing Teen 'Kaitlin Whoolery' Are Bait & Switch Real Estate Ads
• Fact Check: Fake AI Image Of Shirtless Boxer Is NOT Imane Khelif -- NOT Proof She Is Male
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Haitian Immigrants In Springfield, Ohio, Are 'Kidnapping And Eating' Cats, Officials Say

Monday, September 9, 2024

• Fact Check: No 'Haitian Immigrant' Was Charged With Eating A Cat In Ohio In 2024; U.S.-Born Woman Arrested On Animal Cruelty Charges
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real KKK Member At Trump Rally -- It's Self-Described Internet Troll's Stunt In Connecticut
• Fact Check: NFL Referee Did NOT Expel 10 Players For Kneeling During National Anthem In Late August 2024
• Fact Check: MLK Jr. Was NOT A Convicted Felon -- Jury Found Him NOT Guilty Of Felony
• Fact Check: 2024 Paper On mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Is NOT Valid Scientific Study; Expert Calls It 'Amateurish Gibberish'
• Fact Check: Liz Cheney Did NOT Post On X That Republican Leaders Are 'Satires Of Men' -- It's From A Parody Account

Friday, September 6, 2024

• Fact Check: Posts With Missing Teen 'Seven Whiteman' In Multiple Locations Are NOT Authentic -- Bait & Switch For Real Estate Ads
• Fact Check: Aurora, Colorado, Police Shelter-In-Place Order NOT Related To Venezuelan Gang Violence
• Fact Check: Ireland's President Does NOT Have Powers To Unilaterally Decide What Government, Parliament Do
• Fact Check: 'Black National Anthem' Did NOT Replace National Anthem At NFL 2024 Season Opener In Kansas City
• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Apalachee Shooting Suspect Colt Gray As Transgender And Harris Supporter
• Fact Check: ABC Did NOT Sign $400 Million Deal With Tucker Carlson To Replace Jimmy Kimmel -- It's Satire
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tim Walz In Blackface -- It's Actor And From Satire Account
• Fact Check: FAKE Posts About Missing 79-Year-Old Scott Doucette In Various Cities Are Bait-And-Switch

Thursday, September 5, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Of 'National Guard Troops' In Brooklyn Does NOT Have Anything To Do With Martial Law -- That Unit Has Been Monitoring NYC's Transportation Hubs Since 9/11
• Fact Check: People's Hands In 'Walz's For Trump' Image Do NOT Prove Image Was Generated By AI
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say She Would 'Shut Down X' If Elected -- She Was Talking About Trump's Account Being Taken Down In 2019
• Fact Check: ALTERED Video Closes NY Gov. Hochul's Left Eye -- Authentic Video Shows Both Eyes Normal
• Fact Check: England, Wales Prison Overcrowding Plan Does NOT Shorten Sentences For Sexual Offenses
• Fact Check: 'Trans Girl Samantha Hyde' Is NOT Georgia School Shooter -- Variation On Old 'Sam Hyde' Internet Hoax
• Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Turn Down $200 Million Offer To Do Ad With LeBron James -- Claim Originated On Satirical Site
• Fact Check: EDITED Video Post Implies That's Tim Walz Dancing In Cowboy Hat, 2-Piece Outfit -- But It's Someone Else
• Fact Check: Minnesota Vikings Did NOT Denounce Tim Walz -- It's Satire

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

• Fact Check: Photo Shows Distant Nebraska Relatives of Tim Walz Supporting Trump -- 3rd & 4th Cousins
• Fact Check: 'Legal' Statement Does NOT Protect User Data From Meta's Generative AI -- It's Made Up
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Was NOT In Hit-And-Run Accident In 2011 -- 'KBSF' News Station Does NOT Exist, Image Of Crash Is From 2018
• Fact Check: Photo Circulating On Social Media Is NOT Of Georgia High School Shooter, But From Safety Training Program
• Fact Check: 'Tornado' Videos Do NOT Show Extreme Weather In Canada, Dubai
• Fact Check: Milk Chocolate Is NOT 'Fine For Dogs' Compared To Dark Chocolate -- Both Toxic For Them
• Fact Check: Google Earth Video Does NOT Reveal Unknown 'Conspiracy' Feature In Australia; It Shows Established Naval Station
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Supporting Report That 32 Armed Venezuelans Took Over Chicago Apartment Building
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows UK Police Kneeling To Muslim Men
• Fact Check: Humans Did NOT Artificially Create Antarctic Ice Cap

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

• Fact Check: MADE-UP Quote About Kamala Harris' Accent Did NOT Come From Tiger Woods -- Originated From Self-Described Parody/Satire Account
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Wear Bandage On Ear During Early September 2024 Fox News Interview -- Photo Is From July 2024
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mongols, Hells Angels Heading To Colorado In 2024 To 'Deal With' Venezuelan Gang Members
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hells Angels, Other Motorcycle Clubs En Route to Aurora, Colorado To Confront Venezuelan Gangs -- Clip Was Posted In 2022
• Fact Check: CNN's Fact Check Did NOT Find Harris 'Lied 113 Times' During Democratic Convention Speech -- It Fact Checked 4 Harris Claims
• Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Lie About Having Served In Afghanistan -- He Said He Visited That Country As Congressman
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say Elon Musk 'Has Lost His Privileges' To Speak Freely -- She Was Talking About Trump, Clip Is From 2019
• Fact Check: Irish Teacher Enoch Burke Was Arrested For Contempt Of Court, NOT For Views On Transgender Issues

Monday, September 2, 2024

• Fact Check: Posts Do NOT Offer Genuine Concern For 'Little Boy Approximately 3 Years Old' Found Walking Alone -- It's Recycled Ruse
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hells Angels Riding To Aurora, Colorado To Fight Venezuelan Gang -- Was Recorded In Brazil In July 2024
• Fact Check: Melania Trump Has NOT Filed For Divorce -- Poster Claims It Was 'Disinformation Experiment'