Politics in May 2024
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Friday, May 31, 2024
- Fact Check: Judge Merchan Did NOT Tell Jurors They Didn't Have To Reach Unanimous Verdict In Trump Hush-Money Trial
- Fact Check: Fake Image Of Donald Trump In Police Custody After Guilty Verdict Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Soccer Manager Pep Guardiola Refusing To Shake Hands With Israeli Representative
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- Fact Check: Ex-Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone Is NOT An Iranian National -- He Was Born And Raised In DC Area
- Fact Check: Daughter Of Judge Merchan Did NOT 'Show Trump Behind Bars' On Social Media
- Fact Check: Social Media Photo Does NOT Show Trump May 2024 Rally In Bronx -- It's Obama Event From 2008
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Fact Check: Fauci, Soros Did NOT Say They Would Leave US If Trump Wins 2024 Election
- Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Trump Smiling With Black Supporters At Barbecue Shows Signs of AI
- Fact Check: NO Vote On US Statehood Planned In Canada's Alberta Province In June 2024
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tunnel Between Gaza's Rafah And Egypt -- It Used To Connect Gaza And Israel
Friday, May 24, 2024
- Fact Check: Image Of UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer Socializing With Jimmy Savile Is DIGITALLY ALTERED
- Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Vote To Allow Noncitizens To Vote In US Elections Nationwide
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Fact Check: NO Trump Assassination Authority Granted By Use-Of-Force Language In FBI Mar-A-Lago Raid Plan -- Self-Defense Language Is Boilerplate
- Fact Check: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Did NOT Ban Sales Of Watermelon Slices
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 'Iranian Capital Tehran Has Increased Security Levels' -- It Shows A Temporary U.S. Pier For Humanitarian Aid In Gaza
- Fact Check: NOT All Photos In Post Are Authentic Images Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
- Fact Check: Image Of Burning Helicopter Going Down Is NOT Authentic Photo Of Crash That Killed Iranian President
Friday, May 17, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Fact Check: 'Fuck Joe Biden' Chant Dubbed In Mother's Day Video Of Biden And Granddaughter Leaving Church
- Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect's Wife Is NOT Ukrainian Refugee -- Police Said Such Speculation Is 'Hoax'
- Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Joe Biden In Sexually Suggestive Pictures With A Girl -- Man Pictured Is Someone Else
- Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Was NOT Awarded 'Greatest Trader In Congress' -- Altered Video With Fake Audio And Chyron
- Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect Is NOT Member Of Pro-Western Progressive Party -- Interior Minister, Party Chairman Denied It
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Fact Check: German Politician NOT Convicted, Fined For Simply Using Patriotic Phrase During 2021 Speech -- Penalty Has Broader Context
- Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Donald Trump, Melania Trump And Stormy Daniels Was Doctored
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Robert Fico 'Formally And Publicly Rejected' WHO Global Pandemic Accord Days Before Assassination Attempt
Monday, May 13, 2024
- Fact Check: UN Did NOT Halve Its Estimate Of Women And Children Killed In Gaza
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Danish King Frederik X On Balcony Waving Palestinian Flag -- It's Someone Else
- Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Trump Rally In New Jersey -- It's From 2006 Rolling Stones Show
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Muslim Migrants' Destroying Property 'Because An Israeli Singer Took Part In Eurovision'
Friday, May 10, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Fact Check: NO Evidence 300,000 Ballot Images Are Missing From 2020 Election In Fulton County, Georgia; Results Are NOT Invalid
- Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Tell Time Magazine 'He'd Force Every Pregnant Woman To Submit To Constant Government Monitoring' If Re-Elected
- Fact Check: Truth Social NOT Shut Down As Of May 9, 2024 -- Platform Functioning As Usual
- Fact Check: White House Press Secretary Did NOT Answer Question On 'Ukrainian Manifestations Of Nazism' -- Altered Video
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Fact Check: Manipulated Image Of Pro-Palestine 'You Don't Get To Choose' Sign Replaces 'How We Resist' With 'Who We Rape'
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Announcing Plan To Build Settlements In Gaza Strip
- Fact Check: Biden Administration Did NOT Interfere With Trump Transition Documents Later Shipped To Mar-A-Lago
- Fact Check: FAKE Quote Has Stormy Daniels Saying Trump Made 'Gurgling Sounds and Fell Asleep' After Sex
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Fact Check: German Politician NOT Convicted, Fined For Merely Posting Statistics About Sexual Assaults By Afghan Immigrants
- Fact Check: Democratic Party Did NOT Announce Proposal To Change US Flag 'To Make It More Inclusive'
Monday, May 6, 2024
- Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Gazans Preparing To Fake Injuries To Influence World Opinion -- It Shows Actors In TV Drama
- Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Document Donald Trump Kissing Melania And Ivanka On The Mouth -- Timing And Angles Mislead
- Fact Check: Post Mislabels As 'Current' A 4-Year-Old Der Spiegel Caricature Of 'Fire Devil' Trump Wielding Lit Match
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Robert De Niro Yelling At Anti-Israel Protesters -- He Was Rehearsing For An Upcoming Netflix Series
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Fact Check: Fake Photo Of Israel, Nazi, Confederate Flags Together Is Edited 2017 Charlottesville Rally Image
- Fact Check: Photo Of Mike Lindell At The Waukesha Wisconsin Trump Rally Is NOT Real -- Digitally Edited
- Fact Check: Fake Photo Of Rep. Matt Gaetz In Tigger, Spider-Man Costume Is Edited Old Image
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