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Abe's OK Fact Check: 'Honest Abe' At Lincoln Memorial Was NOT Vandalized With Graffiti By Protesters Hoax Alert Jun 5, 2020 by: Alan Duke |
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Music Video Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Steal Tanks In Atlanta During Protests Hoax Alert Jun 9, 2020 by: Dana Ford |
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Scam Coupons Fact Check: Starbucks, KFC Coupons Offering Free Food For 'Black Lives Matter' Are Fake Hoax Alert Jun 7, 2020 by: Eric Ferkenhoff |
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Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth Hoax Alert Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be fact checked. An example of the ma***ive meme is found in a post (archived here) shared on Facebook June 4, 2020. It opened: STILL&h****ip; Jun 10, 2020 by: Eric Ferkenhoff Some Fiction |
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Fact Check: The Tucson City Council Did NOT Pa*** An Ordinance Making It Illegal To Video Police Hoax Alert Did the Tucson, Arizona, City Council pa*** an ordinance making it illegal for citizens to video the police? No, that's not true: The Tuscon council pa***ed an ordinance allowing fines for anyone who enters a restricted crime scene area and engages in activity that hinders police doing their work, but it does not make recording police with cameras a crime.&h****ip; Jun 10, 2020 by: Alexis Tereszcuk Under Review |
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Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Ban Rothschilds from Russia Hoax Alert Did Russian President Vladimir Putin ban the Rothschild banking family from all Russian territories, saying not to come back under any circ***stances? No, that's not true: President Putin never said that, and the Rothschilds' firm, under Giovanni Salvetti, is still in business at its Moscow financial center. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) by Maker Kuman on the&h****ip; Jun 10, 2020 by: Gita Smith False Again |
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Fact Check: Buffalo Mayor Did NOT Call Knocked Down Elderly Man an 'Agitator' of Rioting, Looting Hoax Alert Did Buffalo's mayor call the elderly man who was knocked down and injured by police during a protest an "agitator" of rioting and looting? No, that's not true: Buffalo, New York, Mayor Byron Brown was referring to a separate incident and another protester when he used the description "agitator" and "instigator." He was not referring to Martin Gugino, the man&h****ip; Jun 10, 2020 by: Alexis Tereszcuk Not Gugino |
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Fact Check: NO Evidence Buffalo Protester Martin Gugino Was Scanning, Capturing, Interfering, Jamming or Tracking Police Radio Communications Hoax Alert Did Buffalo, New York, protester Martin Gugino attempt to scan, capture, interfere, jam or track police radio communications? No, that's not true: No law enforcement agencies have made any allegations against Gugino, and two officers involved in his fall have been criminally charged. Analysis by Lead Stories shows it is highly unlikely and not feasible anything nefarious was going on&h****ip; Jun 10, 2020 by: Dana Ford Not Feasible |
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Fact Check: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Is NOT George Soros' Niece Hoax Alert Is Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the niece of billionaire philanthropist George Soros? No, she is not. Soros, the descendant of Hungarian Jews, has two nephews by his only brother, Paul, but no nieces. Whitmer's family tree bends toward England and Bavaria, not Hungary, going many generations back. The false claim appeared in a post published on Facebook on June 1,&h****ip; Jun 10, 2020 by: Gita Smith No Niece |
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Fact Check: Dr. Ras***d Buttar Does NOT Show 'Undercover Footage' In Vaccine Video Hoax Alert Does an anti-vaccine video by Dr. Ras***d Buttar show "undercover footage"? No, that's not true: The misleading t**le implies that this YouTube video will be the public unveiling of exclusive undercover footage of ... something. Viewers who fall for this clickbait headline will discover that Buttar only claims to have undercover footage. No "undercover footage" shows up in the nine-minute,&h****ip; Jun 9, 2020 by: Sarah Thompson No Footage |
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Fact Check: Helicopter Crash That Killed 30 U.S. Service Members Did NOT Happen 'Yesterday' Hoax Alert Was a U.S. military helicopter shot down on June 4, 2020, over Afghanistan, with the crash killing 30 members of a Navy SEAL team? No, the crash in question happened nine years before, in 2011. The crash did kill 30 service members, 22 of them SEALs. The claim, calling for a moment of silence for the crash victims and their&h****ip; Jun 9, 2020 by: Gita Smith 2011 Crash |
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Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Steal Tanks In Atlanta During Protests Hoax Alert Did protesters steal military tanks during demonstrations in Atlanta in June 2020? No, that's not true. The armored vehicles seen in a viral video were apparently part of a music video production, unrelated to the protests. The claim was made alongside a video (archived here) posted by hoodsite.com on June 5, 2020. The t**le of that video read: Protesters Steal&h****ip; Jun 9, 2020 by: Dana Ford Music Video |
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Fact Check: Lady Gaga Did NOT Drink Blood With Children On American Horror Story Episodes Hoax Alert Did Lady Gaga drink blood with children in a satanic ritual to make the TV series "American Horror Story," season 5? No, she did not. What took place, in reality, was four actors pretended to drink blood in a fictional setting. They drank red, syrupy sugar water, and took directions to create a scary illusion. It was acting based on&h****ip; Jun 9, 2020 by: Gita Smith No Blood |
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Fact Check: 'Protester' Was Joking When He Told Interviewer George Soros Paid Him To Protest Hoax Alert Was a man serious when he told a journalist that George Soros invited him to lunch, paid him by personal check to protest, and made him rich? No, that's not true: A video of the "paid protester" is a 3-year-old spoof, according to the man who conducted the faux interview and posted the original two-minute video. Furthermore, the man featured&h****ip; Jun 9, 2020 by: Jessica Ravitz Mockery |
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Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Ma*** Microchipping In Sweden Has Begun Hoax Alert Do photos show ma*** microchipping has begun in Sweden? No, that's not true: Only a few thousand Swedes have had the rice- grain-sized chips implanted under the skin of their hand over the past several years, hardly a "ma*** microchipping" of Sweden's pop****tion of more than 10 million people. Some of the photo examples used in an article making the&h****ip; Jun 8, 2020 by: Alan Duke No Chip |
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Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Do All The Following -- Contrary to Claims in Viral Message Hoax Alert Did President Trump do all of the things claimed in this viral post listing 10 accomplishments? No, that's not true. While several of the claims are true, many are misleading or false. The claim appeared in memes and text posts, including a post (archived here) where it was published by Facebook on June 2, 2020 under the t**le "Just letting&h****ip; Jun 8, 2020 by: Alexis Tereszcuk Not Everything |
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Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Was NOT in Court And Did NOT Lose Her Case on June 2, 2020 Hoax Alert Was Hillary Clinton in court on June 2, 2020, and did she lose her case about the missing emails while the media was reporting on the George Floyd protests and coronavirus? No, that's not true: There was a court proceeding on June 2, but Clinton was not there. Due to COVID-19 precautions, the hearing was conducted as a teleconference with&h****ip; Jun 8, 2020 by: Sarah Thompson Not In Court |
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Fact Check: 52 Thoroughbred Horses Do NOT Need Homes Hoax Alert Did a man die of COVID-19 and leave 52 thoroughbred horses urgently in need of homes? No, that's not true: This "Free Horses" ad was once true, in 2011. The ad became obsolete within days of posting because all of the horses found homes. Since then, the Free Horses ad has been circulated both by well-meaning people and by people&h****ip; Jun 8, 2020 by: Sarah Thompson Now A Prank |
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IFCN Press Release: New WhatsApp chatbot unleashes power of worldwide fact-checking organizations to fight COVID-19 misinformation on the platform Analysis May 4, 2020 by: Maarten Schenk |
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Happy 2020 International Fact-Checking Day! Analysis Apr 2, 2020 by: Maarten Schenk |
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Locked Out Locked Out: Losing Your Facebook And Instagram Accounts In Times Of Coronavirus Analysis Apr 1, 2020 by: Sarah Thompson |
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New Look A New Look For Lead Stories Analysis Mar 29, 2020 by: Maarten Schenk |
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Article Spinning 'Invoice Barr' and the 'Second Modification': How Article Spinning Works Analysis Mar 14, 2020 by: Sarah Thompson |
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Aftermath: TheBL.com's 'Fake' Survivors Get New Faces, Duties As Foreign Net Tries To Rise From The Ashes Of Facebook Purge Analysis Dec 23, 2019 by: Sarah Thompson |
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TheBL Editor Reacts As Facebook Takes Down Foreign 'Fake People' Network, Admits 'We Spent Lots Of Money On Trump' Analysis Dec 20, 2019 by: Alan Duke |
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Fake Faces: People Who Do Not Exist Invade Facebook To Influence 2020 Elections (Part 1) Analysis Dec 12, 2019 by: Sarah Thompson |
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Clint Eastwood Death Hoax Tech Eerily Reminiscent of 2017 Rowan Atkinson Death Hoax Hoax Alert Sep 2, 2019 by: Maarten Schenk |
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That Fake 'Drunk Pelosi' Video Was A Dud: How Lead Stories And Facebook Defused A Viral Bomb Analysis May 31, 2019 by: Alan Duke |
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