Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Southwest, airline pilots union deny claims that anti-vaccine walkouts prompted cancellations

By Bill McCarthy

October 11, 2021

“Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down.”

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No evidence whistleblower Frances Haugen was planted by Facebook

By Bill McCarthy

October 8, 2021

Facebook planted Frances Haugen as its own pretend whistleblower.

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Fox News host Will Cain falsely claims vaccine more dangerous for children than COVID-19

By Bill McCarthy

October 7, 2021

"You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data…

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Biden hasn’t ordered dishonorable discharges for vaccine refusers in military, as viral post claimed

By Bill McCarthy

October 1, 2021

“Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.”

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Canadian officials say there’s no evidence 13-year-old had heart attacks after COVID-19 vaccine

By Bill McCarthy

September 28, 2021

A 13-year-old girl "is now in critical care in the hospital here in Halifax because her heart stopped right after she had a vaccine."

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No evidence for claim that Maricopa County ‘purged machine records before audit’

By Bill McCarthy

September 28, 2021

"Maricopa County official purged machine records before audit started."

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Person hanging from helicopter in Afghanistan appears to be wearing a harness

By Bill McCarthy

August 31, 2021

A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”

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Joe Rogan falsely says mRNA vaccines are ‘gene therapy’

By Bill McCarthy

August 31, 2021

The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are “really gene therapy.”

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Viral TikTok falsely claims NATO took over U.S.’s largest naval base

By Bill McCarthy

August 27, 2021

"Norfolk naval base has been taken by NATO."

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Conservative influencers wrongly claim Capitol bomb threat was ‘false flag’

By Bill McCarthy

August 24, 2021

The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.

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Charlie Kirk baselessly claims Biden intentionally let Afghanistan fall to alter U.S. population

By Bill McCarthy

August 19, 2021

Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change…

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Be careful, getting fired over a vaccine mandate may cost you unemployment aid

By Bill McCarthy

August 5, 2021

"If your employer is mandating any pokes, do not quit. Make them fire you. That way you get unemployment benefits."

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