Latest Fact Checks By Sara Swann

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Pumping gas

Claim exaggerates fuel tax rates in Australia and Canada

May 6, 2022
“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay…
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Abortion demonstrators US SCOTUS 05.03.2022

Jeanine Pirro wrongly says there are 63 million abortions per year in the U.S.

May 4, 2022
“There are 63 million abortions a year in this country.”
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Canadian government doesn’t separate children from parents due to gender identity disputes

May 3, 2022
“Canada’s new law allows government to take children away if parents don’t accept kids’ ‘gender identity.’”
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Granulated sugar pour

No proof that sugar directly causes cancer, as claim suggests

April 18, 2022
“It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.”
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Colorado Gov. Polis signs abortion law

No, this Colorado law does not allow abortions ‘up until the moment of birth’

April 7, 2022
“Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed into law a bill legalizing abortions through all nine months, up until the moment of birth.”
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Biden remarks budget 2023

Both parties’ tax proposals exaggerated in Facebook post

April 4, 2022
“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning…
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Biden Afghanistan speech

Recount of Biden’s resistance to Vietnam War efforts lacks context

March 29, 2022
In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees.
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Herschel Walker misconstrues evolution of humans, apes

March 17, 2022
The presence of apes calls into question the concept of evolution.
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No, inflation has not cut Americans’ buying power in half

March 9, 2022
“And just like that, your $15/hr doesn’t buy you as much as $7.50/hr did a year ago.”
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Stephane Bancel, ceo of Moderna

No link between Moderna CEO’s deleted Twitter and stock sales

February 17, 2022
“The CEO of Moderna deleted his Twitter and dumped $400 million of Moderna stock. Big Pharma seems to know some bad news is coming.”
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Moderna vaccine file photo March 2021

No, the COVID-19 vaccine is not increasing child mortality in England

February 11, 2022
In England, “official data shows children are up to 52 times more likely to die following COVID-19 vaccination than unvaccinated children.”
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Pro-Trump sign holder Detroit

No, most Americans don’t believe the 2020 election was fraudulent

February 2, 2022
“Over 65% of the country believes that (the) 2020 election was fraudulent. That number was around 35% a year ago.”
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