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Disney’s stock did not drop 70%, contrary to social media claims

By Yacob Reyes May 17, 2022

“Disney stock is down more than 70% and attendance is down more than 55%! 10.1 million people canceled their Disney+ subscription."

Doctored video appears to show 9/11 attack without planes

May 17, 2022

No planes are visible in footage of the 9/11 attack.

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Senate hopeful Kathy Barnette criticized Trump until he won 2016 nomination, then became a supporter

May 17, 2022

Kathy Barnette "pretends she's America First, but repeatedly attacked President Trump."

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Re-crossings at the border not the only factor in ongoing border crisis

By Laura Schulte May 17, 2022

“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”

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Factchecking Arizona’s Blake Masters’ claim of open borders and Democratic amnesty plans

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg May 16, 2022

“Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.”

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Senate candidate Kathy Barnette tweeted a headline that said, ‘Pedophilia is a cornerstone of Islam’

May 16, 2022

Says she never tweeted comments linking pedophilia and Islam.

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Though many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, some posts inflate the stat

May 16, 2022

“We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.”

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Social media users wrong to suggest Megan Thee Stallion wasn’t shot

May 16, 2022

Suggests Megan Thee Stallion was not shot in the foot.

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Finland’s NATO membership is not final

May 16, 2022

“Finland joins NATO.”

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Fact-checking warnings that NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware

By Gabrielle Settles May 16, 2022

The NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware.

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Liberal group targets incumbent NC Democrat with false claims

By Paul Specht May 16, 2022

State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor’s budget and teacher raises.

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White House errs on vaccine availability, then corrects it

By Louis Jacobson May 16, 2022

“When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.”

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