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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 28, 2021 a blog post:
"Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin.
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 28, 2021 an Instagram post:
The audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Ariz., “cost the taxpayers $6 million.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2021
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stated on September 21, 2021 a Facebook post:
There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2021
FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks
stated on September 28, 2021 a Facebook post:
“The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2021
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stated on August 17, 2021 a Facebook post:
“The yearly cost of religious tax exemptions: $71 billion. If the church paid taxes, everyone would only have to pay 3% taxes.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 28, 2021
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stated on September 18, 2021 a Facebook post:
“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on August 26, 2021 a TikTok video:
"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2021 an Instagram post:
Says Joe Biden said: “If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 24, 2021
Steve Kirsch
Steve Kirsch
stated on September 14, 2021 a tweet:
"Pfizer vaccine kills more people than it saves."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2021
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stated on September 12, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Peak active cases” of COVID-19 for 2020 vs. 2021 show “this is not a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated.'"
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination.
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 2, 2021 a TikTok video:
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 17, 2021
Infowars
Infowars
stated on September 13, 2021 an Instagram post:
“Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 14, 2021 a Facebook post:
"The top 1% pays 90% of income taxes.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2021
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on September 13, 2021 an article:
“Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2021
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stated on September 8, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2021
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stated on September 5, 2021 a Facebook post:
“The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected.
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 10, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 7, 2021 an Instagram post:
“President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 27, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children.
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on August 29, 2021 an Instagram post:
“New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2021
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