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stated on February 8, 2025 Facebook posts
Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.
False
February 13, 2025
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stated on February 7, 2025 an Instagram post
Coca-Cola “sells out its own workers to ICE.”
False
By Maria Briceño • February 13, 2025
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stated on February 12, 2025 a post
Video shows a sinkhole opened in New York City in February 2025.
False
By Sara Swann • February 13, 2025
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stated on February 11, 2025 a Facebook post
Video shows celebrities wearing T-shirts with graphics of a middle finger and the word “Kanye.”
False
February 13, 2025
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stated on February 10, 2025 an Instagram post
Says Kash Patel said, “FBI investigation uncovers 256 emails between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.”
False
February 12, 2025
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stated on January 15, 2025 a Threads post
Photo shows Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wearing a “Make America Mexicana Again” hat.
False
February 12, 2025
Facebook posts
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stated on February 9, 2025 a Facebook post
Says Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told President Donald Trump, “They will beg us to tear down this ugly wall.”
False
February 12, 2025
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stated on February 4, 2025 social media posts
Bill Gates said, “Defunding USAID will bring about another mystery illness across the world.”
False
February 12, 2025
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stated on February 3, 2025 a Facebook post
“JAG arrests … USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong.”
Pants on Fire!
February 11, 2025
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stated on February 9, 2025 a Threads post
Video shows President Donald Trump was “booed at the Super Bowl.”
False
February 11, 2025
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stated on February 9, 2025 an Instagram post
Says U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “There is nothing in the Constitution that says ordinary citizens have a right to see what we spend our tax dollars on.”
False
February 11, 2025
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stated on February 9, 2025 an Instagram post
Photo shows someone raising two middle fingers at President Donald Trump at the 2025 Super Bowl.
False
February 11, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on February 9, 2025 Feb. 9, 2025, in a Threads post
President Donald Trump posted that “the Chiefs’ Super Bowl performance was a disaster” and “too focused on DEI nonsense.”
False
By Claire Cranford • February 11, 2025
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stated on February 6, 2025 an Instagram post
A ‘60 Minutes’ clip shows Kamala Harris lying while cameras roll. “
False
February 11, 2025
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stated on February 2, 2025 an Instagram post
Ring is “alerting people about (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 10, 2025
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stated on February 4, 2025 a Facebook post
“Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’”
Mostly False
February 7, 2025
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Instagram posts
stated on January 30, 2025 a video
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 7, 2025
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Instagram posts
stated on February 1, 2025 an Instagram post
Recent plane crashes in the United States were “human sacrifice rituals” for the Super Bowl.
Pants on Fire!
February 7, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 4, 2025 a Facebook post
“Breaking news: Taylor Swift officially banned from Super Bowl 2025.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 7, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on January 28, 2025 a Threads post
“Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan.”
False
February 7, 2025
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