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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement:
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2022 in a post:
Pfizer staged the Will Smith and Chris Rock confrontation at the Academy Awards because it "has a new alopecia medication coming out."
False
By Monique Curet • March 31, 2022
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 31, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2022 in an interview with Just the News:
“You go to a store, they don’t have bread.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Joe Biden didn’t sign an antilynching bill in a ceremony outside the White House on March 29.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A video shows crowds shouting profanity at Joe Biden.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • March 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Says Chris Rock apologized after 94th Academy Awards, saying, “Last night I crossed a line that I shouldn’t have and paid the enormous price of my reputation as a renown comedian.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • March 29, 2022
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Viral image
stated on March 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Twitter suspended a swimmer for tweeting about Lia Thomas.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2022
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Viral image
stated on March 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Nicole Kidman reacting to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2022
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Viral image
stated on March 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photos show celebrities reacting to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died from a COVID-19 vaccine.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on March 28, 2022 in a tweet:
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock “to take attention away from Ukraine.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2022
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Viral image
stated on March 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:
CNN staged a fire in Edmonton, Canada, and claimed it was filmed in Ukraine.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 28, 2022
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on March 19, 2022 in a YouTube video's caption:
A video shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy singing “Imagine” by John Lennon.
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 28, 2022
Eli Bremer
Eli Bremer
stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:
“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2022
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Viral image
stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Republicans “nominated the 1st Black woman to the SCOTUS & she was BLOCKED & filibustered by… Joe Biden.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 28, 2022
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Viral image
stated on March 23, 2022 in an Instagram post:
A photo of President Joe Biden leaving for Europe that the White House tweeted wasn’t actually taken on March 23.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 25, 2022
Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Ketanji Brown Jackson “says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences (because) it’s different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn. This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022
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Viral image
stated on March 5, 2022 in a tweet:
“The Simpsons” predicted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
False
By Yacob Reyes • March 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wore a Nazi cross symbol.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2022
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