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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2023 a Facebook post:
Images show a great white shark on the beach in North Carolina.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 29, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2023 a Facebook post:
The dog dewormer fenbendazole can cure cancer in humans.
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 20, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 25, 2023 an Instagram post:
Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 8, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 31, 2023 a Facebook post:
Backyard chicken flocks have stopped laying eggs, and the feed is responsible.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 7, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on January 19, 2023 a TikTok post:
“Chickens aren’t laying eggs because RNA is being added to commercial chicken feed.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 25, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 1, 2022 a post:
"Climate activists vow to slaughter millions of dogs to ‘reduce carbon pawprint.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Kristin Hugo • December 6, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 30, 2022 a photo:
“There are no greenhouse gas emissions in this photo” of cows grazing.
False
By Kristin Hugo • November 7, 2022
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 31, 2022 a Facebook ad:
“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."
Mostly False
By Jessica Riley, Sierra Worden • October 25, 2022
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 11, 2022 an ad:
A dog endured “unimaginable pain and suffering” during heart research experiments, “just one of 300 killed in (Dr. Mehmet) Oz’s lab.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 28, 2022 a video:
"Walrus seen on Florida streets after Hurricane Ian hits land."
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • September 29, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 16, 2022 a video on Instagram:
Video shows an "invasion of crocodiles" that has flooded the beaches of Brazil and caused residents to panic.
False
By Andy Nguyen • September 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2022 Facebook post:
Another continent may exist beneath Antarctica, which is also home to homicidal sea creature of unknown origin
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Majchrowicz • August 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2022 una publicación en Facebook:
Una ballena se traga a dos mujeres en California.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2019 a Facebook post:
Benadryl can be used to reduce swelling from rattlesnake bites.
False
By Andy Nguyen • July 20, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 a radio interview:
In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2022
"Watch The Water"
stated on April 11, 2022 a film:
COVID-19 is a synthetic version of “snake venom” that evil forces are spreading through remdesivir, the COVID-19 vaccines and drinking water to “make you a hybrid of Satan.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2022 a Facebook post:
McDonald’s added xylitol to its ice cream which is toxic to dogs.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 14, 2022
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on March 6, 2022 a tweet:
California has instituted a "bacon ban."
Half-True
By Kelsey Harrell • March 11, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2022 a Facebook post:
Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 23, 2021
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