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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 22, 2024 in a post on Instagram:
“Study reveals Bill Gates’ Fake Meat causes ‘turbo cancers’ in humans.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts:
The American Red Cross asking blood donors about their vaccination status proves COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:
COVID-19 is caused by radiation poisoning.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 14, 2024
Matthew Rosendale
Matthew Rosendale
stated on November 1, 2023 in a fundraising ad:
“It’s been revealed that Fauci brought COVID to the Montana one year before COVID broke out in the U.S.!”
Pants on Fire!
By Katheryn Houghton • February 5, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2023 in a campaign video:
“Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.”
False
By Michelle Andrews • October 2, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:
Una receta casera "restaura la visión en 7 días, el glaucoma y las cataratas quedan en el pasado".
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • September 25, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.:
“Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.”
Mostly True
By Michelle Andrews • July 28, 2023
David Wolfe
David Wolfe
stated on July 11, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Stop getting mammograms immediately as they are outdated and dangerous!” Thermography “is a safer way to test for breast cancer!”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 17, 2023
Al Franken
Al Franken
stated on May 17, 2023 in a tweet:
"Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • June 5, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
Half-True
By Michelle Andrews • May 18, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The sun prevents skin cancer.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 11, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 28, 2023 in publicación de Instagram:
“Hay un nuevo virus regado en China donde los humanos se convierten en zombis”.
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 3, 2023
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 6, 2023 in a tweet:
"It's President Biden who is proposing to cut Medicare Advantage."
False
By Madison Czopek, Yacob Reyes • February 15, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The average American has anywhere from 5 to 15 pounds” of stool stuck in their gut.
False
By Madison Czopek • January 27, 2023
America First Legal
America First Legal
stated on October 9, 2022 in a radio advertisement:
"Joe Biden and the New Left even promote surgery on teens and young adults, removing breasts and genitals."
False
By Blake Farmer • November 8, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot:
"Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • September 27, 2022
California Together, No On Proposition 1
California Together, No On Proposition 1
stated on August 16, 2022 in comments on its website:
“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”
Mostly False
By Rachel Bluth • September 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 18, 2022 in a video shared on Facebook:
A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 24, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2022 in a press conference:
"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • August 10, 2022
Power to the Patients
Power to the Patients
stated on April 19, 2022 in a television ad:
About a federal hospital price transparency requirement, “Nobody’s enforcing that law.”
Half-True
By Julie Appleby • August 9, 2022
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