Latest Fact-Checks In Transportation

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stated on March 27, 2024 a Facebook post
“Buttigieg praises cargo ship for helping dismantle racism in American roads.”
False
March 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2024 Facebook posts
The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 26, 2024 an Instagram post
Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law who drowned in a Tesla “is listed as the CEO of the company that owns the ship that hit” Baltimore bridge.
False
March 27, 2024
Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate
stated on March 26, 2024 an X post
The ship that struck a Baltimore bridge “was cyber-attacked.”
False
March 26, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2023 a post
“The airport in Salzburg, Austria, has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia.”
False
October 30, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 14, 2023 a speech
"We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean."
False
By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 22, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2023 an Instagram post
"The laws governing Agenda 2030 land development allows the government to seize polluted lands and move their residents to … smart cities.”
False
February 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 a post
Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • February 23, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2023 a Facebook post
“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”
False
February 18, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 19, 2023 a video
The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 27, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 30, 2022 a post
Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • December 13, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 9, 2022 an Instagram post
Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 11, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2022 una publicación en Facebook
Pilotos protestan contra vacuna COVID-19 en aeropuerto de Atlanta.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • July 14, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2022 a Facebook post
A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.
False
February 3, 2022
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on January 4, 2022 a segment
A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 4, 2022 a post
Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.
False
January 7, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2021 an Instagram post
Cargo ships “can’t get into port” because of Donald Trump’s executive order 13959.
False
October 25, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 11, 2021 a blog post
“Vaxxed Delta pilot dies in-flight, emergency landing required.”
False
October 13, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on October 10, 2021 a tweet
“Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 11, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2021 Facebook posts
The Biden-backed infrastructure bill contains a provision establishing a per-mile driving tax.
False
September 29, 2021
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