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stated on August 30, 2021 on social media:
“Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
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By Duncan Slade • September 2, 2021
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stated on August 29, 2021 a Facebook post:
The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees.
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By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2021
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stated on August 30, 2021 tweets:
A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”
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By Bill McCarthy • August 31, 2021
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stated on August 25, 2021 a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.”
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By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2021
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stated on August 27, 2021 a Facebook post:
Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 31, 2021
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stated on August 24, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Friendly reminder: Cigarettes are FDA approved.”
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By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2021
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stated on August 23, 2021 a Facebook post:
Walmart is “kidnapping kids” and selling them, and this can be proven by searching “girls shoes $5,000” on Walmart.com.
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By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2021
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stated on August 29, 2021 an Instagram post:
“The Biden White House had no representative” who came to honor the return of the 13 service members’ remains at Dover Air Force Base.
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By Gabrielle Settles • August 30, 2021
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stated on July 31, 2021 a Tik Tok post:
The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.”
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By Tom Kertscher • August 30, 2021
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stated on August 28, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israel’s prime minister.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2021
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stated on August 23, 2021 a Facebook post:
Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s.
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By Gabrielle Settles • August 30, 2021
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stated on August 1, 2021 a TikTok post:
"Norfolk naval base has been taken by NATO."
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By Bill McCarthy • August 27, 2021
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stated on August 19, 2021 a Facebook post:
White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers.
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By Andy Nguyen • August 27, 2021
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stated on January 26, 2021 a post on Facebook:
Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2021
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stated on August 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.
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By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2021
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stated on July 29, 2021 an image:
“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”
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By Emily Tian • August 27, 2021
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stated on August 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
“No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2021
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stated on August 23, 2021 a Facebook post:
“FDA approval means nothing when you realize the FDA also approves pesticides in our food!"
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By Jason Asenso • August 27, 2021
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stated on August 24, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.
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By Emily Tian • August 25, 2021
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stated on August 23, 2021 an Instagram post:
75 doctors in South Florida walked out in protest as their hospital was flooded with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients
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By Samantha Putterman • August 25, 2021
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