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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says video shows “the Chinese are destroying the 5G poles as they are aware that it is the thing triggering the corona symptoms.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 7, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Goodwill used the pandemic “to fire all of their employees instead of laying them off.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 7, 2020
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stated on April 6, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Queen Elizabeth said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte “is the kind of leader who knows the way .... Filipinos are very lucky to have him.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 7, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2020
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stated on April 3, 2020 a fake news article:
Says celebrities are calling for a "'total Hollywood strike' until Trump resigns."
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By Daniel Funke • April 7, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Rivers in Oklahoma are full of catfish carrying the virus.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 6, 2020
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stated on April 5, 2020 a fake news article:
Says the NBA is asking Donald Trump to “resign or we’ll never play again.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • April 6, 2020
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stated on March 29, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2020
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stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus in a 1551 passage about a plague spreading from the east.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 6, 2020
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stated on April 3, 2020 a blog post:
“Joe Exotic tests positive for coronavirus in prison. It’s been confirmed.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 a post:
Says a “5G LAW PASSED while everyone was distracted” with the coronavirus pandemic and lists 20 symptoms associated with 5G exposure.
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
Pictures and reports of “empty hospitals” prove COVID-19 spread is “fake crisis for real government planned agendas.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 30, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s “daughter is on the board of the Kennedy Center so that’s why it was so important to send them all that money.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 23, 2020 a Facebook post:
“This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 29, 2020 an image:
Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”
False
By Daniel Funke • April 2, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2020 a blog post:
Says Italy arrested a doctor “for intentionally killing over 3,000 coronavirus patients.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post:
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 2, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 a blog post:
“Queen Elizabeth tests positive for COVID-19.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2020
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stated on March 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 remains in the air for eight hours and that everyone is now required to wear masks “everywhere.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 2, 2020
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