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stated on 2020-05-31 an image:
“Antifa is warning that tonight they're moving out of the cities - and into residential areas to 'take what's ours.'”
False
By Daniel Funke • June 1, 2020
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stated on 2020-06-01 a Facebook post:
George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests were planned to introduce martial law and “purge” the United States.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • June 1, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-30 a Facebook post:
Protesters “broke into the White House.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 30, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-21 a Facebook post:
Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-20 a Facebook post:
Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
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By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-27 a Facebook post:
Says an image of armed anti-lockdown protesters and an image of unarmed Minneapolis protesters being tear gassed were taken in the “same state, same month.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-28 a post:
The death of George Floyd was a "staged event."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • May 29, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-16 a Facebook post:
Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2020
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stated on 2020-04-06 a Facebook post:
Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-26 Tweet:
Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View.
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By Emily Venezky • May 28, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-10 a Facebook post:
“This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-16 a Facebook post:
“This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-26 a Facebook post:
Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
False
By Emily Venezky • May 28, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-27 a Facebook post:
A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.”
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By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-27 a tweet:
A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-16 a Facebook post:
The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-22 a Facebook post:
A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-20 an image:
Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
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By Daniel Funke • May 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-15 a Facebook post:
“The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-05-24 a Facebook post:
A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 27, 2020
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