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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 30, 2021 a Facebook post
Vaccines are why flights have been shut down worldwide.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 a Facebook post
“Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution.”
Half-True
By Jeff Cercone • January 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 1, 2022 a Facebook post
Says Betty White said Dec. 28, days before she died, “Eat healthy and get all your vaccines. I just got boosted today.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • January 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2021 a post
A video clip shows a failed attempt by China to launch airstrikes near Taiwan.
Pants on Fire!
By Monique Curet • January 3, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 19, 2021 an article
“Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2022
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
stated on November 10, 2021 a Facebook post
“Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2022
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on December 12, 2021 TV interview
The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on December 22, 2021 a tweet
“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 social media posts
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2021
Peter McCollough
Peter McCollough
stated on December 6, 2021 a podcast
Teens are “more likely to be hospitalized with myocarditis” from the COVID-19 vaccines than to be “hospitalized with COVID.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • December 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 a Facebook post
"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 23, 2021
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 7, 2021 a video ad
Audio clips from ad show Pat McCrory supported Black Lives Matter protesters while condemning ‘Trump supporters’
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2021 a Facebook post
NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 20, 2021 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 14, 2021 an interview
People vaccinated for COVID-19 “do not spread the disease to anyone else.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 a Facebook post
Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 17, 2021 a blog post
"Electromagnetic radiation from wireless technologies, including and especially 5G, can cause the same symptoms as COVID-19!"
False
By Vivian Lam • December 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Kellogg’s tweeted, “Oh, so you think it's cool when workers strike jobs? Now replace 'jobs' with 'women.' Still think it's 'cool'?"
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 21, 2021
Steve Kirsch
Steve Kirsch
stated on December 12, 2021 a blog post
“They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 14, 2021 a Facebook post
The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2021
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