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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 15, 2021 an Instagram post
Mariah Carey faked getting her COVID-19 vaccine because the needle can’t be seen coming out of her arm.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 27, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 19, 2021 an interview on Fox News
“Human trafficking and drugs” at the Mexico border have “doubled, tripled and quadrupled” since Joe Biden became president.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2021 a Facebook post
“The Biden Administration is buying Kamala Harris’ book with our taxpayer dollars.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 23, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows Facebook’s “community standards team.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2021 a Facebook post
COVID-19 “has killed less people than the damn flu.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 26, 2021 a Facebook post
Says the Memphis Police Department “will no longer respond” to crimes including larceny, breaking and entering, and motor vehicle theft.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2021 a press conference
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”
False
By Brandon Mulder, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 19, 2021 Statement
Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • April 27, 2021
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on April 23, 2021 a TV graphic
"Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2021 a Facebook post
By clicking on a link from a fake USPS text message, “you are sending your precise location to sex traffickers in your local area” so they can kidnap you.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 26, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 21, 2021 an Instagram video
“Those 30-, 40-year mortgages” prove that banks know climate change “is not going to happen.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • April 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 25, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden was the only world leader to wear a face mask during a video conference.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 24, 2021 a Facebook post
Says the Chicago Police Department tweeted, “We are all Derek Chauvin.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 26, 2021
Sherri Tenpenny
Sherri Tenpenny
stated on April 20, 2021 an Instagram video
Officials “recommend that women who get one of these (COVID-19) shots should absolutely not get pregnant for at least the first two months after they’ve been injected.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 26, 2021
Missouri House Democratic Caucus
Missouri House Democratic Caucus
stated on March 22, 2021 a tweet
"An average of nearly 5,000 Missourians were contracting COVID every day in November."
Mostly False
By William Skipworth • April 24, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 22, 2021 an Instagram post
Says Joe Biden said, “This country is doomed, not just because of African Americans, but because by 2040 this country is going to be minority white European."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 23, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 22, 2021 an Instagram post
"Mountains of data" show drug ivermectin "basically obliterates" COVID-19 transmission.
False
By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 7, 2021 a TikTok post
A video shows Kim Jong Un calling Joe Biden a "thug," a "coward," and "mentally unstable" in a speech.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 21, 2021 a Facebook post
Video shows Donald Trump returning to Washington “in a blaze of glory on Air Force 1.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 a Facebook post
“Pope Francis is dead.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 23, 2021
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