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Instagram posts
stated on April 4, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country doesn’t have to deal with the “rage of older white men” because “we’ve never allowed Rupert Murdoch to set up a media outlet here.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 5, 2022
Russian Ministry of Defense
Russian Ministry of Defense
stated on April 3, 2022 in a Telegram post:
A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 4, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on March 28, 2022 in a Republican debate:
According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • April 4, 2022
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 31, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2022 in an interview with Just the News:
“You go to a store, they don’t have bread.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A video shows crowds shouting profanity at Joe Biden.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • March 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • March 29, 2022
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on March 25, 2022 in a radio interview:
The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The United Nations sent out an email instructing staff not to use the words “invasion” or “war’” when referring to Ukraine.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • March 28, 2022
Eli Bremer
Eli Bremer
stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:
“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2022
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on March 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Judge Jackson doesn’t think perverts should have to register (as sex offenders). She says it ‘stigmatizes’ THEM.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • March 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wore a Nazi cross symbol.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • March 24, 2022
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet:
Video shows the final moments aboard China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 before it crashed.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars."
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2022
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on March 15, 2022 in a Fox News appearance:
"What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across the board."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Just a reminder that right before Ukraine was invaded, Hillary was found to be guilty of spying on a sitting U.S. president.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • March 18, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 17, 2022
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