Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Instagram posts
stated on November 21, 2022 an Instagram post

Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.”

November 29, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on December 6, 2021 a post

Suggests "108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died" because of COVID-19 vaccines.

By Yacob Reyes • November 22, 2022

Viral image
stated on October 2, 2022 an Instagram post

The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation.

October 5, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on June 20, 2022 an Instagram post

According to International Olympic Committee data, “an average of 29 athletes under the age of 35 suffered sudden death per year from 1966 to 2004. From March 2021 to March 2022, 769 athletes have died or suffered cardiac arrest."

By Samantha Putterman • June 23, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2022 a Facebook post

“Italian football agent Mino Raiola has died after suffering from an illness.”

April 29, 2022

Viral image
stated on March 22, 2022 a Facebook post

Twitter suspended a swimmer for tweeting about Lia Thomas.

March 29, 2022

X posts
stated on March 20, 2022 a tweet from a hoax account

Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 24, 2022

John Stockton
stated on January 23, 2022 an interview

“There’s 150 I believe now – it’s over 100 professional athletes dead, professional athletes, the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court."

By Samantha Putterman • January 26, 2022

Aaron Rodgers
stated on January 21, 2022 an interview

The CDC said that 75% of COVID-19 deaths have involved people with at least four comorbidities.

By Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2022

Viral image
stated on January 19, 2022 a Facebook post

Four players have dropped out of the Australian Open with “chest pains.”

January 21, 2022

Viral image
stated on January 16, 2022 a Facebook post

Tim Tebow used to “kneel in prayer and the NFL complained.”

January 21, 2022

X posts
stated on January 16, 2022 a tweet

Novak Djokovic is the first professional athlete to be banned from a major sporting event for “not taking drugs.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 20, 2022

Viral image
stated on January 5, 2022 a tweet

Video shows Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer laughing at Novak Djokovic after he was stuck in an Australian airport.

January 13, 2022

Bloggers
stated on November 16, 2021 a video

Athletes are collapsing with heart-related issues due to the COVID-19 vaccines

December 1, 2021

Aaron Rodgers
stated on November 5, 2021 an interview on the Pat McAfee Show

"This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."

By Gabrielle Settles • November 8, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 28, 2021 a Facebook post

Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.

September 10, 2021

Viral image
stated on July 31, 2021 a Facebook post

Photo shows Laurel Hubbard “winning the women's weight lifting competition” at the Olympics.

August 6, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on August 1, 2021 a Facebook post

"They didn't allow" Simone Biles "to take her ADHD medication."

August 2, 2021

Viral image
stated on July 25, 2021 a Facebook post

Says an NBC producer at the Olympics was caught on a hot mic saying “60% of people in this stadium will be dead within 10 days.”

July 27, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2021 a Facebook post

A photograph shows members of the U.S. women’s soccer team kneeling during the national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics.

By Madison Czopek • July 26, 2021

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