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Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 13, 2022 an Instagram post:
Photo shows Jeff Bezos’s clone.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2022 an Instagram post:
Amazon’s Alexa confirms Michelle Obama “was born Michael LaVaughn Robinson.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 15, 2022
Debbie Lesko
Debbie Lesko
stated on August 30, 2022 a tweet:
Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”
Mostly False
By Haley Tenore • October 19, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 2, 2022 an Instagram post:
"AirPods are essentially microwaving your brain.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 4, 2022
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on May 10, 2022 an attack ad:
“J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2022 a Facebook post:
The NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • May 16, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2022 a post:
“Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva.
False
By Monique Curet • May 5, 2022
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on April 27, 2022 a TV segment:
Conservatives gained Twitter followers after the company announced its deal with Elon Musk because "Twitter lifted a broad anti-conservative, anti-Trump shadow ban.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 2, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2022 a Facebook post:
Elon Musk tweeted, “The fact that an 18 year old can't take out a $10,000 business loan” but “can take out a $100,000 student loan tells you everything you need to know.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 29, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on April 25, 2022 a tweet:
Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter.
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 27, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2022 a Facebook post:
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Google Maps “opened all military and strategic facilities in Russia.”
False
By Luiz Romero • April 20, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2022 a Facebook post:
"Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • April 14, 2022
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on March 15, 2022 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
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on February 14, 2022 a TV segment:
“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 17, 2022
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on February 2, 2022 a tweet:
"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."
True
By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 19, 2022 a post:
"If the FAA is worried about what the 5G deployment will do to the planes, what do you think it will do to our bodies?"
False
By Monique Curet • January 25, 2022
Iowa Senate Democrats
Iowa Senate Democrats
stated on January 5, 2022 a statement on Facebook:
Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, “failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.”
True
By Nina Baker • January 11, 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
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
Dave Loebsack
Dave Loebsack
stated on November 6, 2021 a tweet:
Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are "denying rural Iowa broadband internet."
Half-True
By Lauren White • November 22, 2021
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