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Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post:
“NIKE has stated, ‘We’re a $76 billion dollar company that can afford to let go of all ‘Make America Great Again’ customers.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 8, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on August 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Kamala Harris wants the riots to continue and not let up, not now not even after the election.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 4, 2020
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stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use
Half-True
By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2020 a Facebook post:
“BLM rioters just burned down a black church in a black community with a BLM sign out front.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a post:
“Jacob S. Blake is a Child (16 YO Girl) Rapist.”
False
By Daniel Funke • August 26, 2020
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stated on August 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
Photos show that the person who shot three people during a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake is a police officer.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 26, 2020
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stated on August 25, 2020 a Facebook post:
These photos show Jacob Blake posing with a gun.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 26, 2020
Patricia McCloskey
Patricia McCloskey
stated on August 24, 2020 a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention:
Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 25, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 19, 2020
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stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 18, 2020
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 10, 2020 a public forum:
GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • August 14, 2020
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stated on July 17, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump tweeted, “WHO Thinks ‘Child Lifes Matter’ Should Be PAINTED In The STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD???”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 13, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 11, 2020 an Instagram post:
Says Kamala Harris called Joe Biden “a racist” during a Democratic presidential debate.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 12, 2020
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stated on August 11, 2020 a Facebook post:
Photo shows “Kamala Harris’s parents.”
Pants on Fire!
By Noah Y. Kim • August 12, 2020
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2020 on social media:
“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.
Mostly True
By Hannah Roesch, Julia Schneider • August 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Bubba Watson wrote a viral Facebook post about Black Lives Matter.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 4, 2020
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stated on July 21, 2020 a Facebook post:
“CNN is at it again. Putting a black guy’s head on a lily white dude to push an agenda.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 3, 2020
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stated on December 22, 2018 a post on Facebook:
“The first Statue of Liberty given to the U.S. by France was a Black woman which the U.S. rejected.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • July 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2020 a Facebook post:
“The NFL agreed to give the domestic terror group, BLM, 250 million dollars.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 30, 2020
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