Latest Fact-Checks By Gabrielle Settles

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News video of shot up car was filmed in Ukraine, not West Virginia

March 17, 2022

“A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine.

Ukrainian fighter jets

Ukraine recognized downed pilot as ‘hero,’ but claims he was the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ are unsubstantiated

March 14, 2022

Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”

Funeral for a Ukrainian militia member

Evidence of Russia’s war in Ukraine is plentiful and proves it is not ‘staged’

March 4, 2022

The war in Ukraine is “scripted and staged.”

Joe Biden is not holding a medical device in photo tweeted during the 2022 Winter Olympics

March 1, 2022

Joe Biden was holding a medical device in a photo he tweeted during the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Nurse cares for COVID patient

No, hospitalized COVID-19 patients weren’t killed by remdesivir

February 10, 2022

Says remdesivir is responsible for killing patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

A May 21, 2021 file photo shows a sign reminding customers to wear their masks inside a Lake Oswego, Oregon bakery.

Explaining Oregon’s ‘permanent’ mask mandate in context

February 7, 2022

“Governor Kate Brown wants to make Oregon’s mask mandate PERMANENT.”

Ivermectin study showed ‘antiviral effect,’ which is not the same as being effective against omicron

February 2, 2022

Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.”

Sign notice at monoclonal antibody treatment site

DeSantis doesn’t tell full story about evidence for FDA move on monoclonal antibody treatments

January 31, 2022

“Without a shred of clinical data to support its decision, the Biden Administration has revoked the emergency use authorization for lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments.”

Doctors overlook a COVID-19 patient in the ICU.

Doctors dispute claim that COVID-19 pneumonia is actually an allergic reaction

January 25, 2022

COVID-19-induced pneumonia is "is actually mast cell degranulation of the lungs," a type of allergic reaction.

Navy Sailors aboard the USS Portland

Claim that the U.S. Navy ‘halted’ communication between sailors and their families lacks evidence

January 25, 2022

“All communications to families from the US Navy have been halted.”

A boat floats between icebergs in Greenland.

‘10-years challenge’ on climate change exaggerates impact on Greenland ice, polar bears

January 19, 2022

Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019.

Twitter post misconstrues what WHO Director-General said about COVID-19 vaccines and children

December 23, 2021

“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”

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