Latest Fact-Checks By Sara Swann

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Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”

Mostly False

By Sara Swann • May 6, 2022

Jeanine Pirro
stated on May 3, 2022 in a segment on Fox News:

“There are 63 million abortions a year in this country.”

False

By Sara Swann • May 4, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on April 24, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Canada’s new law allows government to take children away if parents don’t accept kids’ ‘gender identity.’”

False

By Sara Swann • May 3, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

“It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.”

Mostly False

By Sara Swann • April 18, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 5, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed into law a bill legalizing abortions through all nine months, up until the moment of birth.”

False

By Sara Swann • April 7, 2022

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

Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:

In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees.

Mostly False

By Sara Swann • March 29, 2022

Herschel Walker
stated on March 13, 2022 in an appearance at a church:

The presence of apes calls into question the concept of evolution.

False

By Sara Swann • March 17, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“And just like that, your $15/hr doesn’t buy you as much as $7.50/hr did a year ago.”

False

By Sara Swann • March 9, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on February 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“The CEO of Moderna deleted his Twitter and dumped $400 million of Moderna stock. Big Pharma seems to know some bad news is coming.”

Mostly False

By Sara Swann • February 17, 2022

Bloggers
stated on January 29, 2022 in a blog post:

In England, “official data shows children are up to 52 times more likely to die following COVID-19 vaccination than unvaccinated children.”

False

By Sara Swann • February 11, 2022

Viral image
stated on January 30, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“Over 65% of the country believes that (the) 2020 election was fraudulent. That number was around 35% a year ago.”

False

By Sara Swann • February 2, 2022

Viral image
stated on January 4, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Joe Biden holds the all-time record for the most money received from Pharma while in Congress! $8,550,422.”

Half-True

By Sara Swann • January 28, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2022 in a post:

Former President Donald Trump “is fluent in Japanese.”

False

By Sara Swann • January 19, 2022

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