Latest Fact Checks By Sara Swann
Claim that Jeff Bezos’ fortune could make everyone a billionaire doesn’t add up
If Jeff Bezos’ net worth reaches $1 trillion, “he could literally end world poverty and give everyone $1 billion and he will still have $91.5…
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9/11 conspiracy theories misconstrue how World Trade Center buildings collapsed
Says of 9/11, “Two planes can’t cause three buildings to collapse in free-fall time.”
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Outdated report misconstrues UK’s COVID-19 vaccine guidance around pregnancy
The U.K. is no longer recommending the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for pregnant women.
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Moderna’s lawsuits against Pfizer do not prove the COVID-19 vaccine existed before the pandemic
Moderna’s lawsuits against Pfizer-BioNTech shows COVID-19 vaccines were in the works before the pandemic started.
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No evidence COVID-19 vaccine is increasing child mortality rates in England
In England, “COVID-19 vaccinated children are 4,423% more likely to die of any cause and 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children.”
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Cline embellishes potential IRS expansion
A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”
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Claim that Congress members exempted themselves from IRS audits started as satire
“Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”
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Rick Scott overstates potential hiring surge at the IRS
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State…
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Photo claiming ‘massive’ crowd at Trump’s Aug. 5 Wisconsin rally is actually from 2020
Photo shows a “massive” crowd at a Trump rally in Wisconsin on Aug. 5, 2022.
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Claim suggests billions should go to SWAT in schools. But there’s more to consider
With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”
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Importing baby formula to the U.S. is allowed, albeit uncommon
The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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