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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift announced a “big endorsement concert” and said, “No more silence, before it’s too late, our voice must be heard now!”
False
August 28, 2024
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Viral image
stated on August 22, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Breaking: WNBA referees disqualify players under league’s new ‘no anthem kneeling’ rule.”
False
August 28, 2024
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on August 22, 2024 in a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention:
“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”
Mostly False
August 28, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on August 22, 2024 in Threads posts:
Gov. Tim Walz insulted Ann Coulter’s romantic history after she called his son “weird.”
False
August 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows helicopter “dropping millions” of mosquitoes in Massachusetts towns hit by eastern equine encephalitis virus.
False
August 28, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas:
“Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 in a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a law that would “take children away from their parents if the parents don’t want to consent to sex changes.”
False
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • August 27, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in Threads post:
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Kamala Harris used to be a man named Kamal Aroush.
False
August 27, 2024
Jeffrey Barke
Jeffrey Barke
stated on August 23, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration.
False
August 27, 2024
Jesse James
Jesse James
stated on May 13, 2024 in News conference:
In Wisconsin, “a legislative committee cannot release funding.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • August 27, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Nike announces termination of contract with Brittney Griner after ‘strong backlash’ from online community.”
False
August 27, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on August 23, 2024 in a Threads post:
Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison said on CNBC, “If conservatives do not like our values, they should take their money to Home Depot.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • August 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 20, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“All students who knelt during the national anthem were rounded up and removed from scholarships” at the University of Texas.
False
August 26, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 19, 2024 in a post:
Kamala Harris has adopted the Nazi-rooted phrase “Strength Through Joy” as her campaign slogan.
False
By Sara Swann • August 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2024 in Facebook posts:
Jason Aldean rejected a $500 million music collaboration with Taylor Swift.
False
August 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Elon Musk pide la prohibición de ‘The View’, ‘prefiero caminar descalzo sobre asfalto caliente que ver The View’”.
False
August 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Mark Wahlberg y Mel Gibson invierten 500 millones de dólares para el primer estudio de producción de la industria centrado en los valores tradicionales”.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 26, 2024
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on April 28, 2024 in TV interview:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin "believes taxpayer dollars should be used for abortion."
Half-True
By Ricardo Torres • August 26, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Maxine Waters told her followers on X not to follow Omar Navarro because he is a “Hispanic Republican.”
Pants on Fire!
August 23, 2024
Sam Brown
Sam Brown
stated on August 9, 2024 in an X post:
Jacky Rosen “said ending taxes on tips would ‘hurt working Nevada families.’”
False
By Seth A. Richardson • August 23, 2024
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