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X posts
X posts
stated on August 5, 2024 in an X post:
Tim Walz “changed the Minnesota flag so it could resemble the Somalian flag.”
False
August 6, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk backs Caitlin Clark, offers $10 million endorsement.”
False
August 6, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on June 27, 2024 in social media posts:
Kamala Harris’ X post said the Olympics’ opening ceremony “made France look great! America, this is what we need to strive towards!”
False
August 6, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Israeli swimmers protesting Olympic rules by spelling out “bring them home.”
False
August 6, 2024
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer
stated on July 31, 2024 in an X post:
“Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN. … Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.”
False
August 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 2, 2024 in a written statement:
"Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Video shows a “strong tornado in Atlanta.”
False
August 5, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Says Simone Biles “announces retirement” and “reveals she is ‘expecting a baby.’”
False
August 5, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 1, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Olympic air pistol shooting medalist took up the sport during his divorce and told his ex-wife from the podium, “I want my dog back.”
False
August 5, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 30, 2024 in a post:
"Samsung drops out of $1 billion advertising campaign with Olympics."
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 2, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 30, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
"Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta, ha retirado la verificación” de Nicolás Maduro en Facebook e Instagram.
False
August 2, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
El 31 de julio de 2024 confirmaron el fallecimiento del expresidente Donald Trump en un accidente de helicóptero.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 2, 2024
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on July 3, 2024 in a social media post:
Biden Executive Order 14019 “requires our taxpayer-funded federal agencies to violate the Hatch Act and engage in illegal vote harvesting.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 2, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 31, 2024 in a post:
Vice President Kamala Harris “was born in Canada.”
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • August 1, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 16, 2024 in a Threads post:
Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.”
False
July 31, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Netflix loses 6 million subscribers within hours of donation announcement.”
False
July 31, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 30, 2024 in en una publicación en Facebook:
“Estados Unidos decide INVADIR VENEZUELA”.
False
By Maria Briceño • July 31, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:
President Joe Biden “killed his first wife.”
Pants on Fire!
July 31, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2024 in an NABJ conference appearance:
Kamala Harris was “Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 30, 2024 in an event in Atlanta:
"Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024
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