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All Fact-checks for Tennessee

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Threads posts
stated on November 13, 2024 a Threads post:
Nissan just announced 9,000 layoffs in Tennessee “to avoid severe losses due to expected tariffs.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • November 14, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 20, 2024 an Instagram post:
Voting machines in Shelby County, Tennessee, are swapping votes from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • October 24, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2024 a video on Facebook:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”
False
By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 30, 2024 a Facebook post:
Photo shows Gatlinburg, Tennessee, flooded on Sept. 30, 2024.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 3, 2024
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Viral image
stated on September 11, 2024 a Facebook post:
“Disney World officially moving to Nashville.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 18, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 15, 2024 a Facebook post:
“Breaking News: The Grand Ole Opry Bans Beyoncé For Life, ‘Go Play Dress-Up, You’re Not Country.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2024 a Facebook post:
Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • April 11, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 20, 2024 an Instagram post:
Tennessee bill that would ban the release of chemicals into the atmosphere is evidence chemtrails are real.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • March 27, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 9, 2023 a Facebook post:
Video shows military planes over Nashville "dispersing materials into the atmosphere" for geoengineering.
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 23, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2023 Facebook posts:
The Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter was Samantha Hyde.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 28, 2023
Matt Walsh
Matt Walsh
stated on February 8, 2023 a Tennessee State House Committee Hearing:
“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • March 8, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 17, 2022 an Instagram post:
Tennessee court rules “taxpayer-funded establishments can place signs that say ‘No Jews allowed.’”
False
By Jeff Cercone • July 22, 2022
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on March 22, 2022 an interview:
Ketanji Brown Jackson "gave a lecture talking about critical race theory as one of the components to consider when you are making decisions on the bench."
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 2, 2021 a TikTok post:
“COVID internment camps announced in America: Tennessee governor signs EO authorizing National Guard to carry out COVID medical kidnappings.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • October 7, 2021
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Viral image
stated on April 26, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says the Memphis Police Department “will no longer respond” to crimes including larceny, breaking and entering, and motor vehicle theft.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 28, 2020 a video:
The Christmas Day explosion in Nashville, Tenn., was the result of a “missile strike.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • December 29, 2020
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Viral image
stated on April 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Corona is so bad, this guy died twice!”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 15, 2020
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on October 31, 2012 a press release.:
Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis."
True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • November 25, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on November 13, 2012 in a news release announcing support for the Sportsmen's bill.:
"More Tennesseans have hunting and fishing licenses than vote."
False
By Zack McMillin • November 18, 2012
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