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On Record Did the man who tried to assassinate Republican nominee Donald Trump donate $15 to the Democrat online fundraising platform ActBlue or was it some other person as some people on social media claimed? Lead Stories confirmed through Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing reports that …
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Older Video Does a video show a group of protesters with Palestinian flags shouting offensive sentiments about France, Jewish people and the police after the 2024 French legislative election? No, that’s not true: The video predates the election. Additionally, what the people in the protest are …
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Laughing Does an image of French politician Marine Le Pen show her having a “meltdown” after her party lost the second round of July 2024 French elections? No, that’s not true: The image is a still from a 2017 video that captured her laughing so hard she started crying. A search in an online news …
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Recycled Myth Do quadruple-boosted people get denied life insurance based solely on their vaccination status? No, that’s not true: The American Council of Life Insurers, which is one of the major industry groups, told Lead Stories that it is not aware of the data backing up the claim, pointing out …
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Older Video Does a video show people waving Algerian flags after the second round of the 2024 French legislative election? No, that’s not true: The video is from sometime in 2019. At that time, people gathered in a Parisian square to support a pro-democracy cause in Algeria. The claim appeared in a …
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Not Causation Does a German study published in February 2024 prove that COVID-19 vaccines caused the number of deaths per year to rise above recent trends, as a post on X implied? No, that’s not true: First, the study is in “preprint,” which means that scientists with relevant expertise have not …
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June 2024 Does a video on social media show a crowd waving more Palestinian flags than French flags and celebrating victory for the political left in July 2024 French elections? No, that’s not true: The video posted to “prove” the claim was shot during a pro-Palestinian march a month prior to the …
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Made-Up Story Did Russian President Vladimir Putin say at a “military press conference in Russia” that the U.S. was planning to launch a second pandemic “aimed at disrupting the 2024 election” domestically? No, that’s not true: Neither a viral AI-generated article making the claim nor earlier …
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Not Bill Gates Did Bill Gates introduce a so-called “maggot milk” product called EntoMilk? No, that’s not true: Although EntoMilk, made from insects, was an actual product, Gates was not a part of its release. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation told Lead Stories that the claim he was involved is …
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Different Lady Was “Fulton County election worker, Wanda Shaye Moss” arrested on election fraud charges in June 2024? No, that’s not true: The woman shown in the news clip in a social media post is Wanda Geter-Pataky, who was arrested and criminally charged in connection with the misuse of absentee …
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