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Did Wendy’s, Olive Garden and 13 other restaurant companies named in a social media post donate to Donald Trump in the 2024 election? No, that’s not true: Election law prevents companies from donating directly to candidates, though they can donate…
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Were COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by military contractors rather than by Pfizer and Moderna No, that’s not true: FDA inspection records show the vaccines were made in drug industry labs. Pfizer pointed Lead Stories to publicly available documents about its facilities…
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Did Walmart donate $3.5 million to President-elect Donald Trump and Republican campaigns while giving nothing to Democrats ahead of the 2024 election? No, that’s not true: Walmart’s political donations come from an employee-funded political action committee, not the Walmart corporation….
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Does a video show members of the European Parliament giving a standing ovation to the U.S. decision to permit Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with U.S.-supplied weapons? No, that’s not true: The post’s caption mislabels the content of a…
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Does a photograph posted on X genuinely show the coffins of 18 British Special Forces being returning after being they were killed in Ukraine? No, that’s not true: The photo predates the Russia-Ukraine war by over a decade. It was…
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Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say Italy opposes President Joe Biden’s policy change that permits Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia No, that’s not true: There is no publicly available recording or transcript of…
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Do vaccinations cause liver flukes in the human stomach? No, that’s not true: Vaccine experts contacted by Lead Stories called the notion “science fiction” and “nonsense.” Liver flukes are parasites you can get from eating contaminated food like raw fish…
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Did singer-songwriter John Legend state on social media that he was leaving the United States for France as a result of the 2024 U.S. presidential election? No, that’s not true: Searches of his social media did not find such a…
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Did Taylor Swift announce she will move to Canada in response to the 2024 U.S. presidential election results, saying “Goodbye US, I Love Canada”? No, that’s not true: The post supplied no evidence she made any such public statement. Independent…
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Did Billie Eilish turn down an Oscar nomination and announce she plans to leave the U.S. after Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election? No, that’s not true: The rumor originated in an obscure blog that didn’t cite a…
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