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Not A Vax Fan Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s only stated position on vaccines that they should be studied “like any other pharmaceutical product” as a social media post claims? No, that’s not true: In 2023, Kennedy said, “There’s no vaccine that is … safe and effective,” and he has a long history of …
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Secure Ballots Was there ballot cheating during a bomb threat search when the vote-counting livestream went offline in Orange County, California, in November 2024? No, that’s not true: The Orange County registrar of voters told Lead Stories that “the ballots always remained secure under the custody …
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No Proof Did Dr. Anthony Fauci ever say that 72 mandatory childhood vaccines were never safety tested? No, that’s not true: Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Lead Stories, “This claim is not true.” Vaccines are carefully tested in multiple …
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Before Vax Was Fox News contributor Dr. Kelly Powers’ death from cancer due to the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that’s not true: An article calling her “fully vaccinated” implies that she passed away from the COVID vaccine. Powers was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in July 2020, …
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No Evidence Did actor Jason Momoa say, “I can’t stay here,” implying he was leaving the U.S. in response to the 2024 U.S. presidential election results? No, that’s not true: A social media post attributing those words to Momoa had no credible evidence that he said that publicly. Google searches …
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Records Refute 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 via their political action …
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No Military 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 in Belgium, …
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PAC Money 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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Misleading 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 video shared online. The video showed members …
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2006 Photo 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 taken in 2006 and shows the coffins of 14 servicemen …
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