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| FALSE | Claim by Joe Biden (D): Gun manufacturers are “the only industry in the country” that have immunity from lawsuits.
PolitiFact rating: False (The gun industry is not entirely exempt from being sued and is susceptible to some lawsuits. There are a number of federal laws that restrict liability for a variety of other business sectors.) Biden wrong on claim about gun manufacturers and liability protections |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: claims Kyle Rittenhouse settled a lawsuit with the talk show “The View” for $22 million.
Check Your Fact rating: False (Nope) FACT CHECK: Has Kyle Rittenhouse Settled With ‘The View’ For $22 Million? |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Bobby Scott (D): “Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.”
Politifact rating: Mostly True (Through much of the 1960s, when Jim Crow laws were alive in the South, schools were more segregated than today. That changed in 1968 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that local integration plans must meaningfully lower segregation. In 1968, 77% of Black students across the nation attended majority non-white schools. That sank to 63% in the 1980s but rose to 81% in 2018. |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Murders make up only 17% of gun-related deaths in the United States.
Lead Stories rating: False (43% Murders) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: purportedly shows a tweet from Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in which he claims to have evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are “harming and killing people.”
Check Your Fact rating: False (Fake Tweet) FACT CHECK: Did Rand Paul Tweet He Had Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Kill People? |
| BLATANT LIE |
(International: Ukraine): Claim via Viral Video Clip: Video shows air combat between Ukraine and Russia
AFP Fact Check rating: False (From Video game) Video game clip shared as genuine footage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine |
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