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| FALSE | Claim by Tucker Carlson: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs “worked with Big Tech to censor … voters” of her opponent, Republican Kari Lake.
FactCheck.org rating: False (The email asking for a review of the tweets was sent nearly five months before either Hobbs or her Republican opponent, Kari Lake, even declared their candidacies for governor. The subject of the tweets, a company that helped facilitate the state’s new voter registration database, was hired by Hobbs’ Republican predecessor, and the database has nothing to do with the state’s voter tabulation system.) FactChecking GOP’s Censorship Claim in Arizona Over Deleted Tweets |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: The cost of groceries has increased by 400%.
USA Today rating: False (The consumer price index that measures grocery inflation was 12.4% higher in October than a year earlier, and the 13.5% increase in grocery prices during the 12-month period ending in August was the biggest 12-month period increase since 1979.) Fact check: Grocery costs on the rise, but post overstates increases |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral image: Video shows former President Donald Trump saying he “just can’t be upset” with Kanye West.
PolitiFact rating: False (Fake. Altered video.) |
| TRUE | Claim by Washington Post: Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan was incarcerated in 2018 in Russia during the U.S. presidency of Donald Trump.
Snopes rating: True Was Paul Whelan Detained in Russia During the Trump Administration? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Respect for Marriage Act revokes churches’ tax-exempt status.
VERIFYThis.com rating: False (the RFMA doesn’t revoke churches’ tax-exempt status.) Respect for Marriage Act doesn’t revoke tax-exempt status for churches against same-sex marriage |
| FALSE | (International: New Zealand): New Zealand has passed an anti free speech language compliance law.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The Plain Language Bill requires government to use language that is easy to understand. It does not impose any limits on free speech.) |
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