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| FALSE | Claim by Kelly Loeffler (R): On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia
Politifact rating: False (A New Black Panthers spokesperson said the group did patrol voting sites in Brunswick and Savannah, but did so unarmed. Officials in multiple counties, the secretary of state’s office and voting rights groups said they received no reports of armed Black Panthers at voting sites on Election Day. We also found no news reports or video footage to support the claim.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: Hallie Biden tweeted about Biden family effort to rig presidential election.
USA Today rating: False (Fake) Fact check: Inauthentic Hallie Biden tweet about presidential election circulates online |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Combined Covid-19 and flu test kit shows both viruses are the same.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (Crackpottery) Combined Covid and flu self-test kits do not ‘prove the two diseases are the same’ |
| TRUE | Claim by Bryan Steil (R): In Milwaukee, “The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years.”
Politifact rating: True (To have doubled in two years from 111 in 2019, the tally would have to have reached 222 in 2021. So Steil’s “nearly doubled” claim is in the ballpark.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Kyle Becker: “‘Gold Standard’ Scientific Trial Deals Massive Blow to N95 and Surgical Masks as Way to ‘Stop Covid’”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (The authors concluded that medical masks were noninferior compared to N95 respirators, not that mask-wearing is ineffective at reducing the spread of COVID-19.) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Bongbong” Marcos’ housing project in Deparo, Caloocan has 3,000 units, and the media has not reported about it.
VERA Files rating: False VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos carry FALSE claims on Caloocan housing project |
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