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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other
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| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: US Special Forces Arrested WEF Chief Klaus Schwab For Ordering Genocide Via Covid-19 Vaccines.
Lead Stories rating: False (No Arrest) |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim via Social Media: NYPD Let Proud Boys On Subway For Free After Drag Protest.
Newsweek rating: Mostly True (Needs Context: While it does seem that members of a group wearing Proud Boys insignia were let through the New York subway system by police without having to pay, the NYPD said the decision was made to prevent violence during a protest and counterprotest at a library on December 29, 2022.) Fact Check: Did NYPD let Proud Boys on subway for free after drag protest? |
| FALSE | Claim by Retired Nurse John Campbell: Covid mRNA vaccines, 1 serious event per 800 vaccinees, Vaccine officially promoted.
Lead Stories rating: False (Risk Inflated. The authors of this study created their own subset of serious adverse events of special interest (AESI), which give the appearance of there being a strong correlation between them and the vaccines when, in fact, there was very little.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A “Dr. Benjamin Eidelman” gave Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot days before he collapsed during a game.
Snopes rating: False (Unfounded) Zero Evidence ‘Dr. Benjamin Eidelman’ Gave Damar Hamlin COVID Booster Days Before Collapse |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Elon Musk said, “everyone knows Trump won the election.”
The Dispatch rating: False (Altered video clip.) Fact Check: Did Elon Musk Say ‘Everyone Knows Trump Won the Election’? |
| FALSE | (International: Romania): Andrew Tate Was Freed From A Romanian Jail After His Arrest In Human-Trafficking Probe
Lead Stories rating: False (Still in jail as on Jan 5.) |
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