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| FALSE | Claim by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R): 53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020.
PolitiFact rating: False (The poll question was limited to a subset of people who were following the laptop story, or 37% of the total sample. This subset leaned Republican, compared with the U.S. general population. 53% of the subset represents only 19.6% of Americans.) Poll on voters’ opinion of Biden laptop story doesn’t tell whole story |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: charlie the dog tested positive for vinyl chloride exposure and 2 other chemicals following the east palestine ohio rail derailment.
Lead Stories rating: False (No Such Test) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Don’t forget Pfizer just admitted to using gain of function to create bio weapons.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Scientists say the experiments Pfizer has performed on the coronavirus are standard for the industry. Baseless claims that the company is mutating the virus for profit, however, have been circulating since the release of a popular undercover video from the conservative activist group Project Veritas.) No Evidence Pfizer Conducting Any Inappropriate Coronavirus Experiments |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: In February 2023, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, a Republican from Alabama, introduced a bill that would make the AR-15 assault rifle the “national gun of the United States.”
Snopes.com rating: True (As of this writing, two of Moore’s colleagues — Reps. Lauren Boebert and George Santos — are co-sponsoring the proposal, which has not been discussed or voted on, even at the committee level. Even if the legislation were to pass the House, it would not likely pass the Democratic-led Senate, or be signed by U.S. President Joe Biden, also a Democrat.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Dr. George Delgado of the Lozier Institute: “Progesterone can be used for abortion reversal after taking mifepristone”
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (This anti-abortion doctor frequently makes false claims to advance his agenda. There is no evidence to support his claim.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): For most of human history we have exclusively eaten meat.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (A wide range of evidence shows our ancestors have never solely eaten meat.) |
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