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| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”
Politifact rating: False (An atmospheric scientist plotted trajectories for how air molecules in and around the incident site could have traveled when the train derailed and when the controlled burn began, and concluded that the likelihood of toxic acid rain in Ohio was “essentially nonexistent.”) Claim that acid rain fell over Ohio farmlands lacks evidence, experts say |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via viral image: purports to show President Joe Biden with a bruise on his forehead while meeting with NATO in Poland
Check Your Fact rating: False (The photos show ashes Biden received on Ash Wednesday during a private Catholic Mass.) FACT CHECK: Do These Photos Show Joe Biden With A Bruise On His Forehead? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: The dog dewormer fenbendazole can cure cancer in humans.
PolitiFact rating: False (No Evidence) No proof that the dog deworming drug fenbendazole can cure human cancer |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Lawmakers, Judges And Other Public Officials In Arizona Are Taking Bribes From The Sinaloa Cartel And Fixing Elections
Lead Stories rating: False (No Evidence) |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral image: Kid Rock tweeted, “Some people wouldn’t recognize tyranny if it slapped a mask on their face, made them stand 6 feet apart, and forced them to take a vaccine for a virus with a 99.8% survival rate.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Kid Rock did not Tweet this.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): The US Navy shut down submarine facilities and canceled the AUKUS deal after having predicted recent earthquakes.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Four facilities have been temporarily closed for maintenance following a seismic assessment. There has been no change to AUKUS.) |
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