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| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump Jr.: “There is a clear epidemic of trans or nonbinary mass shooters.”
The Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios (The number of Trans mass shooters is low compared to the total.) The data is clear: There is no ‘clear epidemic’ of transgender mass shooters |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “Other countries are emptying out their prisons, insane asylums and mental institutions and sending their most heinous criminals to the United States.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (No Evidence for this claim.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Russell Brand: COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the rise in heart attacks in young people
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (No evidence was provided for the implicit claim that COVID-19 vaccination is associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. Furthermore, studies on this subject so far haven’t found that vaccinated people are more likely to have heart attacks.) |
| FALSE | (International: Turkey): Video shows Turkish soldiers killing contractors for shoddy work
boomlive.in rating: False Video Of Syrian Massacre Falsely Shared As Turkish Soldiers Killing Contractors | BOOM |
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