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| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Three North Carolina healthcare systems are diagnosing toddlers with gender dysphoria and “transitioning” them.
AP News rating: False (Dangerous disinformation from crackpots.) North Carolina hospitals: We are not ‘transitioning’ toddlers |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Gavin Newsom (D): Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (In April 2022, Abbott wrote a letter telling six agencies it was taking money from their budgets and putting it toward the state’s border operations. That included taking $210.7 million from the Health and Human Services Commission, which provides mental health services. News reports showed that state officials used federal COVID-19 dollars through the federal CARES Act to replace those state funds.) Gavin Newsom misleads in claim that Texas “cut” mental health funds, omits that money was restocked |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The U.S. will have an ‘open border’ when Title 42 ends.
KREM rating: False (The U.S. will not have an ‘open border’ when Title 42 ends.) Title 42 end doesn’t open U.S. border. Here’s what changes | krem.com |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Marc Short (R): “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Looking only at gun homicides, urban centers do account for a disproportionate share of gun deaths. However, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data suggests that the percentage is 45%, and a paper by a gun-friendly researcher cited by Short’s office put it at 73%. Strict gun control laws in cities are largely rendered moot when they are located in a state with more permissive gun laws, or else in close proximity to states with looser gun laws.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Old photos surface showing Trump with teen girls and Epstein.
Lead Stories rating: False (AI generated) Fact Check: Trump, Epstein Photos With ‘Underage’ Women NOT Authentic — They’re AI Generated |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): BBC ‘admits’ Covid vaccines caused excess deaths in 2022
AFP Fact Check rating: False (BBC did not report this and excess deaths were caused by Covid-19 and not vaccines.) BBC report did not say Covid jabs were to blame for UK excess deaths |
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