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| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Republicans lifted the debt ceiling without spending cuts under Trump.
KTVB rating: True (Yes, all three times) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral image: Photo shows former first lady Michelle Obama as a man.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Fake and despicable) Another altered photo of Michelle Obama shared as part of unfounded conspiracy theory |
| FALSE | Claim by PBS NewsHour: PBS NewsHour reported that 100,000 Ukrainian troops have died during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Check Your Fact rating: False (No evidence. Most estimates are around 15K.) FACT CHECK: Article Claims 100,000 Ukrainian Troops Have Died During The Russian-Ukrainian War |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Naturopath Joel Wallach: Alzheimer’s disease is a “physician-caused disease” that arises due to nutritional deficiencies.
Health Feedback rating: Incorrect (Alzheimer’s disease is not a physician-caused disease. To date, the exact cause of Alzheimer’s is unknown, but it is thought to arise from a combination of age-related, genetic, and environmental factors.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Oregon Republicans are arguing that 10-year-old girls should be allowed to be forced to give birth to their rapist’s baby if the rapist is their father.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (None of the Republicans had suggested that a 10-year-old should be forced to give birth. Rather, they argued that parents should be involved in medical decision-making for minors.) Post Mischaracterizes GOP Opposition to Oregon Bill on Reproductive Health Care for Minors |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Claim by Malcolm Roberts: There are jail cells underneath the federal parliament.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (There are no cells at Parliament House. The claim is an urban myth.) |
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