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| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: The White House violated flag code with a pride flag display
WUSA9 rating: False (White House’s pride flag display didn’t violate flag code) White House pride flag display not a violation of flag code | wusa9.com |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via social media: Pfizer was caught “funneling” $12 million to CNN host Anderson Cooper to promote COVID-19 vaccines.
AP News rating: False (There is no evidence to support that claim, which is an outgrowth of comments made by anti-vaccine activist and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy’s campaign said his remarks were intended as a “rhetorical” comment about the pharmaceutical industry’s influence through advertising.) No, Pfizer wasn’t caught ‘funneling’ millions to Anderson Cooper |
| TRUE | Donald Trump Said: On Aug. 18, 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump said, “In my administration, I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.”
Snopes.com rating: Correct Attribution Yes, Trump Said ‘No One Will Be Above the Law’ Regarding Protection of Classified Information |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via social media: A NASA study found that six to eight snake plants in a room with no airflow is enough for human survival. The agency therefore recommends 15 to 18 plants for an 1,800-square-foot home.
AP News rating: False NASA didn’t publish study on snake plants providing life-saving oxygen |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: purports Elon Musk published a ‘Rest In Peace (RIP)’ tweet for late financier Jeffrey Epstein
Check Your Fact rating: False (No such Tweet) FACT CHECK: Did Elon Musk Publish An ‘RIP’ Tweet For Jeffrey Epstein? |
| FALSE | (International: France): A large rainbow has been physically installed and “defaced” the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
FactCheck.org rating: False Posts Misrepresent Virtual Rainbow on Arc de Triomphe for Pride Month |
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