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| FALSE | Claim via Social media: The DOJ dropped all charges against Bankman-Fried due to Biden donations
USA Today rating: False (While one criminal charge was dropped, Bankman-Fried is still facing trial on other charges, according to a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office. The charge was dropped because of actions by Bahamian authorities, not due to an independent DOJ decision.) Sam Bankman-Fried will still face charges in court | Fact check |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: ESPN soccer analyst Shaka Hislop collapsed on air because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
PolitiFact rating: False (No Evidence) Unfounded claims blaming COVID vaccine for ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop’s recent collapse spread online |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Leading Report: BREAKING: A study conducted by scientists at the University of Colorado confirms the vast majority of humanity has gotten the COVID vaccine via ‘shedding,’ whether they wanted it or not.
Lead Stories rating: False (A complete lack of scientific understanding: Vaccines work by stimulating the immune system to produce an immune response without causing the disease itself. They do not shed or spread from person to person in the way that viruses do.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Dr Tedros doesn’t have his vaccination”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (The claim that the WHO Director-General isn’t vaccinated is contradicted by Tedros himself in the full version of the interview and by his own tweet showing him getting vaccinated a month earlier.) |
| FALSE | Claim by retired nurse John Campbell: One in every 35 people who received a Moderna COVID-19 mRNA-1273 booster vaccination suffered myocardial injury.
Lead Stories rating: False (There is no reliable evidence or data to support this claim. Such a high rate of adverse reactions would be highly unusual and would likely have resulted in widespread concern and investigation. The authors of the study cited to make the claim also downplayed the risk, saying “all cases were mild with only a transient and short period of myocardial injury.”) |
| FALSE | (International: Russia): A video shows Russian Air Forces engaging in a combat with Wagner troops in Russia.
The Quint rating: False No, This Video Does Not Show Russian Air Forces Fighting Against Wagner Forces |
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