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| FALSE | Claim by The Family Institute of Connecticut: A Connecticut bill protects pedophiles.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (Does not mention pedophiles.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Photo of woman in Team Trump attire is Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case.
PolitiFact rating: False (This image is not of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. It was taken at a September 2022 speech former President Donald Trump made in Pennsylvania to endorse local candidates. The photo is one of many that showed people who attended the event.) Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge in the documents case, wasn’t pictured in a Team Trump hat |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: KitchenAid has stopped offering its famous stand mixers and other familiar appliances at Target stores following backlash over the retailer’s support of the LGBTQ+ community.
AP News rating: False (Not just nonsense, but satire shared by the gullible.) Article claiming KitchenAid has pulled items from Target shelves is satire |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Actor Mark Wahlberg made remarks about the 2023 child sex-trafficking film “Sound of Freedom,” saying of Hollywood that “enough is enough.”
Snopes rating: False (No evidence he said it) Did Mark Wahlberg Comment About ‘Sound of Freedom’ and Hollywood, Saying ‘Enough Is Enough’? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by thegatewaypundit.com: Michigan State Police found “tens of thousands of fake registrations” in an October 2020 voter fraud investigation.
Lead Stories rating: False (Made up: The assertion made in the headline of the article making the claim is not supported in the body of the story nor in the police report it’s based on.) Fact Check: Michigan Police Did NOT Find ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Fake Voter Registration Applications |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Aboriginal sovereignty is written into the Australian Constitution.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The constitution does not mention Aboriginal sovereignty or imply it in any way.) No, Aboriginal sovereignty is not written into the constitution |
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