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Claim via Social Media: A drone the size of a car has been filmed over Las Vegas.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The video has been digitally created and the ‘drone’ is a craft from sci-fi video game Halo.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: A letter called “The Brown Round-Up Part 1” urging people to track and report “brown folks” they suspect are undocumented is authentic and was being distributed in an Oregon county.
Snopes.com rating: True (Officials in Lincoln County, Oregon, started receiving copies of the letter in early December 2024 and the sheriff’s office condemned its contents. The author, or authors, of the message remains unknown and there is no active investigation into it because sending such a message is protected by the First Amendment. However, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office warned that acting upon the letter’s instructions may violate Oregon’s legal protections for immigrants.) Real Letter Calls for Tracking and Rounding Up ‘Brown Folks.’ Here’s What it Says |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: UnitedHealth Group took down its tribute to Brian Thompson
USA Today rating: False (The post commemorating Thompson was still on the company’s Facebook account as of Dec. 31.) UnitedHealth Group’s post on Brian Thompson still online | Fact check |
| FALSE | (International: South Korea): The photo shows tanks on a street in Seoul after martial law declaration.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Old military event picture falsely portrayed as night of S.Korea martial law |
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Claim via Social Media: A letter called “The Brown Round-Up Part 1” urging people to track and report “brown folks” they suspect are undocumented is authentic and was being distributed in an Oregon county.
Snopes.com rating: True
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However, what was real was a faction of FEMA telling its agents to not bother to contact the families in flood ravaged areas who were evidenced of being Trump supporters.