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Did Texas Ban Instagram Filters?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 13, 2022 A lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton provoked headlines and social media posts in May ...
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Wildlife, Animal, Mammal

Are Opossums 'Nature's Pest Control' and 'Clean-up Crew'?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
March 23, 2022 Unsung hero or overhyped nuisance? You decide.
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Person, Human, Tie

Did Congress 'Give Itself a 21% Raise' in 2022?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
March 16, 2022 Right-leaning commentators reacted with outrage during a sharp rise in consumer prices. Were the ...
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Head, Face, Person

Is This a Photograph of the Woman Who Modeled for the Statue of Liberty?

Written by:
Dan Evon
March 8, 2022 Computer-generated faces are often confused for those of real people.
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Text, Poster, Advertisement

Did CDC Lower Speech Milestones for Kids Due to Effects of Masking, Lockdowns?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
March 5, 2022 Children who are 30 months old should have a vocabulary of around 50 words, the new CDC guidelin ...
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disney plus removing anastasia

Was 'Anastasia' Removed from Disney+ To Protest Invasion of Ukraine?

Written by:
Dan Evon
March 4, 2022 The movie "Anastasia" is no longer available on Disney+, but its removal was unrelated to Russia ...
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Police in Spain purportedly believed they would find drugs such as marijuana in a raid when busting down a door but instead found a Bitcoin mining farm for cryptocurrency.

Did a Police Drug Raid Unexpectedly Find a Bitcoin Farm Instead?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Feb. 1, 2022 This rumor took us to the town of Santiponce, Spain, which is near Seville.
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An online advertisement with a photo of Parker Schnabel claimed that a cast member for Gold Rush said the show is fake.

Did 'Gold Rush' Cast Admit the Show Is Fake?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jan. 20, 2022 We took a closer look at an online story that teased a picture of Parker Schnabel, a cast member ...
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Pfizer ceo albert bourla

Did Pfizer CEO Say 2-Dose Vaccine Gives Little Protection Against COVID-19?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 12, 2022 Albert Bourla has been a frequent target of disinformation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, whi ...
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kamala harris

Did Kamala Harris Say Jan. 6 Attack Was 'Worse Than' 9/11, Pearl Harbor?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 7, 2022 Right-leaning critics found fault in the vice president's remarks on the first anniversary of th ...
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trump pardon maxwell

No, Fox News Did Not Say Trump Vowed To Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in 2024

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 4, 2022 Left-wing critics of the former president enthusiastically shared weakly-sourced claims in light ...
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Person, Human, Finger

Did People Refer to Gaslighting During the Era of 'I Love Lucy'?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec. 23, 2021 A stray piece of dialogue from the 2021 biopic "Being the Ricardos" set off a fascinating online ...
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Advertisement, Person, Human

Did Coca-Cola Announce Change to 'More Relevant' Black Santa Claus?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec. 15, 2021 Did the company's CEO James Quincey really say "The time has come for a Santa Claus that's more ...
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Flag, Symbol, Crowd

Did Biden Say 'Sincerely' That Fauci Is President?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec. 3, 2021 Critics of President Biden seized upon some stray remarks at a news conference in December 2021.
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Flag, Symbol, Crowd

Did Biden Remove 'God Bless the USA' Singer From Arts Council?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct. 4, 2021 Lee Greenwood was one of eight members of the National Council on the Arts set to be replaced in ...
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Machine, Gas Pump, Pump

A Mileage Tax? No, Biden's Bill Doesn't Impose New Driving Tax

Written by:
Dan Evon
Oct. 1, 2021 Studying a tax is not the same as implementing a tax.
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Person, Human, Clinic

Did Norway Reclassify COVID-19 as the Flu?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 30, 2021 Social media posts claim the Scandinavian nation stated it was “no more dangerous than the flu.”
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Room, Indoors, Interior Design

Did House Democrats 'Block' GOP from Reading Names of US Troops Killed in Kabul?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sept. 13, 2021 Republican Congress members and right-leaning websites failed to mention a significant piece of ...
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Road, Building, Street

No, Biden Isn't Letting Thousands of 'Illegal Immigrants' into US Without COVID Testing

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 12, 2021 This is not the first time in history that immigrants have been accused of spreading disease.
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The claim is that anti-sex beds made out of cardboard have been installed in Olympic Village ahead of the 2020 games.

Were Anti-Sex Beds Installed at the 2020 Olympics?

Written by:
Dan Evon
July 21, 2021 You don't have to give up sex to help save the environment.
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