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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-brazil-china-trade/
White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship
Viral Post
2023-04-03
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/04/fact-check-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-did-not-say-us-deeply-concerned-about-brazil-and-china-switching-to-national-currencies-when-conducting-mutual-settlements.html
Did White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre say that the United States is "deeply concerned" about China and Brazil switching to national currencies when conducting business with each other? No, that's not true: A search of sections of the White House website covering "Statements and Releases" and "Press Briefin...
2023-04-03
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checkyourfact_840
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-brazil-china-trade/
White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship
Viral Post
2023-04-03
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-holds-briefing-amid-inflation-bill-talks
By — News Desk News Desk Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-holds-briefing-amid-inflation-bill-talks Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: White House reacts to China anno...
2022-08-05
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checkyourfact_840
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/06/fact-check-karine-jean-pierre-brazil-china-trade/
White House Press Secretary said she was concerned about Brazil and China relationship
Viral Post
2023-04-03
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/lxjzh/202405/t20240530_11347440.html
Shenzhen TV: It is reported that US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that China lacks transparency in sharing COVID information. He said that China should provide more COVID information, as it is in the world’s interest and also in the interest of China. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said t...
2023-01-04
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checkyourfact_844
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/24/fact-check-abraham-lincoln-best-way-predict-future-create/
Claims that President Abraham Lincoln once said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Viral Quote
2019-07-23
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/24/fact-check-abraham-lincoln-best-way-predict-future-create/
The first known instance of the saying appeared roughly a century after Lincoln’s death.
2019-07-23
False
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checkyourfact_844
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/24/fact-check-abraham-lincoln-best-way-predict-future-create/
Claims that President Abraham Lincoln once said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Viral Quote
2019-07-23
https://philosiblog.com/2013/05/17/the-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-create-it/
The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter Drucker [...] The Future… Kind of scary sounding. Full of unknowns. Full of twists and turns. How can you possibly predict it? This quote says that the best way to know what is coming is to be an active participant. By creating your future, you are an active p...
2013-05-17
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checkyourfact_844_ret_b14_gn
checkyourfact_844
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/24/fact-check-abraham-lincoln-best-way-predict-future-create/
Claims that President Abraham Lincoln once said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Viral Quote
2019-07-23
https://teachdifferent.com/podcast/the-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-create-it-teach-different-with-abraham-lincoln-self-determination/
Hey everybody, Steve and Dan Fouts here. We are teaching different with American president Abraham Lincoln using a quote attributed to him on self-determination. Here’s the quote, "The best way to predict the future is to create it." A really thought provoking quote. It’s short, to the point, and talks about what it is...
2022-06-16
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checkyourfact_844
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/07/24/fact-check-abraham-lincoln-best-way-predict-future-create/
Claims that President Abraham Lincoln once said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Viral Quote
2019-07-23
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/09/27/invent-the-future/
We will either succeed or fail together as a nation. According to management expert Peter Drucker, "The best way to predict the future is to create it." [...] The implausible linkage of the saying to Abraham Lincoln has occurred relatively recently. For example, in 2008 the Commissioner of Social Security credited Linc...
2012-09-27
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checkyourfact_846
checkyourfact_846
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/21/fact-check-kkk-hoods-mini-mart-alabama-brawl/
claims shoppers wore Ku Klux Klan hoods at an Alabama mini mart purportedly owned by a family involved in a recent riverfront brawl
Video
2023-08-09
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/21/fact-check-kkk-hoods-mini-mart-alabama-brawl/
The video includes photos of two separate 2020 incidents involving shoppers in Santee, California and Colorado, according to NBC Palm Springs, The Washington Post, and the New York Post, respectively.
2023-08-09
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checkyourfact_846_ret_b0_gn
checkyourfact_846
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/21/fact-check-kkk-hoods-mini-mart-alabama-brawl/
claims shoppers wore Ku Klux Klan hoods at an Alabama mini mart purportedly owned by a family involved in a recent riverfront brawl
Video
2023-08-09
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/14/facebook-posts/photos-of-hooded-shoppers-taken-in-california-and/
Photos of hooded shoppers taken in California and Colorado, not Vasser’s Mini-Mart in Selma, Alabama [...] Some protesters have called on people to boycott Vasser’s Mini-Mart in Selma, Alabama, after its owner, Zachery Chase Shipman, was allegedly involved in a recent brawl on the riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama, the...
2023-08-09
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checkyourfact_846_ret_b19_gn
checkyourfact_846
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/21/fact-check-kkk-hoods-mini-mart-alabama-brawl/
claims shoppers wore Ku Klux Klan hoods at an Alabama mini mart purportedly owned by a family involved in a recent riverfront brawl
Video
2023-08-09
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grocery-store-klan-hood/
In May 2020, social media users shared photographs of a man shopping at a grocery store during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic wearing not a standard face mask, but a white head covering that appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hood: [...] Customer Alisa Wentzel told CNN she spotted the shopper, whom she beli...
2020-05-05
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checkyourfact_846_ret_b7_gn
checkyourfact_846
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/21/fact-check-kkk-hoods-mini-mart-alabama-brawl/
claims shoppers wore Ku Klux Klan hoods at an Alabama mini mart purportedly owned by a family involved in a recent riverfront brawl
Video
2023-08-09
https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/ku-klux-klan-in-contemporary-alabama/
Today, the Ku Klux Klan is a small organization with only a few hundred members that lacks any significant social, political, or economic influence in Alabama. Numerous hate groups exist that have adopted some form of the Ku Klux Klan's name, but these groups operate independently with little knowledge of one another's...
2024-07-10
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checkyourfact_847
checkyourfact_847
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-are-over-1000-children-still-missing-in-maui-following-the-recent-wildfire/
purports over 1,000 children are still missing in Maui following the recent wildfire
Video
2023-09-10
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-are-over-1000-children-still-missing-in-maui-following-the-recent-wildfire/
The Maui Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a list of “Unaccounted For Persons” who are believed to be missing following the wildfire, but the purported individuals’ ages are not provided.
2023-09-10
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checkyourfact_847
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-are-over-1000-children-still-missing-in-maui-following-the-recent-wildfire/
purports over 1,000 children are still missing in Maui following the recent wildfire
Video
2023-09-10
https://abcnews.go.com/US/search-mauis-missing-grows-dire-officials-families-scramble/story?id=102506979
The search for loved ones on Maui following the devastating wildfires has grown increasingly dire as the community grieves those lost in the blazes. Between 1,000 and 1,100 individuals remain unaccounted for following the Maui wildfire disaster, as of Aug. 22. It's a reduction from the roughly 2,500 others who had orig...
2023-08-24
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checkyourfact_847
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-are-over-1000-children-still-missing-in-maui-following-the-recent-wildfire/
purports over 1,000 children are still missing in Maui following the recent wildfire
Video
2023-09-10
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66596328
Maui fires: More than 1,000 still missing as search continues - Published More than 1,000 people still remain unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through Hawaiian town of Lahaina two weeks ago, officials said. [...] "Every day the numbers will change," Mr Merrill said. The latest missing estimate comes a day after ...
2023-08-23
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checkyourfact_847
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-are-over-1000-children-still-missing-in-maui-following-the-recent-wildfire/
purports over 1,000 children are still missing in Maui following the recent wildfire
Video
2023-09-10
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-are-over-1000-children-still-missing-in-maui-following-the-recent-wildfire/
A video shared on Instagram purports over 1,000 children are still missing in Maui following the recent wildfire. [...] "Over 1000 children still ‘missing’ after the deadly Maui Fire," the Instagram video purports. The video has received over 700 likes as of writing. [...] Likewise, Check Your Fact did not find any rec...
2023-09-18
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checkyourfact_850
checkyourfact_850
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/31/fact-check-cotopaxi-ship-found-cuba-intact-floating/
Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance
Viral Article
2019-11-25
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/31/fact-check-cotopaxi-ship-found-cuba-intact-floating/
The wreck of S.S. Cotopaxi was discovered underwater in the 1980s but was only identified recently.
2019-11-25
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checkyourfact_850_ret_b15_gn
checkyourfact_850
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/31/fact-check-cotopaxi-ship-found-cuba-intact-floating/
Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance
Viral Article
2019-11-25
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1093081/offbeat
Did a ship that vanished in the Bermuda Triangle more than 90 years ago suddenly reappear near Cuba, as claimed by various stories circulating online? The S.S. Cotopaxi hasn’t been seen since Nov. 29, 1925, when it left Charleston, South Carolina, bound for Havana with a crew of more than 30 and a load of coal. The ste...
2017-05-01
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checkyourfact_850_ret_b18_gn
checkyourfact_850
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/31/fact-check-cotopaxi-ship-found-cuba-intact-floating/
Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance
Viral Article
2019-11-25
https://www.thediscoverreality.com/2016/07/bermuda-triangle-ship-reappears-90.html
Havana – This morning the Cuban Coast Guard announced that they intercepted one unmanned ship which was heading for the island. It is presumed that the ship is the SS Cotopaxi, a tramp steamer that vanished in December 1925 and is connected with the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. [...] After exhaustive search of the s...
2016-07-19
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checkyourfact_850_ret_b2_gn
checkyourfact_850
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/03/31/fact-check-cotopaxi-ship-found-cuba-intact-floating/
Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance
Viral Article
2019-11-25
https://checkyourfact.com/2021/11/26/fact-check-photo-ship-disappeared-bermuda-triangle-90-years/
In the Facebook post, a rusty, dilapidated ship can be seen sitting in a body of water with mountainous land in the background. Text in the image alleges the vessel was "last seen in 1925, and has mysteriously reappeared after disappearing 90 years ago, in the Bermuda Triangle." It goes on to claim the ship "remains in...
2021-11-26
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checkyourfact_853
checkyourfact_853
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/21/fact-check-president-bidens-university-pennsylvania/
Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years
Viral post
2023-09-15
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/21/fact-check-president-bidens-university-pennsylvania/
Biden served as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of Practice, but did not teach political theory classes at the university.
2023-09-15
False
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checkyourfact_853_ret_b0_gn
checkyourfact_853
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/21/fact-check-president-bidens-university-pennsylvania/
Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years
Viral post
2023-09-15
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/22/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-being-full-professor-four-/
"I've been to a lot of university campuses," Biden said April 14. "Matter of fact, for four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania. And this is really an impressive place with a lot of impressive students." [...] Biden served as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of the Practice at the Un...
2022-04-14
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checkyourfact_853
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/21/fact-check-president-bidens-university-pennsylvania/
Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years
Viral post
2023-09-15
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12521001/Joe-Biden-Pennsylvania-professor-lie.html
Joe Biden is slammed for lying that he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for four years - despite serving as honorary professor for two and never teaching a single class - Biden, at 80, the nation's oldest-ever president, was speaking at Prince George Community College in Maryland Thursday - 'I ...
2023-09-15
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checkyourfact_853_ret_b14_g0
checkyourfact_853
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/21/fact-check-president-bidens-university-pennsylvania/
Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years
Viral post
2023-09-15
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/04/29/fact-check-joe-biden-full-professor-four-years/9555102002/
Joe Biden: "For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania." [...] Biden served as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania between his tenure as vice president and the start of his presidential campaign. However, the duration of the position w...
2022-04-29
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checkyourfact_853_ret_b4_gn
checkyourfact_853
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/21/fact-check-president-bidens-university-pennsylvania/
Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years
Viral post
2023-09-15
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-biden-claims-full-190000190.html?uh_test=0_00
U.S. President Joe Biden was a "full professor" at the University of Pennsylvania for four years. [...] In mid-to-late 2023, a number of posts on X and TikTok circulated showing U.S. President Joe Biden saying he taught "political theory" at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) for four years. The posts argued that B...
2024-02-18
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checkyourfact_855
checkyourfact_855
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-hillary-clinton-primary-role-state-teach-train-raise-children/
Claims that Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."
Viral Quote
2019-08-20
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-hillary-clinton-primary-role-state-teach-train-raise-children/
The Daily Caller found no record of the statement in “It Takes a Village” or any of her other books.
2019-08-20
False
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checkyourfact_855_ret_b2_gn
checkyourfact_855
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-hillary-clinton-primary-role-state-teach-train-raise-children/
Claims that Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."
Viral Quote
2019-08-20
https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/mar/23/hillary-clinton-quotes-Internet-complete/
Parents have a secondary role." -- Hillary Clinton, It Takes a Village [...] Clinton’s 1996 book caused controversy among some critics who saw her as arguing that society, not parents, were responsible for raising children. This meme seems to stem from that belief. However, Clinton and her allies have long argued that ...
2016-03-23
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checkyourfact_855_ret_b4_gn
checkyourfact_855
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-hillary-clinton-primary-role-state-teach-train-raise-children/
Claims that Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."
Viral Quote
2019-08-20
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88631.It_Takes_a_Village
Hillary Rodham Clinton wrote this book with her heart in the right place. I believe that she does have a lot of compassion for children. That being said, there were times that I had great difficulty reading her book about the well being of children, knowing that she was a war hawk in the US’s illegal invasion of Iraq i...
1995-01-01
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checkyourfact_855
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-hillary-clinton-primary-role-state-teach-train-raise-children/
Claims that Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."
Viral Quote
2019-08-20
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/james-woods/actor-james-woods-uses-fabricated-hillary-clinton-/
Parents have a secondary role," the quote reads. [...] She does not say, however, that "parents have a secondary role," as Woods alleged. Paul Kengor, a professor of political science at Grove City College and a Ronald Reagan biographer, said there is a typical divide in how conservatives and liberals (such as Clinton)...
2016-07-31
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checkyourfact_855
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/22/fact-check-hillary-clinton-primary-role-state-teach-train-raise-children/
Claims that Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."
Viral Quote
2019-08-20
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-takes-village-quote/
In February 2016, a meme featuring a picture of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, along with a statement supposedly uttered by her about the role government should play in raising children, began to make the social media rounds: [...] We attempted to unearth this quote in the pages of Clinton's 1996 bo...
2016-02-29
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checkyourfact_857
checkyourfact_857
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-ukraine-territory-february-2022/
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on July 23 that Ukraine has taken back 50% of the territory it lost since February 2022.
Antony Blunken
2023-07-23
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-ukraine-territory-february-2022/
Ukraine has seized back about 53% of its territory it initially lost when Russia invaded in February 2022, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
2023-07-23
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checkyourfact_857
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-ukraine-territory-february-2022/
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on July 23 that Ukraine has taken back 50% of the territory it lost since February 2022.
Antony Blunken
2023-07-23
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-ukraine-territory-february-2022/
Ukraine has seized back about 53% of its territory it initially lost when Russia invaded in February 2022, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Blinken claimed during a July 23 interview on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ that Ukraine had taken back 50% of the territory it had lost since Russia’s invasion ...
2023-07-28
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checkyourfact_857
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-ukraine-territory-february-2022/
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on July 23 that Ukraine has taken back 50% of the territory it lost since February 2022.
Antony Blunken
2023-07-23
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-live-secretary-of-state-blinken-gives-remarks-on-rising-tension-between-ukraine-russia
By — News Desk News Desk Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-live-secretary-of-state-blinken-gives-remarks-on-rising-tension-between-ukraine-russia Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Secretary of State Blinken says U.S. has ...
2022-01-26
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checkyourfact_857
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/28/fact-check-ukraine-territory-february-2022/
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on July 23 that Ukraine has taken back 50% of the territory it lost since February 2022.
Antony Blunken
2023-07-23
https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-ukrainian-foreign-minister-dmytro-kuleba-at-a-joint-press-availability-4/
Now, since I was last here almost exactly one year ago, Ukrainian forces have taken back more than 50 percent of the territory seized by Russian forces since February of 2022. In the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. This new assistance will help sustain it and build further mome...
2023-09-07
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checkyourfact_860
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/31/fact-check-elon-musk-suing-the-view/
Elon Musk filed $60 Million suit against The View
Viral post
2023-03-28
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/31/fact-check-elon-musk-suing-the-view/
The claim stems from a satirical site. There is no evidence Musk is suing the show or network.
2023-03-28
False
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checkyourfact_860_ret_b8_gn
checkyourfact_860
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/03/31/fact-check-elon-musk-suing-the-view/
Elon Musk filed $60 Million suit against The View
Viral post
2023-03-28
https://chimniii.com/news/Personality/Personality-Satire-elon-musk-sues-the-view-and-whoopi-goldberg-for-60-million-usd-.html
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has sued Whoopi Goldberg and The View for $60 million, a move that has many people scratching their heads. Musk claims that the hosts of the talk shows have been fabricating information about him and his businesses, and he's had enough. [...] Musk is standing by his choice to sue despi...
2023-08-26
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checkyourfact_862
checkyourfact_862
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/17/fact-check-110000-overdose-deaths/
Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said during a July 9 interview that there were 110,000 overdose deaths in 2022.
Doug Burgum
2023-07-09
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/17/fact-check-110000-overdose-deaths/
There were an estimated 109,680 overdose deaths in 2022, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
2023-07-09
False
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checkyourfact_862_ret_b0_gn
checkyourfact_862
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/17/fact-check-110000-overdose-deaths/
Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said during a July 9 interview that there were 110,000 overdose deaths in 2022.
Doug Burgum
2023-07-09
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/17/fact-check-110000-overdose-deaths/
FACT CHECK: Were There 110,000 Overdose Deaths In 2022? [...] There were an estimated 109,680 overdose deaths in 2022, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Burgum, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, discussed China, abortion and other subjects ...
2023-07-17
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/17/fact-check-110000-overdose-deaths/
Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said during a July 9 interview that there were 110,000 overdose deaths in 2022.
Doug Burgum
2023-07-09
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Burgum
Douglas James Burgum (/ˈbɜːrɡəm/ BUR-gəm;[1] born August 1, 1956) is an American businessman and politician serving since 2016 as the 33rd governor of North Dakota.[2][3] He is among the wealthiest politicians in the United States and has an estimated net worth of at least $1.1 billion. He is a member of the Republican...
2024-10-02
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/17/fact-check-110000-overdose-deaths/
Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said during a July 9 interview that there were 110,000 overdose deaths in 2022.
Doug Burgum
2023-07-09
http://discussion.cprr.net/2009/03/more-wonderful-or-outrageous-quotations.html
Drug deaths 2021 – 1 in 3,000 Americans died: "The border is just completely open. The worst thing about the border in my opinion right now is 1 out of every 3,000 people that were alive one year ago in the United States died of a drug overdose. And a lot of those are kids that took one pill, had fentanyl made in China...
2009-03-20
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https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/18/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-children-raised-state-government/
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "Children should be raised by the state."
Viral Article
2020-05-27
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/18/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-children-raised-state-government/
There is no evidence Ocasio-Cortez ever made such a statement. The claim stems from an article published on a satirical website.
2020-05-27
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https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/18/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-children-raised-state-government/
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "Children should be raised by the state."
Viral Article
2020-05-27
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/10/16/who-is-aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrat-congress/8129204001/
One such representative is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who was elected with one of the biggest upsets of the 2018 midterms. Her most recent move was filing articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito over alleged ethics violations and political bias. [...] Alexandria Oc...
2022-10-16
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https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/18/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-children-raised-state-government/
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "Children should be raised by the state."
Viral Article
2020-05-27
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989, Bronx, New York, U.S.) is an American politician and activist who began representing New York’s 14th congressional district (NY-14) in 2019. Taking office at the age of 29, she became the youngest woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. Ocasio-Cortez identifies as a democra...
2024-10-09
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https://checkyourfact.com/2020/06/18/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-children-raised-state-government/
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "Children should be raised by the state."
Viral Article
2020-05-27
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wants-to-raise-taxes-on-the-rich-and-americans-agree/
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently captured headlines in her "60 Minutes" interview when she said the U.S. should raise taxes on a portion of the income made by America’s top earners; the idea is that once a person had made at least $10 million in a single year, every dollar coming in after that would be t...
2019-01-18
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checkyourfact_876
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/05/30/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-bad-government/
Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."
Turning Point USA
2019-05-29
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/05/30/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-bad-government/
There is no record of Jefferson ever saying or writing this phrase. It is included in the Thomas Jefferson Foundation’s list of spurious quotations.
2019-05-29
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checkyourfact_876
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/05/30/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-bad-government/
Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."
Turning Point USA
2019-05-29
https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/chain-email-10-jefferson-quotations/
Since 2008, a list of ten purported Jefferson quotations has been passed around via email and posted in many places on the Internet. This list contains some genuine Jefferson quotations, some misquoted Jefferson quotations, some completely spurious quotations, and some that are mixture of genuine and spurious. The quot...
2008-01-01
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https://checkyourfact.com/2019/05/30/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-bad-government/
Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."
Turning Point USA
2019-05-29
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/nov/19/herman-cain/herman-cain-changes-jefferson-quotation/
There seems to be a cottage industry in misquoting Thomas Jefferson. He didn’t say, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." Nor, "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government," nor any variations of those or dozens of other pithy phrases wrongly attributed to our...
2013-11-15
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checkyourfact_876
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/05/30/fact-check-thomas-jefferson-bad-government/
Claims that Thomas Jefferson said, "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."
Turning Point USA
2019-05-29
https://www.studocu.com/en-us/messages/question/3445295/most-bad-government-has-grown-out-of-too-much-government-thomas-jefferson-in-at-least-two
Subject:English Grammar "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."—Thomas Jefferson [...] Interpretation of Thomas Jefferson's Quote Thomas Jefferson's quote, "Most bad government has grown out of too much government.", suggests that when a government becomes
2020-03-08
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checkyourfact_878
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/23/fact-check-musk-rip-tweet-epstein/
purports Elon Musk published a 'Rest In Peace (RIP)' tweet for late financier Jeffrey Epstein
Post
2023-05-17
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/23/fact-check-musk-rip-tweet-epstein/
An advanced Twitter search does not generate the purported tweet from Musk. There is no evidence he made the purported remark.
2023-05-17
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checkyourfact_878
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/23/fact-check-musk-rip-tweet-epstein/
purports Elon Musk published a 'Rest In Peace (RIP)' tweet for late financier Jeffrey Epstein
Post
2023-05-17
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/23/fact-check-musk-rip-tweet-epstein/
FACT CHECK: Did Elon Musk Publish An ‘RIP’ Tweet For Jeffrey Epstein? A post shared on Twitter purports Elon Musk published a "Rest In Peace (RIP)" tweet for late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. [...] "The woke left can’t decide if I’m anti-semitic or friends with a Jewish man (RIP) and it’s driving them cr...
2023-05-23
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checkyourfact_878
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/23/fact-check-musk-rip-tweet-epstein/
purports Elon Musk published a 'Rest In Peace (RIP)' tweet for late financier Jeffrey Epstein
Post
2023-05-17
https://checkyourfact.com/2022/12/22/fact-check-elon-musk-tweet-reporters/
A post shared on Facebook purports Twitter CEO Elon Musk published a tweet describing banning reporters he doesn’t like on his platform as a "pretty innocuous alternative" to murder. [...] The Facebook post purports Musk published a tweet about banning reporters on his platform. "You know, in some parts of the world, j...
2022-12-22
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/05/23/fact-check-musk-rip-tweet-epstein/
purports Elon Musk published a 'Rest In Peace (RIP)' tweet for late financier Jeffrey Epstein
Post
2023-05-17
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/01/fact-check-attorneys-musk-citizenship-application/
A post shared on Twitter purports "prominent attorneys" are investigating whether Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly lied on his U.S. citizenship application. [...] "BREAKING: Prominent attorneys are investigating whether Elon Musk lied on his application for U.S. citizenship. If it shows that he lied anywhere o...
2023-06-01
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checkyourfact_881
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-video-refugees-new-york/
purports to show Muslim refugees terrorizing New York
Video
2023-08-04
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-video-refugees-new-york/
The original video, published via Instagram, shows chaos that ensued after Twitch streamer Kai Cenat hosted a giveaway in Union Square on Aug. 4. A spokesperson for the New York Police Department (NYPD)’s Deputy Commissioner, Public Information denied the claim in an email to Check Your Fact.
2023-08-04
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-video-refugees-new-york/
purports to show Muslim refugees terrorizing New York
Video
2023-08-04
https://cdn01.checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-video-refugees-new-york/
FACT CHECK: Viral Video Falsely Claims To Show Muslim Refugees Terrorizing New York A video shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, purports to show Muslim refugees terrorizing New York. [...] "US Now the terror of refugee Muslims continues in New York as well," the X video, viewed over 50,0...
2023-08-15
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checkyourfact_881
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-video-refugees-new-york/
purports to show Muslim refugees terrorizing New York
Video
2023-08-04
https://ground.news/article/fact-check-viral-video-falsely-claims-to-show-muslim-refugees-terrorizing-new-york
FACT CHECK: Viral Video Falsely Claims To Show Muslim Refugees Terrorizing New York
2023-08-15
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checkyourfact_881
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/15/fact-check-video-refugees-new-york/
purports to show Muslim refugees terrorizing New York
Video
2023-08-04
https://www.aclu.org/documents/factsheet-nypd-muslim-surveillance-program
- The purported rationale for this unconstitutional surveillance is captured in a 2007 NYPD Intelligence Division report titled "Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat." The report claims to identify a "radicalization process" by which individuals turn into terrorists – a "process" so broad that it seems to t...
2013-06-17
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement/
CNN published an article claiming Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy made "several unproven claims" in his impeachment inquiry announcement.
CNN
2023-09-13
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement/
The CNN article acknowledges that at least three of McCarthy’s claims are true, if missing context, and that at least one is based on “evolving” House Republican allegations.
2023-09-13
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement/
CNN published an article claiming Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy made "several unproven claims" in his impeachment inquiry announcement.
CNN
2023-09-13
https://apnews.com/article/biden-impeachment-mccarthy-hannity-78e4c7efeb030b29e1576f868257179b
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy floats an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct, responding to enormous GOP pressure to demonstrate support...
2023-07-26
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement/
CNN published an article claiming Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy made "several unproven claims" in his impeachment inquiry announcement.
CNN
2023-09-13
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement/
FACT CHECK: Did Kevin McCarthy Make ‘Several Unproven Claims’ In His Impeachment Inquiry Announcement? [...] NEW: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made several unproven claims Tuesday while announcing the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden [...] The claim that McCarthy made "several unproven c...
2023-09-18
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement/
CNN published an article claiming Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy made "several unproven claims" in his impeachment inquiry announcement.
CNN
2023-09-13
https://ground.news/article/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement
FACT CHECK: Did Kevin McCarthy Make ‘Several Unproven Claims’ In His Impeachment Inquiry Announcement?
2023-09-18
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/09/18/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-make-several-unproven-claims-in-his-impeachment-inquiry-announcement/
CNN published an article claiming Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy made "several unproven claims" in his impeachment inquiry announcement.
CNN
2023-09-13
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/07/31/hunter-bidens-ex-friend-devon-archer-denies-president-talked-business-with-sons-associates-the-biggest-allegations-involving-hunter-biden-and-his-father-explained/
Some Republicans have denounced their colleagues’ push to impeach Biden, as the effort risks possible hypocrisy claims since the GOP widely criticized Trump’s two impeachments. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) accused McCarthy of engaging in "impeachment theater," in an interview with CNN, telling host Dana Bash he believes McC...
2023-07-31
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checkyourfact_884
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-70000-americans-fentanyl-overdoses/
70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses
Viral Post
2023-08-01
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-70000-americans-fentanyl-overdoses/
This statistic is accurate. A report from the National Institutes of Health verifies the number, which a spokesperson for Scott provided in an email to Check Your Fact.
2023-08-01
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-70000-americans-fentanyl-overdoses/
70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses
Viral Post
2023-08-01
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65111226
Fentanyl is a deadly, synthetic opioid, 50 times more powerful than heroin. Americans are dying from it at such an alarming rate, that the US has approved the sale of naloxone - an overdose-reversing drug - without a prescription. But fentanyl's trail of destruction begins further south. [...] Last year 70,000 American...
2023-04-01
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-70000-americans-fentanyl-overdoses/
70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses
Viral Post
2023-08-01
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-why-has-europe-been-spared-canadas-fentanyl-disaster
Canada and the U.S. suffer about 77,000 deaths a year from fentanyl. Europe doesn't come close. It's enforcement agencies are desperate to stop fentanyl crossing the Atlantic. (Photo: An example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly.)Photo by Jacquelyn Martin /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hardly a week goes by that we d...
2023-12-11
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-70000-americans-fentanyl-overdoses/
70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses
Viral Post
2023-08-01
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reversing-a-fentanyl-overdose-with-naloxone-60-minutes/
Last year, more than 70,000 Americans died from a fentanyl overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's a higher death toll than U.S. military casualties in the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan combined. [...] The CDC says other signs of a fentanyl overdose are an inability to awa...
2024-09-22
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/04/fact-check-70000-americans-fentanyl-overdoses/
70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses
Viral Post
2023-08-01
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/health/fentanyl-overdose-cdc-report/index.html
Nearly 70,000 people in the US died of drug overdoses that involved fentanyl in 2021, almost a four-fold increase over five years. By 2021, about two-thirds of all overdose deaths involved the potent synthetic opioid, according to the report. Multiple drugs can be reported on one death certificate, and fentanyl is ofte...
2023-05-03
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/02/fact-check-ai-drone-operator-simulation/
Media outlets, such as the Telegraph and the Independent, reported that an artificial intelligence (AI) controlled drone killed its operator in a simulation.
The Telegraph
2023-06-02
https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/2054156/the-ethics-of-acquiring-disruptive-technologies-artificial-intelligence-autonom/
46 Phillip Sherwell, "U.S. Drone Pilot Haunted by Horrors of Remote Killings; Operator Sickened by Death Count," London Daily Telegraph, October 25, 2013, available at <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10403313/Confessions-of-a-US-drone-operator-I-watched-him-die.-It-took-a-long-time.html>. [...
2020-01-10
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checkyourfact_888
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/09/george-orwell-rough-men/
Claims that novelist George Orwell once said, "People sleep peacefully in their Beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Viral Quote
2019-08-07
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/09/george-orwell-rough-men/
While Orwell did express a similar sentiment, he did not write or say the quote in the Facebook post.
2019-08-07
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checkyourfact_888
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/09/george-orwell-rough-men/
Claims that novelist George Orwell once said, "People sleep peacefully in their Beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Viral Quote
2019-08-07
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/rough-men/
George Orwell displayed more understanding of the reality of combat in one sentence: "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." [...] We have forgotten George Orwell’s chilling truth: "People sleep peacefully in their beds only because rough men s...
2011-11-07
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checkyourfact_888
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/09/george-orwell-rough-men/
Claims that novelist George Orwell once said, "People sleep peacefully in their Beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Viral Quote
2019-08-07
https://freakonomics.com/2009/12/quotes-uncovered-violence-and-enemies/
Perhaps you could help out famous Science Fiction author William Gibson, who recently tried to trace down the origin of the following sentence, often attributed to George Orwell: "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." [...] This is the closest...
2023-09-14
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checkyourfact_888
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/09/george-orwell-rough-men/
Claims that novelist George Orwell once said, "People sleep peacefully in their Beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Viral Quote
2019-08-07
https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=21875468
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us." [...] - Alternative: "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." [...] - Actual source: Quote Investigator found the earli...
2019-06-25
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checkyourfact_888
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/09/george-orwell-rough-men/
Claims that novelist George Orwell once said, "People sleep peacefully in their Beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Viral Quote
2019-08-07
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?q=people+sleep+because+rough+men
― Slingshot ― Slingshot "I once saw an episode of QI where they debated a supposed George Orwell quote: ‘People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf’." [...] ― Grunt Life ― Grunt Life "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough me...
2024-10-01
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checkyourfact_896
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-epstein-kaczynski-summer-camp/
purports to show Jeffrey Epstein and Ted Kaczynski at a boys summer camp together
Image
2023-06-12
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-epstein-kaczynski-summer-camp/
The original photo, taken at Interlochen Arts Camp in 1967, has been uploaded to the image-sharing website Smug Mug. Although Epstein did attend the camp, according to the Daily Beast, Kaczynski was already in high school in 1958, a Wikipedia image shows.
2023-06-12
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-epstein-kaczynski-summer-camp/
purports to show Jeffrey Epstein and Ted Kaczynski at a boys summer camp together
Image
2023-06-12
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/epstein-kaczynski-summer-camp-photo/
Following the death of Ted Kaczynski — the man dubbed the "Unabomber" who carried out a mail-bombing campaign from the 1970s to the 1990s — myriad claims about his life and connections appeared in social media. Among those was the claim that a viral picture shows Kaczynski with the late financier and sex offender Jeffr...
2023-06-12
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checkyourfact_896
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/06/19/fact-check-epstein-kaczynski-summer-camp/
purports to show Jeffrey Epstein and Ted Kaczynski at a boys summer camp together
Image
2023-06-12
https://www.snopes.com/tag/jeffrey-epstein/?pagenum=2
No, Pic Doesn't Show Jeffrey Epstein, Ted Kaczynski Attending Summer Camp Together
2024-01-04
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checkyourfact_897
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/26/fact-check-maxwell-disney-1985/
purports Ghislaine Maxwell worked at Disney World in 1985
Video
2023-07-14
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/26/fact-check-maxwell-disney-1985/
There is no evidence suggesting Maxwell worked at Disney World in 1985.
2023-07-14
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https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/26/fact-check-maxwell-disney-1985/
purports Ghislaine Maxwell worked at Disney World in 1985
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2023-07-14
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/26/fact-check-maxwell-disney-1985/
A video shared on Facebook purports former British socialite and alleged sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell worked at Disney World in 1985. [...] "In 1985 Ghislaine Maxwell worked at Disney," the Facebook video, shared over 1,000 times, purports. The video includes multiple photos of Maxwell pictured beside the popular Dis...
2023-07-26
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checkyourfact_897
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/26/fact-check-maxwell-disney-1985/
purports Ghislaine Maxwell worked at Disney World in 1985
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2023-07-14
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell
Maxwell was a prominent member of the London social scene in the 1980s.[27] She founded a women's club named after the original Kit-Cat Club[12][28] and was a director of Oxford United Football Club during her father's ownership.[29][30] She also worked at The European,[31] a publication her father had established. Acc...
2024-10-09
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checkyourfact_897
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/26/fact-check-maxwell-disney-1985/
purports Ghislaine Maxwell worked at Disney World in 1985
Video
2023-07-14
https://www.justice-integrity.org/metoo-news-posts
They opened with Cimberly Espinosa, who was Ghislaine Maxwell’s executive assistant from November of 1996 to 2002. Espinosa’s opinion of Maxwell was very different from the testimony we’d heard from the four accusers the prosecution presented previously. [...] Witness alleges Ghislaine Maxwell groped her as a teenager ...
2022-03-08
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checkyourfact_901
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/14/fact-check-biggie-smalls-predict-covid-19/
Rapper Notorious B.I.G predicted Covid-19 pandemic in 1994
Viral video
2023-03-13
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/14/fact-check-biggie-smalls-predict-covid-19/
The claim is inaccurate. The video has been digitally altered.
2023-03-13
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checkyourfact_901
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/14/fact-check-biggie-smalls-predict-covid-19/
Rapper Notorious B.I.G predicted Covid-19 pandemic in 1994
Viral video
2023-03-13
https://pop.inquirer.net/110389/conspiractea-did-this-rapper-predict-covid-19-8-years-ago
The COVID-19 pandemic was something truly unpredictable that caught pretty much the whole world off guard, and even now we’re still struggling to cope with it. But what if I told you that someone might have actually predicted it was going to happen? A TikTok video by tythecrazyguy recently went viral because it seems t...
2021-06-02
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checkyourfact_901
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/14/fact-check-biggie-smalls-predict-covid-19/
Rapper Notorious B.I.G predicted Covid-19 pandemic in 1994
Viral video
2023-03-13
https://www.thip.media/health-news-fact-check/fact-check-did-biggie-smalls-predict-covid-19-in-1994/45035/
A video on social media claims that the rapper named Notorious B.I.G. predicted the COVID pandemic in 1994. We fact-checked and found the claim is false. The snippet is from the song named Juicy and the lyrics nowhere talks about the COVID pandemic. [...] Did Biggie Smalls predict COVID-19 in 1994? No. Smalls never pre...
2024-10-07
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checkyourfact_901
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/14/fact-check-biggie-smalls-predict-covid-19/
Rapper Notorious B.I.G predicted Covid-19 pandemic in 1994
Viral video
2023-03-13
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/04/fact-check-biggie-smalls-did-not-predict-covid-19-in-1994.html
Did Biggie Smalls predict the COVID-19 pandemic in his 1994 song lyrics? No, that's not true: The rapper, real name Christopher Wallace, did not write about the SARS-CoV-2 virus outbreak decades before it occurred. The video claiming to show the Notorious B.I.G. singing about COVID uses altered lyrics to his song "Juic...
2023-04-10
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checkyourfact_903
checkyourfact_903
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/21/fact-check-george-washington-firearms-stand-next-importance-constitution/
Claims that George Washington once said, "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty, teeth and keystone under independence."
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2019-08-09
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/21/fact-check-george-washington-firearms-stand-next-importance-constitution/
The Daily Caller found no evidence that Washington ever made this statement.
2019-08-09
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checkyourfact_903
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/21/fact-check-george-washington-firearms-stand-next-importance-constitution/
Claims that George Washington once said, "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty, teeth and keystone under independence."
Viral Quote
2019-08-09
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/03/facebook-posts/washington-didnt-say-government-mistrusts-citizens/
Washington’s Mount Vernon estate includes the quote in its "spurious quotations" list of sayings misattributed to the first president: "The quote seems to originate from an online publication: The American Wisdom Series presents Pamphlet #230, ‘President George Washington's Thoughts on Firearms.’ The author provides no...
2019-08-17
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checkyourfact_903_ret_b16_gn
checkyourfact_903
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/21/fact-check-george-washington-firearms-stand-next-importance-constitution/
Claims that George Washington once said, "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty, teeth and keystone under independence."
Viral Quote
2019-08-09
https://1776now.org/george-washington-firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the-constitution-itself/
They are the people’s liberty teeth keystone… the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable… more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." [...] Plea...
2009-03-30
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checkyourfact_903_ret_bn_g13
checkyourfact_903
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/21/fact-check-george-washington-firearms-stand-next-importance-constitution/
Claims that George Washington once said, "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty, teeth and keystone under independence."
Viral Quote
2019-08-09
https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2016/02/05/a-rep-matt-shea-bill-would-insert-fake-founding-father-quotes-into-state-law
The Washington state legislature finds that the right to keep and bear arms embodied in the federal and state Constitutions is a fundamental freedom that existed long before the founding of this nation and state and this right should continue to be protected, nurtured, and expanded. The legislature further finds that t...
2016-02-05
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checkyourfact_905
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/10/fact-check-henry-ford-quote-faster-horses/
claims Henry Ford once said, "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Viral Quote
2019-10-09
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/10/fact-check-henry-ford-quote-faster-horses/
The Daily Caller News Foundation found no evidence that Ford ever said or wrote this expression.
2019-10-09
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checkyourfact_905_ret_b0_g1
checkyourfact_905
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/10/fact-check-henry-ford-quote-faster-horses/
claims Henry Ford once said, "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Viral Quote
2019-10-09
https://hbr.org/2011/08/henry-ford-never-said-the-fast
InnovationHenry Ford, Innovation, and That "Faster Horse" Quote by Patrick VlaskovitsAugust 29, 2011PostPostShareSaveBuy CopiesPrintLeer en españolLer em portuguêsPostPostShareSaveBuy CopiesPrint"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."Read more on Innovation or related topics Custom...
2023-09-25
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checkyourfact_905_ret_b10_gn
checkyourfact_905
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/10/fact-check-henry-ford-quote-faster-horses/
claims Henry Ford once said, "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Viral Quote
2019-10-09
https://medium.com/seeking-wisdom/henry-ford-on-customer-feedback-ddae3cf908d7
Henry Ford on Customer Feedback "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." –Henry Ford It’s unclear whether or not Henry Ford actually ever said the quote above, but according to an article in the Harvard Business Review, it’s an accurate reflection of how Ford thought about customer ...
2021-05-19
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checkyourfact_905
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/10/fact-check-henry-ford-quote-faster-horses/
claims Henry Ford once said, "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Viral Quote
2019-10-09
https://mpqd.medium.com/that-henry-ford-quote-679b84bcaf3b
That "Henry Ford" Quote… "If I’d have asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said, ‘A faster horse.’" — Henry Ford? While there’s doubt that Ford ever said this, it’s something he might have said. Designers tend to hear this when we suggest doing User Research to determine needs and pain points. "If I’d h...
2018-03-17
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checkyourfact_905
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/10/fact-check-henry-ford-quote-faster-horses/
claims Henry Ford once said, "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Viral Quote
2019-10-09
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/why-henry-fords-most-famous-quote-is-dead-wrong/290410
Why Henry Ford's Most Famous Quote Is Dead Wrong If Ford had asked people what they wanted, would they really have said 'faster horses?' [...] Henry Ford was one of the world's great innovators and a quotable gentleman at that, particularly in the realms of business and innovation. Perhaps the most famous quote attribu...
2017-03-13
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checkyourfact_913
checkyourfact_913
https://checkyourfact.com/2021/10/14/fact-check-advertisement-global-leaders-conference-vatican/
a conference titled "The Elite Global Leaders Conference" will be held at the Vatican on Oct. 23 and will focus on "humanity-empowering technology."
Viral Image/Post
2021-10-10
https://checkyourfact.com/2021/10/14/fact-check-advertisement-global-leaders-conference-vatican/
A private event matching the flyer’s description is being held at the Teutonic College in Vatican City later this month, according to a Vatican spokesperson. However, the event is not organized by the Vatican.
2021-10-10
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checkyourfact_913
https://checkyourfact.com/2021/10/14/fact-check-advertisement-global-leaders-conference-vatican/
a conference titled "The Elite Global Leaders Conference" will be held at the Vatican on Oct. 23 and will focus on "humanity-empowering technology."
Viral Image/Post
2021-10-10
https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/fact-check-does-this-picture-show-an-advertisement-for-an-elite-global-leaders-conference-being-held-at-the-vatican/
FACT CHECK: Does This Picture Show An Advertisement For An ‘Elite Global Leaders’ Conference Being Held At The Vatican? An image shared on Instagram claims a conference titled the "Elite Global Leaders Conference" will be held at the Vatican on Oct. 23 and will focus on "humanity-empowering technology." [...] The image...
2021-10-14
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checkyourfact_913
https://checkyourfact.com/2021/10/14/fact-check-advertisement-global-leaders-conference-vatican/
a conference titled "The Elite Global Leaders Conference" will be held at the Vatican on Oct. 23 and will focus on "humanity-empowering technology."
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2021-10-10
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/international-vatican-conference-cura-foundation/
Global Leaders At Fifth International Vatican Conference Working On Ways For People To Live Healthy Lives Well Past 100 [...] This is the fifth International Vatican Conference and this year it's all virtual. For three days, more than 100 global leaders in science, faith, medicine and technology are discussing the late...
2021-05-06
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checkyourfact_913
https://checkyourfact.com/2021/10/14/fact-check-advertisement-global-leaders-conference-vatican/
a conference titled "The Elite Global Leaders Conference" will be held at the Vatican on Oct. 23 and will focus on "humanity-empowering technology."
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2021-10-10
https://mythdetector.com/en/does-the-vatican-host-the-presentation-of-code-and-what-is-transhumanism/
On October 14th, 2021, the Facebook account "Marji Georgia" published a post, claiming that on October 23, the pedophile globalists at the forefront of the "world codification" are going to host a large-scale conference in the Vatican. According to the post’s author, the main topic of the conference will be transhumani...
2021-11-11
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checkyourfact_917
checkyourfact_917
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/14/fact-check-jim-carrey-society-collapsing-mentally-ill-human-spirit/
Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing."
Viral Quote
2019-07-30
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/14/fact-check-jim-carrey-society-collapsing-mentally-ill-human-spirit/
A celebrity did say this, but it was actually British comedian Russell Brand.
2019-07-30
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checkyourfact_917_ret_b0_gn
checkyourfact_917
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/14/fact-check-jim-carrey-society-collapsing-mentally-ill-human-spirit/
Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing."
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2019-07-30
https://checkyourfact.com/2020/07/27/fact-check-jim-carrey-hollywood-babies-christmas/
An article shared on Facebook claims actor Jim Carrey said, "Hollywood elites eat whole babies for Christmas." [...] In May, a 2018 article published by the website Jasper and Sardine has resurfaced in QAnon Facebook groups. The article alleges that Carrey, an actor known for roles in films such as "Dumb and Dumber" an...
2020-07-27
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checkyourfact_917_ret_bn_g0
checkyourfact_917
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/14/fact-check-jim-carrey-society-collapsing-mentally-ill-human-spirit/
Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing."
Viral Quote
2019-07-30
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/14/fact-check-jim-carrey-society-collapsing-mentally-ill-human-spirit/
FACT CHECK: Did Jim Carrey Say, ‘Society Is Collapsing’? An image shared on Facebook claims "Dumb and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." [...] The meme, which has been shared more than 24,000 times, purports that Carrey believes society is collapsing. The alleged statement continues, "People are st...
2019-08-14
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checkyourfact_917
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/08/14/fact-check-jim-carrey-society-collapsing-mentally-ill-human-spirit/
Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing."
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2019-07-30
https://azmoviechallenge.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/the-unappreciated-genius-of-jim-carrey/
He’s one of my favourite actors of all time. I hold both Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber very close to my heart and I’m often overheard quoting both movies on a daily basis. Jim Carrey will always be that crazy pet detective with the outlandish shirts and the ridiculous quiff haircut but there’s so much more to him tha...
2014-06-26
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checkyourfact_919
checkyourfact_919
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/20/fact-check-vladimir-putin-america-democracy/
purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy
Video
2023-04-16
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/04/20/fact-check-vladimir-putin-america-democracy/
The video was created by the non-partisan anti-corruption organization, RepresentUs. A spokesperson for the organization confirmed the footage of Putin included in the video was not real.
2023-04-16
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