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Misleading: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official A video circulating on social media claims that the official White House Twitter account follows only 19 users, with 15 of them being American government officials and politicians. The remaining four, according to the claim, are official accounts of Indian Prime Minister Modi, th (Source: Factly)
False: A video of a man throwing goats from a speeding truck on Karachi Highway, Pakistan A social media post accompanied by a video in which a man is seen throwing goats from a moving truck is being shared with a claim that it is from Pakistan. Let's verify the claim made in this post.Claim: A video of a man throwing goats from a speeding truck on Karachi Highway, Pa (Source: Factly)
False: Video depicts VVPAT slips being removed from the strong room, despite the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 requiring VVPAT slips to be preserved for one year following the elections A video circulating on social media alleges that a few people are destroying Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips by extracting them from the corresponding machines inside a strong room without following the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. This claim is being circulate (Source: Factly)
Bait & Switch: A Deadly Eastern Diamond Rattlesnake is being found in several locations across the U.S. Bait & SwitchIs a "deadly Eastern diamond rattlesnake" actually being found in several locations across the United States that are not known as native habitats for these snakes? No, that's not true: Social media posts that make the claim are repurposing similarly worded posts to (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Anti-Trump Sign At Bojangles' Restaurant Put Up By Store Did an employee of the Bojangles' fast food chicken restaurant place a sign on a door banning customers who wear pro-Trump hats or shirts? No, that's not true: Bojangles' posted on Twitter that none of its employees had placed the sign on the door. Instead, it was taped on the ou (Source: Lead Stories)
Misleading: Brijbhushan Singh slapped a wrestler in Ranchi for supporting the protesting wrestlers The top wrestlers of India are currently protesting against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on the allegations of prolonged sexual harassment against women wrestlers. The protesters demand the resignation of the president and the diss (Source: News Mobile)
Flawed_Reasoning: “The question is, ‘how much of an impact do we have on [climate]?’ That has not totally been quantified”; climate change is happening anyway, “The ice age happened without us…It’s probably this constant cycle”. CLAIM "The question is, 'how much of an impact do we have on [climate]?' That has not totally been quantified"; climate change is happening anyway, "The ice age happened without us…It's probably this constant cycle". more about the rating framework VERDICT SOURCE: Joe Rogan, The (Source: Science Feedback)