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No Record: There's Evidence Jada Pinkett Smith Said White Supremacy Is Responsible for Cleopatras Terrible Audience Score No RecordDid renowned actress and film producer Jada Pinkett Smith say that "she blames 'white supremacists' for the flop of her new Netflix docudrama series, Queen Cleopatra"? No, that's not true: No credible evidence exists that Pinkett Smith has made any such statement. The we (Source: Lead Stories)
Propaganda: the banner of Victory again appeared over the Reichstag in Berlin PropagandaDid a red banner resembling a Soviet flag fly in Berlin over the Reichstag building, the seat of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, on May 8, 2023 to commemorate the 1945 liberation of Europe from Nazi control? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that t (Source: Lead Stories)
No Proven Link: A Pfizer document shows that the pharmaceutical company's COVID-19 vaccine causes "devastating harm to the musculoskeletal system." No Proven LinkDoes a Pfizer document show that the pharmaceutical company's COVID-19 vaccine causes "devastating harm to the musculoskeletal system"? No, that's not true: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in preventing COVID-19, with the (Source: Lead Stories)
Pseudoscience: Vaccinated People Emit Bluetooth Signals PseudoscienceDo vaccinated people emit Bluetooth signals? No, that's not true: There is no indication that the chip required to use this technology can be injected into a human body through a needle as of this writing. The claim's main argument derives from a "documentary" showin (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Video shows boy offering namaz on the road after Congress won the 2023 Karnataka elections. The Quint received a query for this video's verification on its WhatsApp tipline as well.(Archives of more such claims can be seen here, here and here.)But...?: We were able to trace the video back to 10 January, nearly four months before the 2023 Karnataka elections' results wer (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)