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False: Fake Donald Trump post on expected Ron DeSantis presidential run circulates online A screenshot seemingly showing a Truth Social post published by former U.S. President Donald Trump about Republican Ron DeSantis’ expected presidential run is fabricated. The fabricated screenshot surfaced on May 23 after it was reported that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will of (Source: Reuters)
False: CNN did not report that Liz Cheney endorsed Ron DeSantis on May 23, 2023 News outlet CNN did not report that former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the Republican nomination for President on May 23, 2023, despite the claim shared online. Some users shared the claim after reports on May 23 that DeSantis would o (Source: Reuters)
False: Fabricated Elon Musk tweet on antisemitism and ‘woke left’ shared online Reuters found no evidence that Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and CTO of Twitter, tweeted a post about “the woke left” and antisemitism including a RIP (“Rest in Peace”) reference to Jeffrey Epstein, despite a screenshot shared online. The screenshot seemingly shows a tweet p (Source: Reuters)
False: ABC to Fire Joy Behar from ‘The View’ A fake news site by the name of Any Politics posted an article on March 4th 2018 titled "ABC to Fire Joy Behar from 'The View'" (archived here) but then completely failed to provide any sources or confirmation for this "news" in the body of the article which followed. The article (Source: Lead Stories)
Unsupported: COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual problems in women; vaccinated people are causing health problems in unvaccinated people around them CLAIM COVID-19 vaccines cause menstrual problems in women; vaccinated people are causing health problems in unvaccinated people around them more about the rating framework VERDICT SOURCE: Christiane Northrup, Social media users, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, 11 Apr. 2021 DETAILS (Source: Science Feedback)
False: A popular convenience store in the Philippines is selling factory-processed human meat A Facebook (FB) reel is passing off scenes from a film as real-life events, claiming that an unspecified popular convenience store is selling factory-processed human meat.The short video was published on May 8 by an FB page and continues to circulate this week. The following text (Source: Vera Files)
Fake: The Department of Energy is endorsing Sonic Energy Saver, a device that reduces energy consumption A video advertisement for a device that allegedly reduces energy consumption contains altered clips from a five-month-old CNN Philippines interview with a Department of Energy official.The DOE is not endorsing Sonic Energy Saver.The ads are posted on Facebook pages that direct ne (Source: Vera Files)