Latest Fact-checks by Madison Czopek Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in screenshots shared on Facebook: Screenshots show that conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro received more than $20,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness. Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2022 in a video shared on Facebook: A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook post: “96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: Reuters reported that “White House employee Andrew Bates did use Nazi symbolism in a recent tweet." Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by the Democrats.” Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2022 in an image on Facebook: The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis. Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2022 in a blog post shared on Facebook: “‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset." Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook: “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.” Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans. Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post: Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.” Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2022 in a speech: The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights. Facebook posts stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: 95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.” Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.” Instagram posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a video on Instagram: Active shooter drill at high school in Uvalde, Texas, two months before the elementary school shooting shows the event was a false flag. Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.” Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Swedish health authorities considering introducing restrictions because of monkeypox outbreak.” Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2022 in an image shared on Facebook: Says Fox News and Candace Owens tweeted that “New studies show that 68% of those who used ivermectin to treat or prevent covid are suffering long-term bowel and urinary incontinence.” Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.” Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.” Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release: Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.” Jeffrey Toobin stated on May 2, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.” Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “Paying taxes is optional!!” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Tylenol is the #1 cause of acute liver failure in the US with 27% of people dying & kills at least 100,000 per year from its use.” Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Red Cross sells your donated blood to hospitals for $150 and then that hospital charges you thousands for a blood transfusion.” Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps. Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: “California introduces new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 7 days after birth.” John Cornyn stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.” Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: The word "alcohol" derives from the Arabic term for "body-eating spirit" Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in screenshots shared on Facebook: Screenshots show that conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro received more than $20,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness. Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2022 in a video shared on Facebook: A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook post: “96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: Reuters reported that “White House employee Andrew Bates did use Nazi symbolism in a recent tweet." Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by the Democrats.” Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2022 in an image on Facebook: The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis. Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2022 in a blog post shared on Facebook: “‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset." Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook: “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.” Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans. Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post: Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.” Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2022 in a speech: The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights. Facebook posts stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: 95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.” Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.” Instagram posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a video on Instagram: Active shooter drill at high school in Uvalde, Texas, two months before the elementary school shooting shows the event was a false flag. Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.” Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Swedish health authorities considering introducing restrictions because of monkeypox outbreak.” Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2022 in an image shared on Facebook: Says Fox News and Candace Owens tweeted that “New studies show that 68% of those who used ivermectin to treat or prevent covid are suffering long-term bowel and urinary incontinence.” Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.” Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.” Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release: Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.” Jeffrey Toobin stated on May 2, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.” Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “Paying taxes is optional!!” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Tylenol is the #1 cause of acute liver failure in the US with 27% of people dying & kills at least 100,000 per year from its use.” Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Red Cross sells your donated blood to hospitals for $150 and then that hospital charges you thousands for a blood transfusion.” Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps. Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: “California introduces new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 7 days after birth.” John Cornyn stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.” Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: The word "alcohol" derives from the Arabic term for "body-eating spirit" Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in screenshots shared on Facebook: Screenshots show that conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro received more than $20,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness.
Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2022 in a video shared on Facebook: A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: Reuters reported that “White House employee Andrew Bates did use Nazi symbolism in a recent tweet."
Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by the Democrats.”
Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2022 in an image on Facebook: The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis.
Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2022 in a blog post shared on Facebook: “‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset."
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2022 in an image on Facebook: “The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.”
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.
Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2022 in a Facebook post: Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2022 in a speech: The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.
Facebook posts stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: 95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.”
Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.”
Instagram posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a video on Instagram: Active shooter drill at high school in Uvalde, Texas, two months before the elementary school shooting shows the event was a false flag.
Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Swedish health authorities considering introducing restrictions because of monkeypox outbreak.”
Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2022 in an image shared on Facebook: Says Fox News and Candace Owens tweeted that “New studies show that 68% of those who used ivermectin to treat or prevent covid are suffering long-term bowel and urinary incontinence.”
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.”
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.”
Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release: Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
Jeffrey Toobin stated on May 2, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”
Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Tylenol is the #1 cause of acute liver failure in the US with 27% of people dying & kills at least 100,000 per year from its use.”
Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Red Cross sells your donated blood to hospitals for $150 and then that hospital charges you thousands for a blood transfusion.”
Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps.
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: “California introduces new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 7 days after birth.”
John Cornyn stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: The word "alcohol" derives from the Arabic term for "body-eating spirit"
Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
