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X posts stated on June 27, 2024 in an X post:
“CNN will implement a 1-2 minute delay for tonight’s presidential debate instead of the standard 7-second delay, potentially allowing time to edit parts of the broadcast.”
By Jeff Cercone• June 28, 2024
Instagram posts stated on May 02, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“mRNA in food is being tested by USDA now.”
By Samantha Putterman• May 8, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 09, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:
“The World Health Organization has been working since 1974 on vaccines to create permanent sterility.”
By Madison Czopek• January 27, 2023
TikTok posts stated on January 03, 2022 in a post:
When children are given vaccines for COVID-19, “a viral gene will be injected into your children's cells. This gene forces your child’s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children’s critical organs."
By Monique Curet• January 7, 2022
Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Moderna chief medical officer admits: mRNA alters DNA.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 14, 2021
Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2023 in a post:
“MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply.”
By Tom Kertscher• January 23, 2023
Scott Surovell stated on January 21, 2014 in a floor debate.:
"Eighty-five percent of the states in the United States that had electrocution have now abolished it."
By Nancy Madsen• February 3, 2014
Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement:
Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
By Miriam Valverde• October 31, 2017
Facebook posts stated on November 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Merriam-Webster recently changed its definition of the word “vaccine” and removed the immunity portion.
By Samantha Putterman• November 9, 2021
AmericanNews.com stated on November 02, 2014 in a web post:
"Congress Approves Bill Offering Free Cars To Welfare Recipients."
By Lauren Burns• November 17, 2014
Facebook posts stated on January 24, 2022 in a post:
Vaccine makers “are shipping lots of jabs with varying ingredients, potency & EVEN placebo lots.”
By Luiz Romero• January 31, 2022
Chris Koster stated on September 13, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens "spent another $600,000 on image consultants" to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues.
By Anna Maples• November 6, 2016
Shelley Grogan stated on March 29, 2021 in a radio ad:
Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."
By Eric Litke• March 30, 2021
Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:
The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero• January 15, 2026
Mike DeWine stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference:
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
By Joe Guillen• December 7, 2012
Viral image stated on February 21, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Every single one” of former President Barack Obama’s Medal of Freedom recipients in this video “was on Epstein’s flight logs.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Polio wasn’t eradicated in the United States by a vaccine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 25, 2023
Americans For Tax Reform stated on May 06, 2019 in a televised ad by the Americans for Tax Reform:
"The Department of Health and Human Services is considering a plan to adopt socialist price controls from foreign countries." 
By Shefali Luthra• July 19, 2019
Florida Democratic Party stated on February 25, 2014 in a press release:
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
By Amy Sherman• March 3, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee stated on August 08, 2014 in TV ad:
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
By Amy Sherman• August 15, 2014

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A misleading ad by NextGen Climate against Rick Scott

By Amy Sherman• August 29, 2014

Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 10, 2023

Reader hits were topped by a faulty shot at Rick Perry

By W. Gardner Selby• November 3, 2010

NextGen Climate’s attack ads on Florida Gov. Rick Scott

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• August 19, 2014

NextGen Climate’s attacks on Florida Gov. Rick Scott

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• August 15, 2014

Nihilistic violent extremism: What the FBI term means and why experts warn against overuse

By Amy Sherman• October 13, 2025

What Allen West got wrong about COVID-19 and treatments

By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2021

Should I get a COVID-19 vaccination? Answering questions for vaccine skeptics

By Noah Y. Kim, Samantha Putterman• May 27, 2021

In Context: What Donald Trump said about disinfectant, sun and coronavirus

By Daniel Funke• April 24, 2020

What are peptides, and are they safe?

By Grace Abels• March 6, 2026

Dueling TV ads take on Scott Walker's position on abortion

By Tom Kertscher• October 8, 2014

How did West Virginia inject 108.1% of its vaccine doses?

By Louis Jacobson• February 2, 2021

The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual?

By Amy Sherman• October 28, 2025

Over a cliff, yes; but is this ad also over the top?

By Louis Jacobson• May 25, 2011

Villanova University was targeted by ‘swatting.’ What is it, and how does it affect victims?

By Loreben Tuquero• August 22, 2025

Facts on the vitamin K shot for newborns

By Grace Abels• March 24, 2026

The ‘shaking’ COVID-19 vaccine side-effect videos and what we know about them

By Samantha Putterman, Paul Specht• January 20, 2021

Trump’s pardon comments omit why former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was prosecuted

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2025

Walz has conflated IVF and IUI when discussing his family. What’s the difference?

By Jeff Cercone• August 22, 2024

Michigan lawmakers invite COVID-19 conspiracy theorist to testify on bill to ban vaccine passports

By Dave Boucher• May 6, 2021