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Viral image stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The king of Denmark waved the Palestinian flag from the balcony in support of Palestine.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2024
Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet:
“WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
By Amanda Boring• October 18, 2022
Florida Democratic Party stated on November 05, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge."
By Joshua Gillin• November 9, 2015
Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video:
Video shows “Italians take down an EU flag and replace it with an Italian flag” after the 2022 national election.
By Andy Nguyen• September 28, 2022
Bloggers stated on June 12, 2018 in a blog post:
"Burka clad woman runs over baby, gets away with crime for one stunning reason ..."
By Bill McCarthy• June 26, 2018
Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob.
By Bill McCarthy• January 14, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2021 in on social media:
Under the 2017 tax law, “people who make under $75,000 will have their taxes raised in 2021 and every 2 years after that until 2027.”
By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2021
TikTok posts stated on December 05, 2023 in social media posts:
Image shows a Palestinian man in Gaza holding a plastic doll that he says is his dead grandson.
By Sofia Ahmed• December 8, 2023
Michele Bachmann stated on February 15, 2011 in an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show":
The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 18, 2011
Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows parents who changed their baby’s gender identity.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 19, 2022
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals stated on December 20, 2010 in an article:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan diet.
By M.B. Pell• August 31, 2011
Coalition To Save Memorial Hospital Birthing Center stated on March 13, 2016 in statement:
"This unit is the only one in the state that strives to implement the principles of Mother-Friendly care as outlined by the national Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative."  
By Jacqueline Tempera• March 27, 2016
Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2023 in a video on Facebook:
Video shows woman embracing and kissing “a doll,” evidence of “Hamas street theater propaganda exposed.”
By Sofia Ahmed, Rebecca Catalanello• December 11, 2023
Bloggers stated on September 06, 2019 in a blog post:
“Pete Buttigieg claims Bible says babies can be aborted ‘up to their first breath.’”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 19, 2020
Viral image stated on January 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A New York law makes it "now perfectly legal to murder" a baby a minute before it would be born.  
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 1, 2019
TikTok posts stated on January 11, 2023 in a video:
Harvard Medical School students “learn how to care for LGBTQIA+ infants.”
By Samantha Putterman• January 20, 2023
Kari Lake stated on October 09, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:
“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2022
Rand Paul stated on September 04, 2014 in an op-ed for Time magazine:
In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool."
By Steve Contorno• September 11, 2014
Cory Mason stated on February 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
By Tom Kertscher• March 12, 2012
Texas Right to Life stated on December 05, 2014 in an email blast:
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 10, 2014

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By Willoughby Mariano• April 10, 2011

Chairman McCaul's 2011 baby doll claim

By W. Gardner Selby• November 27, 2012

As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage

By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022

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By April Hunt• October 16, 2015

RFK Jr. wants to delay the hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s what parents need to know.

By Jackie Fortiér• December 2, 2025

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By Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2026

A Super Bowl ad says every American child will get a free Trump Account. Is that true?

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Did Donald Trump inherit $100 million?

By Amy Sherman• March 7, 2016

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PAC's newspaper ad makes multiple false claims about Obama

By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, Katie Sanders• September 27, 2012

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By W. Gardner Selby• April 4, 2011