“Josh Mandel doctored an image in a campaign ad but "forgot to Photoshop the hands that clearly show he put his face on the body of a Black soldier.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“No ha sido obligatorio notificar los eventos adversos” al VAERS tras la vacunación contra el COVID-19.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Falso
FactCheck.org says: Los proveedores de atención médica sí están obligados a notificar determinados eventos adversos tras la vacunación contra el COVID-19 al VAERS.
“COVID-19 treatment "remdesivir is proven to kill lives.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: A retired chiropractor misleadingly claimed that remdesivir used to treat COVID-19 is “killing people.” But tudies have shown that remdesivir can lead to faster recovery times for hospitalized patients.
“In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The US had the largest decline in absolute terms, but relative to starting points, countries such as the UK, Italy, France and Germany had steeper declines.
“John Fetterman's a self-described democratic socialist.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The NPR story cited in the Penn Progress TV ad now carries a correction that says, “This story wrongly states that Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is a ‘self-described democratic socialist.’ He is not.”
“John Fetterman's a self-described democratic socialist.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The ad alludes to a 2020 NPR story that called Fetterman a self-described democratic socialist. That story contains a correction stating that that description was wrong.
“Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: All three senators have acted to stop child pornography. Not a shred of evidence supports this claim.
“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The plan is not a “Senate Republicans’ plan.” It's a plan by Sen. Rick Scott that does not explicitly end Social Security and Medicare. It proposes the sunsetting of all federal laws.
“The FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: An exchange between Matt Gaetz and an FBI official isn't proof that the FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop. While the official said he personally didn’t know where the laptop was, he didn’t say that the agency misplaced it
“El video en el que se ven cadáveres tirados en una calle es en Bucha, Ucrania”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Auténtico
“Says Barack Obama tweeted, “Has anyone checked to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t have a Russian birth certificate?”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country doesn’t have to deal with the “rage of older white men” because “we’ve never allowed Rupert Murdoch to set up a media outlet here.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The quote is fabricated. A communications expert in New Zealand made a related comment to The Guardian in 2020, but even that quote is distorted in this social media post.
“The facts are clear here. This is unbelievable. You have the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice advocating for an insurrection, advocating for overturning a legal election to the sitting president’s chief of staff.”
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Thomas criticized the violence attack on the Capitol even as she sought to overturn the election results.
“The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The most accurate count found 48 million more registered voters than votes cast in the 2020 election. The Census Bureau's survey found 13 million more registered voters than votes cast.
“El cambio de gobierno en Ucrania de 2014 fue por un golpe de Estado”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The job creation record under Biden has been impressive, exceeding 424,000 in 14 out of the 15 months he’s been in office. However, the economy didn’t turn suddenly when he took office; it was already improving.
“A baby’s immune system can’t handle antigens from vaccines, because new food must be introduced slowly to identify allergic reactions.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Vaccines given to babies do not overload the immune system, according to the CDC.
“CDC is no longer releasing data comparing vaccinated vs unvaccinated deaths & hospitalizations.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Weekly rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status are published monthly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its website.