“Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 20 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There is no evidence that the plane was fake. The U.S. has flown more than 82,000 people out of Afghanistan in recent days.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 August 2021, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4236547883099754&set=a.610497145704864&type=3&the…
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