“Video shows a President Joe Biden impostor.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“Video shows Elon Musk said South Africans no longer have to work with access to his “platform.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows Palestinians pretending to be corpses amid the Israel-Hamas war.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows singer Kelly Clarkson discussing a “weight loss formula.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Wisconsin has historically…and I think largely continues to be, a blue state.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Writer Bari Weiss wrote that what the Trump administration did “was pretty incredible in hindsight.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A video proves that the United Nations is “setting up shop in U.S. states.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The video was first posted in 2017. It shows United Nations peacekeeping vehicles manufactured in the U.S. and stored at a State Department warehouse in Hagerstown, Maryland, before they are shipped overseas.
“The lifespan of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A study by energy industry experts showed that an average wind turbine generator lasts around 25 to 75 years.
“A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A difference in the number of votes in a certified election result and the number of voters who voted, according to their voter history in a different data set, is not evidence of a federal crime.
“A new deadly pandemic is at our doorstep.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Public health authorities, such as the World Health Organization and the CDC, track disease outbreaks worldwide and alert the public about emerging health threats. But no new global health crisis has been declared.
“Bill Gates mRNA 'air vaccine' approved for use against non-consenting humans”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: An mRNA COVID-19 "air vaccine" has not been approved for use. Research on an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine is being conducted, but it hasn't been tested on humans yet. Bill Gates has not funded this type of research.
“Egypt is now at war with Israel.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There have been no credible news reports or government declarations that Egypt is now at war with Israel.
“It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: In most ways, the process for buying a gun from a federally licensed dealer under federal and Maine law is more stringent than the laws governing Sudafed. But if you choose an unlicensed seller, a gun would be easier.
“Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: A Lego model of an MRI machine was first developed in 2015 to help children understand the procedure and feel comfortable before their exams. In 2022, Lego donated 600 model MRI scanners to hospitals worldwide.
“Less than 48 hours after Israel was attacked “we have hundreds of hours worth of footage but zero footage from the Ukraine war.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been well documented by news outlets and Ukrainian civilians.
“The Milwaukee Brewers “are complaining about a lack of transit going to the ballpark at the same time as they are testifying in favor (of) taking $135 million away from Milwaukee County”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Video shows Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith advertising “$5,600 health spending cards.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This video was altered. That’s not actress Jada Pinkett Smith promoting free health spending cards.
“95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This figure is out of scale with at least three other analyses. The other studies found China’s share of U.S. pharmaceutical ingredient imports range from about 20% down to the low single digits.
“In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The federal debt goes up by a lot every 20 minutes, and if you look at averages, the increase over that period is more than four times higher than what Johnson said.
“Video shows crisis actors in Palestine “working overtime to fool the world” during the current Israel-Hamas war.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This footage was originally uploaded to YouTube in 2017 and shows behind-the-scenes moments from a film project.