“Video shows Elon Musk announcing he’s giving away free gold bars.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 8 Dec 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A Facebook post took a video of Elon Musk talking out of context and edited the audio. Musk isn’t giving away free gold bars.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 December 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02mFAJ4vbbdRcUqtM9X5Wa95438GQzC9Uf…
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