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Quick Take Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Wisconsin on Aug. 5. Posts on social media circulated a photo to claim that the recent Trump rally in Wisconsin attracted a “massive” crowd. But the photo was from a previous Trump rally and was shared by Eric Trump in 2020.   Full Story  On Aug. 5, formerContinue reading “Trump Rally Photo Is From 2020, Not Recent Wisconsin Rally, as Social Media Posts Claim”

Quick Take Three stimulus payments have been sent to Americans to ease the economic impact of the pandemic. Social media posts are now sharing a false claim about a new, $40,000 federal stimulus loan. But it’s a marketing ploy. The bottom of the web page says, “This is not a government program nor is itContinue reading “Online ‘Stimulus Loan’ Offers Are Not Related to Government Programs”

Quick Take Three stimulus payments have been sent to Americans to ease the economic impact of the pandemic. Social media posts are now sharing a false claim about a new, $40,000 federal stimulus loan. But it’s a marketing ploy. The bottom of the web page says, “This is not a government program nor is itContinue reading “Online ‘Stimulus Loan’ Offers Are Not Related to Government Programs”

SciCheck Digest A Wuhan Institute of Virology study describes assembling part of a monkeypox viral genome for use in a diagnostic test. Although the researchers only made a fraction of the genome — and it matches a different version of the virus — social media posts are using the study to baselessly claim that theContinue reading “Posts Distort Chinese Research Creating Fragment of Monkeypox Viral Genome”

Quick Take President Joe Biden claimed in a July 20 speech that growing up in Delaware near oil refineries gave him cancer. Posts on social media misinterpreted that to mean he currently has cancer. A White House spokesperson said Biden was referring to a skin cancer that was removed before he became president.  Full StoryContinue reading “Posts on Social Media Misinterpret Biden’s Quote on Previous Cancer”

Quick Take  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had an income of about $623,000 in 2020, according to his financial disclosure submitted to the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption in Ukraine. But posts on social media claim, without evidence, that he has a monthly income of $11 million.   Full Story In late February, Ukraine wasContinue reading “Social Media Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Zelensky’s Income, Net Worth”

Quick Take President Joe Biden quoted the Supreme Court majority opinion on ending the constitutional right to abortion in remarks he made on July 8. Social media posts falsely claim he mistakenly read teleprompter cues. A White House press secretary told us Biden intentionally said “end of quote” and then said “repeat the line” forContinue reading “Social Media Posts Misleadingly Edit and Misrepresent Biden Remarks from Teleprompter”

Quick Take   “Liberal world order” is a decades-old term referring to a system of global cooperation. A Biden administration adviser used the term to explain why gasoline prices are tied to the war in Ukraine. But social media posts use the adviser’s comments to misleadingly claim Biden is pushing a “new liberal world order” toContinue reading “‘Liberal World Order’ Is Decades-Old Term Misinterpreted by Social Media Posts”

Quick Take Planned Parenthood has not closed any of its health centers after the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the organization told us. But social media posts falsely claim that Planned Parenthood clinics have been closing “all over the country” since the ruling. Some clinics have ceased performing abortions but are still providingContinue reading “Planned Parenthood Centers Remain Open Following the Ruling on Roe v. Wade”

Quick Take Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested for alleged drunken driving on May 28. Posts on social media falsely claim that the DUI charges against Pelosi have been dropped. But the Napa County District Attorney’s Office said the case is still under review and no decision has been madeContinue reading “Posts Misrepresent Status of Paul Pelosi’s DUI Charges”