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Microsoft: Russia behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story!

Microsoft has confirmed that Russia is responsible for the fake story about Kamala Harris paralysing a 13 year-old girl in a hit-and-run accident! Here is what you need to know…

 

Fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story : A quick primer!

Earlier this month, a video went viral on social media, showing a young Black woman on a wheelchair claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris left her paralysed in a 2011 hit-and-run accident in San Francisco.

The alleged victim, who was alternatively called Alisha Brown / Alicia Brown, said that she “cannot remain silent anymore“, and lamented that her childhood “ended too soon“.

The video by KBSF-TV showed the shattered windshield of the alleged vehicle used by Kamala Harris in that hit-and-run accident, as well as X-ray images of the alleged victim.

As I covered in my fact check article, the story was fabricated. Kamala Harris was not involved in a hit-and-run accident in 2011 in San Francisco, that left a girl paralysed.

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Microsoft: Russia behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story!

On Tuesday, 17 September 2024, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center issued a report identifying Russia as being responsible for the fake story about Kamala Harris paralysing a 13 year-old girl in a hit-and-run accident!

According to its latest threat assessment report, Microsoft said that the fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story was created by a covert Russian disinformation team known as Storm-1516 (also known as CopyCop).

While some people have suggested that the young Black woman was AI-generated, Microsoft said that Storm-1516 paid an actor to play the part of the alleged victim. The fake story was disseminated through a fake website for a non-existent San Francisco news outlet called KBSF-TV, that was created just a week earlier.

Clint Watts, general manager of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center said in an ABC News interview that Microsoft has been tracking the use of AI by nation states for more than a year and while foreign actors tried AI initially, many have gone back to basics as they’ve realized AI was “probably more time-consuming and not more effective.”

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The Microsoft report also highlighted a second video created and spread by Storm-1516 / CopyCop, which showed two Black men beating up a bloodied white woman at a Donald Trump rally.

Microsoft explained how Russian intelligence actors struggled initially to adapt to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, but have now started serious attacks to discredit Kamala Harris and stoke controversy around her campaign.

A newer Russian group called Storm-1679 has allegedly pivoted from producing content about the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to publishing false videos designed to discredit Vice President Kamala Harris. One of the videos featured a fake New York City billboard showing false claims about her policies.

Microsoft warned that Russian actors will continue use cyber proxies and hacktivist groups to spread allegedly hacked or leaked materials to undermine confidence in the US Presidential election outcome.

When asked about Russia’s motivation behind these fake videos, Watts said the Russia-aligned groups Microsoft tracks may not necessarily support particular candidates, but they are motivated to undermine anyone who “is supporting Ukraine in their policy.”

Vice President Kamala Harris has publicly vowed to support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion if elected as President. On the other hand, Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to say whether he wants Ukraine to win the war, only saying that “I want the war to stop“.

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This Microsoft report comes after the Biden Administration seized Kremlin-run websites and charged two Russian state media employees in an alleged scheme to secretly fund a network of right-wing American influencers to influence the 2024 Presidential election.

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

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Did FBI confirm Hunter Biden child rape investigation?!

Did the FBI just confirm that it is criminally investigating Hunter Biden for child rape crimes?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : FBI confirms Hunter Biden child rape investigation!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that the FBI just confirmed that it is criminally investigating Hunter Biden for child rape crimes!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

FBI Confirms Hunter Biden Is Under Investigation for ‘Sickening’ Child Rape Crimes

The FBI are criminally investigating Hunter Biden for an array of ‘sickening’ child rape and pedophilia crimes, according to new information obtained by Kim Dotcom.

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Truth : FBI did not confirm Hunter Biden child rape investigation!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

FBI did not confirm child rape investigation of Hunter Biden

Let me start by pointing out that the FBI did not announce or confirm any criminal investigation into alleged child rape crimes by Hunter Biden.

In fact, the entire The People’s Voice article appears to be based on speculation by Kim Dotcom over X flagging his Hunter Biden post as violating its Child Sexual Exploitation Policy.

There is no evidence Hunter Biden ever engaged in child sex, much less triggered an FBI investigation into any child rape. The FBI certainly did not confirm that it is investigating Hunter Biden for child rape.

The girl in the photo isn’t a child

The photo that Kim Dotcom posted, and was flagged by X (formerly known as Twitter) for violating its Child Sexual Exploitation Policy does not show a child. It shows Hunter Biden with his wrist around an adult woman’s neck.

It is one of the many photos that were leaked from Hunter Biden’s laptop, that showed him engaging in sexual acts with different adult females – none of them underaged.

So it is weird to see Kim Dotcom segue into a conspiracy about “an active FBI investigation against Hunter Biden for the creation of this ‘Child sexual exploitation’ content”. There is simply no evidence to suggest that.

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That photo is still available online and on X

The photo that Kim Dotcom posted on X, and got flagged violating its Child Sexual Exploitation Policy is still available online on the original Marco Polo website (archive), as well as X itself – example | example | example.

This tells us that there isn’t any attempt by the FBI or even X itself to censor that photo. It is unknown why X flagged the same photo Kim Dotcom posted for violating its Child Sexual Exploitation Policy, when it never did so for other people on X.

It was likely that Kim Dotcom’s post was automatically flagged by some kind of AI monitoring system, which as we all know isn’t very good. Even I had a photo of a friend’s knee once flagged as sexual content. Getting flagged doesn’t mean there’s a conspiracy. It often just means they have a shitty monitoring system in place.

The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did Taylor Swift lose $125M after Kamala Harris endorsement?!

Did Taylor Swift lose $125 million in brand deals, after endorsing Kamala Harris against Donald Trump?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Taylor Swift lost $125M after endorsing Kamala Harris!

Right after Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris against Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential election, people started claiming or suggesting that Taylor Swift lost $125 million in brand deals as a result of her decision.

SpaceX Fanclub : Taylor Swift Loses Brand Deals Worth $125 Million After The Big Endorsement

Pamala Trago : Good she needs to be exposed for the demonic influence she is 💯

Sam Ghannoum : Good, you ungrateful singer and movie stars 🔥
Taylor Swift unexpectedly lost $125 million brand contract after a massive advertising campaign. 😂

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Truth : Taylor Swift did not lose $125M after endorsing Kamala Harris!

This is yet another example of fake news circulating about Taylor Swift and Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

No evidence Taylor Swift lost brand deals over Kamala Harris endorsement

First, let me just point out that there is no evidence Taylor Swift lost any brand deal over her endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 US Presidential election.

If Taylor Swift actually lost any major brand deal, never mind $125 million worth of brand deals, it would have been widely reported not just by the mainstream media, but also celebrity blogs. It would also have sparked outrage by Swifties – Taylor Swift fans for the uninitiated.

Yet, there has been no credible reporting, not even by hyper-competitive celebrity blogs. Even Taylor Swift fans have not fallen for this hoax. That’s because it never happened.

It was just satire

These claims appear to be based on an Esspots article (archive). Here is an excerpt:

Taylor Swift Loses Brand Deals Worth $125 Million After The Big Endorsement

In what can only be described as a seismic shift in the world of pop culture and product placements, Taylor Swift, America’s sweetheart-turned-political commentator, has reportedly lost brand deals worth a staggering $125 million. The reason? Her latest “big endorsement,” which seemed to hit all the wrong notes with some of her biggest sponsors.

It may not be readily apparent, but if you look carefully, you will see that the Esspots article is labelled as Satire. At the very bottom of the article, it is also stated “NOTE: This is SATIRE, Not Real.

The graphic used by SpaceX Fanclub (which appears to be linked to Esspots) has a Rated Satire overlay on the upper left corner, and its Facebook post (archive) has a disclaimer – This is Satire.

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Esspots said Taylor Swift endorsed a vegan cryptocurrency

While the title and lede appears to suggest that Taylor Swift was “cancelled” by big brands over her endorsement of Kamala Harris, the Esspots article (archive) actually said that it was over her endorsement of a “vegan cryptocurrency”!

Here is an excerpt of the relevant section:

Was it a presidential candidate? A new movement? A cause everyone can get behind? No. In a twist that no one saw coming, Swift endorsed…a vegan cryptocurrency backed by none other than Elon Musk’s second cousin.

Her exact words? “This crypto is the future, and honestly, we need to save the planet—and our portfolios.”

It appears that many people did not bother to read the Esspots article beyond the first 2-3 paragraphs, and jumped to the conclusion Taylor Swift lost $125 million in brand deals over her endorsement of Kamala Harris.

The truth is – the satirical article by Esspots claimed that Taylor Swift just endorsed a vegan cryptocurrency. Needless to say, there is no such thing as vegan cryptocurrency.

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Esspots is a satire website

Esspots identify itself as a satire website. If you look at their About Us page, it’s stated clearly that it is dedicated to bringing you “fake news and absurdity”:

Welcome to the US page of Esspots (A Subsidiary of SpaceXMania.com specializing in Satire and Parody News), your one-stop destination for satirical news and commentary about the United States of America. Our team of writers and editors is dedicated to bringing you the latest and greatest in fake news and absurdity, all with a healthy dose of humor and satire.

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Kamala Harris caught using audio earrings at Trump debate?!

Was Kamala Harris caught using audio earrings during the ABC News debate with Donald Trump?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Kamala Harris caught using audio earrings at Trump debate!

Right after the Harris-Trump debate on ABC News ended, some people started claiming or suggesting that Vice President Kamala Harris was secretly using the NOVA H1 audio earrings to cheat!

The Trump Train : BREAKING🚨 It appears Kamala Harris was being coached by using earphones embedded in her earrings during the ABC presidential debate against President Trump.

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Truth : Kamala Harris was not using audio earrings at Trump debate!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created about Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Kamala Harris was not wearing NOVA H1 audio earrings

Many people are claiming that Kamala Harris wore the NOVA H1 audio earrings during her debate with Donald Trump. That’s not true.

The NOVA H1 audio earrings are pearl earrings that are clipped onto the earlobes. Each earring has an integrated microphone inside the pearl that projects sound into the ear canal.

As you can see from the photos below, the NOVA H1 audio earrings have a thick and solid clip which connects the large stem (containing the electronics and battery) to the microphone inside the pearl.

While the NOVA H1 sports a large pearl, it uses a completely different design than the earrings Kamala Harris wore during her debate with Donald Trump.

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Kamala Harris wore Tiffany double hinged pearl earrings

The earrings Kamala Harris wore to her ABC News debate with Donald Trump has a large pearl too, but lacks a thick clip. In fact, her earrings appear to have a double hinge design – the pearl sits on a hinged loop of metal.

If you look at the zoomed-in photo that we provided below, the hinge appears to be hanging freely below her earlobe. The earring Kamala Harris wore does not appear to be clipped onto her earlobe, and is likely attached by a post.

Kamala Harris appears to be wearing the South Sea Pearl Earrings (no longer available online) from Tiffany & Co. It has a similar design to Double Pearl Hinged Earrings, but features 9-10 mm South Sea Pearls and is 18K gold-plated instead of silver-plated.

What is certain is that Kamala Harris was not wearing the NOVA H1 audio earrings.

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Kamala Harris wore the same earrings earlier

Kamala Harris is known to favour pearls, and is often seen wearing pearl earrings. In fact, she was seen wearing the same earrings at earlier events. For example:

  • At NCAA championship teams celebration on the White House South Lawn on July 22, 2024 : Photo
  • At the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on September 11, 2023 : Photo
  • At the NBC News “Meet the Press” interview on September 11, 2022 : Photo

In short – Kamala Harris was just wearing a pair of her existing pearl earrings. It wasn’t even a new pair of earrings.

This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

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Is Operation Lockstep a globalist plot to steal 2024 election?!

Is Operation Lockstep a plot by global elites to steal the 2024 US Presidential election?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Operation Lockstep is a globalist plot to steal 2024 election!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that global elites are deploying AI terrorists to cancel the 2024 US Presidential election if they fail to elect their selected candidate.

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

WEF Insider: Elite Deploying ‘AI Terrorists’ To Cancel US Election

The winner of the US election has already been selected by the global elite, according to a WEF insider who warns the elite will spend the next two months doing everything in their power to ensure the selected candidate is “elected.”

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Truth : There is no Operation Lockstep plot to steal 2024 election!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

There is no evidence of Operation Lockstep

Let me start by simply pointing out that there is no evidence that Operation Lockstep even exists, much less a WEF insider exposing it.

If such a nefarious plot was ever exposed, it would have been reported widely by the mainstream media all over the world, and resulted in criminal investigations. There would also have been mass outrage, and likely even protests against such a diabolical plot. Yet, none of that happened, because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claim.

Article was about global risk trends for this decade

The article, which is called “4 global risks to look out for in the post-pandemic era“, is not about the 2024 US Presidential election alone.

It actually details the global risks that Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz believes we should look out for this decade, as is clearly pointed out in the second paragraph:

The following analysis—which is based on a multi-year prediction project with graduate students at New York University and experts at crowdsourced consultancy Wikistrat, where I’m a lead analyst—details the global risk trends to watch this decade.

There is nothing in the article that would describe any nefarious plans by the WEF, or the Rockefeller Foundation, to influence or sabotage the 2024 US Presidential election.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Are Haitian migrants in Ohio stealing + eating pets?!

Are Haitian migrants in Ohio stealing and eating pets like cats and ducks?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Haitian migrants in Ohio are stealing + eating pets!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Haitian migrants in Ohio are stealing and eating pets like cats and ducks!

JD Vance : Months ago, I raised the issue of Haitian illegal immigrants draining social services and generally causing chaos all over Springfield, Ohio. Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?

End Wokeness : Under Harris and Biden, 20,000 Haitian immigrants were shipped to the town. Now ducks and pets are disappearing.

These claims appear to have started from a post in a private Facebook group on Springfield Ohio crime and information:

Warning to all about our beloved pets & those around us!! My neighbor informed me that her daughters friend had lost her cat,” the user wrote. “One day she came home from work, as soon as she stepped out of her car, looked towards a neighbors house, where Haitians live, & saw her cat hanging from a branch, like you’d do a deer for butchering, & they were carving it up to eat. I’ve been told they are doing this to dogs, they have been doing it at snyder park with the ducks & geese, as I was told that last bit by Rangers & police. Please keep a close eye on these animals.

It then escalated, with some people posting body cam footage of a woman, claiming or suggesting that she was a Haitian who was being arrested for allegedly killing and eating a cat.

Since then, these claims about Haitian migrants in Ohio stealing and eating pets have gone viral on social media, with many right-wing American influencers and politicians sharing or promoting the narrative.

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Truth : Haitian migrants in Ohio are not stealing + eating pets!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news being created or promoted ahead of the 2024 US Presidential election, and here are the reasons why…

Springfield police denied reports of stolen pets

The unverified Facebook post claimed that the police and “Rangers” warned about Haitians eating dogs, ducks and geese. That appears to be untrue.

On Monday morning, 9 September 2024, the Springfield Police Division refuted that claim, stating (source) that it has not received any reports about pets being stolen and eaten.

Springfield Police said they were aware of the social media post but that this was “not something that’s on our radar right now.

Springfield City Manager denied claims pets were harmed by migrants

Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck also debunked claims (source) that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating people’s pets:

In response to recent rumors alleging criminal activity by the immigrant population in our city, we wish to clarify that there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.

Additionally, there have been no verified instances of immigrants engaging in illegal activities such as squatting or littering in front of residents’ homes. Furthermore, no reports have been made regarding members of the immigrant community deliberately disrupting traffic.

To be clear – none of those claims on social media were ever backed by actual evidence.

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Viral video does not show Haitian migrant eating stolen cat

This bodycam footage is being shared as evidence that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating pet cats in Springfield, Ohio.

The problem is – that video does not show a Haitian migrant, but rather, a 27 year-old American citizen called Allexis Telia Ferrell.

Ferrell was arrested on August 16, 2024 at around 11 PM, for killing a cat by stomping on its head, before proceeding to eat it “in a residential area in front of multiple people”.

In addition, the video was actually recorded in in Stark County in Canton, Ohio – about 170 miles (270 kilometres) from Springfield.

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Viral photo was not taken in Springfield, Ohio

Some people are sharing a photo of a Black man holding a dead Canada goose, and claiming or suggesting that he was a Haitian migrant who killed and stole the goose from a nearby park in Springfield, Ohio.

The problem is – this photo was taken about two months earlier in Columbus, Ohio, by isitmeyourelooking4x who posted it (archive) on Reddit, with the caption – Things you see while driving in CBUS – Yes, it’s a goose.

OP : Somehow 2 months after I took the picture in Columbus it is being attributed to a Haitian in Springfield

Others: : Yes but did you take this photo in Springfield or is it just a load of crap?

OP : Don’t know how many times I have to say I took the picture in Columbus before people understand I took it in Columbus. I have never even been to Springfield

Others : Sorry i didn’t see your earlier comment. But yea this is crazy

OP : Ya. Everything the rightwing pushes are lies.

To be clear – the person who took that photo has never said that the man was a Haitian immigrant, or claimed that the man killed or stole the goose.

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Haitian immigrants are not “illegal aliens”

Since 2011, Haitian citizens can remain in the United States and obtain work authorisations, and Social Security numbers, through the Temporary Protected Status.

Therefore, it is broadly untrue that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are “illegal aliens” as Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance and others have claimed.

Haitian immigrants were not “sent” to Springfield, Ohio

Claims or suggestions that Haitian immigrants were “sent” to Springfield, Ohio, by the Biden Administration are also false.

According to The New York Times, several manufacturing plants and warehouses opened in the small city between 2017 and 2020, creating a surplus of jobs that attracted Haitian immigrants.

Soon there were not enough workers. Many young, working-age people [from Springfield] had descended into addiction. Others shunned entry-level, rote work altogether, employers said. Haitians who heard that the Springfield area boasted well-paying, blue-collar jobs and a low cost of living poured in, and employers were eager to hire and train the new work force.

In short – an abundance of work attracted Haitian immigrants to Springfield, Ohio. They were not sent there.

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Did Kamala Harris paralyse girl in 2011 hit-and-run accident?!

Did Kamala Harris paralyse a 13 year-old girl in a 2011 hit-and-run accident?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Kamala Harris paralysed girl in 2011 hit-and-run accident!

Some people are sharing a video and/or an article which claim that Kamala Harris paralysed a 13 year-old girl in a 2011 hit-and-run accident!

Jen X : 🚨 In June 2011, Kamala Harris allegedly struck two pedestrians in San Francisco and fled the scene leaving a 13 years old girl paralyzed. Alisha Brown, a victim, claims Harris’ team intimidated her mother to keep silent. Story surfaced after her mother’s death in 2024.

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Truth : Kamala Harris did not paralyse girl in 2011 hit-and-run accident!

With help from Shayan Sardarizadeh of BBC Verify, we can confirm that this is another example of fake news created about Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : KBSF appears to be a fake website

Let me start by pointing out that the article and video (archive) by KBSF – San Francisco News is fake.

First of all, there is no TV station by the name KBSF in San Francisco, or anywhere else in the United States for the matter.

In addition, the website itself is brand new – its domain – kbsf-tv.com, was only registered on 20 August 2024, at around 9:13 PM Zulu Time (UTC). The ownership of the website domain is also being “redacted for privacy” – which is common with scam or fake websites.

According to Shayan Sardarizadeh of BBC Verify, KBSF – San Francisco News has all the hallmarks of AI-powered fake news websites set up by Mosc0w-based John Mark Dougan, who is a former Florida police officer.

Fact #2 : Accident photo was taken in 2018

The cover photo, which purportedly shows the scene of the hit-and-run accident, wasn’t taken in 2011, or in San Francisco for the matter.

That photo was actually taken on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, on Route 10 in Mangilao, Guam. The 59 year-old driver struck an 81 year-old man, who later died at the hospital.

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Fact #3 : Article confuses victim’s name

The KBSF article twice named victim / whistleblower as Alisha Brown, but later changed it to Alicia Brown. The video itself labels the victim as Alicia Brown.

Fact #4 : X-ray photos are not from car accident

As “evidence”, the video showed two X-ray photos, purportedly showing the injuries that Alisha / Alicia Brown suffered after being hit by Kamala Harris in 2011. The truth is – those X-ray photos were taken from medical research journals.

The first is an x-ray image taken  on 4 February 2009, and shows rib fractures in a 58 year-old man suffering from Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.

The second x-ray image shows a Type C pelvic ring injure in a 12 year-old girl, that was posted online in the Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics on 1 February 2017.

Obviously, both x-ray images had nothing to do with any hit-and-run accident involving Kamala Harris, or a 13 year-old girl called Alicia / Alisha Brown.

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Fact #5 : This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Are the Mongols riding to Colorado to battle Venezuelan gangs?!

Are Mongols MC bikers riding to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gangs?! Take a look at the viral claims and videos, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : The Mongols are riding to Colorado to battle Venezuelan gangs!

Some people are sharing videos which apparently shows Mongols MC bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gangs, with the Hells Angels!

Matt Wallace : Rumors are circulating that the Hells Angels & Mongols are heading to Colorado TO DEAL WITH THE ILLEGAL VENEZUELAN GANGS ⚠️

THEY ARE F*CKED 😳

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Truth : The Mongols are not riding to Colorado to battle Venezuelan gangs!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : This video shows the Mongols Victory Ride in 2010

This video clip does not show the Mongols MC bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado to fight against the Venezuelan gangs.

It actually shows the Mongols Victory Ride in 2010 (over 13 years ago!), after the Mongols Motorcycle Club won its legal case against the Department of Justice and the ATF.

The Mongols Victory Ride took place over 10 days – from 30 July until 8 August 2010, and covered four states:

  • July 30 : Mongols Victory Ride began in Los Angeles, California
  • August 1 : The Mongols stopped at Las Vegas, Nevada
  • August 3 : The Mongols continued to Denver, Colorado
  • August 8 : The Victory Ride concluded at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota

The viral video clip circulating on TikTok appears to be edited from the original video that was posted by the Mongols MC on its official YouTube channel on 3 October 2010.

Bizarrely, the first part of the video was flipped horizontally from the original video, so the bikers appear to be riding on the left side of the road. This may have been done to make it more difficult for fact checkers to identify the original video.

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Fact #2 : This video was posted in 2022

This video most definitely does not show Mongols MC bikers on their way to Aurora, Colorado, to “help clean up the Apartments”.

It appears to have been digitally altered from an earlier video, which was posted by @pysssh on TikTok, on 6 November 2022 (archive), with the caption – Republicans ROARING to go vite [sic] Nov 8th!!!

It is unknown when that video was taken, and it does not appear to be related to the 2022 US midterm elections. But it is most certainly not a Mongols MC event, based on the casual clothes of some of the bikers, and the lack of Mongols MC patches.

A man can also be seen wearing a Susquehanna Valley Harley-Davidson t-shirt, while another is seen wearing a Harley-Davidson vest.

A Sidecarddog Riley booth can be seen at the back of this bike rally. The first available videos of Sidecarddog Riley show him at the Ocean City Bike Fest in Maryland, but the video does not seem to be taken in Ocean City. In fact, three bikes with readily visible number plates appear to be registered in Pennsylvania.

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Fact #3 : This video was recorded in Brazil

This video does not show Mongols MC bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gang members either.

This video appears to be originally posted by @robertoguedesjr on TikTok on 7 July 2024 – over a month before the Aurora gang takeover video went viral.

While I cannot yet determine where it was actually recorded, you can see three police vehicles escorting the bikers, and they all have the words Policia printed on them. They appear to be São Paulo State Highway Police vehicles escorting Brazilian bikers.

In short, this video was recorded several weeks earlier in Brazil, not the United States.

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Fact #4 : Aurora PD established a special task force to tackle the gangs

For those who are not sure what the fuss is about, here’s a quick summary of what’s going on in Aurora, Colorado.

On August 28, 2024, surveillance footage of a shooting incident that happened 10 days earlier at The Edge – an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, went viral. It showed young men with handguns and at least one automatic rifle breaking doors in, and barging their way into the apartment units. In another video, gunshots rang out as people called to their loved ones.

The Edge was one of three apartment buildings that are allegedly being terrorised by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). However, Interim Aurora Police Chief Heather Morris said in an interview that officers found no evidence of a gang takeover:

We’ve been talking to the residents here and learning from them to find out what exactly is going on. And there’s definitely a different picture. I’m not saying that there’s not gang members that don’t live in this community, but what we’re learning out here is that gang members have not taken over this complex.

In any case, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman said that the city is seeking an emergency court order to shut down those apartment buildings, and the Aurora Police Department has established a “special task force” in collaboration with local, state, and federal partners to handle the situation.

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Are Hells Angels heading to Aurora to fight Venezuelan gangs?!

Are Hells Angels bikers now heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight Venezuelan gangs?! Take a look at the viral claims and videos, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-09-02 : Added another video
Originally posted @ 2024-09-01

 

Claim : Hells Angels are heading to Aurora to fight Venezuelan gangs!

Some people are sharing videos which apparently shows Hells Angels bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight Venezuelan gangs!

TaraBull : BREAKING: Multiple reports and videos on social media suggest the Hells Angels are heading to Aurora Colorado. Failed leadership has consequences

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Truth : Hells Angels are not heading to Aurora to fight Venezuelan gangs!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : This video shows the Rolling Thunder protest

This video clip does not show Hells Angels heading to Aurora, Colorado on 31 August 2024. Neither does it show Hells Angels heading to Milwaukee in July 2024, as other people have alleged (example).

The original video clip was actually recorded in Canada, sometime in April 2022 – more than 2 years ago, as a convoy of motorcyclists headed to Ottawa for the 2022 Rolling Thunder protest ride.

The original clip was posted on TikTok by @bidmartcanada (but appears to have been removed) but it is still available on TikTok (here) and was also featured in this CTV News video on 25 April 2022.

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Fact #2 : This video was recorded a year ago

This video was edited to claim that the Hells Angels bikers were going to, or are already at, Aurora, Colorado, in August 2024. That’s not true.

The original video was posted by @johnwauto on 17 August 2023 – a year ago. It showed bikers riding through Main Street of Sturgis, South Dakota.

It is unknown if those bikers were from Hells Angels. But why is certain is that they were in Sturgis for the 83rd Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which ran for 10 days from 4-13 August.

To be clear – those bikers were there for a good time, not to trade fists and gunfire with Venezuelan gang members in Aurora, Colorado!

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Fact #3 : This video was posted in 2022

This video most definitely does not show Hells Angels bikers on their way to Aurora, Colorado, to “help clean up the Apartments”.

It appears to have been digitally altered from an earlier video, which was posted by @pysssh on TikTok, on 6 November 2022 (archive), with the caption – Republicans ROARING to go vite [sic] Nov 8th!!!

It is unknown when that video was taken, and it does not appear to be related to the 2022 US midterm elections. But it is most certainly not a Hells Angels event, based on the casual clothes of some of the bikers, and the lack of Hells Angels patches.

A man can also be seen wearing a Susquehanna Valley Harley-Davidson t-shirt, while another is seen wearing a Harley-Davidson vest.

A Sidecarddog Riley booth can be seen at the back of this bike rally. The first available videos of Sidecarddog Riley show him at the Ocean City Bike Fest in Maryland, but the video does not seem to be taken in Ocean City. In fact, three bikes with readily visible number plates appear to be registered in Pennsylvania.

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Fact #4 : These bikers are from Survivors Motorcycle Club

This video does not show Hells Angels bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gang members. They are from the Survivors MC – a motorcycle club dedicated to combating addiction.

The video was originally posted by @aliens_are_purple on 31 August 2024, with hashtags like #cleanandsober, #soberlife, and #getyourmindright

He also shared in a later video that they had already arrived at the venue (which is obviously not Aurora in Colorado), and had a little barbecue, and explained that the 4-day road trip was to raise money for a good cause.

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Fact #5 : This video was recorded in Brazil

This video does not show Hells Angels bikers heading to Aurora, Colorado, to fight against Venezuelan gang members either.

This video appears to be originally posted by @robertoguedesjr on TikTok on 7 July 2024 – over a month before the Aurora gang takeover video went viral.

While I cannot yet determine where it was actually recorded, you can see three police vehicles escorting the bikers, and they all have the words Policia printed on them. They appear to be São Paulo State Highway Police vehicles escorting Brazilian bikers.

In short, this video was recorded several weeks earlier in Brazil, not the United States.

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Fact #6 : These do not appear to be Hells Angels bikers

This video was allegedly taken by @sp500_trades, who posted it on X (archive) saying “Can confirm. #HellsAngels headed to Aurora, CO!

He said that he recorded the video on Highway 64, near the Arkansas-Oklahoma border, on the afternoon of August 30, 2024 (archive, archive). Apparently, it was a long convoy of bikes followed by some repair vans, headed west on Highway 64.

However, if you look closely, you can see that it’s an eclectic convoy of motorcycles and trikes in a staggered formation. The Hells Angels ride in a tight paired formation, and they do not ride trikes. So those are unlikely to be Hells Angels bikers.

In addition, you can see that shadows appear on the left side of the bikers, which suggest that the bikers are heading south. If they were headed west, they would be riding with the sun in their face, not to their right.

Of course, the highway may have curved south when this video was recorded, and the bikers are headed west to Colorado. After all, there was a biker rally in Durango, Colorado from 29 August to 1 September. But what is clear is that those are not Hells Angels bikers.

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Fact #7 : Aurora PD established a special task force to tackle the gangs

For those who are not sure what the fuss is about, here’s a quick summary of what’s going on in Aurora, Colorado.

On August 28, 2024, surveillance footage of a shooting incident that happened 10 days earlier at The Edge – an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, went viral. It showed young men with handguns and at least one automatic rifle breaking doors in, and barging their way into the apartment units. In another video, gunshots rang out as people called to their loved ones.

The Edge was one of three apartment buildings that are allegedly being terrorised by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). However, Interim Aurora Police Chief Heather Morris said in an interview that officers found no evidence of a gang takeover:

We’ve been talking to the residents here and learning from them to find out what exactly is going on. And there’s definitely a different picture. I’m not saying that there’s not gang members that don’t live in this community, but what we’re learning out here is that gang members have not taken over this complex.

In any case, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman said that the city is seeking an emergency court order to shut down those apartment buildings, and the Aurora Police Department has established a “special task force” in collaboration with local, state, and federal partners to handle the situation.

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Is Trump planning to destroy UN + arrest COVID-19 criminals?!

Is the Trump team planning to destroy the UN and arrest COVID-19 pandemic criminals?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Trump is planning to destroy UN + arrest COVID-19 criminals!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that the Trump team is planning to destroy the United Nations, and arrest globalist criminals for their role in the COVID-19 pandemic!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Insider: Trump To ‘Shatter UN Into a Thousand Pieces’ and Arrest COVID Plandemic Criminals

The Trump team is determined to shatter the United Nations into a thousand pieces and arrest globalist criminals in agencies including the World Heath Organization who are understood to be key players in the COVID plandemic.

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Truth : Trump is not planning to destroy UN + arrest COVID-19 criminals!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Trump team did not announce plans to destroy UN

Let me start by simply pointing out that the Trump campaign did not announce any plan to destroy the United Nations.

If the Trump campaign ever mentioned anything about destroying the UN, it would have been reported widely, and criticised by the Democrats as well as people all over the world.

Of course, none of that ever happened. There was no legitimate media reporting, no outrage on social media, no condemnation by the Democrats. Nothing. Zilch. That’s because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence the Trump campaign is planning to destroy the UN if he wins the 2024 Presidential election.

Fact #2 : Trump team did not announce plans to arrest COVID-19 criminals

I should also point out that the Trump campaign did not announce any plan to arrest anyone for the COVID-19 “plandemic” – a long debunked conspiracy theory.

If the Trump campaign ever mentioned anything about arresting people for the being involved in a non-existent “plandemic”, it would have been reported widely, and mocked by the Democrats as well as people all over the world.

Of course, none of that ever happened. There was no legitimate media reporting, no mockery on social media, no ridicule by the Democrats. Nothing. Zilch. That’s because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence the Trump campaign is planning to arrest people for being involved in a ridiculous conspiracy theory.

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Fact #3 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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UN peacekeepers caught smuggling illegal voters into US?!

Were UN peacekeepers caught smuggling illegal voters into the United States?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : UN peacekeepers were caught smuggling illegal voters into US!

Real Raw News posted an article (archive) which claimed that UN peacekeepers were caught smuggling illegal voters into the United States!

As usual, the article is (intentionally?) long, rambling and confusing, so here is an excerpt. Please feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

They’re Here

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Truth : UN peacekeepers were not caught smuggling illegal voters into US!

The truth is – this is just another fake story created by Real Raw News, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : UN peacekeepers did not try to smuggle illegal voters into US

This is really silly, but it has to be said – UN peacekeepers did not try to smuggle illegal voters into the United States.

If that actually occurred, it would have been widely reported, and condemned by people on both sides of the political divide, and everyone in between. It would have also sparked criminal and Congressional investigations.

Yet, there has been no legitimate media coverage, not even an outraged Senator or two. That’s because it never happened – it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, the Real Raw News article offered no evidence to back up its claim, just rambling nonsense.

Fact #2 : US Marines did not kill UN peacekeepers or illegal immigrants

It also has to be said that there is no report of US Marines killing UN peacekeepers, or illegal immigrants at the US-Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona.

If any US official fired their guns into Mexican territory, never mind actually killing people on Mexican soil, it would have been a diplomatic disaster. The Mexican government would have been outraged, and demanded that the US Marines be handed over to them to be charged for murder.

It would also have been widely reported, and condemned by people in the United States and Mexico. Yet none of that happened, because it was all made up.

Needless to say, the Real Raw News article provided no evidence to back up its claim, just rambling nonsense.

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Fact #3 : US Marines cannot deploy within the US

It is really silly for anyone to claim that US Marines were sent to defend the border against UN peacekeepers and/or illegal immigrants.

The Posse Comitatus Act prevents federal military personnel from being deployed within the United States, except when expressly authorised by the Constitution, or an Act of Congress.

Generally, only the President of the United States can order the deployment of US federal military personnel and federalised National Guard troops within the United States using the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Even if President Joe Biden was so inclined to send US Marines to help defend the border, he wouldn’t have ordered them to arrest and/or shoot anyone attempting to enter the United States illegally.

Fact #4 : Non-citizens cannot vote in US federal elections

While the number of illegal immigrants trying to enter the United States has increased in the post-pandemic years, they do not pose any political threat, as it is illegal for non-citizens to vote in any US federal election since 1924.

In addition, non-citizens voting in US federal elections can be punished with fines and up to one year of imprisonment, and of course, deportation, since 1996. So it is not surprising to find that non-citizen voting in the US is very rare.

For example, research by the Brennan Center for Justice in 2017 looked at 42 jurisdictions in the 2016 election, and reported that of 23.5 million votes cast, election officials only found about 30 cases of potential non-citizen voting that they referred for prosecution or further investigation.

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Fact #5 : Photo shows Nepalese peacekeepers in South Sudan

The photo used by the Real Raw News article does not show UN peacekeepers at the US-Mexico border in 2024.

That photo actually shows Nepalese peacekeepers who just arrived in Juba – the capital of South Sudan to support the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on 2 April 2014 – more than 10 years ago!

Needless to say, those Nepalese peacekeepers were not in South Sudan to smuggle illegal voters into the US!

Fact #6 : Real Raw News is known for fake news

Real Raw News is a fake news website that capitalises on making shocking but fake stories to generate page views and money.

To protect himself from legal repercussions, the owner and writer, Michael Baxter (real name – Michael Tuffin), claims that his articles are “humour, parody, and satire“.

That disclaimer, which is not clearly mentioned in his articles, lets him keep creating fake news to go viral, and generate money.

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A March 2018 screenshot of Michael Tuffin, who goes by the pseudonym Michael Baxter

His articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should NEVER share anything from his website. Here are some of his fake stories that I debunked earlier:

Everything posted by Real Raw News should be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.

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Is Trump’s team planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes?!

Is the Trump transition team planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Trump team is planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that the Trump transition team is planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Trump Insider: Arrest Warrants Ready for Elites Spraying ‘Genocidal’ Chemtrails

In a groundbreaking development, the Trump transition team are preparing to authorize officials to arrest elite figures allegedly involved in the covert operation of spraying chemtrails to manipulate weather patterns, control populations, and disperse harmful toxins, including aluminium and barium.

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Truth : Trump team is not planning to arrest elites for chemtrail crimes!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Trump campaign did not announce plans for chemtrail crimes

Let me start by simply pointing out that the Trump campaign did not announce any plans to arrest anyone for “chemtrail crimes”. That’s probably because there isn’t any actual law against chemtrails in the first place!

If the Trump campaign ever mentioned anything about arresting people for chemtrail crimes, it would have been reported widely, and mocked by scientists and people all over the world.

Of course, none of that ever happened. There was no legitimate media reporting, no mockery or howls of laughter on social media, nothing. Zilch. That’s because it was all made up.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any actual evidence the Trump campaign is preparing to arrest people for “chemtrail crimes”.

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Fact #2 : Chemtrails do not exist

The term “chemtrails” refers to the belief that condensation trails (contrails) left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents being deliberately spread for various nefarious purposes.

The truth is – chemtrails do not exist. The white trails you see behind airplanes flying at high altitudes are contrails – trails of water vapour from aircraft engines that condenses into ice crystals in the extremely cold air.

In fact, these contrails have been seen since aircraft were able to fly at high altitudes, and were prominent during World War 2, when contrails were often seen during high-altitude bombing missions.

On top of that, it would require many tens of thousands of people in the aviation industry to work in perfect unison to cover up an industry-wide conspiracy to spray people with chemicals or biological agents like mpox. In truth – such a conspiracy would have been exposed within hours, if not days.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence that chemtrails exist, much less are an actual crime that people can get arrested for, never mind evidence that the Trump campaign plans to arrest people for “chemtrail crimes”.

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Fact #3 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did Kamala Harris lie about working at McDonald’s?!

Did Kamala Harris lie about working at McDonald’s during college?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Kamala Harris did not work at McDonald’s!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Kamala Harris may have lied about working at McDonald’s during college. Here are some examples / excerpts:

Ryan Fournier : BREAKING: McDonald’s Corporate sources have come forth and said they have no record of Kamala Harris working at any of their locations.

Who lies about working at a McDonalds?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Washington Free Beacon : ‘I Did Fries’: Kamala Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald’s, but She Never Mentioned It Until She Ran for President. Did She Really Toil Beneath the Golden Arches?

Harris’s résumé a year after she graduated college makes no mention of McDonald’s

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Truth : Kamala Harris likely worked at McDonald’s

This appears to be an example of fake news about Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Kamala Harris often spoke about working at McDonald’s

Let me start by pointing out that Kamala Harris has often spoken about working as a cashier, fry-maker, and ice-cream server at McDonald’s in Alameda, California during her summer off while studying at Howard University.

It was a short stint – she only worked at McDonald’s during the summer of 1983, but it appeared to be an experience for her. In 2019, Harris would join a picket line of McDonald’s workers who were striking for a $15 minimum wage.

At that time, she said that while she “did the french fries and the ice cream” at the Golden Arches that summer, “there was not a family relying on me to pay the rent, put food on the table, and keep the bills paid by the end of the month” like those McDonald’s workers.

Months before she ran for President, Kamala Harris spoke about working at McDonald’s on The Drew Barrymore Show – “I did fries, and then I did the cashier“.

Kamala Harris has worked at many small jobs, and may be leaning heavily on that summer job at McDonald’s because it’s more relatable to working class and middle class voters.

In contrast, her rival – former President Donald Trump is famous for his love of eating (not working) at McDonald’s, and is not known to have ever worked at any minimum wage job in his life.

Fact #2 : McDonald’s has not commented on Kamala Harris’ summer job

While Ryan Fournier claimed that McDonald’s corporate sources have come forth to say that “they have no record of Kamala Harris working at any of their locations“, he provided no evidence.

More importantly – McDonald’s itself never commented on Kamala Harris’ summer job, much less said that it has “no record of Kamala Harris” ever working at any of its locations.

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Fact #3 : McDonald’s would not have franchisee’s employee records

Back in 1982, there were two McDonald’s locations in Alameda, California – at 1346 Park Street, and at 2031 Webster Street. It is not known where Kamala Harris worked that summer.

However, it is more than likely that both McDonald’s restaurants were owned and operated by franchisees, as McDonald’s was expanding rapidly through franchising in the early 1980s. Even today, some 82% of McDonald’s restaurants are owned by franchisees, and not owned by McDonald’s Corporation.

McDonald’s franchisees handle their own employees, and McDonald’s corporate would not have those employee records. So even if someone at McDonald’s Corporation took the effort to look into employee records, they would not be able to see employee records handled by franchisees.

I should also point out that Kamala Harris worked at McDonald’s in the summer of 1983 – 41 years ago. It is highly unlikely that McDonald’s Corporation or even the franchisee would still have employee records going that far back!

Fact #4 : Kamala Harris listed her most recent jobs

The Free Beacon pointed out that when Kamala Harris applied for the position of a law clerk in the Alameda County district attorney’s office in October 1987, she failed to mention her summer job at McDonald’s four years earlier.

If you look at the form below (archive), you can see that Kamala Harris filled the three available slots with her three most recent jobs:

  • working as a law clerk for Alexander, Miller & McGee from June to August 1987
  • working as an operator for Charles Schwab & Co from July to August 1986
  • working as a student assistant for the Federal Trade Commission from April to May 1986

While her other jobs were not listed, it seems more than likely that Kamala Harris would have other jobs to list before she would need to list her stint at McDonalds in the summer of 1983.

In fact, her resume stated that she also worked as a U.S. Senate Intern for Senator Alan Cranston in the summer of 1984 – a year before her summer job at McDonald’s.

It also seems likely that Kamala Harris would have realised that a summer job frying potatoes and working the cash register at McDonald’s might not impress the Alameda County district attorney’s office, even though some people might feel otherwise.

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Fact #5 : This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this appears to be yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Did UAE freeze French fighter jet deal over Pavel Durov arrest?!

Did the UAE freeze a French fighter jet deal after France arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?! Take a look at the viral claims and video, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : UAE froze French fighter jet deal over Pavel Durov arrest!

People are sharing news reports and/or an Al Jazeera video, which purportedly claim that the UAE just froze its contract to purchase 80 fighter jets from France, over its arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.

Firstpost : #FPWorld: Following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended the deal with France for 80 warplanes, according to a report.

Financial Express : UAE cancels $20 billion Rafale deal with France despite Telegram CEO’s release

Kim Dotcom : The French Govt just lost $17 billion over the arrest of Pavel Durov. The UAE froze a deal to purchase 80 Rafale fighter jets and says that the arrest of Pavel Durov is outrageous. Pavel is a citizen of the UAE and a close friend of the Deputy Prime Minister Hamdan Al Maktoum.

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Truth : UAE did not freeze French fighter jet deal over Pavel Durov arrest!

This appears to be yet another example of Russian propaganda, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : No evidence UAE froze French fighter jet deal

Let me start by pointing out that there is no evidence that the United Arab Emirates froze its 2021 deal to purchase 80 Rafale F4 fighter jets.

If that actually happened, it would have been announced by the UAE authorities, and condemned by the French government. As a public-listed company, Dassault would also have to issue a statement on such a shocking development. It would also have resulted in widespread coverage by the mainstream media.

Yet, none of that happened. This fake news appears to have proliferated mainly through Telegram, and X (formerly Twitter).

Fact #2 : Al Jazeera video is fake

The viral Al Jazeera video, which claims that the UAE has frozen its contract to purchase 80 fighter jets from France, is fake. Al Jazeera never created, nor posted, this video.

The last time Al Jazeera ever posted about any arms deal between the UAE and France, was on 4 December 2021, when it reported on the UAE and France signing an arms deal involving 80 Rafael fighter jets and 12 military helicopters.

To be clear – Al Jazeera never made or posted the viral video below, or its contents:

The UAE has frozen the contract actions for the purchase of 80 fighter aircraft from France. This comes after the arrest of businessman Pavel Durov in Paris.

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Fact #2 : Fake Al Jazeera report started in Telegram

Ironically, this fake Al Jazeera report appears to have originated in Telegram. According to Maria Dubovikova (archive) who traced this hoax, here is the timeline on 27 August 2024 (Moscow Time):

20:29 : Russian Telegram group Condottiero posted (translated) – “The UAE unilaterally suspended the contract for the purchase of 80 French fighter jets due to Durov’s arrest. Additionally, the Sheikhs are considering a complete blockade of trade operations with France, including in the defense sector.”

20:35 : Russian Telegram group Topaz posted (translated) – “The United Arab Emirates have frozen the contract to purchase 80 fighter jets from France following the arrest of Pavel Durov. They are also considering the possibility of a complete blockade of military-technical cooperation with France.”

By 11 PM (23:00), a fake video appeared on X, mimicking an Al Jazeera news video with this information. This video was never on the Qatari outlet’s platforms.

The fake news then spread outside of Russian Telegram channels, after being shared by Western opinion leaders like Kim Dotcom, Candace Owens, Chuck Callesto, etc.

Fact #3 : No evidence Marwan Bishara ever mentioned Pavel Durov

I could also find no evidence that Marwan Bishara ever commented on Pavel Durov, or his arrest by French authorities, or any response by the UAE government or leaders.

In fact, Marwan Bishara has not written any opinion piece for Al Jazeera for more than half a year – his last piece was posted on 24 November 2023, and it was about the Gaza war.

Fact #4 : UAE to receive Rafale F4 fighter jets only in 2027

There is also the inconvenient fact that Dassault is only expected to ship its first Rafale F4 fighter jet to the UAE in 2027, which is 3 years away. So there is nothing to freeze, so to speak.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called chemtrails a crime – is he right?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has just vowed to stop the crime of chemtrails! Take a look at what chemtrails are all about, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to stop the crime of chemtrails!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to stop the crime of chemtrails, in response to a video on X (formerly Twitter), which purportedly shows a whistleblower pilot speaking about chemtrails.

Here is an excerpt of the article, which is long and (intentionally?) confusing, so feel free to skip to the next part for the facts!

Concerned Citizen : “I call them tanker terminators – we are paid more than any other pilot”

Chemtrail Pilot Whistleblower.

I’m convinced the majority of them are remotely operated – the tech obviously exists & there’s way too many.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. : We are going to stop this crime.

This came after RFK Jr. suspended his US Presidential aspirations for a role in Donald Trump’s campaign. Donald Trump also said, on Sunday, that RFK Jr. would tackle health issues in a potential future Trump Administration.

His response suggests that a potential Trump Administration will “stop” that crime. Over 3 million people saw his reply, at the time I wrote this article.

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Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about chemtrails!

In this article, I will go through some of the key claims about chemtrails, and share with you what the facts really are!

Fact #1 : Chemtrails do not exist

The term “chemtrails” refers to the belief that condensation trails (contrails) left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents being deliberately spread for various nefarious purposes.

Chemtrail conspiracists believe that governments or corporations are using chemtrails to make people sick, control the population, test biological or chemical weapons, or change the weather.

The truth is – chemtrails do not exist. The white trails you see behind airplanes flying at high altitudes are contrails – short for condensation trails.

Contrails are usually trails of water vapour from aircraft engines that can condense into ice crystals inextremely cold air. Such engine contrails generally form at high altitudes – usually above 8,000 metres (26,000 feet), where the air temperature is below −36.5 °C (−34 °F), but can also form at lower altitudes if the air is cool and moist.

Contrails can also be triggered by changes in the air pressure over the wing surface, or in wingtip vortices. They can also form at the tips of rotating propellers. Such contrails are usually seen at low altitudes, particularly when the ambient humidity is high.

For example, you can see contrails forming at the tips of this Curtiss P-40 Warhawk’s propellers. Obviously, this antique warbird isn’t being used to spray chemicals or toxins through its propellers!

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Fact #2 : Contrails can last a long time

According to atmospheric scientists, such contrails can dissipate after a short time, or persist for a long time – it all depends on the atmospheric conditions the plane is flying through.

If the air is very dry, contrails will not form, or will be short-lasting. But if the air is humid and cold, the water vapour will immediately condense into ice particles, which can persist for a long time.

Conspiracists insist that contrails persist for a long time in the sky because they contain chemicals or toxins that are used to control people’s minds, or make them sick. But that wouldn’t make sense, because those chemicals or toxins are persisting in the air for hours, instead of dispersing to affect people below.

Real villains who actually fund chemtrail missions will want the chemicals or toxins to quickly disperse to both avoid detection, and to rapidly affect the people below. They wouldn’t want the chemicals or toxins to stay impotently for hours high in the sky.

After all, letting the chemicals or toxins stay in the sky for a long time will let people on the ground get away from the danger zone, get under shelter, or put on protective gear – defeating the nefarious plan.

Interestingly, many of these chemtrail conspiracists do not run away, get under shelter, or put on protective gear whenever they see what they call “chemtrails”. Instead, they take photos and videos to post on social media. You have to wonder – is that what people normally do when they are being gassed???

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Fact #3 : It’s silly to spray chemicals so high in the sky

It is also silly for any nefarious government or corporation to spray chemicals or toxins or mind control drugs so high in the sky.

Wind speeds increase with altitude. At normal flight altitude, the wind can actually reach speeds of 200 km/h or more. So anything that is sprayed at such a high altitude will get blown to a completely different area.

That’s why crop-dusters fly close to the ground – to ensure that the pesticide or herbicide only hits the targeted area, and not get blown elsewhere. Similarly, the US Air Force and US Army used low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and even armoured personnel carriers (APC) to spray Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

On top of that, chemicals or toxins released at such high altitudes will get diluted as it disperses into the air. By the time it reaches the ground (if it ever does), it would be in really low concentrations. That’s the same reason why aircraft are allowed to dump fuel to reduce weight in emergency situations – tons of jet fuel can be dumped at high altitude because it will dissipate before reaching the ground.

Fact #4 : Contrails existed decades before chemtrail conspiracy

The chemtrail conspiracy only started in the late 1990s, after the US Air Force published a 1996 report about weather modification. However, such contrails were seen for decades before the first conspiracist even thought of the concept.

Large, long-lasting contrails have been seen since aircraft were able to fly at high altitudes, and were prominent during World War 2, when contrails were often seen during high-altitude bombing missions.

Flight crews on such high-altitude bombing missions have personally seen those contrails forming from their own aircraft, as well as aircraft around them. So have people on the ground.

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Fact #5 : Contrails form over uninhabited areas too

Contrails are seen forming even when the aircraft is flying over open oceans and uninhabited areas.

Why would any nefarious government or corporation spray chemicals or biological agents over oceans and uninhabited areas? Surely they don’t plan to control the minds of fishes, or wildlife?

Fact #6 : It would be impossible to cover up such a conspiracy

Any large-scale program to spray chemicals or toxins using high-altitude aircraft would be impossible to conceal.

It would require many tens of thousands of people in the aviation industry to work in perfect unison to cover up an industry-wide conspiracy to spray people with chemicals or biological agents. Not only would the pilots and engineers be willing participants, it would require airlines to sacrifice space, weight and money on their flights to load those chemicals or biological agents.

Thousands more would also need to manufacture, store and transport those chemicals and biological agents, while thousands more people working at airports will need to assist in the storage and loading of those chemicals and biological agents.

It is inconceivable that so many people would be such willing participants in any program that would harm other people, including their family and friends. In truth – such a conspiracy would have been exposed within hours, if not days.

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Is Kamala Harris disqualified due to mother’s immigration fraud?!

Is Kamala Harris now disqualified to run for President due to her mother’s immigration fraud?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Kamala Harris is disqualified due to mother’s immigration fraud!

Some people are sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Laura Loomer (archive), who claimed that Kamala Harris may be disqualified to run for President of the United States due to her mother’s immigration fraud.

🚨🚨🚨Did Kamala Harris’s @KamalaHQ mother commit immigration fraud? And is Kamala Harris trying to force her dead mother into all of her campaign speeches as a way to normalize immigration fraud and illegal immigration? 🚨🚨🚨

Recently obtained immigration documents obtained by @LoomerUnleashed referencing Shyamala Gopalan Harris, the mother of Vice President @KamalaHarris, reveal serious issues that may lead to Kamala Harris’s disqualification as a presidential candidate.

As per a document from the United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service form I-463, dated August 21, 1967, Shyamala Gopalan Harris claimed to have only one child even though both of her children were born by this time. This discovery was just uncovered by @LauraLoomer and
@CcpSkipTracer.

Take note of the following birthdates:
Kamala Devi Harris was supposedly born on October 20, 1964. Kamala’s younger sister, Maya Lakshmi Harris was born January 30, 1967.

Why did Shyamala lie on official immigrations forms and say she only had one child if she had two?

Did Kamala Harris’s mother, who she made the focus of her DNC Convention Presidential nomination acceptance speech, commit immigration fraud?

This is a developing story and additional posts and receipts will be posted.

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Truth : Kamala Harris’ mother did not commit immigration fraud!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Visa petition was filed on 18 January 1967

Let me start by pointing out that Kamala Harris’ mother – Shyamala Gopalan Harris filed her visa petition on January 18, 1967.

At that time, Kamala Harris was just over 2 years old, and her mother was pregnant with her younger sister.

Fact #2 : Maya Harris was born on 30 January 1967

Maya Lakshmi Harris – Kamala Harris’ younger sister, was born on 30 January 1967 – 12 days after her mother filed her visa petition.

In short – Shyamala Harris did not lie on her application form. The form does not show that she committed any form of immigration fraud.

At that time she filed her visa petition, Shyamala Gopalan Harris was still pregnant and had not given birth to Maya Harris. She only had one child, as stated in her application form.

Fact #3 : INS approved Shyamala Harris’ visa petition on 21 August 1967

It took the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) almost 7 months to approve Shyamala Harris’ visa petition on August 21, 1967.

To be clear – the August 21, 1967 date refers to the visa petition’s approval date, and not its application date.

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Fact #4 : Laura Loomer did not share two other relevant forms

This may be confusing for many people because Laura Loomer only shared Form 1-463, which is one of two approval documents issued by the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) to Shyamala Gopalan Harris – Kamala Harris’ mother, on August 21, 1967.

One page earlier was Form 1-171, which notified Shyamala Harris that her visa petition was approved. That INS Notice of Approval confirmed that her petition was filed on 1-18-67 (January 18, 1967) – almost 7 months earlier.

You can check these relevant pages in the full list of documents (PDF) on Shayamala Gopalan Harris that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on September 28, 2020.

Form 1-140 (pages 34-35) : The Immigration Petition for Alien Workers filed by Shyamala Gopalan Harris on January 18, 1967

Form 1-171 (page 32) : The Notice of Approval of Visa Petition issued by the INS on August 21, 1967.

Form I-463 (page 33) : The report of third preference petition approved by the INS on August 21, 1967.

Did Laura Loomer miss this notice of approval? Did she not see the date of petition? If she saw the notice of approval and the petition date, why did she not share it?

It would also be most peculiar if Laura Loomer did not see Shyamala’s actual application form, which immediately followed the form she shared.

In any case, we now know conclusively that it was at least a “misunderstanding” by Laura Loomer. Perhaps next time, she will do a better “investigative job”? One can only hope…

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Did Klaus Schwab warn of Era of Shock Events for 2024 Election?

Did Klaus Schwab warn of an Era of Shock Events for the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Klaus Schwab warned of Era of Shock Events for 2024 Election!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Klaus Schwab earned of an Era of Shock Events for the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Klaus Schwab Says ‘Era of Shock Events’ Is Coming Ahead of 2024 Election

Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum (WEF) just warned an “era of shock events”is coming ahead of the 2024 US election as the global elite prepare to unleash chaos in society.

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Truth : Klaus Schwab did not warn of Era of Shock Events for 2024 Election!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Klaus Schwab / WEF did not write the article

Let me start by pointing out that Klaus Schwab did not write the article, which was published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on 19 August 2024.

The article was an opinion piece by Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz, who is a professor at New York University, and does not work for the WEF. The disclaimer at the bottom clearly states that “The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence that Klaus Schwab had anything to do with the article, or the opinions contained within, much less actually say that an “era of shock events” is coming ahead of 2024 election.

Fact #2 : Article was about global risk trends for this decade

The article, which is called “4 global risks to look out for in the post-pandemic era“, is not about the 2024 US Presidential election alone.

It actually details the global risks that Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz believes we should look out for this decade, as is clearly pointed out in the second paragraph:

The following analysis—which is based on a multi-year prediction project with graduate students at New York University and experts at crowdsourced consultancy Wikistrat, where I’m a lead analyst—details the global risk trends to watch this decade.

There is nothing in the article that would describe any nefarious plans by the WEF to influence the 2024 US Presidential election.

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Fact #3 : Era of Shock Events was not about 2024 election

There is a section in the article called “An era of shock events”. However, it has nothing to do with the 2024 US Presidential election. In fact, it actually points out that “realistically America’s 2024 election won’t change [the ending of the US-driven post-Cold War era]”.

Here are the three shock events that Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz thinks “may” impact global stability:

  • a new global extremist group
  • an intentional cyber pandemic
  • the sinking of an island nation due to climate change

Obviously, none of them have anything to do with the 2024 US Presidential election! Why would anyone suggest otherwise???

Fact #4 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did California DNC delegates refuse to vote for Kamala Harris?!

Did California DNC delegates pass and refuse to vote for Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party candidate for President?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : California DNC delegates refused to vote for Kamala Harris!

Some people are sharing a video, which they claim / suggest shows California DNC delegates passing and refusing to vote for Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party candidate for President!

MJTruthUltra / Jack Straw : Fake pic! That is a guy that got shot with Buckshot years ago, stop with the fear porn already

The Vigilant Fox : California delegates initially chose to PASS instead of casting their votes for Kamala Harris.

Donald J. Trump – Parody / Aayat Fatima : BREAKING: California and Minnesota PASS on casting their delegate votes for Kamala Harris! Holy! That is HILARIOUS! She ruined that state! They don’t want her either!

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Truth : California DNC delegates did not refuse to vote for Kamala Harris!

This appears to be an example of fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : California and Minnesota passed during DNC roll call

Let me start by pointing out that it wasn’t just California delegates who “passed” on voting for Kamala Harris during DNC roll call, Minnesota delegates also did the same.

Fact #2 : California and Minnesota passed as tradition dictated

Even though delegates from California and Minnesota passed on voting for Kamala Harris during the DNC roll call, they eventually did so at the end.

As WUSA9 explains, that’s because it’s tradition for the nominees’ home states to pass on voting initially, so they can cast the “deciding votes” at the end of the roll call.

Why California, Minnesota passed at the DNC

California and Minnesota, the home states of Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, have passed during the convention roll call — letting the party roll on.

This year’s roll call has been unlike any in political history. But one tradition held, the one mandating that the home state of the nominee generally passes, then goes near the end to pass the deciding vote to formally clinch the nomination.

This year, Minnesota, where Walz is governor, could get the count close and let Harris’ California and its motherlode of delegates put her over the top as the Democratic nominee.

Vice President nominee Tim Walz is the governor of Minnesota, so its delegates voted to nominate Kamala Harris close to the end. Kamala Harris is from California, so its large number of delegates were given the privilege to put her over the top as the Democratic Party nominee in the 2024 Presidential election.

In fact, it was California governor Gavin Newsom who delivered the state’s delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris, surrounded by members of the California delegation.

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Fact #3 : No legitimate report of CA delegates refusing to vote for Kamala Harris

If delegates from California actually refused to vote to nominate Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate for President, it would have been widely reported.

Yet, there has been no legitimate media reporting of such a shocking development. That’s because it never happened – the delegates from California voted for her at the end, as tradition dictated.

Fact #4 : DNC roll call was only ceremonial

I should also point out that the roll call vote during the 2024 Democratic National Convention was only ceremonial, because the Democratic Party already held a virtual vote on August 6, that formally nominated Kamala Harris as its official nominee in the 2024 Presidential election.

What you saw at the 2024 DNC was just a fun, “celebratory” roll call, with DJ Cassidy spinning a special song for each state as they took their turn to nominate Kamala Harris.

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X insiders deny DDOS attack during Musk-Trump interview!

X insiders have refuted Elon Musk who claimed that his disastrous interview of Donald Trump suffered a massive DDOS attack!

 

Elon Musk : Massive DDOS attack of Trump interview!

On August 11, 2024, X owner Elon Musk announced that he would be conducting an interview of… oh, sorry… a “live conversation” with former President Donald Trump.

Scheduled for 8 PM ET on Monday, August 12, the Musk-Trump “conversation” was hosted on X Spaces (where else?), which should both provide a “safe space” for Donald Trump, and an opportunity for Elon Musk to demonstrate that his “streamlining” of X has not hurt its ability to host major events.

However, the Musk-Trump interview had a disastrous start with a crash. X users who tried to tune in were instead greeted by an error message – “Unable to fetch Space” or “This Space is not available“. Those who somehow managed to get in, only heard lo-fi techno music.

18 minutes later, Elon Musk claimed that X appeared to be under a massive DDOS attack, and X was working to shut it down:

There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting it down.

Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.

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Several minutes later, Musk claimed that X tested Spaces with 8 million concurrent users, implying that it has to be some kind of nefarious action by someone outside of X.

We tested the system with 8 million concurrent listeners earlier today

When someone suggested that the DDOS attack might have been initiated by the Democrats, Elon Musk agreed.

mark pinkus : Its Dems fighting to ‘save’ Democracy from two massive disrupters!

Elon Musk : Yeah

After the lo-fi techno music finally stopped some 30 minutes later, listeners only heard some rustling from Trump’s microphone, and then silence for another 10-12 minutes, before the interview (sorry, conversation!) finally started.

In the end, the Musk-Trump interview / conversation only hosted some 1 million concurrent listeners on X Spaces – far short of the 8 million Elon Musk claimed Twitter tested earlier.

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X insiders deny DDOS attack during Musk-Trump interview!

Oddly, Elon Musk seemed to be hedging his claim with the word “appears”, before offering the 8 million concurrent test as “evidence”. Why would he do that? It’s so weird…

As the owner of X, Musk would clearly know whether X was under “a massive DDOS attack” or not. He wouldn’t need to beat about the bush. He would have network engineers monitoring the traffic, who would be able to spot any suspicious spike in traffic and determine if it was a massive DDOS attack or not.

It now appears that Elon Musk may not have been entirely truthful about the technical issues that beset his disastrous X Spaces conversation with Donald Trump.

At least two X insiders have refuted Elon Musk’s claim. The first confirmed to The Verge that there wasn’t actually a denial-of-service attack on X. Another X staff said that there was a “99 percent” chance Elon Musk was lying about a DDOS attack.

That makes sense, as outside of that Musk-Trump interview, the rest of X (including other X Spaces) was working normally. A massive DDOS attack would have made it impossible for X to function normally. You cannot just target a DDOS attack to hit one specific livestream, and leave the rest of X running normally.

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To be clear – there is no evidence of a massive DDOS attack, and there is also no evidence that the Democrats were involved or responsible for the technical failures that marred the disastrous Musk-Trump “live conversation” on X Spaces.

This isn’t the first time X has suffered such failures. Ron DeSantis suffered a similarly embarrassing failure to launch (nod to you SpaceX fans!) when he launched his ill-fated presidential campaign on X Spaces in May 2023.

At that time, Donald Trump mocked the disastrous launch, posting on Truth Social “Wow! The DeSanctus TWITTER launch is a DISASTER!” It’s been said that karma is a bitch.

This failure also highlights the drastic changes that Elon Musk made when he purchased Twitter for $44 billion in 2022. He not renamed it X, he gutted about 80% of its staff, leaving just skeleton crews in key areas like site reliability. Karma strikes again?

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Did the US hide logo of new Chinese crane with US flag?!

Did the Americans try to hide the logo on a new Chinese crane with the US flag, so that people won’t know that they were made in China?

Take a look at the new viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Did the US hide logo of new Chinese crane with US flag?

People are sharing a video showing the US flag falling from a Chinese crane, revealing the ZPMC logo, together with this message :

During opening ceremony of new gantry cranes in USA. A sudden gust of wind blew away the board covering Chinese brand name. You can see the board is black on one side and has American flag on the other.

What an embarrassment trying to hide the Chinese made cranes.

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Truth : The US did not hide logo of new Chinese crane with US flag!

The video is genuine, but taken out of context. Here are the facts…

Fact #1 : Video was recorded on 29 March 2013

The viral message was intentionally vague on when it happened, suggesting that it was new. The truth is – the video was recorded many years ago – on 29 March 2013 in Miami, Florida.

At that time, the President of the United States was Barack Obama, not Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

Fact #2 : It was not an opening ceremony of any kind

The viral message said that this incident happened during an “opening ceremony of new gantry cranes” in the United States. That is completely FALSE.

The video was recorded at the Port of Miami Tunnel project in Miami, Florida – just before President Obama spoke about his infrastructure plan.

It was related to the Port of Miami tunnel project on Dodge Island, which would connect the port to the interstate highway system, and had nothing to do with the gantry cranes.

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Fact #3 : The logo was covered for optics

As President Obama was going to speak about shipping “products made in America” through ports like the Port of Miami, so it would have been awkward optics to have Chinese logos in the background.

Therefore, members of the White House advance team decided to cover up the ZPMC logo with a US flag. Not only did the ZPMC have Chinese characters, it was also a Chinese state-owned company. Awkward indeed!

Fact #4 : They left the ZPMC logo visible

After wind blew the American flag off the logo, a member of the White House team went onto the gantry to retrieve the flag. But instead of putting it back over the logo, he shifted the American flag to the side of the gantry.

Ultimately, the ZPMC logo was left visible during President Obama’s speech, as this picture shows.

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Fact #5 : The Chinese gantry cranes were not new

The gantry cranes seen in the picture appear to be ZPMC Super Post-Panamax (SPP) cranes that were delivered in January 2005.

They were more than 8 years old when President Obama spoke at the Port of Miami in 2013, and more than 16.5 years old when this fake news started circulating in 2021.

So the claim that the Americans were trying to pass off new Chinese cranes as American-made cranes is nothing but fake news.

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Did Harris-Walz campaign use fake AI crowd photos?!

Did the Harris-Walz campaign use fake crowd photos created using generative AI technology?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Harris-Walz campaign used fake AI crowd photos!

Some people are sharing photos, which they claim prove that the Harris-Walz campaign got caught using fake crowd photos created using generative AI technology!

Donald Trump : Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport? There was nobody at the plane, and she “A.l.’d” it, and showed a massive “crowd” of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST! She was turned in by a maintenance worker at the airport when he noticed the fake crowd picture, but there was nobody there, later confirmed by the reflection of the mirror like finish on the Vice Presidential Plane. She’s a CHEATER. She had NOBODY waiting, and the “crowd” looked like 10,000 people! Same thing is happening with her fake “crowds” at her speeches. This is the way the Democrats win Elections, by CHEATING – And they’re even worse at the Ballot Box. She should be disqualified because the creation of a fake image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Anyone who does that will cheat at ANYTHING!

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Truth : Harris-Walz campaign did not use fake AI crowd photos!

This is yet another example of fake news about the 2024 US Presidential election, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Airport photo is genuine and was not created by AI

Many people, including former President Donald Trump, falsely claimed that the Harris-Walz campaign faked photos of the crowd that greeted Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

The photo is genuine, and is one of the many taken and posted by people who attended the event, which was attended by thousands of people, as well as prominent politicians. It was also live streamed by dozens of news channel.

In addition, Shayan Sardarizadeh of BBC Verify checked the metadata of the original photo, and confirmed that it was taken using an iPhone 12 Pro Max on 7 August at 18:28 local time.

While it is possible that some photos might have been digitally manipulated to make them appear fake, or created by generative AI software, the size of the crowd is indisputable. According to the local news outlet MLive, “about about 15,000 people filled the hangar, the crowd spilling out onto the tarmac.”

Fact #2 : Telephoto lens make the crowd appear closer than it really is

People are pointing to the reflection of Air Force Two’s fuselage and engine cowling, which appear to show the hangar but no sign of any people. That does not mean the photo was created by AI.

For one thing – the photo appears to have been taken using a telephoto lens, which makes the crowd appear much closer to Air Force Two than it really is.

As this video below shows, the crowd was actually located close to the hangar, and a considerable distance away from Air Force Two. Hence, they would not be so obviously seen in the reflection of Air Force Two’s fuselage or engine cowling.

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Fact #3 : Reflections are “compressed” on curved surfaces

The second reason why you don’t see the large crowds visibly reflected on Air Force Two’s fuselage and engine cowling is because they are curved surfaces, on which reflections would appear compressed.

It may seem silly but let me just point out that the fuselage and engine cowling of Air Force Two are cylindrical. Like funhouse mirrors, shiny cylindrical surfaces distort reflections, and will not reflect an image like a flat mirror.

If you look closely, you can see how the hangar appears compressed vertically – it appears to be very long, but squashed flat, like someone sat on it. You can actually see the crowd in that photo – it just appears as a dark line because its reflection was compressed vertically by the curved surface.

This video, which was created by someone else (sorry, I don’t know who, but will update this article with the correct credit when I identify the creator) recreated the scene using Blender, to show and explain why the crowd’s reflection can be seen in the photo – they just appear compressed.

Fact #4 : Air Force Two no longer has tail number

Some conspiracists pointed out that the aircraft in the photo lacks a tail number, with some pointing out that Air Force Two should have the tail number 80002.

While generative AI can and do create images with distorted or even missing text, that is no the case with the viral photo of Air Force Two at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

The truth is – the US Air Force started removing tail numbers and other individually-identifying markings from its C-32A and C-32B executive and personnel transport jets for operational security reasons.

In fact, when JD Vance – the Republican candidate for Vice President recently walked up to Air Force Two in Wisconsin on 7 August 2024, photos and videos clearly show that it lacked any tail number.

Fact #5 : AI stadium crowd photo was not created by Harris-Walz campaign

The viral stadium photo, which purportedly shows supporters of the Harris-Walz campaign, was created using generative AI software. There are many obvious signs of generative AI in that viral photo, as many people have pointed out.

However, it was not created or shared by the Harris-Walz campaign. It was created and posted (archive) by a parody account on X (formerly Twitter) called Dr. Literaleigh A Pheline 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@Sarcasmcat24).

When American YouTuber and political commentator, Blair White, shared that photo, @Sarcasmcat24 pointed out to her that it was AI-generated:

That’s a photo that I generated with AI

Zoom in a bit, you’ll see that the faces aren’t even well developed.

Yeah, I run a parody account, glad you enjoyed the post! 😜

White has since deleted her post, but many continue to post this fake photo (on the right) and falsely claim that it was posted or created by the Harris-Walz campaign. That’s simply not true.

Fact #6 : This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

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Has Michigan begun arresting people for posting fake news?!

Has Michigan begun arresting people for posting fake news on social media?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Michigan has begun arresting people for posting fake news!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that the state of Michigan has begun arresting people for posting fake news on social media!

Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Michigan Begins Arresting Residents Who Post ‘Misleading’ Content on Social Media

The state of Michigan has ordered residents to report neighbors who post ‘misleading’ content online, so that police can arrest offenders to stop the spread of ‘election misinformation’.

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Truth : Michigan is not arresting people for posting fake news!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Michigan is not arresting people for posting general fake news

Let me start by pointing out that Michigan has not begun arresting people for posting general misinformation or fake news on social media, and neither is it planning to arrest people who choose to do that.

If that actually happened, it would have been reportedly widely by the mainstream media. Yet, there has been no legitimate news report on such arrests, and there has been no outrage about the infringement of free speech. That’s because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence that Michigan is actually arresting people for posting general misinformation or fake news on social media. In fact, the words “arresting” and “arrest” only appear once in its title and lede respectively, but nowhere else in the rest of the article!

Fact #2 : Secretary Benson only asked people to report election misinformation

On May 8, 2024, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson warned the public about the dangers of election misinformation, just six months before the 2024 Presidential election.

We know 2024 is going to be a noisy year for us in Michigan because the path to the presidency runs right through our state.

She reminded people that political campaign ads that use AI must be clearly marked, and it is illegal for anyone to use AI-generated photos or videos to purposefully mislead the public. Then she called on people to report [election] misinformation when they see it.

When you find misinformation or if you see something questionable, of course, don’t share it, but please expose it. Please report it.

At no point in time did she ever threaten to arrest people who post fake news on social media. She only asked people to report election misinformation. Now, why would anyone be opposed to reporting election misinformation?

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Fact #3 : Michigan has long had laws against election interference

While free speech is protected in the United States, election interference is not. Hence, it is illegal to spread misleading or false information that can interfere with elections in Michigan, or any other state.

In Michigan, the Michigan Election Law (Act 116 of 1954) includes provisions related to election integrity and criminal penalties for various types of election-related fraud. For example, Section 168.931 makes it illegal to wilfully or knowingly create or provide false information with the intent to deceive people about the election process, or to change the outcome of elections.

So yes, it is possible for people in Michigan to get arrested for creating or spreading fake news or misinformation to mislead people about the election process, or to influence any election outcome. However, as you can tell – this law isn’t new. It has been in effect since 1954.

Fact #4 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Was Tim Walz once hospitalised after ingesting horse semen?!

Was Governor Tim Walz once hospitalised and had his stomach pumped after ingesting horse semen?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Tim Walz was once hospitalised after ingesting horse semen!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was once hospitalised and had his stomach pumped after ingesting horse semen!

Donald Trump Jr. : Big if true

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Truth : Tim Walz was never  hospitalised after ingesting horse semen!

This is yet another example of fake news about Governor Tim Walz, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : West Point Daily News photo is fake

If Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was once hospitalised, and had his stomach pumped, after ingesting horse semen, it would have been widely reported.

However, this viral claim was based solely on a photo of what appears to be an old clipping from a newspaper called West Point Daily News. Here’s an excerpt:

“Local Man’s Stomach Pumped After ‘Neigh’-borhood Dare Goes Wrong”

Nebraska Man Hospitalized After Unusual OverIngestion Incident

August 30, 1965 West Point, NE

In a bizarre and unprecedented medical emergency, Tim Walz, a local resident of West Point, Nebraska, was rushed to West Point General Hospital last night after reportedly overingesting horse semen. The incident, which has left the community in shock and disbelief, has sparked conversations about the dangers of consuming unconventional substances.

Emergency responders were called to Mr. Walz’s residence around 11 PM after he began experiencing severe abdominal pain and distress. According to paramedics on the scene, Mr. Walz was conscious but in significant discomfort, prompting immediate transport to the hospital.

Dr. Amanda Thompson, the attending physician at West Point General, confirmed that Mr. Walz required a stomach pumping procedure to remove the ingested material.

As shocking as this news report may appear, the photo is fake, and there is no such news report.

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Fact #2 : West Point Daily News does not exist

There is no newspaper that goes by the name of West Point Daily News. There is a newspaper called West Point News, but it has never published such an article.

Fact #3 : West Point General Hospital does not exist

There is also no hospital in West Point, Nebraska, called the West Point General Hospital.

Fact #4 : Dr. Amanda Thompson does not exist in Nebraska

Needless to say, there is no evidence of a Dr. Amanda Thompson that works in that non-existent hospital, or in any other hospital in West Point, Nebraska.

Politifact went further – searching on Nebraska’s Health and Human Services Department website for Amanda Thompson. It only found six entries for medication aides, nurse aides, pharmacist interns, and pharmacy technicians, but no doctors with the name Amanda Thompson.

Fact #5 : Tim Walz lived more than 560 km away in 1995

It would be impossible for Tim Walz to be hospitalised in West Point, Nebraska in 1995, because he was living in Alliance, Nebraska – more than 560 kilometres away, at that time.

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Fact #6 : Photo of Tim Walz was taken a year later

It is also impossible for a newspaper to use that photo of Tim Walz in an August 1995 report, because that photo was only taken sometime in 1996, while Walz was teaching history and coaching football at the Mankato West High School.

Mankato, incidentally, is in Minnesota, and about 400 km away from West Point, Nebraska.

The fake news creator appears to have taken that old photo of Tim Walz from a KSTP-TV news story on “Tim Walz’s early life in Minnesota”.

Fact #7 : This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

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Is Keir Starmer building detainment camps for UK rioters?!

Is Keir Starmer planning to build emergency detainment camps to detain UK rioters?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Keir Starmer may build detainment camps for UK rioters!

This screenshot of an article by The Telegraph has gone viral, claiming that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is planning to build detainment camps to detain UK rioters.

Keir Starmer considering building ’emergency detainment camps’ on the Falkland Islands

The camps would be used to detain prisoners from the ongoing riots as the British prison system is already at capacity

Fiona Parker, Senior News Reporter
7 August 2024 11:31am

The screenshot went viral on X (formerly known as Twitter), after X owner Elon Musk shared it out to millions of his followers.

Ashlea Simon (deleted) : We’re all being deported to the Falklands

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Truth : Keir Starmer is not building detainment camps for UK rioters!

This is yet another example of fake news originating in X (formerly known as Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : The Telegraph screenshot is fake

I should start by pointing out that the viral screenshot is completely fake.

Fiona Parker never wrote, and The Telegraph never published, any story claiming that Keir Starmer was considering the building of ’emergency detainment camps’ to detain UK rioters.

The Telegraph quickly denied that it published such an article, but unfortunately, its reach was much lower than that of Elon Musk – far fewer people saw its denial.

The Telegraph is aware of an image circulating on X which purports to be a Telegraph article about ’emergency detainment camps’. No such article has ever been published by the Telegraph.

The Telegraph also “notified relevant platforms and requested that the post be taken down“.

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Fact #2 : No legitimate media reported on detention camp proposal

Anyone who spends even 5 seconds to check online would quickly realise that this is just more fake news on the X social media platform.

Not only is there no such article by The Telegraph, no other legitimate media outlet reported that Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering a plan to build detention camps in the Falkland Islands to hold UK rioters.

If such a shocking story ever broke, it would have been reportedly widely not only in the United Kingdom, but across the world. Yet, there was no such story, no outraged editorials, nothing. That’s because it was all made up!

But don’t worry – you were not the only one who got fooled. Even one of the richest man in the world, whom some believe is a genius, got fooled.

Fact #3 : Ashlea Simon + Elon Musk deleted their posts

The screenshot appears to have circulated earlier, but only went viral after it was posted by Ashlea Simon – the co-leader of the far-right Britain First political party, and then shared by Elon Musk – the owner of X himself.

Due to his outsized reach and 193 million followers on X, the fake Telegraph screenshot was seen by almost 1 million people in the first 15 minutes, and at least 1.8 million people before Elon Musk deleted his post.

Ashlea Simon also deleted her post after some time. Neither Elon Musk nor Ashlea Simon acknowledged, nor apologised, for posting and then deleting the fake screenshot.

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Fact #4 : No Community Notes appeared for Elon Musk’ post

While X has a Community Notes feature which allows X users to help provide context, or highlight fake or misleading posts, it lacks transparency and often works too slowly to matter.

X users who frequently post fake or misleading news can also circumvent the Community Notes feature by simply deleting their posts. Some do this repeatedly, posting and deleting fake or misleading posts after, or sometimes before they get “community-noted”.

For example, it took just under 10 hours for Ashlea Simon’s post to get community noted, with a tag that said:

This story does not exist. It is framed as a Telegraph story to make it appear real.

That Community Note only appeared for a brief time, because she quickly deleted the post. As for Elon Musk, his post never got “community noted” before he deleted it himself.

In any case, there’s no penalty in getting “community noted”. In fact, some of the most popular accounts on X are notorious for being “community noted”.

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Did Israel use WhatsApp to locate + kill Ismail Haniyeh?!

Did Israel use WhatsApp to locate Ismail Haniyeh before killing him with a drone-fired missile?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Israel used WhatsApp to locate + kill Ismail Haniyeh

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Israel used WhatsApp to locate Ismail Haniyeh before killing him with a drone-fired missile!

Megatron : 🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israeli intelligence managed to identify Hamas politburo chief using WhatsApp messenger*

He was f**king using an app owned by Meta, which has a Jewish boss. Madness.

Lebanese journalist Elia Manier spoke about it. She explained that with the help of spy software embedded in the phone, the house where Hania was located was discovered, and then a rocket attack was launched from the drone.

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No evidence Israel used WhatsApp to locate + kill Ismail Haniyeh

This is yet another example of fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Elia Manier does not exist

Many of these claims referred to female Lebanese journalist Elia Manier as the source. However, there is no Lebanese journalist called Elia Manier, male or female.

The truth is – it was Elijah J. Magnier – a Brussels-based war correspondent who made that claim. Magnier, as far as I can tell, isn’t Lebanese. Magnier is also male with he/him pronouns.

If these people cannot even get the name, gender, and nationality of their source correct, how trustworthy do you think they are???

Fact #2 : WhatsApp message to Ismail Haniyeh is fake

Some people are sharing a screenshot of a WhatsApp message which was purportedly used to install spyware in Ismail Haniyeh’s smartphone, which appears to be an iPhone.

While we have no idea whether Ismail Haniyeh actually uses an Apple iPhone – “evil” American product and all that, this WhatsApp screenshot is most definitely fake, because:

  1. WhatsApp does not show the person’s profile photo in the chat. Instead, the video and call icons are on the upper right corner of the chat.
  2. The back button does not have a Chats label. Depending on the version of WhatsApp being used, it is either empty, or shows the number of chats with unread messages (e.g. 34)
  3. If the unknown sender was the Mossad trying to trick Ismail Haniyeh into opening the message, they would not likely message him in English, and so casually at that – “Hey what’s up, you arrived yet?

On top of that, no one actually explained how they came by that screenshot. They certainly did not get it from Elijah Magnier, or the non-existent Elia Manier.

Did the Mossad published it publicly? Obviously, not. Did they obtain it from a Mossad insider? They didn’t say. Did they hack it from Ismail Haniyeh’s smartphone, which would have been blown to bits? That would be quite a feat…

What is certain is – that WhatsApp screenshot is fake, and the actual person who made the claim, Elijah Magnier, did not post it on his X account.

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Fact #3 : Magnier never said Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a missile

On 31 July 2024, Elijah J. Magnier claimed on X (formerly Twitter) that Israel used WhatsApp to introduce spyware into Ismail Haniyeh’s smartphone, exposing his location.

#Israel’s Use of Spying Software to Target #Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh:

Israel reportedly planted sophisticated spyware through a WhatsApp message sent to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. This software allowed Israeli intelligence to localize his exact position within his apartment. Subsequently, Haniyeh was assassinated following a conversation he had with his son, during which his location was pinpointed.

The spyware in question is believed to be similar to the notorious Pegasus software developed by the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group. Pegasus has the capability to infiltrate smartphones, allowing the operator to access messages, photos, and location data, and even control the phone’s camera and microphone without the user’s knowledge.

Such advanced technology enables real-time surveillance and precise targeting, making it an invaluable tool for intelligence operations. The successful use of this spyware highlights the ongoing cyber warfare tactics employed in modern conflicts, showcasing how digital tools are increasingly pivotal in gathering intelligence and executing targeted strikes.

Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination underscores the effectiveness of these methods and the lengths to which state actors will go to neutralize perceived threats. This incident also raises significant concerns about privacy and the potential misuse of such powerful surveillance tools for illegal activities and assassinations.

As you can see, Magnier did not claim that Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by a missile fired by a drone. So where are those people getting their information from, since their actual “source” never made that claim???

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Fact #4 : Ismail Haniyeh was allegedly killed by a pre-planted bomb

In fact, The New York Times just published an investigation, in which five Middle Eastern officials confirmed that Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a bomb that was smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he stayed, approximately two months earlier.

The bomb was then remotely detonated once it was confirmed that Haniyeh was inside his room. That’s why the blast only killed Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard, who were staying in the same room, but did not kill people in the adjoining rooms. A missile would have caused far more catastrophic damage.

Two Iranian officials who were briefed on the attack, confirmed that the explosion took place inside Ismail Haniyeh’s room, and the initial investigation showed that the explosives were placed there sometime in advance.

Yet again, those who claimed that Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a missile or rocket fired by an Israeli drone never provided any evidence.

Fact #5 : Elijah Magnier did not provide any evidence / source

While Magnier’s allegations that a WhatsApp message was used to deliver spyware is plausible, he did not actually provide any evidence to back up those claims. In fact, he didn’t even mention his source(s), or whether he managed to verify their account.

Now, I’m not saying that he should name his sources, but at least he should mention them – two senior Iranian officials, or a Mossad hacker, for example, so we have an idea of how credible his sources might be. Or whether he was able to independently confirm their account from a different source.

Magnier may or may not prove to be right, but those viral messages claiming that a Lebanese journalist called Elia Manier confirmed that Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a missile fired by a drone after being located by spyware installed using a WhatsApp message are definitely fake news.

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Did Joe Biden + Kamala Harris offer 9/11 terrorists plea deal?!

Did Joe Biden and Kamala Harris offer plea deals to the 9/11 terrorists?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Joe Biden + Kamala Harris offered 9/11 terrorist plea deals!

Some people are claiming that US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris offered plea deals to the 9/11 terrorists, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi!

Hodgetwins : Wait Biden and Kamala are giving plea deals to the terrorists behind 9/11 ???

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Truth : Joe Biden + Kamala Harris did not offer 9/11 terrorist plea deals!

This is yet another example of fake news about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : 9/11 Masterminds Pleaded Guilty

On Wednesday, 31 July 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that its prosecutors had reached a plea agreement with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi – who allegedly plotted the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, has entered into pre-trial agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi, three of the co-accused in the 9/11 case.

The three defendants agreed to plead guilty to all charges, including the murder of 2,976 people in the September 11 attacks, in exchange for the U.S. government taking the death penalty off the table. They will officially enter their guilty pleas at a plea hearing as early as next week.

To be clear – these 9/11 defendants are not getting away scot-free. The plea deal only removes the death penalty. They will be sentenced by a panel of military officers, and will likely be imprisoned for life.

The defendants also agreed to respond to questions from 9/11 family members “regarding their roles and reasons for conducting” the September 11 attacks, by submitting their responses within 90 days.

Fact #2 : White House Had No Role In 9/11 Plea Deals

While the Biden Administration (like the Obama and Trump Administrations) have tried to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, neither President Joe Biden, nor Vice President Kamala Harris, had any role in that plea deal.

A White House National Security Council spokesperson told ABC News that the White House only learned that the Convening Authority for Military Commissions entered into pretrial agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, the same day – on Wednesday, 31 July 2024.

The White House NSC spokesperson also confirmed that President Biden and the White House played no role in the process.

Unsurprisingly, none of those who are claiming or suggesting that President Biden or Vice President Harris were the ones who offered a plea deal to the 9/11 attack masterminds, actually provided any evidence.

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Fact #3 : Prosecutors Decided To Accept Plea Deal

It was the Department of Defense prosecutors of the 9/11 case that agreed to the plea deal, as explained in the letter sent to the families of the 9/11 victims:

The decision to enter into a pre-trial agreement after 12 years of pre-trial litigation was not reached lightly; however, it is our collective, reasoned, and good-faith judgment that this resolution is the best path to finality and justice in this case.

I should also point out that the chief prosecutor for this case is Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh, who has served as a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Defense since 1997, through multiple administrations. He was not politically-appointed by President Joe Biden, and is not a member of the Biden Administration.

Fact #4 : 9/11 Families Were Informed Last Year

While the decision may have surprised some people, families of the 9/11 terror attack victims were informed a year ago that the U.S. government was negotiating plea agreements with the September 11, 2001 terror attack masterminds.

The prosecutors had already been in negotiations with the 9/11 terror attack defendants for 1.5 years when the Pentagon reached out to the affected families to inform them that the defendants might not receive the death penalty:

“The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements,” or PTAs, the letter said. It told the families that while no plea agreement “has been finalized, and may never be finalized, it is possible that a PTA in this case would remove the possibility of the death penalty

The Pentagon letter, which was dated 1 August 2023, was widely reported by the mainstream media at that time.

In the end, both sides agreed to the plea deal almost one year after that letter, and after 27 months of negotiations that begun in March 2022. Families of the 9/11 victims were the first to be notified of the plea deal, receiving a letter from Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh, earlier on Wednesday.

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Did Mel Gibson criticise Olympics + Pope for mocking his faith?!

Did Mel Gibson criticise the Paris Olympics and the Pope for mocking his Christian faith?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Mel Gibson criticised Olympics + Pope for mocking his faith!

People are sharing a post (archive) by excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who claimed that Mel Gibson sent him a message criticising the Paris Olympics for mocking his Christian faith!

Arcivescovo Carlo Maria Viganò :

Just received a message from Mel Gibson @MelGibsonFilms about the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games #JO2024 in Paris:

“That the Olympic ceremony in France mocked my faith. Who do they think they are that they can do this? Giving the gold medal to a biological male in women’s swimming had already made me boycott the games, but this offense has sealed the deal. Who conceived & designed that display?

It’s telling that the Ayatollah in Iran condemns this disgusting offensive display & yet our apostate, schismatic excuse for a pope says nothing, but we know that the last 11 years is just Halloween for Jorge Bergoglio.”

That claim was shared by many people, and even reposted as news. Here are some examples:

LifeSiteNews : ‘Mocked my faith’: Mel Gibson blasts ‘disgusting’ Olympics opening ceremony

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Truth : Mel Gibson did not publicly criticise Olympics or Pope for mocking his faith!

This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS surrounding the 2024 Paris Olympics, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Mel Gibson Did Not Publicly Criticise Paris Olympics Or Pope

First, let’s start by pointing out that Mel Gibson did not publicly criticise the 2024 Paris Olympics, or Pope Francis, over the recent “Last Supper controversy“.

If that actually happened, it would have been reported worldwide. Not only is Mel Gibson a celebrity and a Hollywood veteran, such criticism would have been explosive.

Yet, no legitimate media reported on Mel Gibson’s outrage against both the Olympics and Pope Francis, even though it would have generated a lot of views. Not even celebrity blogs reported on it. That’s because it never happened.

While he is a notably devout Catholic, and would likely disapprove of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, there is no evidence he publicly posted his criticism of the Olympic Games and/or Pope Francis on social media.

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Fact #2 : Mel Gibson Is Not On Social Media

It appears that Archbishop Carlo Vigano mistakenly claimed that Mel Gibson messaged him, because Mel Gibson does not have any social media account.

The controversial message that Vigano received was sent by @MelGibsonFilms – an unofficial fan page for the actor-director. @MelGibsonFilms clearly stated that they are not Mel Gibson in its description:

Mel is awesome, I am not him •I•AM•NOT•MEL•GIBSON• insta:melgibson_fanpage

@MelGibsonFilms also pinned a tweet from February 2023, in which they clarified that Mel Gibson isn’t on social media, and that this was merely a Mel Gibson fanpage.

Please read bio. I am not Mel this is a fanpage dedicated to him. Mel is not on ANY social media. No official pages. All are fan dedicated pages or fake pages pretending. I have always been super open about this. God bless 🙏🏻

On top of that, @MelGibsonFilms actually informed Archbishop Vigano in his post that they are just a fan page, and have “no association” with Mel Gibson.

Please for the sake of clarity, this is a fan page run by a fan of Mel. I am not Mel and have no association with him. Thank you and god bless 🙏🏻

So let me repeat – Archbishop Vigano did not receive any message from Mel Gibson publicly criticising the 2024 Paris Olympics or Pope Francis.

Vigano only received the controversial message from an unofficial Mel Gibson fan page, because Mel Gibson is not on social media!

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Fact #3 : It Was Not A Parody Of Last Supper

Let me end by pointing out that the controversial tableau that many Christian conservatives are calling a parody of The Last Supper, was not a parody of that famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

Rather, the tableau showed the pagan celebration of Bacchanalia, with the Greek god Dionysus in attendance. As Thomas Jolly – the Paris Olympics 2024 artistic director explained:

It’s not my inspiration and that should be pretty obvious. There’s Dionysus arriving on a table. Why is he there? First and foremost because he is the god of celebration in Greek mythology and the tableau is called ‘Festivity’.

He is also the god of wine, which is also one of the jewels of France, and the father of Séquana, the goddess of the river Seine. The idea was to depict a big pagan celebration, linked to the gods of Olympus, and thus the Olympics.

You will never find in me, or in my work, a desire to mock or denigrate anyone. My aim was to create a ceremony that heals and a ceremony that reconciles, but also a ceremony that reaffirms the values ​​which are those of our Republic of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity freedom, and absolutely not to mock anyone.

You can read more about this in our article – Did Paris Olympics mock Christians with Last Supper parody?!

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Donald Trump Crypto Giveaway Scam Alert!

Please watch out for the Donald Trump crypto giveaway scam, and warn your family and friends! Here is what you need to know…

 

Donald Trump Crypto Giveaway : What Is It?

People are sharing posts (archive) which claim that Donald Trump has announced a crypto giveaway of Bitcoin and Ethereum coins (Ether).

The Republican Party supports Donald Trump in his decision to make cryptocurrency one of the key assets of the United States. We aim to expedite the integration process into society and therefore announce a campaign.

The video shows former President Donald Trump speaking at the Bitcoin 2024 conference, calling on people to “click the link” to claim their free cryptocurrencies.

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m announcing a huge initiative to integrate cryptocurrencies into our society. This will accelerate the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies and increase their distribution among American citizens.

We are giving away Bitcoins and Ethereums to you. Click the link and claim yours. Vote for me, let’s make American great again.

The link lead to a website called RepublicanCrypto.com (screenshot | screenshot) that boldly claims that Donald Trump is giving away $100 million worth of cryptocurrencies!

Trump Biggest Crypto Giveaway Of $100,000,000

You can visit the website, but do not follow the instructions there, because it’s a scam!

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Why Donald Trump Crypto Giveaway Is A Scam!

Here are the reasons why the Donald Trump crypto giveaway is a just another scam to cheat you of your hard-earned money!

Fact #1 : Donald Trump Crypto Giveaway Video Is Fake!

First, let me just point out that the video of Donald Trump saying that he is “giving away Bitcoins and Ethereums” is a deepfake video with a fake voice over. If you look carefully, you can see that Trump’s mouth movements do not sync well with what he’s saying.

In any case, Donald Trump never made those comments in his speech at the Bitcoin 2024 conference. This is most definitely a fake video, with a fake voice over.

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Fact #2 : Donald Trump Is Not Giving Away Cryptocurrencies!

I should also point out that Donald Trump is not giving away any cryptocurrency. If Trump ever actually gives away money, it would have been reported widely. Obviously, that did not happen, because it’s all made up!

Think about it for a second – Donald Trump is a businessman with a long history of stiffing his suppliers, contractors and/or employees. Why would he give YOU any of his money???

In fact, Trump has been asking people for money. He’s a billionaire because he constantly looks for ways to make more money. It would be silly of him to give $100 million away just to “speed up” cryptocurrency adoption.

Fact #3 : That Is A Scam Website

The RepublicanCrypto.com website is a scam website which falsely claims to be a cryptocurrency giveaway by Donald Trump.

For one thing – the domain is brand new, and was only registered on 28 July 2024. The domain also does not belong to the Republican Party, or Donald Trump. In fact, their ownership is being hidden – which is common with scam websites. On top of that, the contact email is Russian – ek1991@internet.ru.

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Fact #4 : This Is A Double-Up Crypto Scam!

This appears to be a double-up crypto scam, similar to the Elon Musk Bitcoin + Ethereum giveaway scam, relying on your greed to cheat you of your cryptocurrency.

Instead of giving you cryptocurrencies like in a real giveaway, it asks you to send your own cryptocurrencies to receive double the amount in return!

Send your BTC to the address for X2 back

Send your ETH to the address for X2 back

Send your DOGE to the address for X2 back

Send your USDT to the address for X2 back

That’s utter nonsense. Whatever BTC / ETH / DOGE / USDT cryptocurrency you send to those addresses will be lost for good. You will never get them back, never mind get double the amount!

To further tempt you into giving even more bitcoin or ether, the scammers warn that you can only participate once. That is complete bullshit. They are just preying on your greed and fear of missing out to trick you into sending more cryptocurrency.

Please do NOT send any cryptocurrency to those addresses. It is a SCAM!

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Elon Musk shares fake, digitally-altered Kamala Harris video!

Take a look at the viral Kamala Harris video Elon Musk just shared on X, and find out why it’s a fake, digitally-altered video!

 

Elon Musk shares fake, digitally-altered Kamala Harris video!

Elon Musk just shared a video of Kamala Harris (archive) to million of his fans on X (formerly Twitter), with the comment:

This is amazing 😂

The video, which garnered over 7.5 million views as of 11 PM, July 26, is obviously fake and digitally altered. However, Elon Musk did not label it as such.

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Why Kamala Harris video Elon Musk shared is fake + digitally-altered!

This is yet another example of misinformation being propagated on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 :  It Was A Parody Video

Let me start by pointing out that the Kamala Harris video was a campaign ad parody that was created by the Mr Reagan account on X (archive).

Mr Reagan clearly labelled it as a PARODY, although he conveniently did not include a parody label in the video itself, so when people share his video, it may be misinterpreted as genuine.

Unfortunately, Elon Musk did not explicitly mention that the Kamala Harris video was just a parody, when he shared the video with millions of his fans. So it is more than likely that some of his fans might actually believe it’s real. Silly, I know, but we are talking about Elon Musk fans…

To be fair, X does not require users to label parody videos. However, its Civic Integrity Policy explicitly forbids “posting or sharing content that may suppress participation… or lead to offline violence during an election.”

Fact #2 :  The Audio Was Digitally Altered

While the parody video uses genuine video clips of Vice President Kamala Harris, its audio was fake, and definitely digitally altered, likely created using an AI voice generator.

I, Kamala Harris, am your Democrat candidate for President because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility at the debate. Thanks, Joe!

To be clear – Kamala Harris did not say any of that. The audio is completely fake.

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Fact #3 :  Video Only Featured One Kamala Harris Gaffe

It appears that Mr Reagan has to use a fake audio of Kamala Harris because she does not make that many gaffes. In fact, the entire video only featured one gaffe in which Kamala Harris mistakenly touted the U.S. “alliance with the Republic of North Korea“.

In contrast, her rival for the Presidency of the United States – Donald Trump has made so many gaffes, it would be simple to make videos mocking them without faking his voice.

In fact, conservative lawyer and Trump critic George Conway did just that, releasing a campaign ad video highlighting Donald Trump’s best gaffes. The video, which is half as long as the Mr Reagan video, showcases the Trump’s numerous gaffes and obvious cognitive problems in his speeches. Unlike the Mr Reagan video, there was no editing of Trump’s voice.

As Conway explained, Donald Trump “wanted to make this election all about mental fitness“, so the video will show that “even before he began showing age-related cognitive decline, Trump had a long history of doing and saying bizarre things“.

Conway continued, “He was never right in the head. And as he’s gotten older, he’s only gotten worse. Especially now that he’s the only old guy in the race, it’s more important than ever for the public to focus on Trump’s lack of mental fitness when they make their decision this November“.

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Fact #4 : This Is Fake News About 2024 Presidential Election

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Is President Biden dead or hospitalised in critical condition?!

Is President Joe Biden dead or in critical condition after being hospitalised?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : President Biden is dead or hospitalised in critical condition!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that President Joe Biden has been hospitalised, and is in critical condition, or may already be dead!

Global Press : BREAKING: A verified source has informed the Global Press team that Joe Biden is currently in hospice care and is unlikely to survive the night.

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Truth : President Biden is not dead or hospitalised!

This is yet another example of fake news about President Joe Biden, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : President Joe Biden Was Not Hospitalised

The rumours of President Biden being hospitalised started when he was diagnosed with COVID-19, forcing him to cut his Southern Nevada trip short.

Far right commentators like Charlie Kirk and Tucker Carlson soon claimed or suggested that President Biden was being hospitalised, and could possibly be dead.

A source near the Las Vegas Metro Police said there was an emergency situation in which Joe Biden was involved and the roads were closed to transport POTUS to the University Medical. Then there was mysteriously a military service order and the secret service said they would evacuate POTUS to Johns Hopkins. The rumor in the police department was that Joe Biden is dying or already dead.

The truth is the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was notified that President Joe Biden was sick on July 17, and proactively shut down roads leading to the University Medical Center hospital. But then the Secret Service informed LVMPED that President Biden would leave Las Vegas instead.

President Biden was then seen boarding Air Force One at the Harry Reid International Airport, and getting off the plane in Delaware. He then isolated himself in his Rehoboth Beach vacation home. At no point during that time was Joe Biden hospitalised.

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Fact #2 : President Biden’s Doctor Publicly Announced His Condition

President Joe Biden was treated at his Rehoboth Beach home by his doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who treated him with Paxlovid.

Dr. O’Connor announced that Biden’s pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature were normal, and he has “excellent” oxygen saturation and his lungs remained clear. He also shared that President Biden never developed a fever during his COVID-19 infection.

Updates on President Biden’s health was regularly reported by the mainstream media, and political websites, so it is odd to see people claiming that he was hospitalised and might already be dead!

Fact #3 : President Biden Announced He Would Speak Publicly On July 24

On July 23, President Joe Biden announced that he would be addressing the nation from the Oval Office the next day.

Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET, I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, and how I will finish the job for the American people.

That would be quite impossible to do if President Biden was hospitalised in critical condition… or dead, as some have suggested.

Fact #4 : President Biden Was Seen Flying Back To White House

On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19. He then left isolation to return to the White House.

He was seen publicly boarding Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base for the return trip to the White House (in this video), and then disembarking from Andrews Air Force Base.

While he didn’t answer the shouted questions from the reporters, at least in this video clip, you can see that President Biden looks quite spry… and is most definitely not dead, or dying.

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Fact #5 : CNN News Screenshot Is Fake

Some people are also sharing a screenshot of a CNN news report with the title “BREAKING: Joe Biden Hospital Rumors Confirmed. In Critical Condition at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center“.

There is no such CNN news report. It was completely fabricated by Matthew Sabia as satire, likely a poke at the baseless rumours circulating on social media. In fact, the screenshot has a disclaimer pointing out that:

Other sources such as @MatthewSabia on Twitter who created this screenshot claim you idiots will believe anything, so reports are conflicting…

Obviously, anyone who bothers to check CNN would have discovered this, but as Matthew pointed out – many people are idiots who will believe anything.

Fact #6 : Viral Photos Were AI Generated

It may seem silly but this has to be said – the viral photos of President Joe Biden lying on a hospital bed are also fake, and appear to be AI-generated.

There are obviously no photos of President Biden lying on a hospital bed, because he was not hospitalised after his COVID-19 diagnosis.

And even if he was hospitalised, he wouldn’t be wearing a shirt, with what appears to be a singlet underneath.

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Fact #7 : This Is Just Fake News About Joe Biden

This is ultimately just another example of fake news created about Joe Biden, like these other examples:

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