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Can’t tellIn June 2024, the Biden campaign attempted to renegotiate the terms of the 2024 presidential debates to allow Biden to remain seated.SnopesJun 18, 2024FalseThe color red triggers bulls, which is why they charge at a matador's red flag (muleta) in a bullfight.SnopesJun 18, 2024TrueA photo taken inside an historically Black church in Michigan authentically shows the audience at a "Black Americans for Trump" event in June 2024.SnopesJun 18, 2024FalseCrime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJun 18, 2024FalseRonald Reagan’s Federal Communications Commission abolished the Fairness Doctrine and gave rise to Fox News.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJun 18, 2024FalseThe 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”Said by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.PolitiFactJun 18, 2024FalseVideo muestra al Dr. Jorge Bayter promoviendo un medicamento para curar la hipertensión.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJun 18, 2024FalseVideo muestra al Presidente Joe Biden desorientado en evento de paracaidismo del G7 con líderes mundiales.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJun 18, 2024FalseVideo shows “two electric vehicles in a crash in Canada.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJun 18, 2024False“Photo shows Egyptian pyramids being constructed in 2549 BC”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJun 18, 2024False“The Biden campaign has demanded that Joe Biden not have to stand during the presidential debate.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJun 18, 2024MixedSocial media posts in June 2024 accurately stated Canada was preparing for a second U.S. civil war.SnopesJun 18, 2024FalseA photograph authentically shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska posing in front of stacks of money.SnopesJun 17, 2024MixedIn 1923, scientist Frederick Banting sold his insulin patent for $1, saying, “Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world.”SnopesJun 17, 2024False"Apple is … about to start charging us to use the FaceTime feature.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJun 17, 2024FalseCanadian Cancer Society apologized and said it will “no longer use the term ‘cervix’ and instead use the term ‘front hole.’”Said by X postsPolitiFactJun 17, 2024FalseDonald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity.Said by Doug BurgumPolitiFactJun 17, 2024False“Biden's sister is married to Stephen Owens, who owns Dominion Voting Systems.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJun 17, 2024False“El Banco Federal elimina la deuda de tarjetas de crédito a todos los hispanoamericanos…para evitar otra recesión ya que la inflación alcanzó un máximo histórico”.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJun 17, 2024TrueA photograph authentically shows human acrobats creating a towering structure with their bodies to represent the Olympic torch during the 1980 opening ceremonies of the games in Moscow.SnopesJun 17, 2024FalseA viral image authentically shows a Demodex mite that lives on human faces.SnopesJun 16, 2024FalseHarperCollins, which owns the publishing company that holds the U.S. rights to the NIV Bible, removed 45 complete verses from it.SnopesJun 16, 2024Can’t tellLewis Carroll said, "Why is it that people with the most narrow of minds seem to have the widest of mouths?"SnopesJun 15, 2024Can’t tellThomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."SnopesJun 15, 2024