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“Terrorist attack confirmed” in Niagara Falls, New York.
Publisher’s rating: False
“While Ukrainians bled and died … Congressman Budd excused their killer.”
Publisher’s rating: Cherry Picks
“Footage from Israeli helicopter shows the IDF killing many people at October 7 concert in Israel.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Video muestra “Palestinos cargando el cuerpo de un niño cantando alabanzas religiosas".
Publisher’s rating: False
President Vladimir Putin announced Russia will provide “help to Palestine” in the current war between Israel and Hamas.
Publisher’s rating: False
"That’s an issue [intelligence reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops] that many people said was fake news."
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
“Ground Zero in New York — I remember standing there the next day.”
Publisher’s rating: False
"Saudi terrorists has killed more Americans on our soil than any other nation. They rent the entire 45th floor of Trump Tower, And pay him in cash."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing.
Publisher’s rating: False
Related reporting describes the Kramatorsk train station attack as a missile strike in April 2022 that killed civilians preparing to evacuate. It says evidence linked the attack to a Russian Tochka-U missile, while Russian officials denied responsibility and claimed either that Ukraine had attacked its own people or that Russia no longer used the weapon. Those accounts directly contradict the claim that Ukraine was responsible, though the excerpt does not lay out the underlying evidence in detail. (S5)
The Christmas Day explosion in Nashville, Tenn., was the result of a “missile strike.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’"
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
"The Americans, all of whom wanted to come out, have come out" of Afghanistan.
Publisher’s rating: False
حمله به اماکن دیپلماتیک ایران در دمشق، حمله به خاک ایران است.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
سوالات و ابهامات درباره حمله پاکستان به خاک ایران
Publisher’s rating: ارتش پاکستان روز پنجشنبه ۲۸ دی به روستایی مرزی در سراوان در استان سیستان و بلوچستان ایران حمله کرد. به گفته مقامات ایرانی در این حمله دو مرد و ۱۰ زن و کودک کشته شدند. این حمله دو روز بعد از حمله «موشکی و پهپادی» ایران به هدفی در داخل پاکستان در شب سه‌شنبه ۲۶ دی، صورت گرفت، حمله ایران دو کشته به جا گذاشت. حمله ایران هم در پی حمله‌های ۲۰ دی و ۲۴ آذرماه سال جاری گروه جیش العدل به پاسگاه‌های انتظامی ایران در شهر راسک صورت گرفت.
Footage shows “Israelis panicking after Iranian attacks reach Israel.”
Publisher’s rating: False