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Online Rumors Baselessly Claim Biden Experienced Medical Emergency After COVID-19 Diagnosis

Online Rumors Baselessly Claim Biden Experienced Medical Emergency After COVID-19 Diagnosis
July 24, 2024

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on July 17. His symptoms remained mild and have since resolved, according to his treating physician. But fueled by days without a public sighting and Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race, social media posts have baselessly claimed that Biden was gravely ill or had a medical emergency.

No Evidence Linking Vegas Shooter to Antifa

No Evidence Linking Vegas Shooter to Antifa
October 5, 2017

Stories claiming that the Las Vegas shooter was linked to antifa, a loosely organized group of anti-fascist activists, are proliferating online. But his purported links to antifa are either false, fabricated or unsubstantiated.

Fake Letterman Story on Vegas Shooting

Fake Letterman Story on Vegas Shooting
October 2, 2017

Q: Did comedian David Letterman respond to the mass shooting in Las Vegas by tweeting, “End white privilege today”?

A: No. A website that claims to be a safe haven from “fake news” posted that bogus information based on a tweet from a parody Twitter account.