Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Checking the Facts: No truth to claim of a Truth Social shutdown | Fact check

A spokesperson for Trump Media, the platform's parent company, said the claim is false. As of May 7, Truth Social was operating normally. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Wed May 8 2024

 
The Truth social network logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a display of former U.S. President Donald Trump in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

A spokesperson for Trump Media, the platform's parent company, said the claim is false. As of May 7, Truth Social was operating normally.

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Protesters hold a pro-gay rights flag outside the US Supreme Court on April 25, countering the demonstrators who attended the March For Marriage in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court meets hears arguments April 28 on whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed in the United States, with a final decision expected in June.
 

No, Democrats aren't pushing for a 'more inclusive' US flag | Fact check

The image in the post shows demonstrators holding a pro-gay rights flag outside the Supreme Court in 2015. It doesn't reflect a redesign effort.

17. 1A1 Public Telephone     • Manufacturer:  AT&T     • Release year:  1965 AT&T introduced the 1A1 pay telephone in 1965 as a redesign to phone booth phones. The flat fronted, single-slot, pre-pay public phone's appearance would not change substantially again before cell phones made pay phones largely obsolete.
 

Defibrillators in phone booths predate COVID-19 vaccines | Fact check

The U.K. phone booth conversion program predates the COVID-19 pandemic.

Demonstrators stand in front of police officers during a protest against a draft bill on "foreign agents" in Tbilisi, Georgia April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
 

Makeup image is from protest of Georgian bill, not Israel | Fact check

The woman shown in the image was attending a protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, in opposition to a proposed law. It was unrelated to the Israel-Hamas war.

World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 8, 2021.
 

No, WHO hasn't 'abandoned' effort to reach pandemic agreement | Fact check

An effort by World Health Organization members to reach an agreement meant to help countries prevent and respond to future pandemics is ongoing.

Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
 

No, Congress isn't voting on a bill to ban 9/11 questions | Fact check

No such bills are listed on legislation tracking websites, nor are there credible reports of such legislation from legitimate news outlets.

NGC 346, shown here in this image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is a dynamic star cluster that lies within a nebula 200,000 light years away. Webb reveals the presence of many more building blocks than previously expected, not only for stars, but also planets, in the form of clouds packed with dust and hydrogen.
 

No city lights found trillions of miles away in space | Fact check

A NASA spokesperson said the administration hasn't discovered such a thing.

Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president, said she would not have assassinated al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Stein, seen here at the Des Moines Register on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016.
 

No, Jill Stein did not call Poland 'homeland' for Jews | Fact check

Erroneous live captioning created confusion about what Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein thought Jewish people could consider 'homeland.'

Lopesan Costa Bávaro Resort has seven freshwater swimming pools.
 

Peeing in the pool is both gross and potentially dangerous| Fact check

Urine in a pool mixes with chlorine to create toxic chemicals harmful to internal organs. The risk depends on the amount of chemicals in the pool.

President Joe Biden spoke at the Wilmington Convention Center on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
 

Trump-endorsed Bible target of Biden's mockery in speech | Fact check

Biden mocked the "God Bless the USA" Bible endorsed by Donald Trump. He did not mock the book in general.

 

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