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Friday, June 28, 2024

Checking the Facts: Debunking false claims made by Trump and Biden during the first debate

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump made an array of false claims during the CNN presidential debate. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Fri Jun 28 2024

 
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President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump made an array of false claims during the CNN presidential debate.

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May 30, 2024; New York, NY, USA; The scene outside of Manhattan Criminal Court during jury deliberations in the New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Judge Juan Merchan has given the jury their instructions and deliberations have begun. The former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. Mandatory Credit: Olivia Falcigno-USA TODAY
 

No public release of Trump jurors' party affiliations | Fact check

It's impossible to know how the jurors voted politically. Attorneys weren't allowed to ask them, and their identities were protected from the public.

Former President Donald Trump shows off the decorated birthday cake cookie that was given to him after the crowd sang happy birthday to him following the roundtable discussion inside the 180 Church in Detroit on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
 

Image of picnic taken in Idaho, not Detroit Black church | Fact check

The image was not taken at the Black church in Detroit where former President Donald Trump spoke. It was first posted in 2023 by an actress.

May 30, 2024; New York, NY, USA; Former President Donald Trump exits after a guilty verdict at Manhattan criminal court. Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He has pleaded not guilty and denied a relationship with Daniels. Mandatory Credit: Mark Peterson/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK
 

False claim that hush money trial jurors were arrested | Fact check

There is no credible evidence that any of the jurors have been arrested by the military or killed. Real Raw News often publishes fabricated stories.

Penguins are seen on an iceberg as scientists investigate the impact of climate change on Antarctica's penguin colonies, on the northern side of the Antarctic peninsula, Antarctica January 15, 2022. Picture taken January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas
 

No, ice shelf study does not disprove Antarctic ice loss | Fact check

The post misrepresents the research in the 2023 paper, according to the paper's lead author. The Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass overall.

An Indian nurse carries out a test for HIV/AIDS during an event to mark International Condom Day in New Delhi on February 13, 2018.  The event was organised by AIDS Healthcare Foundation to promote the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) like HIV, and unwanted preganancies, through condom distribution and to create awareness of safe sex. / AFP PHOTO / Sajjad HUSSAIN  (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
 

Post shows all STD tests in Texas, not positive results | Fact check

The post shows the number of STD tests distributed within a week throughout all of Texas.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the House Oversight committee hearing on the basis for an impeachment inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. On Sept. 12, 2023, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced that the House would open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, escalating a Republican investigation that started in January when the GOP took majority control of the lower chamber.
 

AOC socialism quote came from satirical website | Fact check

A satirical headline that quotes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez making a comment about socialism is being shared as if it's legitimate.

The Passu glacier sits in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, October 8, 2023. Himalayan glaciers are on track to lose up to 75 per cent of their ice by the century's end due to global warming, according to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). When glacial lakes overfill or their banks become unsound, they burst, sparking   deadly floods that wash out bridges and buildings and wipe out fertile land throughout the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayan mountain ranges that intersect in northern Pakistan.  REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro  SEARCH "SOOMRO PAKISTAN GLACIERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
 

False claim Earth was warmer 55,000 years ago | Fact check

Earth was cooler 55,000 years ago than today, according to researchers.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JUNE 21: Ayala Kerem of Israel competes during the women's boulder and lead qualification on June 21, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by David Balogh/Getty Images)
 

Post falsely claims Israel is 'out' of Paris Olympics | Fact check

There's no credible evidence Israel is "out" of the Games for any reason. Organizers say the country is sending around 85 athletes to Paris.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) rushes up the court Thursday, June 13, 2024, during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Indiana Fever defeated the Atlanta Dream, 91-84.
 

No, Caitlin Clark did not join Canada women's basketball | Fact check

Clark's omission from the U.S. 2024 Olympic team was controversial among some fans, but there is no evidence she joined the Canadian team instead.

 

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