PolitiFact, Author at WNYmedia Network - Buffalo, NY

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Viral image – AI-generated building imagines life under the U.S. Capitol

Image shows “underneath the Capitol building.”

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X posts – Hopping to conclusions? No, Easter has not been ‘replaced’ with Transgender Day of Visibility

“Trans activists replaced Easter with the Transgender Day of Visibility.”

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Pete Buttigieg – Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg on the stock market’s rise under different presidents

The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."

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Katie Britt – Breaking down the false claims in Katie Britt’s retelling of a sex trafficking survivor’s story

A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be okay with this happening in a third world country. This is the United States of America.”

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Instagram posts – No, your legal name is not a corporation. That claim is based on a discredited conspiracy theory.

“Your legal name is in fact a corporation. This is why you always see your name written in ALL CAPS.”

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No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or ‘trans terrorism’

After a shooting in Joel Osteen’s Houston church, some pundits claimed the assailant was transgender and the tragedy was a sign of rising LGBTQ+ extremist violence. Domestic terrorism experts say data doesn’t support that.

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