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Facebook posts – Dr. Ben Carson didn’t discover a cure for headaches and other ailments, despite online claims

“Dr. Ben Carson discovered 3 completely natural ingredients that resulted in headaches disappearing, blood cholesterol levels lowering, and elevated blood pressure disappearing.”

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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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