News Detective

Claim: Wikipedia’s been pushing official narratives since Covid—labeling dissent as disinfo.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/rakkaswiftwing.bsky.social/post/3m4c4b6xvzk2w)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

This Bluesky post has since been taken...

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Claim: All Wikipedia does is push mainstream political correct woke narratives on everything, not the real truth.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/rakkaswiftwing.bsky.social/post/3m4c3al2fhk2w)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

The claim that...

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Claim: Western war mercenaries rape women in Ukraine.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/mirrorgram.mastodon.quebec.ap.brid.gy/post/3lzvzspsijxe2)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

The article is about a Ukrainian woman who was allegedly raped by a...

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Claim: NATO (the US) is an offensive military organization that pushed Ukraine into a proxy war with Russia.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ethelmerman01.bsky.social/post/3lyu2mlwupk24)

Factchecked: False

The original primary reason for any western...

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Claim: Yanukovych aimed for balanced ties with West & Russia, staying neutral; he never pledged EU economic integration.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ethelmerman01.bsky.social/post/3lz7j4hilik2h)

Factchecked: True

Claim: Yanukovych aimed for...

https://newsdetective.org/34548

Claim: The US violates countries airspace constantly and just murdered 11 people in Venezuela.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ethelmerman01.bsky.social/post/3lz7gmonk7k22)

Factchecked: False

Your claim that the United States violates airspace laws...

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Claim: Mike Johnson says the House won’t meet for another week — a reminder this dysfunction is anything but normal.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/twinkb23.bsky.social/post/3m42qjglc4k2p)

Factchecked: True

I find the claim that Mike Johnson...

https://newsdetective.org/37263

Claim: The Armed Forces of #Ukraine are already in front of the Kremlin.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/recelab.masto.popgeeks.com.ap.brid.gy/post/3m4bpwgzdqxg2)

Factchecked: False

No, the armed forces of Ukraine are not in front of the Kremlin. The...

https://newsdetective.org/37591

Claim: More than 7 million people in Japan protested in support of Palestine.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/gotmtv.bsky.social/post/3m3jnuqjhzf2l)

Factchecked: False

No, there were not more than 7 million people protesting in Japan on October 18th,...

https://newsdetective.org/36027

Claim: Over 30K VA workers unpaid due to Dem shutdown, but hospitals stay open and benefits keep being processed.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/deptvetaffairs.bsky.social/post/3m3gbaxz6bk2x)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

This claim has some...

https://newsdetective.org/35801

Claim: Dem shutdown risks SNAP cuts for 40M Americans—putting illegal alien healthcare over family food security.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/usdagov.bsky.social/post/3m3gbfr3fgs2p)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

From the sources I gathered,...

https://newsdetective.org/35811

Claim: The Kiev regime is retreating on all fronts. Pokrovsk falls this month.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/altpol.bsky.social/post/3m3hslqe4e22z)

Factchecked: False

False. When I searched for the claim "Kiev regime (Ukraine) is retreating on all...

https://newsdetective.org/36240

Claim: Each day of shutdown blocks 0M in SBA loans for 320 small businesses—fund Americans, not illegal aliens.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/sba-gov.bsky.social/post/3m3ga6qmsim2u)

Factchecked: True

The claim is true, but it is important to point...

https://newsdetective.org/35802

Claim: The president has the authority and duty to strike terrorist organization threats to U.S.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/modulator.bsky.social/post/3lym3l4par22a)

Factchecked: True

This statement is true.

The President of the United States has...

https://newsdetective.org/34496

Claim: In 2014, pro-Western forces took over Ukraine, aiming to align the country with NATO.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ethelmerman01.bsky.social/post/3lz6hwsvsrs25)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

This statement is over-generalized and...

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Claim: No one rivals US brutality: backing Gaza genocide, bombing Iran unprovoked, and killing 11 Venezuelans.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ethelmerman01.bsky.social/post/3lz7klr2wvs2h)

Factchecked: Can't be true or false (Opinion, poem, etc.)

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Claim: A MAGA supporter did not shoot Donald Trump.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/modulator.bsky.social/post/3lykpfdom322u)

Factchecked: Can't be true or false (Opinion, poem, etc.)

The man who shot Donald Trump in the ear was identified as Thomas...

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Claim: Mother Theresa was one of the world's most prolific child traffickers ever.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/redskyyes.bsky.social/post/3m3iise6gi22p)

Factchecked: False

Mother Theresa was not accused, investigated, or implicated in any form of...

https://newsdetective.org/35978

Claim: Vaccines don't cause autism; rather, autism is a result of vaccines through a biological process.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/bagpusskitty.bsky.social/post/3lxevahqijc27)

Factchecked: False

There is some truth to this statement but also some...

https://newsdetective.org/34435

Claim: Obama deported more than Trump—75% expedited without due process—yet Democrats stayed silent.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/boyocat.bsky.social/post/3lzv4g4e4kk2x)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

I find the statement to have partial truth...

https://newsdetective.org/34617

Claim: ANTIFA=NAZIFA. The symbols have changed, but the colors and ideology are the same in Germany.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/alanglatt.bsky.social/post/3lzxjznvsjk2r)

Factchecked: False

This person on BlueSky is saying that the group Antifa...

https://newsdetective.org/34640

Claim: Antifa readies for mass protest as Trump deploys National Guard to Portland, discussed on Fox’s "Big Weekend Show.". (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/shibuyaworldnews.bsky.social/post/3lzxavmbz7r27)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

There is...

https://newsdetective.org/34639

Claim: Lavrov: Russian is banned in Ukraine, while Arabic is allowed in Israel and Hebrew in Arab states and Iran.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/newsfokus.bsky.social/post/3lzxnmtoxgd2n)

Factchecked: False

The statement that Lavrov made about...

https://newsdetective.org/34642

Claim: In July peace talks, Ukraine gave Russia a list of 339 abducted kids, later calling Russia’s response inadequate.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/gaudd.bsky.social/post/3m22lhgi34s2h)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

This claim comes from a...

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Claim: In Gaza, the IDF's own figures show that 87% of those killed were civilians.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/gaudd.bsky.social/post/3m22kwq2oyc2h)

Factchecked: False

This claim is false. The actual figure is 83%. A joint investigation by The...

https://newsdetective.org/34654

Claim: Colombian mercenaries in Ukraine plead to return home, citing no pay, heavy losses, and blocked exits.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/theslyudamaxim.bsky.social/post/3m2lsmg6zv22x)

Factchecked: True

have found this information to be true. 40...

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Claim: Pharma's spending M to attack RFK Jr. before his autism vaccine report drops this month - their desperate last stand.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/modulator.bsky.social/post/3lxxbzvrr622i)

Factchecked: False

In this post on Bluesky, which...

https://newsdetective.org/34502

Claim: Senate unanimously passed Charlie Kirk remembrance day resolution - all Dems including Bernie Sanders voted yes.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/maxgranger.info/post/3lz6xtc73ks2m)

Factchecked: False

The claim that “all dems including Bernie...

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Claim: The genocide in Gaza was enthusiastically supported by Biden.... (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ethelmerman01.bsky.social/post/3lz7ipdmhgs2h)

Factchecked: Exaggerated/ Misleading

Starting with the first claim, the Biden administration provided...

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Claim: The US renamed the War Department the Defense Department to obscure its imperial actions.. (Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ethelmerman01.bsky.social/post/3ly534aehqc2v)

Factchecked: False

After researching this claim, it is historically...

https://newsdetective.org/34574