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** FactCheck.org's Weekly Update
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February 13, 2021
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Video Makes Bogus Claims About ‘War Crimes’ and COVID-19 Vaccine Safety ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2021
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A video falsely claims that people receiving authorized COVID-19 vaccines are taking part in a deadly clinical trial and that those administering the doses are war criminals under the Nuremberg Code. That’s bogus. People getting the vaccines, which have been shown to be safe and effective, consent to receive them and aren’t participating in research.
** FactCheck Posts
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Biden’s Underwhelming School Reopening Goal ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2021
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Two studies show a school reopening goal detailed by the Biden administration for his first 100 days may have already been met before President Joe Biden took office.
Biden’s Minimum Wage Exaggeration ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2021
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President Biden overstated the impact of raising the federal minimum wage to $15, claiming that “if you’re making less than $15 an hour,” and working 40 hours a week, “you’re living below the poverty wage.”
Schumer, Warren Misstate Student Loan Debt Disparity ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
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In a press conference in which they called on President Biden to use his executive authority to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for individuals, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren misstated a racial disparity statistic.
McCarthy Misleads on State and Local Revenue ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy misleadingly argues that federal aid to state and local governments is unnecessary because state and local tax receipts were “the highest… in American history” in the third quarter.
Misleading DCCC Ads Link Republicans to QAnon ([link removed]) Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2021
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Democratic ads claim eight House Republicans “stood with Q, not you,” because they voted against Donald Trump’s second impeachment. But they aren’t known to be QAnon followers, and three of them supported censuring Trump as an alternative to impeaching him.
** Debunking False Stories
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OAN Report Features Baseless Assertion of Election Fraud by Algorithm ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2021
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One America News Network recently spotlighted one man’s analysis that wrongly suggests precinct-level voting data in Georgia proved a computer algorithm was used to swing the election to President Joe Biden. A hand tally of paper ballots confirmed the election outcome, one of many indications the claim is false.
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