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Video claiming to be Al Jazeera report about ‘drunk Ukrainians’ at World Cup is fake

Ukraine

Video claiming to be Al Jazeera report about ‘drunk Ukrainians’ at World Cup is fake

Technology

Video of Elon Musk saying Twitter employees got clips of Trump saying ‘you’re fired’ is fake

The video is a deepfake, or an edited video that’s made to look real. It was created using a clip of an interview Musk did in April.
Joe Biden

No, Biden didn’t advise people who were concerned about winter heating bills to buy solar panels

Biden was talking about a tax credit for solar panels in the Inflation Reduction Act, not telling Americans to buy the panels to cut down on winter heating bills.
Scams

Scammers are sending Amazon job offers over social media

Scammers are messaging groups of 50 strangers on Twitter and other platforms offering fake jobs they claim could pay $200 for one hour of remote work.
Scams

Group messages over social media for Amazon jobs are scams

Scammers are messaging groups of 50 strangers on Twitter and other platforms offering fake jobs they claim could pay $200 for one hour of remote work.
Gas Prices

No, the U.S. isn’t going to run out of diesel fuel in 25 days

The metric that Fox News host Tucker Carlson cited measures diesel fuel supply if refineries stopped producing oil and the industry stopped importing it.
Technology

Yes, anti-Elon Musk messages were projected on Twitter building in San Francisco

Alan Marling, a California-based projection activist, aired the messages on Twitter’s San Francisco building on Nov. 17 to protest Musk’s handling of the company.
VERIFY

No, it isn't safe for babies under 6 months old to drink water.

Multiple posts on Twitter recently went viral claiming that giving water to babies before they are 6 months old is potentially dangerous, but is that true?
Donald Trump

Some things need to be considered before applying the 14th Amendment to President Trump

A House Democrat says the 14th Amendment bars Trump from becoming president again, if elected. But law experts say there are three key points to answer first.
Elections

Yes, a Pennsylvania state representative was reelected after his death

Rep. Tony DeLuca died nearly a month before the election, but he was still reelected by a landslide. Here’s why his name was still on the ballot.
Health

It’s not safe for babies to drink water before they’re 6 months old

Babies should drink only breast milk or formula until they reach 6 months old because too much water can cause water intoxication.
Elections

Fact checking Midterm election misinformation claims

With a lot of claims swirling around during the midterm elections, we decided to help sort through some misinformation claims we saw during the election cycle.

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Maine's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Maine | NewsCenterMaine.com

Video claiming to be Al Jazeera report about ‘drunk Ukrainians’ at World Cup is fake

Video of Elon Musk saying Twitter employees got clips of Trump saying ‘you’re fired’ is fake

No, Biden didn’t advise people who were concerned about winter heating bills to buy solar panels

Scammers are sending Amazon job offers over social media

Group messages over social media for Amazon jobs are scams

No, the U.S. isn’t going to run out of diesel fuel in 25 days

Yes, anti-Elon Musk messages were projected on Twitter building in San Francisco

No, it isn't safe for babies under 6 months old to drink water.

Some things need to be considered before applying the 14th Amendment to President Trump

Yes, a Pennsylvania state representative was reelected after his death

It’s not safe for babies to drink water before they’re 6 months old

Fact checking Midterm election misinformation claims

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