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☆ A breakdown of gun terminology to help you in discussions on mass shootings and debates over gun control
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( John Haltiwanger | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Brian Witte/Associated Press"Assault weapon" is among the most contentious phrases in discussions on gun control. There's not a universal definition of what an assault weapon is, which is part of the reason this subject tends to antagonize the gun lobby or gun advocates. In short, gun enthusiasts typically say a firearm should be called an assault rifle only if it's capable of fully automatic fire — and they tend to reject the term assault weapon altogether. "None of the so-called assault rifles legally owned by US civilians are assault rifles as the term is used in military contexts," Gary Kleck, a criminal-justice professor emeritus at Florida State University, told PolitiFact. Kleck added: "Assault rifles used by members of the military can all fire full automatic, like machine guns, as well as one shot at a time, whereas none of the so-called assault rifles legally owned by US civilians can fire full automatic."
☆ Fact Check-2020 video of poll worker in Delaware County recirculates as false evidence of voter fraud in 2022 Midterm elections
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
An old video showing a poll worker in Delaware County, Pennsylvania filling in blank ballots and stamping them has been shared again as alleged evidence of voter fraud in the 2022 midterm elections. According to election officials, the poll worker was transcribing damaged ballots, with poll watchers present during the process. Delaware County Pennsylvania. In 2020, Reuters addressed a similar allegation about a poll worker who was legally making duplicates for damaged ballots at Delaware County (here) (here). The transcribed ballots and the original damaged ballots and the batch report for the two are maintained together in the permanent records,” Marosfsky added.
☆ Kevin O'Leary: Do this for 1 hour every morning, or 'you will lose money 100% of the time'
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
"You have to invest in information," O'Leary says. Spending an hour skimming through articles on your social media feed may sound easy. O'Leary avoids articles with "ridiculous and outrageous headlines" during his daily morning news hour, no matter how enticing they sound, he says. Google has a free fact-checking tool, where you can search keywords and verify if claims on social media or in blog posts are accurate. If you let the news and social media "bleed your time, you're going to become a very inefficient person," he adds.
☆ Fact Check-Hoax about serial killer posing as taxi driver in New York City resurfaces
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A fabricated report that is several years old about a New York City taxi driver who is a serial killer has recirculated on social media. An example can be seen (here) with the text: “*** Warning *** This is a man with Taxi number (2465RB) in NY Who drives around taking People to kill. A Google search on the story or on the license plate number produces no credible results to support the claims about a New York City serial killer taxi driver (bit.ly/3Sl6ZBE), (bit.ly/3ShD25K). The story has been debunked by fact checkers Snopes (here) in 2018 and PolitiFact (here) in 2022. There is no evidence of a serial killer posing as a taxi driver in New York City.
☆ Fact Check-No evidence of schools accommodating ‘furries’ with litter boxes
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
A claim that schools are placing litter boxes in student restrooms for those who identify as “furries” is circulating on social media again. The latest claim appears to originate in an October episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast where host Joe Rogan told former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard a story about litter boxes at an unidentified school. In July, Reuters Fact Check explored and debunked claims surrounding “furries” in detail (here) and previously fact checked claims related to litter boxes in student restrooms (here), (here). Fact checking organizations including the Associated Press, PolitiFact and USA Today have also debunked claims about litter boxes in schools across the U.S. (here), (here) and (here). There is no evidence that U.S. schools are accommodating litter boxes to students self-identifying as “furries.”This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.
☆ Herschel Walker tries to turn 'prop' badge controversy into campaign gold
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +12 min
And Walker’s campaign told NBC News that it has ordered 1,000 imitation plastic law enforcement badges that say “I’m with Herschel” as a fundraising tool. “Herschel Walker has been a friend to law enforcement and has a record of honoring police,” said Gail Gitcho, the Walker campaign strategist who ordered the badges Saturday. "It just gives us a chance to talk about Herschel’s support of law enforcement and law enforcement's support for him. If he said, ‘I’m a law enforcement officer and I have these powers,’ then I have a problem with that. Asked whether he had a problem with Walker’s flashing the honorary badge onstage, Wilcher said: “No.
☆ Fact Check-The Simpsons did not predict the date of Queen Elizabeth’s death
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Altered and fabricated footage purportedly showing scenes from the animated television show The Simpsons has been shared on social media to claim that the series “predicted” the date of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, died on Sept. 8, 2022 aged 96 (here) (here). It highly resembles an edited image, debunked by Snopes in 2017 (here), that was fabricated to show former U.S. president Donald Trump. Matt Selman, executive producer of The Simpsons, tweeted on Sept. 22 an article by Variety that debunked the claim that the show had predicted the death of Queen Elizabeth (here). The Simpsons did not predict the date of Queen Elizabeth’s death.
☆ Anti-vaxxers evaded social-media content bans by replacing the word 'vaccine' with a carrot emoji, BBC investigation finds
  + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
One large Facebook group used the carrot emoji to replace the word vaccine, per the BBC. The shot glass emoji was also used to replace the word "shot" and disparage vaccines. Per the BBC, several social media groups were using the emoji as a code for the word "vaccine." He said in a Twitter thread on Sunday the carrot emoji symbol was used to replace the word vaccine "presumably to evade censorship. Turqay Melikli/Getty imagesThe BBC flagged the group using the emojis as code to Facebook's parent company Meta, which took them down.
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