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☆ Fact Check-Footage of tanks at a German train station has been online since at least April 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Following reports on January 25 that Germany would supply Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion, posts on social media recirculated a months-old clip of tanks at a German train station and inaccurately said it showed the tanks being sent to Ukraine. According to the report, Defense Minister Boris Pistorious said that Germany’s tanks would probably be ready in three to four months. The video showing tanks lined up at train station, however, dates back to at least April 2022. Back in April 2022, German outlets reported on König’s clarification of the clip (archive.is/EfKbT), (here). This clip showing tanks at a trains station in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany, dates back to April 2022.

☆ Fact Check-Clip of hundreds of birds flying above a motorway filmed in Texas, not Ukraine in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip dating to at least as far back as 2017 showing hundreds of birds flying above a motorway was not filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine, in January 2023. One individual shared the clip filmed from a vehicle showing the flock flying above a motorway, with a caption that reads: “WATCH Huge ‘murder’ of crows reportedly spotted flying over #Kiev, #Ukraine The end of times" (here), (here). The clip is not recent, nor was it filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine. According to the media reports, the clip was filmed on a motorway in Houston, Texas. The clip was widely published by media outlets in January 2017 and was filmed on a motorway in Houston, Texas.

☆ Fact Check-Clip of 2021 military plane accident near Kubinka, Russia falsely attributed to Nepal crash in January 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A clip that featured in news reports of a military plane crash near Kubinka, Russia in August 2021 has been erroneously shared by users online saying it depicts an airplane crash in Nepal on Jan. 15. A reverse image search reveals that the clip featured in news reports of a military plane crash that occurred near the Kubinka airfield outside Moscow in August 2021 (here), (here), (here). Multiple geolocation factors confirm the clip was filmed near Kubinka. Given these angles, the video was likely filmed from an apartment block near Kubinka (55.602243, 36.694633), (archive.is/wip/gQ42t). The clip was featured in August 2021 news reports of a military plane crash near Kubinka airfield, Russia.

☆ Fact Check-Facebook post falsely linked to Lisa Marie Presley after star’s death
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A screenshot of a social media post discussing COVID-19 vaccination is circulating alongside false suggestions it was authored by Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the late Elvis, who died on Thursday. Lisa Marie Presley’s death prompted baseless assertions on social media that the event was linked to COVID-19 vaccination (here). The COVID-19 vaccines are free, even if you don’t have health insurance or aren’t a U.S. citizen,” the post says. These words were not published by Lisa Marie Presley, however, but by a blogger’s page named “Lisa Marie” (ibb.co/TkQBzF2). The screenshot circulating does not show a post from Lisa Marie Presley.

☆ Fact Check-Behind-the-scenes filming of Brazilian TV show miscaptioned following capture of Ovidio Guzmán in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The clip opens with a group of three people slowly advancing down an ally, hunched over, and appearing to hold firearms. A further two people can subsequently be seen hunched around a corner, shooting toward the first group. Instead, it shows behind-the-scenes footage from a Brazilian TV show, Arcanjo Renegado, which was released in 2020 via the platform Globoplay (the streaming service owned by the Grupo Globo conglomerate). Reuters previously addressed another miscaptioned behind-the-scenes video of Arcanjo Renegado which can be seen here: (here). The clip shows behind-the-scenes filming of the Brazilian TV series, Arcanjo Renegado.

☆ Fact Check-Clip shows Arma 3 video game footage, not gun fire in Mexico following Ovidio Guzman’s arrest
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The clip circulating online shows rounds being fired from an aircraft, with bullets then seen aiming toward the aircraft. Examples of the miscaptioned clip shared by social media users online can be viewed (here), (here), (here). The clip is inauthentic, however, and shows footage from Arma 3 gameplays, as confirmed to Reuters by a spokesperson for Bohemia Interactive, the developer of the game. A side-by-side comparison between the clip circulating online (L) and the above YouTube link (R) can be seen (ibb.co/T1jmb16). Reuters has repeatedly addressed clips from Arma 3 gameplays shared online with claims that the footage shows authentic scenes from the Ukraine war (here), (here).

☆ Fact Check-Heat map showing Republican voters in Maricopa County does not prove that voter fraud was committed during the midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A photograph of a heat map showing Republican voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, has been shared online along with unfounded claims that fraud was committed during the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. The Maricopa County Elections Department told Reuters that the picture circulating online has been cropped and that claims they only have the Republican heat map in their offices are false. In the MCTEC hallway, we have a Democratic In-Person Voter Turnout Map, a Republican In-Person Voter Turnout Map, and a Total Voter In-Person Turnout Map”, Gilbertson said. The Maricopa County Elections Department has maps with voter data on its website, including one of voting precincts by party majority (scroll down “Geography layers”) (here). A photograph of a heat map showing only Republican voters in Maricopa County does not prove that fraud was committed during the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, contrary to claims on social media.

☆ Final Trades: IBB, META, TSM & LVS
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Melissa Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFinal Trades: IBB, META, TSM & LVSThe traders make their final trades of the week. With CNBC's Dominic Chu and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Courtney Garcia, Steve Grasso and Jeff Mills.

☆ Fact Check-Video claiming to show a ‘reptilian’ person on television is digitally altered
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing Chile’s Minister of Social Development and Family, Karla Rubilar Barahona, standing next to former president of Chile Sebastian Pinera has been digitally altered. The text in one post reads: “Reptilian caught on camera or total hoax? Screenshots comparing the same moments in both the edited and original videos can be seen (ibb.co/album/rkqk7r), (ibb.co/album/0Vzr5N). Throughout the original video, Barahona’s eyes do not appear as they do in the clip being shared on social media. There is an overlap between the QAnon and reptilian conspiracy theories, with both citing the global elite controlling the world through prominent positions in government, Hollywood, and secret societies.

☆ Fact Check-Clip of French president slapped at meet-and-greet was filmed in June 2021, not November 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A clip of French President Emmanuel Macron being slapped across the face at a meet-and-greet with members of the public was filmed in June 2021, but users shared the clip in November 2022 with false claims that the president had been slapped again. In June, a court ordered Damien Tarel, the man who slapped Macron on June 8, to serve four months in jail, BFM TV reported at the time (here). The clip was not filmed recently, and instead, shows an angle filmed from the opposite side of a guard railing that separated the French president from members of the public on June 8, 2021. The earliest iteration Reuters found showing the fresh angle of the 2021 incident was uploaded to Twitter on Nov 12 by French lawyer, Juan Branco (archive.ph/LOlJZ). Branco told Reuters that he represents Tarel and confirmed that the clip showed a different angle of the same 2021 incident (here), (here).

☆ Fact Check-Canvass bags shown in live feed are used to legally transport ballots and results reports to the Election Department, Maricopa County says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Claims on social media that a photo of a pile of black bags at Arizona’s Maricopa County central tabulation location shows something fraudulent are missing key context. A spokesperson for the Elections Department of Maricopa County told Reuters the photo shows “canvass bags” used to transport voted ballots and results reports from polling locations. “This is from the live feed from Maricopa County a few minutes ago. The image circulating online captures a moment of the live video feed provided by Maricopa County Elections Department (here) (select Tabulation – View 1). In a press conference, Maricopa County District Supervisor Bill Gates said the county would have their “last big drop of votes” after 6 pm that day.

☆ 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.

New York CNN Business —A third railroad union has rejected a tentative labor deal, a move that further raises the odds that America’s 110,000 freight railroad workers will go on strike early next month. It is the smallest of 13 unions that represent more than 100,000 union members at the nation’s major freight railroads. The union’s brief statement on the vote said it “fully expects to continue negotiating further toward a satisfactory contract” with railroad management. A freight railroad strike would create massive problems for the US economy, snarling still-struggling supply chains and triggering widespread bottlenecks and shortages. Congress can also prevent or end a strike by extending a cooling-off period during which the unions cannot strike, or by imposing a contract on union members.

☆ Fact Check-Viral clip shows an election inspector writing their initials on ballots as required by Wisconsin state law, not a poll worker in Pennsylvania ‘rigging’ ballots
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A video that shows an election inspector in Madison, Wisconsin writing their initials on ballots as required by state law has been miscaptioned by social media users. They falsely claim it shows an election worker in the hotly contested swing state of Pennsylvania “rigging” ballots for the U.S. midterm elections. Poll worker marking ballots” (here). The poll worker at the ballot table adds the second set of initials to the ballot just before handing the ballot to the voter. The clip shared on social media shows a poll worker initialing ballots as part of routine inspector duties required by Wisconsin state law and is not evidence of “rigging” ballots.

☆ These ETFs can help round out your midterm election investing playbook
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Even if the election results match expectations, stocks may still rally as some unknowns are removed. Broad sector ETFs from firms like iShares, State Street and Vanguard are one way to play these sectors, offering cheap broad exposure. For example, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI) and Vanguard Communications Services ETF (VOX) both have an expense ratio of 0.10%. Under-the-radar elections Federal elections are not the only contests on Tuesday that could move stocks. The biggest marijuana ETFs — AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) and ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) — are each down more than 50% for the year.

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated ‘Commitment to America’ graphic circulates inaccurate Republican agenda ahead of Midterms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The graphic is fake, however and no such graphic can be viewed via U.S. House Republicans’ official website. No such graphic is viewable on the ‘Commitment to America’ official website (here) while recommendations under the plan can be viewed (here). An official one-page ‘Commitment to America’ graphic with main policy areas including the economy and migration can be viewed (ibb.co/hB2ZWSM). The image circulating online is a fabricated graphic and not viewable via the ‘Commitment to America’ official website. Spokespeople for Republican House Whip Scalise and Republican House Leader McCarthy also told Reuters no such graphic was released via the ‘Commitment to America’ channel.

☆ Fact Check-A clip shows footage from Arma 3 video game, not authentic footage of a Ukrainian strike on Russian tanks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A clip circulating online purporting to show Ukrainian military striking Russian Army tanks is not legitimate footage from the war but a part of a video game Arma 3. Other examples of the footage shared online can be found (here), (here). A search through Arma 3 gameplays uploaded to YouTube reveals a clip uploaded in July 2022 by the account MILMAN (bit.ly/3eG8MU8). Reuters has previously addressed video game footage shared erroneously by users online as showing authentic footage from the war in Ukraine (here), (here). The clip shows footage taken from the videogame Arma 3, not authentic footage from the war in Ukraine.

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show missile hitting Ukraine President Zelenskiy’s office
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A tweet dated Oct. 10 (here) that had 6,500 likes at the time of writing, shared the video with the claim: “ZELENSKY'S OFFICE WAS DESTROYED BY A MISSILE STRIKE: UKRAINIAN MEDIA”. Reuters found no evidence that the presidential office building in Kyiv was struck by a missile on this day. Kyiv City Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko released a statement on messaging app Telegram (here) listing the affected areas in Kyiv, which did not include the presidential office building. The area where the smoke is seen billowing from is likely close to Saksahanskoho St, behind a residential building (bit.ly/3SQOyWE), about two kilometers from the presidential office building on Bankova Street (bit.ly/3SQVdQT) (goo.gl/maps/ihUygBudbTguqi4z5). The video shows a missile strike in central Kyiv.

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