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Vaccines Falsely Blamed for Measles Outbreak

1 month ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | John Gregory |Sam Howard |Sofia Rubinson |Nicole Dirks

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Russian Operative Reveals Plans to Target Western AI

1 month ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi |Macrina Wang |Sam Howard |Gordon Crovitz

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Hoaxsters Take Advantage of D.C. Plane Crash

2 months ago | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sofia Rubinson |Sam Howard |Sarah Komar |John Gregory

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2025 Southern California Wildfire Misinformation Tracker

Jan 10, 2025 | newsguardtech.com | Sam Howard

MYTH: FEMA paid for 100 percent of the immediate recovery efforts for the 2025 California fires, but did not do so in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene The False NarrativeThe FEMA aid package offered in response to California’s January 2025 wildfire — funding 100 percent of debris removal and emergency measures — was not provided to North Carolina after the state was hit by Hurricane Helene in September 2024.
Sorry, Bluesky, But These Major Brands Are Not Fleeing X

Dec 6, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Coalter Palmer |Sam Howard |Dimitris Dimitriadis |Nicole Dirks

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Fake Economist Cover Used by Russia to Create WWIII Fears

Nov 22, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Eva Maitland |Sofia Rubinson |Gordon Crovitz |Sam Howard

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Fake Claims of Elon Musk’s Latest Acquisitions

Nov 18, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Natalie Adams |Sofia Rubinson |Coalter Palmer |Sam Howard

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Musk’s Starlink Falsely Accused of Election Rigging

Nov 15, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sam Howard |Sarah Komar |Eva Maitland |Chiara Vercellone

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NewsGuard’s Pre-Election Misinformation Guide

Nov 4, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sam Howard |Jack Brewster |Sofia Rubinson |Zack Fishman

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:Recycled myths: The false narratives bound to resurface on Election Day (or week?
False Voting Claims Soar as Election Day Nears

Oct 28, 2024 | newsguardrealitycheck.com | Chiara Vercellone |Sam Howard |Coalter Palmer |Sofia Rubinson

Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it. Today:The final stretch: Election misinformation goes into overdriveNewsGuard is embarrassed: This week’s “brand victims” include … us!Viral satire sparks false claims about Trump and incontinence padAnd more …Today’s newsletter was edited byJack Brewster, Eric Effron, and Sofia Rubinson.