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Social Media, Politicians Make Unfounded Claims of Politicized Mar-a-Lago Search

August 11, 2022

FBI agents searched the home of former President Donald Trump in Florida on Aug. 8 looking for presidential records and classified materials that were improperly removed from the White House. Social media posts claiming the FBI search was politically motivated have been swirling online, despite there being no evidence that President Joe Biden “had his department of justice’s FBI raid” Trump’s home, as one viral post claimed.

Online ‘Stimulus Loan’ Offers Are Not Related to Government Programs

August 5, 2022

Three stimulus payments have been sent to Americans to ease the economic impact of the pandemic. Social media posts are now sharing a false claim about a new, $40,000 federal stimulus loan. But it’s a marketing ploy. The bottom of the web page says, “This is not a government program nor is it government aid, this is an advertorial for a loan service.”

Sorting Out the Partisan Tax Spin on Inflation Reduction Act

August 4, 2022

Both political parties are spinning the facts on whether the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act would raise taxes.

Posts on Social Media Misinterpret Biden’s Quote on Previous Cancer

July 22, 2022

President Joe Biden claimed in a July 20 speech that growing up in Delaware near oil refineries gave him cancer. Posts on social media misinterpreted that to mean he currently has cancer. A White House spokesperson said Biden was referring to a skin cancer that was removed before he became president.

Biden’s Numbers (Second Quarterly Update)

July 21, 2022

The most recent statistical measures of how the U.S. has changed since the president took office.

U.S. Selling Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Highest Bidding Companies

July 14, 2022

Q: Is the Biden administration selling crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to other countries?

A: The oil is sold to eligible companies that make the highest offers. Some of the companies are U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies, and some that purchased oil have then exported a portion to buyers overseas. Exports increase the global supply and still help with U.S. gas prices, experts told us.

Social Media Posts Misleadingly Edit and Misrepresent Biden Remarks from Teleprompter

July 14, 2022

President Joe Biden quoted the Supreme Court majority opinion on ending the constitutional right to abortion in remarks he made on July 8. Social media posts falsely claim he mistakenly read teleprompter cues. A White House press secretary told us Biden intentionally said “end of quote” and then said “repeat the line” for emphasis, and the full, live remarks support that explanation.

‘Liberal World Order’ Is Decades-Old Term Misinterpreted by Social Media Posts

July 8, 2022

“Liberal world order” is a decades-old term referring to a system of global cooperation. A Biden administration adviser used the term to explain why gasoline prices are tied to the war in Ukraine. But social media posts use the adviser’s comments to misleadingly claim Biden is pushing a “new liberal world order” to make Americans pay “high gas prices forever.”

Gasoline Prices Up Due to Global Supply-Demand Issues, Russian Invasion of Ukraine

July 1, 2022

U.S. presidents have little control over the price that consumers pay for gasoline. It depends mostly on the price of crude oil, which is set on the global market, based largely on worldwide supply and demand. Yet Republican campaign ads have falsely claimed or suggested that President Joe Biden and Democrats are solely to blame for the prices that motorists are paying at the pump.

Stimulus Spending a Factor, But Far From Whole Story on Inflation

June 30, 2022

Economists cite several reasons for high inflation in the United States, starting with the unprecedented circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. But TV ads in midterm races across the country blame one culprit: stimulus spending by President Joe Biden’s administration.