CLAIM: When former President Donald Trump was in charge, 18 months went by in Afghanistan when “we didn't lose one American soldier.”
CLAIM: Forty-nine Democratic senators voted that it should be lawful to kill a full-term baby the moment before birth while it is still inside its mother.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: Misleading. Experts say this example is unrealistic and distorts the reality of abortion late in pregnancy.
CLAIM: The current baby formula shortage was created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates because he invested in a company that makes artificial breast milk.
CLAIM: Nina Jankowicz, the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board, said she wants verified Twitter users to be able to edit other users’ tweets.
CLAIM: Newly signed legislation in Tennessee “banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The law imposes strict penalties for distributing abortion pills via mail or delivery services and also bars pharmacists from dispensing the drugs.
CLAIM: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett cited a need for a "domestic supply of infants" in a leaked draft opinion for a decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
CLAIM: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Will Smith slapping Chris Rock received more attention than Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial and that it was “interesting” that a social media account tracking Maxwell’s trial was banned after it gained a following.
CLAIM: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates owns the majority of America’s farmland and the investment firm BlackRock holds the majority of single family houses in the country.
CLAIM: A recent outbreak of unexplained hepatitis cases among children is being caused by the adenovirus vector used in some COVID-19 vaccines, including the Johnson & Johnson shot.
CLAIM: Ukrainian authorities warned the people of Transnistria in a text message that Ukraine was planning an attack on the region.
CLAIM: White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday that the Biden administration is reforming Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act in response to Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter.
CLAIM: Shortly after Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter on Monday, Bill Gates was suspended from the platform.
CLAIM: A video shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying he uses cocaine.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A video of a 2019 interview with Zelenskyy was edited in a misleading way, rearranging statements he made about coffee and exercise to make it seem as if they were answers to a separate question about drugs.
CLAIM: The media is livestreaming the trial of libel allegations by Johnny Depp against Amber Heard, but didn’t do so for the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context.
CLAIM: Time magazine published a cover this month featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the text, “Ladimir Elensky refused to use the letters ‘V’ and ‘Z’ in his name and surname.