Did the White House release a digitally altered photo of Donald Trump that makes him appear younger?
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NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” highlights a claim from NewsGuard’s False Claim Fingerprints, a proprietary database of provably false claims and their debunks. This week’s claim, which surfaced this week as Dr. Anthony Fauci was called to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is that Fauci had suffered a serious side effect from a COVID-19 vaccine. It is NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” due to its widespread appearance across social media platforms and websites, its high engagement levels, and the high-profile nature of the sources promoting it. Those three factors, as well as its significant subject matter and potential for harm, make it our False Claim of the Week.
What’s happening: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other conservatives are claiming that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who led the U.S. COVID-19 response, experienced a serious side effect from a COVID-19 vaccine. The claim is apparently aimed at painting Fauci as dishonest for supposedly hiding the “dangerous” consequences of the vaccines that he championed.
Context: On July 29, Fauci...
Did the White House release a digitally altered photo of Donald Trump that makes him appear younger? Read the facts from NewsGuard AI False Claim of the Week: Fauci Suffered a Serious Side Effect f...