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Fact-checking Michael Jackson abuse allegations: How to investigate celebrity rumors (opens the original)
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center’s “What Is True?” team investigated an email to the fact-checking hotline asking, “Was Michael Jackson a pedophile?” The request specifically asked how someone could investigate a celebrity rumor like the allegations against Jackson. To learn more, read the full fact-check below: The first step in fact-checking a rumor is to determine what can be factually established and what is allegation, conjecture or opinion. Official records ca
Fact Check: Why do stores check IDs for some medicine, even on delivery orders? (opens the original)
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (RHCJC News) - The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center’s “What Is True?” team investigated a social media claim that at-home delivery of medicines, such as Claritin-D, requires an ID check. Federal law requires sellers to check IDs and keep a sales log of medications that contain certain ingredients, such as pseudoephedrine. Most stores do this by scanning the buyer’s ID at checkout. However, online orders and delivery services have changed how retailers comply with the law
Fact check: Does a Mississippi medical marijuana card prevent you from owning a gun? (opens the original)
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WTOK) - The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center’s “What Is True?” team investigated a social media claim that people cannot legally own a gun if they have a medical marijuana card. Mississippi law says a person cannot lose the right to own, purchase or possess a firearm solely because they are registered as a medical cannabis patient or caregiver. Federal firearms law has historically created additional restrictions for marijuana users, but recent federal actions have chan
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