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Claim: Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam (Viral Quote, 2019-08-13)
Evidence (2018-05-23): Upon returning to the United States, Fonda came under harsh criticism for her public support of North Vietnam. People who approved of American involvement in Vietnam were furious. Some people claimed that she should be put on trial for treason (betraying the country). One conservative newspaper even printed an editorial suggesting that she should be shot. Many people who opposed the Vietnam War resented Fonda's actions as well. They said that her radical position in support of the enemy made the antiwar movement look bad. "Fonda did irreparable damage to the antiwar movement," antiwar veteran Dean Phillips told Myra MacPherson in Long Time Passing. "She [ticked] off 80 percent of Americans not on the fringes [of radical pro-war or antiwar feelings]." [...] Following her visit to North Vietnam, Fonda was so unpopular in the United States that her movie career ended for several years. In fact, she became known by the derogatory nickname "Hanoi Jane" (after the North Vietnam capital city of Hanoi). Fonda devoted her time to antiwar activities during these years. She married Tom Hayden in 1972, and together they formed the Indochina Peace Campaign (IPC). Fonda also sued the U.S. government for harassing her, claiming that the FBI had engaged in illegal activities and violated her rights. She eventually settled the lawsuit when the FBI admitted its wrongdoing.
Claim: Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam (Viral Quote, 2019-08-13)
Evidence (2021-06-10): "What kind of movement holds up as a leader, even venerates a person like Jane Fonda?" he asked incredulously. "When she volunteered herself as a tool of North Vietnamese communist propaganda, she did propaganda broadcasts on their radio station in North Vietnam. She sat on their anti-aircraft battery that’s used to shoot down American planes and American airmen." In 1972, Ms Fonda took a much-publicised tour of North Vietnam, which the United States was still at war with at the time. Over the course of two weeks, she visited villages damaged by American bombs, posed for photos with a Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, and begged US pilots to stop the bombings via the Voice of Vietnam radio station. The visit was bitterly controversial at the time – earning her the nickname Hanoi Jane – but Fonda has never been charged with treason. She has also later apologised to American veterans for her actions.
Claim: Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam (Viral Quote, 2019-08-13)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Visit to Hanoi [edit]Between 1965 and 1972, almost 300 Americans – mostly civil rights activists, teachers, and pastors – traveled to North Vietnam to see firsthand the war situation with the Vietnamese. News media in the United States predominantly provided a U.S. viewpoint, and American travelers to North Vietnam were routinely harassed upon their return home.[94] Fonda also visited Vietnam, traveling to Hanoi in July 1972 to witness firsthand the bombing damage to the dikes. After touring and photographing dike systems in North Vietnam, she said the United States had been intentionally targeting the dike system along the Red River. Columnist Joseph Kraft, who was also touring North Vietnam, said he believed the damage to the dikes was incidental and was being used as propaganda by Hanoi, and that, if the U.S. Air Force were "truly going after the dikes, it would do so in a methodical, not a harum-scarum way".[95] Sweden's ambassador to Vietnam, however, observed the bomb damage to the dikes and described it as "methodic". Other journalists reported that the attacks were "aimed at the whole system of dikes".[94]
Claim: Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam (Viral Quote, 2019-08-13)
Evidence (1999-01-28): I tuned in to the Barbara Walters special to hear Jane's much publicized apology to Vietnam vets. Most of what Jane said sounded sincere but rehearsed. Tom's name was not mentioned, obviously by pre-arrangement with the interviewer. Jane reaffirmed her patriotism and her good intentions at the time she went to Vietnam. Then she added: "I just saw Good Morning Vietnam, and I thought, 'if only I'd had Robin Williams with me when I went to Vietnam to write my material.'" And watching this, I recalled the cameras always pointing at her and thought: if your life is a movie, then your identity really does depend on who's writing your script. Tom was perfect for her in the '70s. Ted is perfect for her in the '90s.
Claim: Claims that Barbara Walters wrote long statement criticizing Jane Fonda for visiting North Vietnam (Viral Quote, 2019-08-13)
Evidence (2022-04-23): Jane Fonda was a big name in the 60s and 70s, due to being born into Hollywood royalty, and also for her own work in big films opposite A-List stars at the time. Jane was extremely anti-war and spoke at several rallies. However, Jane made a decision that ultimately some would say cost her what could’ve been a huge career. She went to Vietnam to protest a legitimate concern over non-war targets being bombed, but when Jane decided to pose in a photo smiling with the enemy Vietnam cavalry who had killed, maimed, and bombed countless U.S. soldiers, she was re-named Hanoi Jane by practically the whole U.S. at large. [...] For the beginning of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda had toured college campuses and anti-war protest events all over the country shouting about her ideas against the war. But she didn’t necessarily stand out until her infamous photo session with the enemy in Vietnam later in the 1970s, where she earned the nickname "Hanoi Jane". That wasn’t her only brush with activism in her life though. Later, she would go on to support and protest with The Black Panthers, overtime working mothers, and Indian tribes all over the U.S.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-05-27): Victoria’s Secret uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology embedded in the tags of some products to help manage inventory in stores, according to a company spokesperson. There is no evidence to suggest the tags are used to track those who wear such products.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-07-14): An image shared on Facebook claims some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track consumers. Victoria’s Secret uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology embedded in the tags of some products to help manage inventory in stores, according to a company spokesperson. There is no evidence to suggest the tags are used to track those who wear such products. In recent weeks, social media platforms have been replete with misinformation regarding RFID tags found on some Victoria’s Secret clothing items, with one Facebook post saying, "So the person who created and runs victoria secret buys people’s souls and he has something to do with the sex trafficking going on. Did you know that if you cut your tag in half, there is a chip/tracker on the inside."
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-09-02): Is Victoria’s Secret tracking customers with RFID tags? Fact Check Online rumours claim that Victoria’s Secret products contain RFID tags so customers can be tracked after they leave a Victoria Secret store. [...] Given that the rumours spreading online merely use the existence of an RFID tag in Victoria’s Secret products as evidence of their "this company is tracking you" brand of conspiracies – and provide no evidence that said company is actually tracking customers or any logical reason whatsoever as to why such a company would want to track their customers – we rank these claims as false.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2023-01-06): … so the person who created and runs victoria secret buys people’s souls and he has something to do with the sex trafficking going on. did you know that if you cut your tag in half, there is a chip/tracker on the inside. if you don’t want to cut your tag to see, just put it up to the light. shocked (also tell me why the trackers are ONLY in bras and lingerie?? not shirts, sweatpants, ONLY lingerie) [...] Snopes rated the claim of Victoria’s Secret tracking customers as false, pointing out that what is being called a "tracking device" is actually an RFID chip used to track inventory in a limited radius around a store. RFID chips are widely used by other major retailers and are supposed to help theft prevention; the chips set off an alarm if they pass through the exit without being removed or disarmed by an employee. We rate the claim that Victoria’s Secret is tracking its buyers as FALSE. The company uses RFID technology to track inventory and it is used by many retailers. The company has confirmed the purpose of the technology and there is no evidence to prove that Victoria’s Secret is using the chips to track customers. The technology is an apparel clothing as well, not just lingerie, as users claim.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2024-03-09): Fact check: Victoria's Secret tags do not track customers A new trend has made its way to social media platforms: Women cut open a Victoria's Secret tag and pull out a metal-like tag and claim it is a tracking chip. [...] We rate the claim that Victoria's Secret is tracking its buyers as FALSE. The company uses RFID technology to track inventory and it is used by many retailers. The company has confirmed the purpose of the technology and there is no evidence to prove that Victoria's Secret is using the chips to track customers. The technology is an apparel clothing as well, not just lingerie, as users claim.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2023-10-30): Using The Victoria’s Secret Tag The first place to look for a Victoria’s Secret item number is on the inside tag of the garment. This tag will be bundled within the grouping of the care instructions, materials, and manufacturer information tag. [...] At times, some Victoria's Secret bras do not have an inner tag attached. Because of that, the Victoria's Secret item number may be printed directly on the bra itself.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2022-02-17): Victoria’s Secret, among other retailers, attaches the tags to online orders to track merchandise across its supply chain, Brooke Wilson, a company spokeswoman, said. It also is testing the tags to prevent theft, she added. [...] But while retailers say the technology helps them track inventory and stop theft, some consumer advocates are concerned about shopper privacy. Although the tags can be removed by customers once they leave the store and don’t by themselves allow stores to identify shoppers, privacy advocates are concerned that customers could be tracked in stores without consent. [...] However, retail security experts point out this technology is not very sophisticated. It does not allow retailers to broadly track a customers' whereabouts if they are wearing the clothes and cannot even help track items if they’re stolen or lost. Instead, RFID chips require specific reader guns to access the information contained in the tag and these reader guns only work from 10 to 30 feet away, said Dean Frew, the chief technology officer and senior vice president of RFID Solutions for SML Group. This would make it nearly impossible for the tags to be read by someone without a RFID gun from far away, he said.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-07-15): Is Victoria's Secret putting tracking devices into its bras? No, that's not true. A claim has gone viral that the lingerie company uses tags in bras and panties to track customers but the images shown are of RFID (radio frequency identification) tags which are used around the world by companies such as Nike, Levi's and Macy's to monitor merchandise. The tags keep track of inventory in the store, not outside of the store and not of the customer who purchased them. [...] Victoria's Secret is owned by L Brands and the company Impinj, which provides RFID systems, described the rollout of the RFID tags in November 2019. They also detailed how Nike has the RFID in "nearly all Nike Footwear and Apparel, which is hundreds of millions of products." [...] Victoria's Secret is one of retail's largest specialty apparel brands and is planning to launch RFID to provide real-time inventory tracking across the chain.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-07-06): The claim: Victoria’s Secret tags contain chips that track customers after purchasing a product A new trend has made its way to social media platforms: Women cut open a Victoria’s Secret tag and pull out a metal-like tag and claim it is a tracking chip. The post includes a photo of a tag that says RFID on it and urges users to check their tags from Victoria’s Secret for tracking devices. Chips are in tags for inventory purposes, not tracking customers
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-08-27): A rumor in the summer of 2020 claims that Victoria's Secret was unnoticeably putting tracking devices in their customers' bras in order to locate and track them has reached and circulated on social media. A version of the said claim was shared on the social media application TikTok which racked up nearly 3 million hearts. Another claim was also found and shared on Facebook in June wherein the claim states that the creator of Victoria's Secret bought the "people's souls" by hiding tracking devices or chips in their lingerie and bras to locate their customers and subject them for sex trafficking. [...] Moreover, the company which is known for its lingerie and bras does not secretly use and hides the microchip to track customers and use it for their sec trafficking scheme. Instead, they are using these chips to ensure that customers will have quality products and to help themselves manage the inventory easily.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-07-02): The claim: Victoria's Secret tags contain chips that track customers after purchasing a product [...] Chips are in tags for inventory purposes, not tracking customers [...] We rate the claim that Victoria's Secret is tracking its buyers as FALSE. The company uses RFID technology to track inventory and it is used by many retailers. The company has confirmed the purpose of the technology and there is no evidence to prove that Victoria's Secret is using the chips to track customers. The technology is an apparel clothing as well, not just lingerie, as users claim.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-07-10): Debunked: Victoria’s Secret RFID technology is not used to track customers Recently, some social media users have been sharing images online of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on Victoria’s Secret clothing items and claiming they are being used to track users. This claim is untrue. [...] One post reads: "So the person who created and runs victoria secret (sic) buys people’s souls and he has something to do with the sex trafficking going on. did you know that if you cut your tag in half, there is a chip/tracker on the inside. if you don’t want to cut your tag to see, just put it up to the light. shocked (also tell me why the trackers are ONLY in bras and lingerie?? not shirts, sweatpants, ONLY lingerie)."
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-07-09): UNDATED (AP/WKRC) - Video circulating on social media claims that Victoria’s Secret clothing tags have a chip in them that tracks buyers after they purchase a product. [...] Millions of TikTok users viewed the video: a woman cuts open the tag of a Victoria’s Secret bra to reveal a flimsy, partially transparent, metallic chip inside of it. [...] Days later, the video was also being shared on Twitter, including by an account linked to the conspiracy theory QAnon. "Now why on God’s green earth would @VictoriasSecret have a chip placed in their bra’s?" stated one Twitter user posting the clip. "Tracking female for what exactly? I do not want to know but I think I already know what their evil purpose is for this.... @NSAGov @fbi #QAnon."
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2009-03-06): I have seen these RFID security chips before, but never hidden and sewn in a piece of fabric!! Who looks for that? I really think Old Navy should tell you about it, or at least put a sticker on the front that says something like "This item contains a hidden security tag, so don’t forget to cut it out before you set off lots of store alarms and totally embarrass the hell out of yourself."
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2020-08-25): so the person who created and runs victoria secret buys people’s souls and he has something to do with the sex trafficking going on. did you know that if you cut your tag in half, there is a chip/tracker on the inside. if you don’t want to cut your tag to see, just put it up to the light. shocked (also tell me why the trackers are ONLY in bras and lingerie?? not shirts, sweatpants, ONLY lingerie) [...] Victoria's Secret does use radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips in some of its products, but this practice isn't particularly unusual or nefarious. RFID chips are used to track inventory in a store. They can also be used for theft prevention, as they can set off an alarm if stolen merchandise passes through a scanner at a store exit. But these chips are not used to track customers or products once they leave the store. [...] Victoria's Secret is not secretly hiding microchips or tracking devices in bras in order to track customers as part of a sex trafficking scheme. These RFID tags are commonly used in the retail industry in order to prevent theft and manage inventory.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2023-11-09): so the person who created and runs victoria secret buys people’s souls and he has something to do with the sex trafficking going on. did you know that if you cut your tag in half, there is a chip/tracker on the inside. if you don’t want to cut your tag to see, just put it up to the light. shocked (also tell me why the trackers are ONLY in bras and lingerie?? not shirts, sweatpants, ONLY lingerie) [...] We rate the claim that Victoria’s Secret is tracking its buyers as FALSE. The company uses RFID technology to track inventory and it is used by many retailers. The company has confirmed the purpose of the technology and there is no evidence to prove that Victoria’s Secret is using the chips to track customers. The technology is an apparel clothing as well, not just lingerie, as users claim. Rumors about Victoria’s Secret bras’ trackers and RFID tags have circulated intermittently since at least 2019, and it wasn’t until the summer of 2020 that QAnon sex trafficking rumor clusters added claims that the tags also involved "sex trafficking." As multiple news organizations have noted, a number of retailers use and have used the technology for years in order to track inventory. Although claims were rife that Victoria’s Secret RFID tags were specifically used for tracking purposes, none included a mechanism by which the technology would in any way facilitate human smuggling or trafficking.
Claim: some Victoria’s Secret apparel has "a chip/tracker on the inside" of its tags to track customers (Viral post, 2020-05-27)
Evidence (2021-04-30): CLAIM: Video shows Victoria’s Secret clothing tags have a chip in them that tracks buyers after they purchase a product. [...] THE FACTS: Millions of TikTok users viewed the video: a woman cuts open the tag of a Victoria’s Secret bra to reveal a flimsy, partially transparent, metallic chip inside of it. [...] "Now why on God’s green earth would @VictoriasSecret have a chip placed in their bra’s?" stated one Twitter user posting the clip. "Tracking female for what exactly? I do not want to know but I think I already know what their evil purpose is for this.... @NSAGov @fbi #QAnon."
Claim: Tara Reade appeared on an episode of "Dr. Phil" under the name Jennifer, claiming to be in a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Viral Post, 2020-05-02)
Evidence (2020-05-02): Reade has never appeared on “Dr. Phil.” Representatives for Reade and “Dr. Phil” said the woman is not Reade.
Claim: Tara Reade appeared on an episode of "Dr. Phil" under the name Jennifer, claiming to be in a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Viral Post, 2020-05-02)
Evidence (2023-05-31): Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her while she was working in his Senate office in 1993, says she will apply for Russian citizenship. Reade appeared in an event hosted by the Russian state news outlet Sputnik on Tuesday and said she came to the decision after she says she received threats in the United States. [...] Kirby said it would be "difficult to say" if Reade's allegations against Biden had anything to do with her affinity for Russia, but added that her claim that her life was at risk by the U.S. government is "absolutely false, baseless, there's nothing to that."
Claim: Tara Reade appeared on an episode of "Dr. Phil" under the name Jennifer, claiming to be in a relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Viral Post, 2020-05-02)
Evidence (2020-05-29): Prosecutors open probe into whether Biden accuser Tara Reade lied under oath in court appearances [...] Reade received her law degree in 2004. While testifying as an expert witness, she often testified under the name Alexandra McCabe, which she assumed after fleeing from her allegedly abusive ex-husband in 1997. [...] Reade did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment for this article.