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Claim:”Taylor Swift unexpectedly lost a $125 million brand contract after a massive advertising campaign” endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.
Is it true that the U.S. singer-songwriter Taylor Swift lost millions of dollars in a brand contract after endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign?
That’s what a Sept. 14 Facebook post claimed, but its source was not a legitimate news source.
“Hot News: Taylor Swift unexpectedly lost a $125 million brand contract after a massive advertising campaign,” the post said. It showed an image of Harris on the left and Swift on the right, with tears in her eyes.
The claim was also shared in Spanish.
The post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.)
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Author: Maria Briceño
Maria Briceño is a PolitiFact reporting fellow who fact-checks misinformation in Spanish at PolitiFact. She previously interned as a space reporter with WMFE 90.7 in Orlando and at Oviedo Community News. Maria graduated from the University of Central Florida with a major in journalism and a minor in digital media.
