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Leslie Lapides
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Copy Editor, Lead Stories
Atlanta, United States
Beats
Weather, Lifestyle, Feature stories, Crime
Content
By Leslie Lapides Verified| Lead Stories Verified Is the Pentagon spending $86 billion on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives? No, that's not true: The most recent budget request in April 2024 asked for $162 million. The Fox News guest who originally suggested the much higher number has since retracted her statement. The claim appeared in a post on X (archived here) on November 18, 2024.
By Leslie Lapides Verified| Youth Today VerifiedYouth Today is the only independent, internationally distributed digital media publication that is read by thousands of professionals in the youth service field. Youth Today adheres to high-quality journalistic standards, providing readers with professional news coverage dedicated to examining a wide spectrum of complex issues in the youth services industry from legislation to community-based youth work.
By Leslie Lapides Verified| Lead Stories Verified Is the Pentagon spending $86 billion on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives? No, that's not true: The most recent budget request in April 2024 asked for $162 million. The Fox News guest who originally suggested the much higher number has since retracted her statement. The claim appeared in a post on X (archived here) on November 18, 2024.
Company Info
Lead Stories
Lead Stories is a fact checking website debunking viral misinformation on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms. Our fact checks are used by Meta, ByteDance and others.
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