The headline claims a homophobic slur has been tweeted 2.6 million times in the last three months.
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Logically→ Military exercise in Atlantic misattributed to U.S. warships off Yemen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlantic Did NOT Publish ‘A Man Exposed His Genitals To My 6 Year Old’ Article — Spokesperson Denied It
Did The Atlantic magazine publish an article titled, "At this weekend's Pride parade a man exposed his genitals to my 6 year old. She was horrified. Am I raising a bigot?"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the magazine told us that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlantic Magazine Did NOT Run ‘Cover Story’ Linking Muslim Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, To White Supremacists
Did The Atlantic magazine publish a cover story titled "The Evolution of White Supremacy" arguing that Muslim Americans represent "the new face of the far right," as a screenshot circulating on social media claims? No, that's not true: A
Full Fact→ The Atlantic did not publish an article titled ‘The Soft Bigotry of Bush did 9/11’
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PolitiFact→ Viral image – This viral image was manipulated to show a fake story from The Atlantic about Biden and the economy
The Atlantic published a story titled “Quiet Courage of Biden’s Negative Growth Economy”
FactCheck.org→ Faulty Research Paper Leads to Unfounded Claims About Health of Atlantic Ocean
SciCheck Digest Climate change has affected ocean ecosystems, scientists say. But an unfounded claim on social media that “plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone” and the ocean is “now pretty much dead” is based on a faulty
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, 90% of plankton in the Atlantic Ocean did not die off
"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plankton In Atlantic Ocean Is NOT 90% Gone
Is plankton in the Atlantic Ocean 90 percent gone? No, that's not true; this claim is missing context. The author of the plankton study told Lead Stories that the newspaper article making the claim did not accurately reflect that his stud
AllSides→ Fact Check-The Atlantic did not publish headline calling President Biden’s bike fall ‘heroic’
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-atlantic-biden/fact-check-the-atlantic-did-not-publish-headline-calling-president-bidens-bike-fall-heroic-idUSL1N2Y826G
Snopes→ Watch This Atlantic Ghost Crab Wipe Its Eyes with Windshield Wiper-Like Appendages
“Quid putting sand on your windshield.”
Snopes→ Fire Subsides on Huge Cargo Ship Adrift in Mid-Atlantic
The blaze on the Felicity Ace has burned for six days near Portugal’s Azores Islands.
Snopes→ Lava from La Palma Eruption Reaches the Atlantic
A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean.
Snopes→ Message in a Bottle Travels Across the Atlantic Ocean
The note included an email address to respond.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Beautiful Turtle Living In Atlantic Ocean’ Is NOT Alive, It’s A Glass Pendant
Does this photo show a new species of shiny blue, purple and yellow Atlantic Ocean sea turtle? No, that's not true: It's a piece of glass artwork. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (now unavailable but archived here) on May 27, 2021.
Snopes→ With Drivers Confused, Atlantic City to Redo BLM Road Paint
The words “Black Lives Matter” will be painted onto the repaved road in a manner that does not obscure lane divider markings.
Climate Feedback→ Atlantic ocean circulation system is slowing down, as accurately described in The New York Times article
SUMMARY The article published in The New York Times discusses findings from a study published in February 2021 that reconstructed the evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), an ocean circulation system that strongly infl
Snopes→ Was the Mid-Atlantic Accent Used Because of Early Microphone Quality?
The acquired accent was a short-lived fixture of American society.
Snopes→ Can Bidders Win a Chance to Virtually Implode Trump’s Atlantic City Casino?
Proceeds for the auction were reportedly slated to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City.
AllSides→ The Atlantic Retracts Ruth Shalit Barrett Article on Niche Sports
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/business/media/atlantic-ruth-shalit-barrett.html The Atlantic on Sun
The Dispatch→ Did Jeffrey Goldberg ‘Confess’ That His Atlantic Article About Trump Could Be False?
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Washington Post→ Trump says there are 25 ‘witnesses’ disputing the Atlantic. Nope.
The president is inflating the number of people who have disputed the report that he called soldiers "losers." There have been a lot of denials, but you have to parse them carefully.
Snopes→ British Airways Flight Crosses Atlantic in Less Than 5 Hours
For the first time in years, a commercial passenger plane has flown across the Atlantic in less than five hours.
Snopes→ Court Upholds Creation of National Monument in Atlantic
The appeals panel brushed aside arguments that federal law governing monuments applies only to land, not oceans.
Snopes→ ‘Robot Umpires’ Debut in Independent Atlantic League
There's no timeline yet on when the technology will be used in the majors.
Snopes→ Frenchman Trying to Cross Atlantic in Barrel Capsule
The specially constructed barrel capsule is designed to use ocean currents alone to propel him across the sea.
Snopes→ Live Nation Cancels Demi Lovato’s Atlantic City Beach Show
Lovato's representative said she was awake and recovering with her family after she was reportedly hospitalized for an overdose.
Climate Feedback→ Atlantic story on the climate implications of reduced beef consumption could provide clearer context
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This August 2017 article in The Atlantic covered a study of the greenhouse gas emissions that could be avoided if beef consumption was reduced in the United States. Beef is a particularly resource-intensive food, d
Climate Feedback→ Global Warming and fire suppression practices boost wildfires in the US West, as correctly reported in The Atlantic
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This story in The Atlantic describes the conditions that have contributed to this year’s widespread wildfires in the western United States, including the influence of a changing climate. Scientists who reviewed t
Climate Feedback→ The Atlantic accurately explores climate context for Tropical Storm Harvey
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in The Atlantic attempted to investigate what can be said about the relationship between Tropical Storm Harvey and climate change. Harvey’s record rainfall totals around Houston, Texas are partly the
Climate Feedback→ Forbes article accurately describes research on Atlantic ocean circulation weakening, but headline goes farther
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article at Forbes describes a study on the possible influence of Arctic sea ice loss on recent changes to a key portion of ocean circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. This Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulat
Climate Feedback→ The Atlantic accurately reports on study of the economic impacts of continued climate change in the US
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This story in The Atlantic by Robinson Meyer describes a new study on the distribution of economic impacts that result from continued climate change in the United States. The study finds that the impacts would not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Faked Photo Does NOT Show Total Eclipse With Swirling Corona — AI Generated
Is an image showing a dramatically swirling and sparkling corona over a wooded hillside a real photo of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse? No, that's not true: The AI detection tool from Hive Moderation rated this image as having a 9
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eclipse Over Portugal ‘Right Now’ Is NOT Authentic 2024 Photo — Edited Image Has Circulated Since 2021
Does an image posted on social media show the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse setting behind a coastal mountain town in Portugal? No, that's not true: This image is fake, and it's old. The April 8, 2024, eclipse did not pass over Portugal. T
Truth or Fiction?→ Top 10 US National Parks
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Twa Tribe Were First Inhabitants Of Ireland
Were the Twa tribe the first people to live in modern-day Ireland? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence supporting this claim. An archeologist and professor of African history interviewed by Lead Stories was not aware of an
FactCheck.org→ Explaining the New CDC Guidance on What To Do if You Have COVID-19
Q: Is one day isolation sufficient to stop forward transmission of COVID-19? A: People with COVID-19 could potentially transmit it to others well beyond a day after developing symptoms or testing positive. New guidance from the CDC advises pe
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Distorted NATO ‘Delinquent’ Comments
At a rally in South Carolina, Donald Trump said that when he was president, he told the leader of a large NATO country that if the country was “delinquent” in its payments to NATO and Russia attacked it, “I would not protect you. In
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Misuse Rat Study to Make Unfounded Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines and Autism
SciCheck Digest COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy benefits both mother and baby. Side effects are generally mild, and studies don’t show negative effects on the baby. A criticized study that gave COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant rats doesn’
The Dispatch→ Skiff AMA #2
After a rough holiday period of cat sitting, spontaneous transatlantic escapades, and glam rock urban ...