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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims of Biden Being Heckled in London
President Joe Biden attends the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by Sean Smith - WPA Pool/Getty Images)A viral tweet claims to show a video of President Joe Biden in London for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral being greeted by chants of “let&
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Drug-Soaked Napkins Are Being Placed in Car Door Handles
Is an instantly disabling drug being soaked into napkins and placed on car doors to incapacitate targets of rape, abduction and car theft? Experts that Lead Stories spoke with said that there is no scientific evidence or official reports
Logically→ CM Bhagwant Mann was deplaned from a flight in Germany for being drunk causing a 4-hour delay.
Lufthansa, the airline, has clarified that the delay happened because of a delayed inbound flight and an aircraft change, not because of CM Mann.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, banks are not being forced to hand over physical currency to the government
All banks will soon have to turn over all coins to federal government ahead of pivot to using only electronic transactions.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, there isn’t an unlimited supply of water being made underneath the Earth
There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Form Does NOT Show The U.S. Assessment Of The Ukrainian Military Being Trained In The UK
Does a form circulating on social media show an official report of the American military describing as unsatisfactory the level of the Ukrainian army's preparedness? No, that's not true: This form, easily downloadable from one of the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Did NOT Tweet About ‘When Being Anti-Bug Is Bigotry’
Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) post a tweet about "when being anti-bug is bigotry"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the WEF told Lead Stories the tweet is fake. Additionally, a search of the WEF's Twitter feed turned up no suc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence UK Schoolchildren Are Being Coached To Befriend Pedophiles
Are these posts proof that British elementary school students and kindergarteners are being taught to tolerate sexual abuse? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to authenticate pictures of a brochure about strangers who approach, wit
Snopes→ Did a High School Football Team Lead the National Anthem After Being Told It Wouldn’t Be Played?
According to a popular article that was shared in 2022, events that occurred in 2019 were inspired by news from 2020. Confused yet?
Full Fact→ Residents of Greater Manchester are not ‘being poisoned’ by their water company
Claims that a Freedom of Information request has revealed the presence of poisons in drinking water are false.
Full Fact→ Pharmacists survey didn’t find patients’ ‘lives’ were being put at risk
A headline in the Daily Express does not accurately reflect the findings of a survey published in The Pharmaceutical Journal.
Snopes→ Did Trump Say ‘Anyone Being Investigated by the FBI Is Not Qualified To Be President’?
Occupy Democrats shared a meme with this purported Trump quote after news broke that his Mar-a-Lago property had been searched by the FBI.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Anyone Being Investigated by the FBI Is Not Qualified to Be President of the United States’ Trump Quote Is Likely Misattributed
After former United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago was raided by the FBI on August 8 2022, an extremely widespread set of memes claimed Trump repeatedly said “anyone being investigated by the FBI” was unfit to hold the off
Snopes→ If Biden Doesn’t Run for Reelection, He Faces a Big Threat: Being a Lame Duck
Polls consistently show that most Americans don't want him to run again.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Russian Defense Ministry Guesthouse Being Attacked
Does a video shared on Facebook and YouTube show a guesthouse of the Russian ministry of defense under attack? No, that's not true: The clip reuses shots of a fire in a Moscow residential building that took place more than a week earlier,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Children Being Saved From Human Trafficker Selling Them For Adrenochrome
Does a video show children being saved from a human trafficker who may have been selling them for adrenochrome? No, that's not true: The video shows children being taken out of a truck by authorities after trying to leave a Syrian displac
Full Fact→ Facebook post’s claim about a newborn baby being found by police in Essex is false
It uses an image of a baby recently found in Arizona.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Nancy Pelosi is not being impeached
“Supreme Court FINALLY signs VERDICT to IMPEACH Speaker Pelosi as Hunter’s Laptop IMPLICATES her.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jordan didn’t say Schiff is finally being impeached
Jim Jordan said, “It’s finally happening! Adam Schiff will be impeached.”
Snopes→ Is This a Photo of Sand After Being Struck By Lightning?
It is a truly strange-looking formation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO $1,728 ‘Boost’ To Social Security Checks Being Offered To People Born Before 1957
Is there a $1,728 "boost" to Social Security checks being offered to people born before 1957? No, that's not true: There was no such "boost" being added to seniors' Social Security checks when a social media post that made the claim was p
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, third-grade reading scores are not being used to plan for how much space is needed in prisons
“Third grade reading scores in the USA help correctional institutions predict how many beds they'll need in the future."
Full Fact→ Viral posts about a baby being snatched from a hospital are false
Several widely-shared posts wrongly claim a newborn baby has been stolen from a UK hospital by a woman dressed as a nurse.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Joe Biden isn’t in the process of being impeached
“Biden impeachment in progress.”
Snopes→ Are Missouri’s Pregnant Patients Being Denied Cancer Treatment Due to New Abortion Ban?
Cancer care could be affected by restrictive abortion laws that took effect in early summer 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Beating Do NOT Show Vigilante Justice in Mississippi But A Ukrainian Being Tortured
Was a pedophile who molested a 2-year-old girl whipped to death by Eddie Lavelle Wilson, a man who "loves the child dearly"? No, that's not true: These stills were taken from a real video that was filmed in the area around Kommunar in eas
Snopes→ Some Medical Debt is Being Removed from US Credit Reports
The three major U.S. credit reporting companies will stop counting paid medical debt on the reports that banks, potential landlords and others use to judge creditworthiness.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Farmers Are NOT Being Offered Money To Destroy Crops
Is the government sending letters to farmers offering them "$3,800 an acre to dispose of their crops"? No, that's not true: An official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) told Lead Stories that this claim is false as "there is n
Snopes→ Is This Video of ‘Full House’ Actor Jodie Sweetin Being ‘Manhandled’ by Cops at Abortion Protest?
Los Angeles police did clash with abortion-rights protesters.
Full Fact→ Social media posts claim ethanol is being added to petrol to increase sales
Although added ethanol does slightly reduce cars’ fuel economy, the government has said this is being done in order to reduce net carbon emissions.
Logically→ A viral image shows Rana Ayyub, a journalist, being arrested in Kerala.
Full Fact→ Image does not show chemicals being dispersed over the UK
A Facebook post inaccurately compares contrails caused by a US Air Force formation over the UK to a chemical spraying operation during the Vietnam War.
Logically→ A video depicts Hoori, a silicone-based artificial woman built in China that can function for 72 hours after being charged.
Full Fact→ Australian citizens aren’t being forcibly vaccinated via ‘chemtrails’
False claims have been shared about an old clinical trial for a genetically-modified cholera vaccine.
Logically→ Flights are being deliberately canceled to prevent people from traveling.
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Full Fact→ Monkeypox is being detected in countries with and without wild monkeys
An image on Facebook showing a world map with countries with monkeypox outbreaks highlighted in red says “monkeypox detected in all countries where there are no monkeys”. The post also has the caption “When you know it’s so obvi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: $8.88 Gas Is NOT Being Sold By Murphy USA In Jasper, Alabama, In Early June 2022
Was gasoline costing $8.88 a gallon at a Murphy USA gas station in Jasper, Alabama, in early June 2022? No, that's not true: A representative for Murphy USA emailed Lead Stories to say that the Jasper location was not open for business wh
Full Fact→ No evidence Denzel Washington quote about being criticised is real
A quote attributed to actor Denzel Washington, about being criticised by others, has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. The quote says: “You’ll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You’ll always be
Logically→ A video shows a Muslim woman being beaten for being in a relationship with a non-Muslim man in the United States.
A woman was beaten by her family in Russia for having a relationship with a Ukrainian man. There is no proof of an Islamophobic motive.