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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shaking Is NOT Necessary For Red Ants And Black Ants To Fight, Kill Each Other — They’ll Fight Regardless
Are red ants and black ants peaceful if placed in the same enclosure, but start fighting when an outside force shakes them? No, that's not true: There are thousands of species of red ants and black ants, not just one per color. There is n
Snopes→ First All-Black Team Will Try to Climb Mount Everest
Thousands have scaled the mountain over history, but only a very small number of them have been Black.
Snopes→ Louisiana State Trooper Charged in Pummeling of Black Man
A former Louisiana State Police trooper has been charged with a civil rights violation for pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — the first criminal case to emerge from federal investigations into troopers' beatings of at least three
Snopes→ Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies at 89
Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89.
Snopes→ Met Season to Open with First-Ever Opera by Black Composer
It will be the first operatic performance in the house since the pandemic shutdown 18 months ago.
Snopes→ Do Black Starbucks Aprons Have a Different Meaning Than Green Ones?
A black apron signifies achievement.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cameras Did NOT Shut Off Or Go Black During Biden Press Conference When He Was Asked About ‘Hit List’ In Afghanistan
Did cameras shut off or go black during a President Joe Biden press conference when he was asked about a "hit list" of people in Afghanistan? No, that's not true: The cameras did not shut off during Biden's press conference. He was not as
Snopes→ Black Men Executed in 1951 Rape Granted Posthumous Pardons
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman.
TruthOrFiction→ Taliban ‘Hanging from Blackhawk’ Video
On August 30 2021, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted a video that purportedly showed members of the Taliban hanging an interpreter from a Blackhawk helicopter in Afghanistan: This horrifying image encapsulates Joe Biden's Afghanistan catastrophe:
Snopes→ Did Taliban Hang a Man From a Black Hawk Helicopter?
This person is hanging from a harness, not a neck.
FactCheck.org→ Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s False Claim About Unvaccinated Black People
The majority of United States residents who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are white, according to available state data and survey research. That contradicts Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s claim that, “in most states,” Black
Snopes→ What Are the Black Lines on a School Bus For?
The rumors of the bus go round and round.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Taliban DOES Have More Black Hawk Helicopters Than 166 Other Nations But The Images Do NOT Show A Combat-Ready Aircraft
Is it true the Taliban are now in possession of more Black Hawk helicopters than 166 other nations around the globe? Yes, but context partially changes the meaning of that. For instance, images of Taliban insurgents standing near Black Ha
Snopes→ Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Release
The “Black Widow” star and executive producer said her contract guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All-Black, All-Female Chess Champions Did NOT Get Snubbed By Mainstream Media
Did a team of all-Black, all-female chess champions get snubbed by mainstream media? No, that's not true: the middle-school-aged team, which competed in 2016, was recognized by both local and national media outlets. The claim appeared in
Full Fact - All content→ No record of Sir David Attenborough talking about red and black ants in a jar
A post on Facebook, shared thousands of times, attributes an analogy about red and black ants in a jar to broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. “If you collect 100 black ants and 100 fire ants and put them in a glass jar, nothing will happen.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The First Slave Owner In America Was NOT A Black Man
Was the first slave owner in America a Black man? No, that's not true: Anthony Johnson, an Angolan who was an indentured servant in the Virginia colony starting in 1621, did gain the recognized right to own property, including slaves, aft
Snopes→ Black Female WWII Unit Hoping to Get Congressional Honor
Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during World War II.
TruthOrFiction→ Albert Einstein Lecturing a Black College Facebook Post
In February and May 2021, Facebook users shared a photograph of Albert Einstein along with a quote — “The separation of races is not a disease of colored people but a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it”: Not
Snopes→ ‘Black Widow’ Soars to Pandemic Box Office Record
Even with an option to watch “Black Widow” at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years.
Snopes→ When a Black Boxing Champion Beat the ‘Great White Hope,’ All Hell Broke Loose
Jack Johnson’s victory, in the manliest of sports, contradicted claims of racial supremacy by whites and demonstrated that Blacks were no longer willing to acquiesce to white dominance.
Snopes→ Cosmic Gulp: Astronomers See Black Hole Swallow Neutron Star
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe — all in a split-second gulp.
Snopes→ Were Black World War II Veterans Excluded from GI Bill Benefits?
After fighting wars abroad, Black former servicemen faced segregation, violence, and discrimination at home.
TruthOrFiction→ Were Black Soldiers Eligible for the GI Bill?
On June 18 2021, a commenter shared a Twitter screenshot to an education-related Facebook post about one of the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, popularly known as the GI Bill: Teaching students that WWII vets were give
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Kamala Harris Celebrate Juneteenth With a Dinner Served by Black Servants?
Viral social media posts claim to show Vice President Kamala Harris and a number of senators celebrating Juneteenth while being served by black servants. punkrocklibertariansA post shared by @punkrocklibertariansThe dinner was not, in fact, a cele
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Harris Did NOT Exclude Black Leaders From Private Dinner For No Reason
Did Vice President Kamala Harris host a private dinner at her residence that excluded Black leaders without explanation? No, that's not true: although the dinner that Harris hosted on June 15, 2021 was attended almost exclusively by non-B
Snopes→ Bandit Responsible for Vehicle Break-Ins Is a Black Bear
Police believe the bear was rummaging for food and that the bear is responsible for damaging other vehicles.
Snopes→ Black Americans Laud Juneteenth Holiday, Say More Work Ahead
“It’s great, but it’s not enough,” said Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Kansas City.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ WhatsApp can be a black box of misinformation, but Maldita may have opened a window
Private messaging apps like WhatsApp have always presented challenges for fact-checkers. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, where fact-checkers can use third-party software to track the virality of misinformation tropes, WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption ke
Snopes→ Did the ‘Black and Red Ants in a Jar’ Quote Come from David Attenborough?
This ant quote gets shared one by one hoorah? Hoorah?
Snopes→ No Mass Protests After Honolulu Police Shoot, Kill Black Man
While there have been some local gatherings and small protests decrying Lindani Myeni's death, it hasn't inspired the passionate outrage seen elsewhere.
Top Fact Checks→ New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern got her plane painted black in support of farmers’ protests in India.
Old and unrelated images are circulated with a false narrative that the New Zealand PM supports farmers 'Black day' protests in India.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: One Of The First Memorial Day Celebrations WAS Started By Formerly Enslaved Black People
Did formerly enslaved Black people start Memorial Day in the U.S.? Evidence suggests that they may have: A celebration on May 1, 1865, is considered one of the first mass memorializations of fallen soldiers in the country. The celebration
Snopes→ NFL Pledges to Halt ‘Race-Norming,’ Review Black Claims
The NFL has pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims.
TruthOrFiction→ Biden’s ‘Black Entrepreneurs’ Speech in Tulsa
On June 1 and 2 2021, a number of the usual disinformation purveyors claimed that United States President Joe Biden said Black entrepreneurs “don’t have lawyers and accounts like white business owners” in what appeared to be an inau
Top Fact Checks→ Excessive steam inhalation can cause black fungus in COVID-19 patients.
Steaming therapy uses to soothe and relieve cold symptoms. Studies on oversteaming can cause black fungus in COVID-19 patients are in progress.
Top Fact Checks→ Ex-Congress leader arrested for black-marketing of oxygen cylinder in Haryana.
Bijender, a former Congress member, was arrested after police discovered 50 oxygen cylinders at his home and charged him for illegally selling them.
Snopes→ Tacoma Officers Face Charges in Restraint Death of Black Man
The Washington state attorney general has charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and another with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after repeatedly telling them he couldn’t breathe as he was being restrained.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2015 ‘USA Crime Statistics’ Do NOT Show Correct Numbers For Killings By Race, Or For Police Killings Of Both Blacks And Whites
Do "USA crime statistics" for 2015 show the correct percentages for Blacks and Whites killing each other, and for police killings of both races? No, that's not true. A meme that claims to show the percentage of killings of Black and White