Did Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Schultz say the "company has reached a critical point of decline amid global boycott," and did the BBC report his criticism, as a post on Instagram claimed? No, that's not true: A spokesperson f
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colin Kaepernick Did NOT Say He’s Boycotting NFL As Long As Harrison Butker Is On Team — It’s From Satire Article
Did quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a civil rights activist, say he is boycotting the NFL as long as kicker Harrison Butker is on an NFL team and did he say of Butker, "I don't like him"? No, that's not true: This claim initially appeared i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tom Hanks, Taylor Swift Did NOT Boycott Oscars Over ‘Woke’ Policies
Did celebrity actor Tom Hanks and singer Taylor Swift boycott the Oscars over its supposedly "woke" policies, and assert that "We stand for true talent"? No, that's not true: This is a clickbait story with no proof to support its claim. A
Full Fact→ ‘Boycott Barclays’ posters on London Underground are unauthorised
Pro-Palestinian ‘adverts’ protesting against Barclays were not displayed with TfL’s permission.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call For Tyson Foods Boycott As Of March 23, 2024
Did Elon Musk encourage a boycott of Tyson Foods as of March 23, 2024? No, that's not true: There is no such statement on Musk's X account. The claim originated from a satirical website, and Musk doesn't appear to be involved in calls for
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ FACT FOCUS: Tyson Foods isn’t hiring workers who came to the U.S. illegally. Boycott calls persist
Conservative influencers and politicians are calling for a boycott of Tyson Foods after false claims spread online saying the multinational meat producer is planning to hire 52,000 people who came to the U.S. illegally.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Did NOT Threaten To ‘Seize’ Homes And Bank Accounts Of Truckers Who Boycott
Did New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warn truck drivers against boycotting or she would "seize" their bank accounts and homes? No, that's not true: Hochul's press secretary denied this claim in an email to Lead Stories. A search in an online ne
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NYC Spokesman Did NOT Say Trucker Boycott Caused Empty Shelves In February 2024 Throughout City
Did a New York City spokesman say that a trucker boycott has caused shelves to go empty throughout stores in New York City in February 2024? No, that's not true: This story originated from a website that clearly labels itself satire. The
The Dispatch→ Social Media Users Claim Boycotts Are Hurting McDonald’s Bottom Line
The company has acknowledged underperforming projections due to lagging sales in the Middle East.
Logically→ No, Starbucks isn’t rebranding to ‘Vista Coffee’ to avoid boycott
Logically→ Viral post incorrectly lists international brands as Israeli products to call for boycott
Logically→ No, Pepsi can packaging not changed to avoid boycott calls amid Israel-Hamas conflict
AllSides→ Did Matt Gaetz’s Wife Call for Boycott of ‘Barbie’ After Watching the Movie?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/matt-gaetz-wife-boycott-barbie-movie/ In July 2023, the highly antici
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Miss USA Is NOT Boycotting Miss Universe Over Trans Participant Stating She ‘Won’t Compete Against A Man’
Did Miss USA "Natasha Berkelston" state she "won't compete against a man" and boycott the 2023 Miss Universe pageant after Rikkie Kollé was named Miss Netherlands, becoming the first transgender woman to take the title? No, that's not tr
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims Miss USA boycotting Miss Universe over transgender contestant originated on a fake news site
“Miss USA boycotts Miss Universe pageant: ‘I’m not competing against a man.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Target Looted In 2023 In Response To ‘Right-Wing Boycott’ — Scene Is From 2020
Did "leftist activists" loot a Target store in response to the 2023 Target boycott started by right-wingers? No, that's not true: In the tweet making that claim, the image is from 2020, three years before the protest over LGBTQ+ merchandi
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – There's no evidence shelves in Florida grocery store are empty due to a truckers’ boycott
This video shows empty shelves at a Florida grocery store because truckers said “they were not delivering anything to Florida !!!”
Truth or Fiction?→ The Disinformation Panic Around ‘Boycotting’ Dylan Mulvaney and Bud Light
The announcement that trans actress Dylan Mulvaney was working with the Bud Light brand of beers sent right-wing media organizations and bloggers into a transphobic fit — with a predictably ahistorical bent. As the LGBTQ news site Them reported,
FactCheck.org→ Stacey Abrams Opposed Boycotts in Atlanta, Contrary to Facebook Post
Quick Take Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams opposed the state’s new election law and gun laws, but she spoke out against corporations using economic sanctions to protest the laws. Yet, a social media post falsely claims Ab
Snopes→ Trump Did Not Tell Supporters to Boycott Midterms Because DOJ ‘Treating Him So Unfairly’
This rumor originated from a Twitter account that describes itself as a publisher of "satire" and "liberal comedy."
Snopes→ Native Americans Urge Boycott of ‘Tone Deaf’ Pilgrim Museum
Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a popular living history museum.
Truth or Fiction?→ Gas Boycott July 3 to 5 2022
On June 19 2022 a Facebook user posted a concise status update, encouraging others to participate in a June 3 to 5 2022 gas boycott; it read: Do NOT Buy gas July 3-5!! Do NOT Buy gas July 3-5!! Do NOT Buy gas July 3-5!! As of June 22 2022, the post rac
Logically→ England Cricketer Moeen Munir Ali will boycott the IPL over Nupur Sharma’s blasphemous statement.
A fake Twitter account alleged that English batsman Moeen Munir Ali threatened to boycott the IPL. There is no evidence to corroborate the statement.
PolitiFact→ Chris Carr – No, Stacey Abrams didn’t support the baseball All-Star game boycott of Atlanta
Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Issue Statement Calling For ‘MAGA Patriots’ To Boycott Midterm Elections
Did Donald Trump issue a statement on his "Save America" letterhead that encouraged "all the Great MAGA Patriots" to boycott the midterm elections in November? No, that's not true: According to Trump's chief spokeswoman, that April 27, 20
Logically→ A video shows the owner of Himalaya Product urging people to boycott Reliance and Patanjali products.
Bhanu Pratap Singh is a lawyer and not the owner of the Himalaya Company. He was addressing anti-CAA protesters at Delhi's Mustafabad in 2020.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A single-day gasoline boycott isn’t a silver bullet solution to rising gas prices
“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Don’t Pump Gas’ Boycott Is NOT New — It’s Just Recirculated Old Post
Is there a national boycott of gasoline on April 15, 2022, to emulate a successful national protest from April 1997? No, that's not true: A post making that claim is a recycled post - "copypasta" that has circulated in various iterations
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Boycott, Keystone XL Stoppage Are NOT The Drivers Of Gas Price Hikes
Did President Joe Biden's wartime ban on Russian oil imports cause the cost of gasoline to skyrocket and would completing the XL branch of the Keystone pipeline bring prices down? No, that's not true: Oil market experts and economists say
Snopes→ China’s Pandemic Olympics Begins, with Lockdown and Boycotts
Beijing became the first city to host both winter and summer Games.
Snopes→ Was ‘Kellogg’s’ Removed from Pop-Tarts in Response to Boycott?
Supporters of striking Kellogg's workers claimed victory in their campaign to toxify the cereal brand in 2021. What actually happened?
Snopes→ Best Buy and Levi Strauss ‘Boycotts’ Stem from Rittenhouse Memos
Tabloids and right-leaning blogs criticized both companies after they appeared to offer mental health support to employees following Rittenhouse's acquittal.
Logically→ Fashion giant H&M sees sales in China slump after the Xinjiang boycott.
H&M's sales in the Chinese market fell 28 percent in Swedish krona terms in the second quarter of 2021 after the boycott.
Snopes→ Martha White Dies, Sparked 1953 Louisiana Capital Bus Boycott
White, then 23, was working as a housekeeper in the capital city of Baton Rouge in 1953 when she took action.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Boycott Did NOT Cause Pepsi To Outsell Coke And Was Not Cause Of 100 Cancelled Delta Flights
Did Pepsi sell more products than Coca-Cola during the April, 2021 boycott declared by conservatives to punish the company for criticizing Georgia's new voting restrictions? Did Delta cancel 100 flights because of the boycotts? No, that's
AFP Fact Check→ This photo was taken in 2020, before the Thai restaurant faced a boycott in 2021
A photo has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside claims it shows food couriers crowding up to receive orders at a popular restaurant chain in Thailand despite a call to boycott by Thai opposition MP and anti-government Twitter users in Marc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CEO Of Coca-Cola Did NOT Say Boycotters Are ‘A Few Right Winged Nuts’
Did the CEO of Coca-Cola say boycotters are "a few right winged nuts"? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence James Quincey ever said that. A spokesman for the company told Lead Stories the quote is fabricated. The cl
Snopes→ GOP-Led Senate Panel Advances Barrett Despite Dems’ Boycott
Never has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court nominee so close to a presidential election.
Snopes→ ‘A Slap in the Face:’ Goya Faces Boycott Over Trump Praise
The CEO of food company Goya is facing an uproar over his praise for President Donald Trump, with some Latino families purging their pantries of the products.
Snopes→ Tens of Thousands in Hong Kong Boycott First Day of School
The planned two-day strike is part of an ongoing pro-democracy movement.