Is a social media post that speculates that right-wing rhetoric about the California wildfires caused the murder of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi accurate? No, that's not true: The police have named Rebecca Marodi's wife as the o
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UEFA Did NOT Make Team Captains Wear Armband In Support Of Pro-LGBTQ+ Campaign During Euro 2020
Did the Union of European Football Associations force team captains to wear a pro-LGTBQ+ armband during the organization's Euro 2020 competition and was Cristiano Ronaldo the only one not to wear it? No, that's not true: Instances of armb
Full Fact→ No evidence captain of Baltimore crash ship is Ukrainian
The ship’s management said at the time of the incident the entire crew was composed of Indian nationals.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Captain Of Ship That Hit Francis Scott Key Bridge In Baltimore Was NOT Ukrainian
Was the captain of the Dali cargo vessel that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 24, 2024, Ukrainian? No, that's not true: A representative of the company operating the ship confirmed to Lead Stories that all 22 crew m
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, the captain of the container ship that hit the bridge in Baltimore wasn’t Ukrainian
“The captain of the container ship Dali…is a Ukrainian.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Captain of container ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse is Indian, not Ukrainian
Following the crash that caused Key Bridge to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared a screenshot of a webpage they said identified Dali’s captain.
Logically→ Old image of U.S. Navy captain in Afghanistan falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict
Logically→ Photographs from Captain Robert Scott’s 1912 Antarctic expedition show the ruins of an ancient civilization in Antarctica.
There is no credible evidence of an ancient civilization in Antarctica or that Captain Scott found ruins on the continent.
Logically→ Qatar captain Hassan Al-Haydos wore a Palestinian armband hours before the first FIFA World Cup 2022 match.
The image in the post has been edited. There are no authentic images, videos, or reports of the Qatar team captain wearing a Palestinian flag armband.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2011 ‘Captain America’ Movie Did NOT Foretell Coronavirus Pandemic With Hidden Clues
Did the movie, "Captain America: The First Avenger" contain secret clues about the coronavirus years in advance -- proving that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: The Times Square advertisements appearing in the backg
Snopes→ Navy Captain Becomes 1st Woman to Command US Nuclear Carrier
The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed this week from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘CaptainJenkem’-Tweeted Photo Is NOT A Photo Of The Driver Who Hit The Waukesha Christmas Parade — It’s A Recycled Hoax
Does this photo posted by the Twitter account @CaptainJenkem show the man who drove his vehicle into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin? No, that's not true: This photo is not recent and has a history of being used in pranks since
Snopes→ Yes, ‘Captain Kirk’ Is Going to Space
The "Star Trek" actor William Shatner will break the current record and become the oldest person to travel to space.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Captain America 31 Years Ago’
On July 15 2021. an Imgur account shared a Twitter screenshot, purportedly depicting Captain America “31 years ago” — or, as of 2021, in 1990: Dean Cain: I can’t believe they just made Captain America all woke and criticizing the
Snopes→ The Sea Captain That (Probably) Invented Doughnuts
It was a dark and stormy night in 1847...
Snopes→ Gavin MacLeod, ‘Love Boat’ Captain, Dies at 90
Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved fame as sardonic TV news writer Murray Slaughter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died.
Snopes→ ‘Captain Underpants’ Spin-Off Pulled for ‘Passive Racism’
A graphic novel for children that was a spin-off of the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.”
Snopes→ No, Marwa Elselehdar Is Not Captain of Stuck Suez Canal Ship
Internet trolls put a fake headline on a real story about Elselehdar's accomplishments.
Truth or Fiction?→ Former Houston Police Captain Arrested, Allegedly Paid $266,400 by ‘Liberty Center for God and Country’ to ‘Investigate Electoral Fraud’
In an unnerving example of how disinformation can erupt into the real world, former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre was arrested on December 15 2020 in connection with a strange, sprawling conspiracy theory involving political megadonors and fanta
AFP Fact Check→ ‘Taps’ bugle melody did not come from a captain grieving his son
A Facebook post shared more than 20,000 times credits “Taps,” a melody played at military funerals in the US, to “Union Captain Robert Elli” said to have composed it as an homage to his dead son. This is false; General Daniel Butterfield came u
Snopes→ Navy Upholds Firing of Carrier Captain in Virus Outbreak
In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak.
Snopes→ Did ‘Captain America’ Movie Predict the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Even in a movie involving time travel, calling this a "prediction" takes more than a small stretch of the imagination.
Snopes→ Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to Decide Fate of Fired Captain
The Navy’s top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Snopes→ Navy Official Apologizes for Calling Fired Captain ‘Stupid’
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly had relieved Capt. Brett Crozier of command after the captain raised the alarm about the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Snopes→ Navy Leader Calls Fired Carrier Captain ‘Naive’ or ‘Stupid’
The Navy’s top leader accused the fired commander of the cornavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt of being “too naive or too stupid” to be in charge of an aircraft carrier.
Snopes→ Navy Fires Captain Who Sought Help for Virus-Stricken Ship
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said the USS Theodore Roosevelt's commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, “demonstrated extremely poor judgment” in the middle of a crisis.
Truth or Fiction?→ Captain Cook’s Death: Why Anti-Colonialists Celebrate February 14th
If you’re tired of the Valentine’s Day hype, consider this: Some people on social media are going with a of a British explorer’s death at the hands of indigenous Hawaiians as a way to mark February 14th instead. For example, Facebook
Hoax-Slayer→ Nancy Pelosi and The Three Trips of Captain Cook
Message claims that Nancy Pelosi, current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, answered a psychiatrist's test question in a way that revealed a decided lack of intelligence The post Nancy Pelosi and The Three Trips of Captain Cook ap
Lead Stories→ Fake News: OK Patrol Captain George Brown Did NOT Say ‘Ladies, If You Don’t Want To Get Raped By A Cop, Then Follow The Law’
Did Oklahoma State Patrol Captain George Brown advise women that if you don't want to get raped by a cop, 'then follow the law in the first place so you don't get pulled over'? No, that's not true: It is a false quote taken from a real TV inte
Snopes→ Daryl Dragon, of ‘The Captain and Tennille,’ Dead at 76
Dragon died of renal failure at a hospice in Prescott, Arizona, according to spokesman Harlan Boll. Tennille was by his side.
Snopes→ Marvel Promotes Captain America ‘Event’ With Shirts Promoting Nazi-Linked Group
Critics said the company's attempt to recast 'Hydra' was 'sensationalistic garbage.'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Game Footage Shows C-17 Globemaster Plane Taking Off From Carrier Deck
Does a viral video authentically show a C-17 Globemaster plane taking off from an aircraft carrier? No, that's not true: The viral clip was copied from a YouTube channel with an explicit disclaimer saying all footage is made "using simula
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flight 4819 Pilots Were NOT Both Women
Was Delta Flight 4819, which crashed upon landing in Toronto, piloted by a female-only crew? No, that's not true: Delta referred to the flight captain as "he" in a statement on the company website, and the first officer as "she." In an au
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Upside-Down Pilots Is Inverted News Photo From 16 Years Ago
Does an authentic photo show two Black women who were the pilots of the Delta Flight 4819 that crash-landed and flipped over in Toronto on February 17, 2025? No, that's not true: The inverted image in a social media post is 16 years old.
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misidentify Pilot Killed in Midair Collision Over D.C.
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take The U.S. Army identified one of the Black Hawk helicopter pilots killed in the midair crash with a passenger jet on Jan. 29 as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach. But social medi
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the Nevada Senate debate between Jacky Rosen and Sam Brown
Sen. Jacky Rose, D-Nev., and her Republican opponent, retired U.S. Army captain Sam Brown, sparred over Brown’s record on abortion and about border legislation.
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Democratic Ad in Nevada on ‘Sunsetting Medicare and Social Security’
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Sam Brown, the Republican Senate candidate in Nevada, has publicly supported cutting federal spending in ways that experts say would require deep cuts in popular programs. But his D
The Dispatch→ Screwing the Party Line
Oh captains, my captains.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s King Charles III Was NOT Dead As Of June 26, 2024
Did the U.K.'s King Charles III die on or before June 24, 2024 as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: As of this writing on June 26, 2024, the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and head of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sister Ships Titanic And Olympic Were NOT Switched In An Insurance Fraud Scheme — Baseless Conspiracy Theory
Was a fire-damaged ship, the Olympic, disguised as the Titanic so it could be intentionally sunk to commit "the greatest insurance fraud in history"? No, that's not true: The baseless Titanic-switch conspiracy is proven false on multiple