Did New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker wear pink booty shorts at the Capitol after the Senate changed its dress code? No, that's not true: The account that posted the image of Booker in hot pink shorts is clearly labeled satire. It later posted
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FactCheck.org→ Ramaswamy’s Climate Change Spin
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a self-professed “unapologetic proponent of greater use of fossil fuels,” has repeatedly cited false or misleading statistics to downplay the risks of climate change. A former biot
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Climate change doesn’t cause hurricanes. But it may increase their frequency and intensity
CLAIM: Climate change isn’t real because Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Bill Gates-funded climate change venture doesn’t call for razing 70 million acres of trees
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ Yuval Noah Harari is not a WEF advisor and did not endorse flight bans or lockdowns to combat climate change
PolitiFact→ From farming to doomsday prepping: How one YouTube channel changed to fuel misinformation
A YouTube channel with a rapidly growing audience regularly publishes misleading videos that stoke people’s fear of disaster. Experts say this content goes viral because it elicits an emotional response from viewers.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Austin and Houston aren’t cutting out meat and dairy to combat climate change, despite online claims
CLAIM: The Texas cities of Austin and Houston are part of a global alliance of cities seeking to eliminate meat and dairy products in order to combat climate change.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video changed CBS chyron from segment featuring Oprah Winfrey in Maui
CBS reported on Oprah Winfrey reacting “to getting cancelled for stealing land amid Maui fires.”
Washington Post→ Vivek Ramaswamy says ‘hoax’ agenda kills more people than climate change
We puzzled till our puzzler was sore — this claim makes no sense.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA NOT Added To All Childhood Vaccines Without Regulatory Reapproval — Any Changes Require Vaccines To Be Treated As New Product, Re-Evaluated
Is mRNA being integrated into "every childhood vaccine" without regulatory reapproval? No, that's not true: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calls the claim "completely false." There are rigorous regulatory processes in place t
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – More deaths from climate policies than climate change? Scientists say Ramaswamy’s claim is baseless
“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Walking Barefoot Changes pH Of Body
Does walking barefoot, or "grounding," change the pH in the body? No, that's not true: That claim is not grounded in science. A retired chemist and a dermatologist both told Lead Stories that there is no evidence that grounding has the ab
AllSides→ Kamala Harris claims climate change caused deadly Maui wildfires
https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-harris-claims-climate-change-caused-deadly-maui-wildfires While on
Full Fact→ The US, Germany and 11 other nations haven’t abolished farming to tackle climate change
Posts shared widely on social media claim that 13 different countries have abolished farming to tackle climate change.
Logically→ The FDA has not changed its position on ivermectin
Full Fact→ Pope did not say disabled people should be ‘euthanized’ to fight climate change
The leader of the Catholic church has repeatedly condemned euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Logically→ Claims that human activities have little effect on climate change are false
Logically→ No, climate change is not caused by an upcoming pole shift
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The US and 12 other countries did not agree to ‘abolish farming’ to mitigate climate change
“13 nations agree to abolish farming in order to save the planet.”
Logically→ Pope Francis has not called for euthanizing people with disabilities and alcoholics to combat climate change
Logically→ Pope Francis has not called for euthanizing people with disabilities and alcoholics to combat climate change
Logically→ Pope Francis has not called for euthanizing people with disabilities and alcoholics to combat climate change
Logically→ Pope Francis has not called for euthanizing people with disabilities and alcoholics to combat climate change
Logically→ Pope Francis has not called for euthanizing people with disabilities and alcoholics to combat climate change
Logically→ Pope Francis has not called for euthanizing people with disabilities and alcoholics to combat climate change
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Ukraine Troops SURRENDER En-masse’ — It’s A Prisoner Exchange
Does a viral video show a large group of Ukrainian soldiers surrendering on July 24, 2023, or on July 30, 2023? No, that's not true: The clip captures a prisoner exchange that was reported to have taken place in late May 2023 in an undisc
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact readers respond to our fact-checks about transgender stats, book bans and climate change
Here’s what readers said about PolitiFact’s recent fact-checks about transgender data, Florida school standards on Black history and statements by Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Say ‘Alcoholics, Autistic And Disabled People Should Be Euthanized’ To ‘Fight Climate Change’
Did Pope Francis, acting on behalf of the World Economics Forum, publicly support euthanasia for "alcoholics, autistic and disabled people" to "help humanity" fight climate change? No, that's not true: The pontiff never said that. Followi
Logically→ Milankovitch cycles and solar inertial motion are not the ‘real reason’ behind climate change
Logically→ No, footage of park rangers in Death Valley wearing jackets in extreme heat is not evidence that climate change is a hoax
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t cause the increase in autism prevalence, changes in diagnostic criteria is the most plausible explanation
REVIEW While Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study purporting to link autism to the MMR vaccine has since been retracted for numerous flaws, including data fabrication and ethical violations, the claim that vaccines cause autism still persists to this day
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Suggest That ‘Reducing Population’ Is Climate Change Movement’s Goal On July 14, 2023 — She Meant ‘Reduce Pollution’
Did Vice President Kamala Harris give a speech to say reducing population is a goal of the climate change movement? No, that's not true: While she did say the words "reduce population," a While House official confirmed to Lead Stories tha
Logically→ Carbon dioxide is a major cause of climate change, although it makes up just 0.04 percent of the atmosphere
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There IS Scientific Consensus That Climate Change Is Happening And Caused Primarily By Human Activities
Is there no scientific consensus that climate change is happening? No, that's not true: A scientific survey of more than 88,000 climate-related studies found that more than 99 percent of research agrees that climate change is real and pri
Full Fact→ Full Fact campaign paves the way for Parliament to change MP corrections
As our elected representatives, MPs owe us the truth. However, too few MPs are currently willing — or able — to correct the official record when they make mistakes in Parliament. The system is broken.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – World Economic Forum called for euthanizing millions of pets for climate change? Pants on Fire!
The World Economic Forum "wants to slaughter millions of pet cats and dogs to fight climate change."
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Distort Greta Thunberg Tweet Warning About Climate Change
Quick Take A Harvard University professor warned in 2018 that steps were needed over the next five years to reduce carbon pollution to preserve Arctic ice. Climate activist Greta Thunberg then shared a tweet that misquoted the professor. But recent
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO Did NOT Change Its Air Force Status To ‘Combat’ From ‘Air Police’ Over The Baltics
Did NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announce on June 26, 2023, that the international military alliance would change the status of the air force mission protecting the skies of the Baltic states to a "combat" role?" No, that's not
PolitiFact→ How state abortion laws changed after the Dobbs decision reversed Roe v. Wade
A year ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, 25 states, home to 48% of the U.S. population, have succeeded in banning or significantly restricting abortion, or are moving toward that goal.
Logically→ No, NASA has not admitted that climate change occurs due to Earth’s solar orbit