Does a video posted on social media show a newscast with real journalists describing Mark Zuckerberg as a CIA agent and Facebook as a CIA surveillance replacement program? No, that's not true: The original video and audio heard in this po
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tweet Claiming The Mayo Clinic Is Misdiagnosing Trump Supporters Is Fake
Is a Mayo Clinic doctor misdiagnosing Trump supporters' healthy pregnancies? No, that's not true: The tweet making the claim originated from a fake account and this claim has been refuted by the Mayo Clinic since 2018. The claim appeared
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Claiming Harriet Tubman ‘Is Not A Real Person’ Is NOT Accurate
Is a post saying "Harriet Tubman is not a real person" accurate? No, that's not true: Multiple historians told Lead Stories this claim is false. One of them, the author of "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom," wrote, "I can suggest that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tweet Claiming Biden ‘Will Be Banning Switchblades Alongside Semi-Automatic Rifles’ Is Fake
Is President Joe Biden "banning switchblades alongside semi-automatic rifles in the coming months as a result of the recent mass shootings"? No, that's not true: The tweet making the claim is fake and was never posted by the account shown
Health Feedback→ Monkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it with COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 13 May 2022, the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of two confirmed cases of monkeypox in patients from the same household and without recent travel history to areas where the virus circulates
Full Fact→ Post claiming the Pfizer vaccine has only a 12% efficacy rate is inaccurate
A Facebook post has claimed that new documents released by Pfizer show that its Covid-19 vaccine has only a 12% efficacy rate, caused an “alarming amount of still births and deaths in pregnant women”, and is not recommended by the manufactu
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral videos falsely claiming Ukraine’s Zelenskyy uses cocaine are altered
Videos show that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses cocaine.
Full Fact→ Article claiming link between referee whistles and heart problems in athletes is fake
A photo, which is claimed to be of an Irish Examiner article stating “referee whistles may be cause to sudden increase in heart problems among sports players experts say”, has been posted many times on Facebook. This is a digitally altered
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Website Claiming Disney Shareholders Panicked After $2.4 Billion In Losses In One Day Is Satiric
Did Disney shareholders panic after $2.4 billion in losses in a single day? No, that's not true: The website the claim appeared on specializes in satire and comes with this warning in its "About Us" section: "Everything on this website is
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce – Ad claiming Evers tried to ‘make us pay even more at the pump’ is running on half tank
Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
PolitiFact→ The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine
Russian officials, Russian state media and some right-wing U.S. outlets have alleged that Hunter Biden funded Ukrainian biolabs. Here are the facts.
PolitiFact→ Pearson Sharp – One America News runs conspiratorial segment claiming strike on Mariupol hospital was US false flag
The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S.
AllSides→ A Video Claiming to Show Ukrainian ‘Crisis Actors’ Is Fake
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-check-a-video-claiming-to-show?s=r A viral video claims to sho
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: A Video Claiming to Show Ukrainian ‘Crisis Actors’ Is Fake
A viral video claims to show a newscast from Ukraine in which one of the supposedly deceased Ukrainians in a body bag in the background moves.Lashes Clay💅🏾 @HELDbytheBELLESooo is he dead or ? March 6th 20224,915 Retweets18,512 LikesOne
Full Fact→ Photos claiming to show explosions in Ukraine are actually from Gaza
A post shared over 1,000 times on Facebook features three images of explosions, with a caption describing the current invasion of Ukraine and stating: “Explosions have been heard in Ukraine after Russia launched a full-scale invasion this morning
Full Fact→ Videos claiming to show Ukraine invasion sourced to old TikTok videos
A video shared on Facebook, which has been viewed over 77,000 times, claims to show footage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Troops entered two rebel held areas in eastern Ukraine on 22 February, before an invasion was announced by Russian president
Full Fact→ Video claiming to show planes during Russian invasion of Ukraine is actually of 2020 parade rehearsal
A video of military planes flying overhead, widely shared on Facebook, is claimed to be footage from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Spanish fact checking organisation Maldita has revealed the video actually shows a military parade rehearsal near Mosc
Full Fact→ ‘BBC article’ claiming shallow breathing increases risk of heart attack is fake
An image of a fake mocked-up BBC News article is being shared on social media. The headline reads: “Breathing too many times a day could raise your risk of a heart attack”, and the article excerpt claims a trial found that this can increase
Washington Post→ Here’s why Trump once again is claiming ‘spying’ by Democrats
Special counsel John Durham made a court filing that excited Trump and his supporters, but the allegations are murky and disputed. Here's an explainer to bring you up to date.
PolitiFact→ Republicans facing off in 2022 GOP primaries are running ads claiming the 2020 election was stolen
Republicans who are running against fellow Republicans in 2022 primary elections are running ads claiming that the 2020 election was stolen.
Full Fact→ Tweet claiming three child deaths from vaccines in Australia is fake
A fake tweet purporting to be from an Australian health official has been shared on Facebook and Instagram. The tweet, which has been made to appear as though it was written by New South Wales chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant, reads: “Great re
PolitiFact→ Rand Paul – Sen. Rand Paul’s ad was wrong claiming there are no omicron hospitalizations; he took the ad down
“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
PolitiFact→ Dave Loebsack – Tweet claiming Hinson and Miller-Meeks denied Iowans broadband needs context
Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are "denying rural Iowa broadband internet."
Health Feedback→ Social media post claiming that fully vaccinated people are “filling up” morgues and hospitals is based on flawed reasoning; unvaccinated people are actually over ten times more likely to die
REVIEW The number of COVID-19 deaths rose again in the U.S. from July 2021 to mid-September 2021, amid concerns of the Delta variant spreading and vaccine-induced immunity waning over time. While data show that vaccines are safe and effective agains
Full Fact→ Facebook post claiming to show Palestinian girl who grew up to be a lecturer not what it seems
A post on Facebook shows a picture of a young girl in distress alongside an image of a woman. It claims the young girl was a Palestinian called Sarah whose house was “demolished by the Israeli occupation” in 2003, and has grown up to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Claiming ‘Joe Biden Declares Mandatory Vaccination for ALL Americans by October 30’ Leads To Porn Page
Is an article headlined 'Joe Biden Declares Mandatory Vaccination for ALL Americans by October 30' a real story? No, that's not true: Clicking on the link takes you to an obscene photo of senior citizen sex. It was created by a fake news
Health Feedback→ Article by OffGuardian, ZeroHedge claiming to list 30 facts about COVID-19 contains multiple inaccurate and misleading statements
REVIEW On 22 September 2021, OffGuardian published an article, which was reprinted by ZeroHedge and shared by other websites like InfoWars, listing 30 claims related to COVID-19. These articles, which went viral, received altogether more than 19,000
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Numbers Don’t Support Public Commenter Claiming ‘We Are Killing More People Than We Are Saving’ During FDA VAX Panel
Did a member of the Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee say, "We are killing more people than we are saving with the shots"? No, that's not true: A member of the public said this. The
Snopes→ Facebook Knew for 1 1/2 years Instagram Is Bad for Teens, Despite Claiming Otherwise
Here are the harms researchers have been documenting for years.
Full Fact→ Posts claiming ‘every share earns money’ for sick children tend to be fake
A post on Facebook with a picture of a little girl in hospital claims: “She gets a dollar for every pic that's shared it goes towards her kidney transplant”. Although the post is from 2018, it has been going viral again recently and has bee
Full Fact→ Poster claiming bread is healthy for ducks gets its facts in a flap
A Facebook post shows a photograph of a poster claiming it’s safe to feed bread to ducks. The poster suggests the idea that bread makes ducks ill is wrong and has led to the birds “dying of starvation”. It also encourages
Snopes→ Is This a Real Article Claiming Frida Kahlo ‘Gleefully Dabbles in Art’?
A Detroit newspaper article, allegedly written in 1933, reviewed the iconic artist before she was famous.
Snopes→ Man Surrenders After Claiming to Have Bomb Near US Capitol
A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings in the area.
Snopes→ Man Surrenders After Claiming to Have Bomb Near US Capitol
A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings in the area.
Washington Post→ Scalise’s misleading clip job claiming ‘vaccine misinformation’ by Democrats
A video posted by the House minority whip distorts and twists comments made by President Biden and other Democrats in 2020.
Full Fact→ Fake memo circulating claiming to be from Imperial College
A fake ‘leaked memorandum’ purportedly from Imperial epidemiologist Professor Neil Ferguson is circulating on social media. The document claims to be a ‘memo’ from Professor Ferguson, who advises the government as part of the Ne
AFP Fact Check→ Story claiming Chinese confiscated shipment of 7,200 penises originated on satirical website
A story that has been shared multiple times on social media, including on WhatsApp, claims that thousands of human penises shipped from Nigeria in a refrigerated container were intercepted in China. The claim is false; the story originated on a satiric
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts share misleading graphic claiming that Sri Lankan opposition leader blamed Sinhala community for suicide bombings
A graphic image showing a screenshot of Sri Lankan opposition leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaking on a political talk show has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The graphic includes a purported quote in which Dissanayake blames Sri Lanka’s
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts claiming MSG contains pork ingredients omit important context
A claim that monosodium glutamate (MSG), a popular food additive, contains a pork ingredient and should not be consumed by Muslims has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts in 2021. The posts include a screenshot of a news article t
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates online claiming that former US President Trump wrote a book that includes damaging revelations about former Pakistani PM
Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that former US President Donald Trump wrote a book titled “The Original Face of Pakistan'' that includes damaging revelations about former Pakisani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The claim is false; Trump ha